Item 4 — Purpose of Transaction
Item 4 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended and supplemented by adding the following thereto: The Private Placement On September 11, 2026, the Issuer entered into securities purchase agreements (each, a "Purchase Agreement") with certain accredited investors (the "Purchasers"), for the sale by the Issuer in a private placement (the "Private Placement") of an aggregate of 2,275,245 shares (the "Shares") of the Issuer's Common Stock, at a weighted purchase price of approximately $2.66 per Share, for aggregate gross proceeds to the Issuer of approximately $6.05 million. Avenue RP Opportunities Fund, L.P., Avenue Global Dislocation Opportunities Fund, L.P. and Avenue Global Opportunities Master Fund LP, each a fund managed by investment advisers affiliated with Avenue Capital Group ("Avenue") participated as a Purchaser in the Private Placement, purchasing 600,000 shares of Common Stock in the aggregate. Mr. Randal Klein, a member of the Board, is a portfolio manager at Avenue. All purchases made by Avenue were made at a per share price of $2.83, which is the consolidated closing bid price of the Common Stock immediately preceding entry into the Private Placement, and the remainder of the Shares were purchased at a per share price of $2.55. The closing of the Private Placement occurred on September 15, 2026. The foregoing description of the Purchase Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the Purchase Agreement, a copy of which is included as Exhibit 99.4 to this Amendment, and is incorporated by reference herein. On September 11, 2026, in connection with the Purchase Agreement, the Issuer entered into Registration Rights Agreements with the Purchasers (each, a "Registration Rights Agreement"). The Registration Rights Agreement provides, among other things, that the Issuer will file with the SEC a registration statement registering the resale of the Shares no later than September 22, 2026. The Issuer agreed to use commercially reasonable efforts to have such registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable after the filing thereof. The foregoing description of the Registration Rights Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the Registration Rights Agreement, a copy of which is included as Exhibit 99.5 to this Amendment, and is incorporated by reference herein.