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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001140361-24-018943
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	SC 13D/A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20240409
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20240409
GROUP MEMBERS:		JACK W. SCHULER LIVING TRUST

SUBJECT COMPANY:	

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			BIODESIX INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001439725
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SERVICES-MEDICAL LABORATORIES [8071]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	08 Industrial Applications and Services
		IRS NUMBER:				203986492
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		SC 13D/A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	005-91818
		FILM NUMBER:		24833938

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2970 WILDERNESS PLACE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 100
		CITY:			BOULDER
		STATE:			CO
		ZIP:			80301
		BUSINESS PHONE:		303-417-0500

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2970 WILDERNESS PLACE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 100
		CITY:			BOULDER
		STATE:			CO
		ZIP:			80301

FILED BY:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			SCHULER JACK W
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001021412
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		SC 13D/A

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		100 N. FIELD DRIVE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 360
		CITY:			LAKE FOREST
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			60045
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      <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold;">UNITED STATES</div>
      <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold;">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</div>
      <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">Washington, D.C. 20549</div>
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      <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18pt; font-weight: bold;">SCHEDULE 13D</div>
      <div style="text-align: center; color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934</div>
      <div style="text-align: center; color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">(Amendment No. 5)*</div>
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      <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 24pt; font-weight: bold;"><u>Biodesix, Inc.</u></div>
      <div style="text-align: center; color: #000000;"><u>(Name of Issuer)</u></div>
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      <div style="text-align: center; color: #000000; font-weight: bold;"><u>Common Stock, Par Value $0.001 Per Share</u></div>
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      <div style="text-align: center; color: #000000; font-weight: bold;"><u>09075X108</u></div>
      <div style="text-align: center; color: #000000;">(CUSIP Number)</div>
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      <div style="text-align: center; color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">Jack W. Schuler</div>
      <div style="text-align: center; color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">100 Tri-State International, Suite 125</div>
      <div style="text-align: center; color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">Lincolnshire, Illinois 60069</div>
      <div style="text-align: center; color: #000000; font-weight: bold;"><u>(224) 880-1210</u></div>
      <div style="text-align: center; color: #000000;">(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person</div>
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      <div style="text-align: center; color: #000000; font-weight: bold;"><u>April 5, 2024</u></div>
      <div style="text-align: center; color: #000000;">(Date of Event which Requires Filing of this Statement)</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; color: #000000;">If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition that is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of &#167;&#167;240.13d-1(e),
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      <div style="text-align: justify; color: #000000;">Note: Schedules filed in paper format shall include a signed original and five copies of the schedule, including all exhibits. See Rule 13d-7 for other parties to whom copies are to be sent.</div>
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                <div style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: left">SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER</div>
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                <div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left">&#160;</div>
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                <div style="text-align: left; color: #000000;">331,075 (1)</div>
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                <div style="text-align: left; color: #000000;">30,707,722</div>
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                <div style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: left">AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON</div>
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                <div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left">&#160;</div>
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                <div style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: left">CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)</div>
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                <div style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: left">PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)</div>
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                <div style="text-align: left; color: #000000;">27.2% (2)</div>
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                <div style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: left">TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)</div>
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                <div style="color: #000000;">This amount includes 331,075 Shares (as defined herein) that the Reporting Person has the right to acquire within 60 days of the date of this filing.</div>
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                  <div style="color: #000000;">This percentage is based on a total of 113,627,715 Shares expected to be outstanding following the closing of the Issuer&#8217;s Concurrent Private Placement (as defined herein) on April 9, 2024, as reported in the
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                  <div style="text-align: left; color: #000000;">CUSIP No: 09075X108</div>
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                  <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">SCHEDULE 13D</div>
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                <div style="text-align: right; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Page <font class="BRPFPageNumber">3</font> of 6 Pages</div>
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              <div style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: left">NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS</div>
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              <div style="text-align: left; color: #000000;">Jack W. Schuler Living Trust</div>
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              <div style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: left">CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP</div>
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              <div style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: left">SEC USE ONLY</div>
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              <div style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: left">SOURCE OF FUNDS (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)</div>
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              <div style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: left">CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(D) OR 2(E)</div>
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            <td style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; WIDTH: 2.59%">
              <div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left">&#160;</div>
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              <div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left">&#160;</div>
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              <div style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: left">SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER</div>
            </td>
            <td style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; WIDTH: 2.59%">
              <div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left">&#160;</div>
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            <td style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid; VERTICAL-ALIGN: top; WIDTH: 5.01%">
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            <td style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; WIDTH: 2.59%">
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            <td style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid; VERTICAL-ALIGN: top; WIDTH: 5.01%">
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            <td style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1pt solid; WIDTH: 76.38%">
              <div style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: left">SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER</div>
            </td>
            <td style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; WIDTH: 2.59%">
              <div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left">&#160;</div>
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            <td style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid; VERTICAL-ALIGN: top; WIDTH: 5.01%">
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              <div style="text-align: left; color: #000000;">30,707,722</div>
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            <td style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; WIDTH: 2.59%">
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            <td style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid; VERTICAL-ALIGN: top; WIDTH: 5.01%">
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              <div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left">&#160;</div>
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            <td style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid; VERTICAL-ALIGN: top; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid; WIDTH: 5.01%">
              <div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left">&#160;</div>
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              <div style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: center">11</div>
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              <div style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: left">AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON</div>
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            <td style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; WIDTH: 2.59%">
              <div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left">&#160;</div>
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              <div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left">&#160;</div>
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              <div style="text-align: left; color: #000000;">30,707,722</div>
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            <td style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; WIDTH: 2.59%">
              <div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left">&#160;</div>
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            <td style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1pt solid; VERTICAL-ALIGN: top; WIDTH: 5.01%">
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              <div style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: center">12</div>
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              <div style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: left">CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)</div>
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              <div style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: left">PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)</div>
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              <div style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: center">14</div>
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              <div style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: left">TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)</div>
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                <div style="color: #000000;">1.</div>
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                <div style="color: #000000;">This percentage is based on a total of 113,627,715 Shares expected to be outstanding following the closing of the Issuer&#8217;s Concurrent Private Placement on April 9, 2024, as reported in the Issuer&#8217;s current
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                    <div style="text-align: left; color: #000000;">CUSIP No: 09075X108</div>
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                    <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">SCHEDULE 13D</div>
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                  <div style="text-align: right; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Page <font class="BRPFPageNumber">4</font> of 6 Pages</div>
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              <div>Item 1.</div>
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              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">Security and Issuer</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 72pt; color: #000000; font-style: italic;">Item 1 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended and supplemented as follows:</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 72pt; color: #000000;">This Amendment No. 5 to Schedule 13D (&#8220;Amendment No. 5&#8221;) is being filed by the undersigned, pursuant to &#167;240.13d-2(a), to amend and supplement the Schedule 13D filed with the U.S.
        Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;SEC&#8221;) on November 9, 2020, (the &#8220;Initial Schedule 13D&#8221;), as amended on January 28, 2022, on April 11, 2022, on November 23, 2022, and on August 11, 2023 (collectively, the &#8220;Schedule 13D&#8221;), with respect to
        the common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the &#8220;Shares&#8221;), of Biodesix, Inc. (the &#8220;Issuer&#8221; or the &#8220;Company&#8221;), whose principal executive offices are located at 919 West Dillon Rd., Louisville, Colorado 80027.</div>
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      <div style="margin-left: 72pt; color: #000000; font-style: italic;">Item 3 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended and supplemented as follows:</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 72pt; color: #000000;">On April 5, 2024, the Issuer entered into securities purchase agreements (the &#8220;Securities Purchase Agreements&#8221;) with various investors, including the Trust (collectively, the
        &#8220;Investors&#8221;), for the issuance and sale by the Company of an aggregate of 760,857 shares of Series A Non-Voting Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share&#160; (the &#8220;Series A Preferred Stock&#8221;) in an offering (the &#8220;Concurrent Private
        Placement&#8221;).&#160; Pursuant to the terms of the Securities Purchase Agreements, the Company has agreed to submit to its stockholders the approval of the conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock into Shares in accordance with Nasdaq Stock Market Rules
        (the &#8220;Conversion Proposal&#8221;) at its 2024 annual meeting of stockholders. Following such approval of the Conversion Proposal, each share of Series A Preferred Stock will automatically convert into 40 Shares, subject to certain limitations. The
        Securities Purchase Agreements include customary representations, warranties and covenants by the parties to the agreement. Pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreements, the Investors purchased the Series A Preferred Stock at a purchase price of
        $46.00 per share for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $35.0 million.</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 72pt; color: #000000;">The Trust purchased 2,174 shares of Series A Preferred Stock in the Concurrent Private Placement, which will automatically convert into 86,960 Shares following approval of the
        Conversion Proposal, at a purchase price of $46.00 per share, for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $100,004, using Mr. Schuler&#8217;s personal funds.</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 72pt; color: #000000;">The foregoing description of the Securities Purchase Agreements does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Securities
        Purchase Agreements, the form of which is attached as Exhibit 5 to this Amendment No. 5 and is incorporated herein by reference.</div>
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            <td style="width: 72pt; vertical-align: top; color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">Item 4.</td>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 72pt; color: #000000; font-style: italic;">Item 4 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended and supplemented as follows:</div>
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      <div style="text-indent: 36pt; margin-left: 36pt; color: #000000;">The response to Item 3 of this Amendment No. 5 is incorporated by reference herein.</div>
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            <td style="width: 72pt; vertical-align: top; color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">Item 5.</td>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 72pt; color: #000000; font-style: italic;">Item 5(a) - (c) of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended and supplemented as follows:</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 72pt; color: #000000;">(a, b) As of the date hereof, Mr. Schuler may be deemed to beneficially own, in the aggregate, 31,038,797 Shares, which represents approximately 27.2% of the Shares outstanding.</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 72pt; color: #000000;">Mr. Schuler&#8217;s beneficial ownership consists of (1) 46,102 Shares that Mr. Schuler has the right to acquire upon exercise of options exercisable within 60 days of the date of this
        filing, (2) 284,973 Shares that Mr. Schuler has the right to acquire upon settlement of vested RSUs within 60 days of the date of this filing, and (3) 30,707,722 Shares held by the Trust, representing approximately 27.0% of the Shares outstanding.
        This amount excludes 86,960 Shares into which the 2,174 shares of Series A Preferred Stock will automatically convert following approval of the Conversion Proposal, because the Reporting Person does not have the right to acquire such Shares prior
        to stockholder approval of the Conversion Proposal.</div>
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        <div style="text-indent: 72pt; color: #000000;">The foregoing beneficial ownership percentages are based on a total of 113,627,715 Shares expected to be outstanding following the closing of the Issuer&#8217;s Concurrent Private
          Placement on April 9, 2024, as reported in the Issuer&#8217;s current report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on April 9, 2024, plus, for purposes of calculating Mr. Schuler&#8217;s beneficial ownership percentage, 331,075 Shares that Mr. Schuler has the right
          to acquire within 60 days of the date of this filing.</div>
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        <div style="text-indent: 72pt; color: #000000;">As sole trustee of the Trust, Mr. Schuler shares with the Trust the power to vote or direct the vote, and the power to dispose or direct the disposition of, the 30,707,722 Shares
          beneficially owned by the Trust.</div>
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        <div style="text-indent: 72pt; color: #000000;">(c) The response to Item 3 of this Amendment No. 5 is incorporated by reference herein. Except as set forth in this Amendment No. 5, no transactions in the Shares have been
          effected by the Reporting Person within the past 60 days.</div>
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                    <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">SCHEDULE 13D</div>
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      <div style="margin-left: 72pt; color: #000000; font-style: italic;">Item 6 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended and supplemented as follows:</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 72pt; color: #000000;">The response to Item 3 of this Amendment No. 5 is incorporated by reference herein.</div>
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        <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 72pt; color: #000000;">In connection with the Concurrent Private Placement, the Issuer also entered into a Registration Rights Agreement, dated April 5, 2024 (the &#8220;Registration Rights Agreement&#8221;), with
          the Investors, which provides that the Issuer will register the resale of the Shares issuable upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock.&#160; The Issuer is required to prepare and file an initial registration statement with the SEC as soon as
          reasonably practicable, but in no event later than April 23, 2024, and to use best efforts to have the registration statement declared effective within 50 days after the closing of the Concurrent Private Placement, subject to the approval of the
          Conversion Proposal being received at the Company&#8217;s 2024 annual meeting of stockholders.</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 72pt; color: #000000;">The foregoing description of the Registration Rights Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Registration
        Rights Agreement, the form of which is attached as Exhibit 6 to this Amendment No. 5 and is incorporated herein by reference.</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 72pt; color: #000000;">Except as otherwise set forth in this Amendment No. 5, there are no contracts, arrangements, understandings or relationships between the Reporting Persons and any other person with
        respect to any securities of the Issuer.</div>
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      <div style="margin-left: 72pt; color: #000000; font-style: italic;">Item 7 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended and supplemented as follows:</div>
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              <td style="width: 72pt; vertical-align: top; color: #000000;">Exhibit 5</td>
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                <div style="color: #000000;">Form of Securities Purchase Agreements (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Issuer&#8217;s current report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on April 9, 2024).</div>
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              <td style="width: 72pt; vertical-align: top; color: #000000;">Exhibit 6</td>
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                <div style="color: #000000;">Form of Registration Rights Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Issuer&#8217;s current report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on April 9, 2024).</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; color: #000000;">After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.</div>
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              <div style="color: #000000;">April 9, 2024</div>
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