| (a) | Amount beneficially owned: |
As of December 31, 2023, Mr. Tarriff beneficially owned 2,470,570 shares of the Issuer’s Common Stock consisting of (i) 257,511 shares of Common Stock owned directly by him, (ii) 176,361 shares of Common Stock held by Janney Montgomery Scott LLC CUST FBO Scott Tarriff IRA for the Benefit of Mr. Tarriff (the “IRA Trust”), of which Mr. Tarriff is a trustee and, as such, may be deemed to share voting and dispositive power with respect to all shares held by the IRA Trust, (iii) options to purchase 1,020,800 shares of Common Stock exercisable as of December 31, 2023 or within 60 days of December 31, 2023, (iv) 23,275 shares of Common Stock underlying restricted stock units (“RSUs”) that will vest within 60 days of December 31, 2023 and 992,623 shares of Common Stock held by the Tarriff 2016 Generation Skipping Exempt Family Trust DTD 12/28/2016 (the “Family Trust”), of which Mr. Thomas is the trustee, and as such, while Mr. Tarriff may be deemed to share voting and dispositive power with respect to all shares held by the Family Trust, Mr. Tarriff disclaims beneficial ownership with respect to such shares in the Family Trust, except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.
Subsequent to December 31, 2023, Mr. Tarriff transferred 88,181 shares of Common Stock and no longer beneficially owns those shares, Mr. Tarriff received 9,796 shares of Common Stock (net of withholding) upon the vesting of certain performance based restricted stock units and 2,119 shares of Common Stock were withheld by the Issuer to satisfy tax withholding obligations in connection with the vesting of restricted stock units with time-based vesting conditions. Mr. Tarriff currently has sole beneficial ownership of 1,397,443 shares of Common Stock.
As of February 12, 2024, Mr. Thomas beneficially 992,623 shares of Common Stock held by the Family Trust, of which Mr. Thomas is the trustee. Mr. Thomas disclaims any pecuniary interest with respect to such shares in the Family Trust.
Mr. Tarriff’s beneficial ownership does not include shares of Common Stock underlying performance-based restricted stock units that are subject to vesting to the extent that the Company achieves certain objectives.
For Mr. Tarriff: based on (i) 12,986,971 shares of the Issuer’s Common Stock issued and outstanding as of August 1, 2023 as reported by the Issuer in the Form 10-Q/A for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2023 and filed with the SEC on August 9, 2023 (the “Form 10-Q/A), (ii) 1,020,800 shares of the Issuer’s Common Stock issuable upon exercise of options held by Mr. Tarriff within 60 days of December 31, 2023 and (iii) 23,275 shares of the Issuer’s Common Stock issuable upon vesting of RSUs held by Mr. Tarriff within 60 days of December 31, 2023. As of December 31, 2023, the 2,470,570 shares of the Issuer’s Common Stock beneficially owned by Mr. Tarriff represented 17.6% of such shares outstanding.
For the Tarriff 2016 Generation Skipping Exempt Family Trust DTD 12/28/2016: based on 12,986,971 shares of the Issuer’s Common Stock issued and outstanding as of August 1, 2023 as reported by the Issuer in the Form 10-Q/A. As of December 31, 2023, the 992,623 shares of the Issuer’s Common Stock beneficially owned by the Tarriff 2016 Generation Skipping Exempt Family Trust DTD 12/28/2016 represented 7.6% of such shares outstanding.