NOTE 14 — STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

Common Stock

Cheetah Net was established under the laws of the State of North Carolina on August 9, 2016. Under the Company’s amended and restated articles of incorporation dated July 2, 2024, the total authorized number of shares of common stock is 1,000,000,000 with par value of $0.0001, which consists of 891,750,000 shares of Class A common stock and 108,250,000 shares of Class B common stock. The Company also has the authority to issue 500,000 shares of preferred stock as deemed necessary with a par value per share equal to the par value per share of the Class A common stock. Holders of Class A common stock and Class B common stock have the same rights except for voting and conversion rights. In respect of matters requiring the votes of stockholders, each share of Class A common stock is entitled to one vote, and each share of Class B common stock is entitled to 15 votes. Class B common stock is convertible into Class A common stock at any time after issuance at the option of the holder on a one-to-one basis. Class A common stock is not convertible into shares of any other class. The numbers of authorized and outstanding common stock were retroactively applied as if the transaction occurred at the beginning of the period presented.

On June 27, 2022, the Company entered into a subscription agreement with a group of investors (the “Investors”) whereby the Company agreed to sell, and the Investors agreed to purchase, up to 104,125 shares of Class A common stock at a purchase price of $28.8 per share. These Investors are unrelated parties to the Company. The gross proceeds were approximately $3.0 million, before deducting offering expenses of approximately $0.3 million. The net proceeds were approximately $2.7 million, of which approximately $1.2 million was received in 2022 and $1.2 million in 2023, for a total receipt of approximately $2.4 million. After negotiations between Rapid Proceed Limited (“Rapid”), one of the Investors, and the Company regarding the fund’s release terms, an agreement was reached on November 2, 2023, stipulating that the outstanding $0.6 million would be paid by Rapid within six months following the Company’s initial public offering (“IPO”). On March 13, 2024, considering the impact of market volatility and the long-term benefits of continued cooperation, Rapid requested and the Company agreed to extend the payment due date of the outstanding $0.6 million to September 30, 2024. As of September 30, 2024, the outstanding balance of subscription payments had been collected.

On August 3, 2023, the Company closed its IPO of 78,125 shares of Class A common stock at a public offering price of $64.00 per share, for aggregate gross proceeds of $5.0 million before deducting underwriting discounts and other offering expenses, including the issuance to the underwriter of warrants to purchase 3,906 shares of common stock (the “Warrants”), with an exercise price of $80.00 per share. The Company’s Class A common stock began trading on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the ticker symbol “CTNT” on August 1, 2023.

On January 24, 2024, the Company entered into a stock purchase agreement with Edward and Juguang Zhang, Edward’s sole stockholder (the “Seller”). Pursuant to the Agreement, the Company agreed to acquire 100% of the shares in Edward from the Seller (the “Acquisition”). On February 2, 2024, the Company closed the Acquisition for a total purchase price that included a cash payment of $300,000 and the issuance of 79,521 shares of the Company’s unregistered Class A common stock, initially valued at $1,200,000. Subsequent valuation determined the fair value of these shares to be $9 million. Please see Note 8 for further details.

On May 14, 2024, the Company entered into a placement agency agreement with AC Sunshine Securities LLC on a best efforts basis, relating to the Company’s public offering (the “May Offering”) of 825,625 shares of Class A common stock for a price of $9.92 per share, less certain placement agent fees. On the same day, the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement with purchasers identified therein. On May 15, 2024, the Company closed the May Offering pursuant to the prospectus included in its registration statement on Form S-1, as amended (File No. 333-276300), which was initially filed with the SEC on December 28, 2023, and declared effective by the SEC on April 26, 2024, and a registration statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-279388) filed on May 13, 2024, pursuant to Rule 462(b) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The May Offering resulted in gross proceeds to the Company of approximately $8.19 million, before deducting placement agent fees and other offering expenses and fees.

On July 25, 2024, the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement with certain institutional investors for a follow-on offering (the “July Offering”) of 404,979 shares of its Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, at a price of $3.68 per share. On the same day, the Company entered into a placement agency with FT Global Capital, Inc., who acted as the exclusive placement agent on a best efforts basis in connection with such offering. Pursuant to the placement agency agreement, the Company paid FT Global Capital, Inc. a fee of 7.25% of the aggregate purchase price for the shares of Class A common stock sold in the offering, and reimbursed FT Global Capital, Inc. for its expenses up to $90,000 in the aggregate. On July 26, 2024, the Company closed the offering, with net proceeds to the Company of approximately $1.1 million for the Company’s working capital and general corporate purposes.

Reverse Stock Split

At a special stockholders’ meeting held on September 30, 2024, the Company’s stockholders approved the Company’s Fourth Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation to authorize a reverse stock split. Subsequently, on October 7, 2024, the Company’s board of directors approved the Reverse Stock Split and filed its Fourth Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation with the State of North Carolina pursuant to North Carolina Revised Statutes 55-8-21 on October 8, 2024. The Reverse Stock Split took effect on October 21, 2024. Starting on October 24, 2024, the Company’s Class A common stock began trading on the Nasdaq Capital Market on a post-split basis. All share information included in this quarterly report has been retrospectively adjusted to reflect the Reverse Stock Split as if it had occurred as of the earliest period presented.

On November 27, 2024, the Company entered into a stock purchase agreement with TWEW and its stockholders (the “TWEW Seller”). Pursuant to the Agreement, the Company agreed to acquire 100% of the shares in TWEW from the TWEW Seller (the “TWEW Acquisition”) for a total purchase price that included a cash payment of $200,000 and the issuance of 469,484 shares of the Company’s unregistered Class A common stock, valued at $800,000. On December 19, 2024, the Company closed the TWEW Acquisition and issued 469,484 shares accordingly.

As of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, there were 2,672,011 shares of Class A common stock and 546,875 shares of Class B common stock issued and outstanding, respectively.

Warrants

The Company accounts for stock warrants as either equity instruments or derivative liabilities depending on the specific terms of the warrant agreement. The Warrants are equity-classified as a result of being indexed to the Company’s Class A common stock and meeting certain equity classification criteria, and the instruments will not be remeasured in subsequent periods as long as the instruments continue to meet these accounting criteria. The fair value of the Warrants was recorded to additional paid-in capital within stockholders’ equity.

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Termination of Warrants

On March 4, 2024, the Company and Maxim Group LLC signed an agreement to terminate 3,906 outstanding warrants that had previously been granted to Maxim Group LLC. On March 27, 2024, the Company completed the payment of termination fees totaling $78,125, which was recorded as an offset to additional paid in capital within stockholders’ equity.

There were no warrant shares remaining as of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024.