MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., March 17, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Cyngn Inc. (NASDAQ: CYN) today announced the closing of its previously announced registered direct offering for the purchase and sale of approximately $9.65 million of shares of Common Stock and pre-funded warrants at a price of $1.93 per share of Common Stock. A single institutional investor acquired greater than ninety percent of the offering, with a high-net-worth individual purchasing the remaining percent. The entire transaction was priced at the market under Nasdaq rules.
The offering consisted of the sale of 5,000,000 shares of Common Stock (or Pre-Funded Warrants). The public offering price per share of Common Stock was $1.93 (or $1.92999 for each Pre-Funded Warrant, which is equal to the public offering price per share of Common Stock sold in the offering minus an exercise price of $0.00001 per Pre-Funded Warrant). The Pre-Funded Warrants are immediately exercisable and may be exercised at any time until exercised in full. For each Pre-Funded Warrant sold in the offering, the number of shares of Common Stock in the offering were decreased on a one-for-one basis.
Aggregate gross proceeds to the Company were approximately $9.65 million. The transaction closed on March 17, 2026. The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the offering for general corporate purposes and working capital. Following completion of the offering, the Company has 16,896,493 shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding, assuming the exercise of all Pre-funded Warrants issued in the offering.
Aegis Capital Corp. acted as exclusive placement agent for the offering. Kaufman & Canoles, P.C. acted as counsel to the Company. Greenberg Traurig, P.A. acted as counsel to Aegis Capital Corp.
The registered direct offering was made pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-290079) previously filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and declared effective by the SEC on September 18, 2025. A final prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus describing the terms of the offering has been filed with the SEC and is available on the SEC's website located at www.sec.gov. Electronic copies of the final prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus may be obtained by contacting Aegis Capital Corp., Attention: Syndicate Department, 1345 Avenue of the Americas, 27th floor, New York, NY 10105, by email at syndicate@aegiscap.com, or by telephone at +1 (212) 813-1010.
Interested parties should read in their entirety the prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus and the other documents that the Company has filed with the SEC that are incorporated by reference in such prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus, which provide more information about the Company and such offering.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.