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Private Placement
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2025
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Private Placement

Note 11. Private Placement

Private Placement

On January 14, 2025, XWELL, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with certain accredited investors (the “Investors”), pursuant to which it agreed to sell to the Investors (i) an aggregate of 4,000 shares of the Company’s newly-designated Series G Convertible Preferred Stock, with a par value of $0.01 per share and a stated value of $1,000 per share, initially convertible into up to 2,673,797 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”) at a conversion price of $1.496 per share (the “Preferred Stock”), (ii) Series A warrants to acquire up to an aggregate of 2,673,797 shares of Common Stock (the “Series A Warrants”) at an exercise price of $1.496 per share, and (iii) Series B warrants to acquire up to an aggregate of 2,673,797 shares of Common Stock (the “Series B Warrants,” and collectively with the Series A Warrants, the “Warrants”) at an exercise price of $1.7952 per share (collectively, the “Private Placement”).

The closing of the Private Placement occurred on January 14, 2025 (the “Closing Date”). The Private Placement unit described above had a purchase price of $1,000 per unit and aggregate gross proceeds from the Private Placement were $4 million. The Company expects to use the net proceeds from the Private Placement for general corporate purposes.

The Company engaged GP Nurmenkari Inc. (the “Placement Agent”) to act as the placement agent in connection with the Private Placement. Pursuant to an Engagement Letter with the Placement Agent, the Company paid to the Placement Agent a cash fee equal to 2% of gross proceeds of the Private Placement.

Transaction costs totaling approximately $255 were incurred related to the Private Placement consisting of cash expenses for placement agent fees, legal fees, and accounting costs related to the financing. These cost were proportionately allocated to the Series G Convertible Preferred Stock and the Warrants based on the allocated gross proceeds of the instruments. Accordingly, none of the transaction costs were allocated against the carrying value of the Preferred Stock and the total of approximately $255 of transaction costs were immediately expensed related to the Warrants which are accounted for as liabilities in accordance with ASC 815,which is included as a component of loss on issuance of Series G Preferred Stock on the condensed consolidated statement of operations. Net proceeds from the Private Placement totaled $3,745.

January 2025 Private Placement of Preferred Shares and Warrants

In connection with the private placement consummated on January 14, 2025, the Company and the investors entered into a Registration Rights Agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”), pursuant to which the Company is required to file a resale registration statement (the “Registration Statement”) with the SEC and to have such Registration Statement declared effective by the Effectiveness Deadline (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement). The Company is obligated to pay certain liquidated damages to the investors if the Company fails to file the Registration Statement when required, fails to cause the Registration Statement to be declared effective by the SEC when required, or fails to maintain the effectiveness of the Registration Statement pursuant to the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement. The Registration Statement was filed on February 7, 2025. Following a series of waivers and amendments to the Registration Rights Agreement to extend the effectiveness date of the Registration Statement by and between the Company and the investors, the Registration Statement was declared effective on June 30, 2025.

Pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, the Company shall pay to each holder of Registrable Securities (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) relating to such Registration Statement an amount in cash equal to 2% of such investor’s respective purchase price (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) on the closing date (1) on the date of such filing failure, effectiveness failure, maintenance failure, or current public information failure, as applicable, and (2) on every 30 day anniversary of (I) a filing failure until such filing failure is cured; (II) an effectiveness failure until such effectiveness failure is cured; (III) a maintenance failure until such maintenance failure is cured; and (IV) a current public information failure until the earlier of (i) the date such current public information failure is cured and (ii) such time that such public information is no longer required pursuant to Rule 144 (in each case, prorated for periods totaling less than 30 days) (such payments to which a holder of Registrable Securities shall be entitled pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, the “Registration Delay Payments”). Following the initial Registration Delay Payment for any particular event or failure (which shall be paid on the date of such event or failure, as set forth above), without limiting the foregoing, if an event or failure giving rise to the Registration Delay Payments is cured prior to any 30 day anniversary of such event or failure, then such Registration Delay Payment shall be made on the third business day after such cure. In the event the Company fails to make Registration Delay Payments in a timely manner in accordance with the foregoing, such Registration Delay Payments shall bear interest at the rate of one and 1.5% per month (prorated for partial months) until paid in full.

Series G Convertible Preferred Stock

The terms of the Preferred Stock are as set forth in the form of Certificate of Designations (the “Certificate of Designations”). The Preferred Stock are convertible into shares of Common Stock (the “Conversion Shares”) at the election of the holder at any time at an initial conversion price of $1.496 per share (the “Conversion Price”). The Conversion Price is subject to customary adjustments for stock dividends, stock splits, reclassifications, stock combinations and the like (subject to certain exceptions). The Company is required to redeem the Preferred Stock in six (6) equal quarterly installments, commencing on July 1, 2025. The amortization payments due upon such redemption are payable, at the Company’s election, in cash at 107% of the applicable Installment Redemption Amount (as defined in the Certificate of Designations), or subject to certain limitations, in shares of Common Stock valued at the lower of (i) the Conversion Price then in effect and (ii) the greater of (A) 80% of the average of the three lowest closing prices of the Company’s Common Stock during the thirty consecutive trading day period ending and including the trading day immediately prior to the date the amortization payment is due or (B) the lower of (i) $0.167 and (ii) 20% of the “Minimum Price” (as defined in Rule 5635 of the Rule of the Nasdaq Stock Market) (the “Floor Price”), and in each case subject to adjustment for stock splits, stock dividends, stock combinations, recapitalizations or other similar events.

The holders of the Preferred Stock are entitled to dividends of 8% per annum, compounded each calendar quarter, which are payable in arrears monthly in cash or shares of Common Stock at the Company’s option, in accordance with the terms of the Certificate of Designations. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of a Triggering Event (as defined in the Certificate of Designations), the Preferred Stock accrue dividends at the rate of 15% per annum. Upon conversion or redemption, the holders of the Preferred Stock are also entitled to receive a dividend make-whole payment, assuming for calculation purposes that the stated value of such Preferred Stock remained outstanding through and including the one-year anniversary of the applicable date of conversion. The Company is required to maintain unrestricted cash and cash equivalents on hand in an amount equal to at least 200% of the sum of the stated value, accrued dividends, dividend make-

whole payments payable, and any other required amounts payable pursuant to the Certificate of Designations for all outstanding shares of Preferred Stock. The holders of the Preferred Stock are entitled to vote with holders of the Common Stock on as as-converted basis, with the number of votes to which each holder of Preferred Stock is entitled to be calculated assuming a conversion price of $1.36 per share, which was the Minimum Price (as defined in Rule 5635 of the Rules of the Nasdaq Stock Market) applicable immediately before the execution and delivery of the Purchase Agreement, subject to certain beneficial ownership limitations as set forth in the Certificate of Designations.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company’s ability to settle conversions and make amortization and dividend make-whole payments using shares of Common Stock is subject to certain limitations set forth in the Certificate of Designations, including a limit on the number of shares that may be issued until the time, if any, that the Company has obtained the Stockholder Approval. Further, the Certificate of Designations contains a certain beneficial ownership limitation after giving effect to the issuance of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Stock or as part of any amortization payment or dividend make-whole payment under the Certificate of Designations.

The Certificate of Designations includes certain Triggering Events, including, among other things, the Company’s failure to pay any amounts due to the holders of the Preferred Stock when due. In connection with a Triggering Event, each holder of Preferred Stock will be able to require the Company to redeem in cash any or all of the holder’s Preferred Stock at a premium set forth in the Certificate of Designations.

The Preferred Shares were determined to be more akin to a debt-like host than an equity-like host. The Company identified the following embedded features that are not clearly and closely related to the debt host instrument: 1) certain contingent redemption options and 2) variable share-settled conversions, and 3) certain contingent penalty features. These features were bundled together, assigned probabilities of being affected and measured at fair value. Subsequent changes in fair value of these features are recognized in the Consolidated Statement of Operations. The Company estimated the $1,315 fair value of the bifurcated embedded derivative at issuance using a Monte Carlo simulation, with the following inputs: the fair value of the Company’s common stock of $1.37 on the issuance date, estimated equity volatility of 86.0%, the time to maturity of 2.0 years, a discounted market interest rate of 6.4%, a risk-free rate of 4.28%, dividend rate of 8.0%, a penalty dividend rate of 15.0%, and probability of default of 9.9%. The fair value of the bifurcated derivative liability was estimated utilizing the with and without method which uses the probability weighted difference between the scenarios with the derivative and the plain vanilla maturity scenario without a derivative.

The discount to the fair value is included as a reduction to the carrying value of the Series G Preferred Shares. During six months ended June 30, 2025, the Company recorded a total discount of $4,000 upon issuance of the Series G Preferred Shares, which was comprised of the issuance date fair value of the associated embedded derivative of $1,315 and the remaining $2,685 of gross proceeds after allocation to the derivative liability which represents the portion of the Warrant liability allocated to the discount. It was deemed probable that the Series G Preferred Shares will become redeemable, the Company recognized accretion of $583 and $1,082 related to the Series G Preferred Shares for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, respectively, pursuant to ASC 480-10-S99-3A utilizing the effective interest method, which is included as a deduction from net loss attributable to common stockholders in the condensed consolidated statement of operations. As the fair value of the liabilities required to be subsequently measured at fair value exceeded the net proceeds received, the Company recognized the excess of the fair value over the net proceeds received as a component of the loss upon issuance of preferred stock of $3,188 which is included in other income (expense) in the unaudited condensed consolidated statement of operations.

During the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, the Company recorded a gain of $421 and $279, respectively, related to the change in fair value of the derivative liability which is recorded in other income (expense) on the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations. The Company estimated the $1,036 fair value of the bifurcated embedded derivative at June 30, 2025 using a Monte Carlo simulation model, with the following inputs: the fair value of the Company’s common stock of $0.92 on the valuation date, estimated equity volatility of 86%, the time to maturity of 1.54 years, a discounted market interest rate of 5.3%, a risk-free rate of 3.76%, dividend rate of 8.0%, a penalty dividend rate of 15.0%, and probability of default of 9.9%.

As of June 30, 2025, the Company has notified the investors of its intention to redeem the upcoming installment due in cash and recorded a liability of $829 representing the cash payable to investors which includes $667 of the stated value of

the Series G Preferred Shares, $55 of accrued dividends payable of dividends, and $107 of cash premiums which was recognized as a deemed dividend.

During the three months ended June 30, 2025, the Company recognized a total of $189 of preferred dividends consisting of $81 of preferred dividends at the stated dividend rate, and $108 of cash premiums recognized as deemed dividends. During the six months ended June 30, 2025, the Company recognized a total of $257 of preferred dividends consisting of $149 of preferred dividends at the stated dividend rate, and $108 of cash premium recognized as a deemed dividend.

Warrants

Pursuant to the Private Placement, the Company issued (i) the Series A Warrants to acquire up to an aggregate of 2,673,797 shares of Common Stock at an exercise price of $1.496 per share, and (ii) the Series B Warrants to acquire up to an aggregate of 2,673,797 shares of Common Stock at an exercise price of $1.7952 per share.

On January 14, 2025 The Company assessed the Warrants under ASC 815 and determined that the Warrants will be classified as liabilities as they do not meet the requirements to be considered indexed to the Company’s own stock, due to the presence of certain Stockholder Approval-related provisions in the Warrants which potentially adjust the settlement value in conjunction with the Stockholder Approval event. Additionally, the Warrants include a provision related to certain tender or exchange offers which further preclude the Warrants from being accounted for as equity. As such, the Company recorded the Warrants as a liability at fair value with subsequent changes in fair value recognized in earnings. The Company utilized the Black Scholes Model to calculate the value of the Warrants issued on issuance. The fair value of the Warrants of approximately $5.9 million was estimated at January 14, 2025 utilizing the Black Scholes Model using the following weighted average assumptions: the fair value of the Company’s common stock per share of $1.37; remaining term of 5 years; equity volatility of 114.0%; and a risk-free interest rate of 4.49%.

On May 16, 2025, the Company entered into an omnibus amendment (the “Warrant Amendment”) with each of the holders of the Series A Warrants and Series B Warrants. The Warrant Amendment makes certain adjustments to the definition of a “Fundamental Transaction” in each of the Warrants, as described in the Warrant Amendment, including changing the scope of the definition applicable to tender or exchange offers that the Company makes, allows one or more Subject Entities (as defined in the Warrant Agreement) to make, or allows the Company to be subject to, to require such a tender or exchange offer to represent more than 50% of the outstanding voting power of the Company. Further, the Warrant Amendment modifies certain terms of the Warrants relating to the rights of the holders in the event of a Fundamental Transaction (as defined in each of the Series A Warrants and Series B Warrants, and as each amended by the Warrant Amendment) that is not within the Company’s control, including that upon a Fundamental Transaction not being approved by the Company’s Board of Directors, the holders of the Warrants shall only be entitled to receive from the Company or any successor entity the same type or form of consideration (and in the same proportion), at the Black Scholes Value (as defined in each of the Series A Warrants and Series B Warrants and as each amended by the Warrant Amendment, as described below) of the unexercised portion of such Warrants, that is being offered and paid to the holders of the Company’s Common Stock. In addition, the Amendment revises the definition of Black Scholes Value related to the volatility input which is now an expected volatility equal to the 30 day volatility obtained from the “HVT” function on Bloomberg (determined utilizing a 365 day annualization factor) as of the trading day immediately following the earliest to occur of (1) the public disclosure of the applicable Fundamental Transaction and (2) the date of a holder’s request. The Warrant Amendment resulted in the reclassification of the Warrants as equity, rather than liability, as upon reassessment, the Company concluded that the Warrants now met the requirements to be considered indexed to the Company’s own stock and eligible for equity classification under ASC 815-40. The Company utilized the Black Scholes Model to calculate the value of the Warrants on the modification date. The fair value of the Warrants of approximately $2.7 million was estimated at May 16, 2025 utilizing the Black Scholes Model using the following weighted average assumptions: the fair value of the Company’s common stock per share of $0.91; remaining term of 4.67 years; equity volatility of 82.0%; and a risk-free interest rate of 3.97%. This information is presented in further detail in Note 16. On May 16, 2025, the $2.7 million fair value of the warrants was reclassified to additional paid-in-capital (APIC) on the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of changes in temporary equity and stockholders’ equity and will not require remeasurement moving forward.

During the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, the Company recorded a gain of approximately $625 and $3,215, respectively, related to the change in fair value of the warrant liability which is recorded in other income (expense) on the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations.

The following table represents the activity related to the Company’s warrants during the six months ended June 30, 2025:

    

    

Weighted average

    

Remaining

No. of Warrants

exercise price*

contractual term (years)

December 31, 2024

$

$

Granted

 

5,347,594

$

1.65

$

June 30, 2025

 

5,347,594

$

1.65

$

4.55

All outstanding warrants were exercisable as of June 30, 2025 with an intrinsic value of $0.