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| STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY | NOTE 6 – STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Common Stock and Preferred Stock
Under the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, as amended, the Company is authorized to issue up to 5,000,000 shares, consisting of two classes: shares of common stock, $ par value per share, and shares of preferred stock, $ par value per share, of which shares of preferred stock have been designated as Series B Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $ (“Series B Preferred Stock”). As of March 31, 2026, there were issued and outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock.
On November 21, 2025, the Company entered into an Equity Distribution Agreement (“2025 ATM Sales Agreement”) with Maxim, which provides for the sale, in our sole discretion, of shares of our common stock through Maxim, as our sales agent. In accordance with the original terms of the 2025 ATM Sales Agreement, the Company may offer and sell shares of common stock having an aggregate offering price of up to $10,000,000. We pay a commission of up to 3% of gross sales proceeds of any common stock sold under the 2025 ATM Sales Agreement. In January 2026 the parties amended the 2025 ATM Sales Agreement to increase the amount that may be sold under the agreement to $35,063,257. During the three months ended March 31, 2026, the Company sold shares for gross proceeds of approximately $19.8 million, before deducting placement agent’s fees and other estimated offering expenses payable by the Company of approximately $597,000.
Series B Convertible Preferred Stock Securities Purchase Agreement
On March 28, 2024, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Securities Purchase Agreement”) with Ionic Ventures, LLC (“Ionic”) for a private placement, which closed on March 29, 2024. Pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement the Company sold shares of Series B Preferred Stock, a warrant to purchase up to 1,500 shares of Series B Preferred Stock with an exercise price of $10,000 per share (the “Ionic Warrant”), and shares of Company common stock for net proceeds of $1,345,025 after deducting offering costs of $155,000.
Each share of Series B Preferred Stock was convertible into a number of shares of Jet.AI Common Stock, subject to certain limitations, including a beneficial ownership limitation of 4.99%, which can be adjusted to a beneficial ownership limitation of 9.99% upon 61 days prior written notice by Ionic.
Subject to certain limitations, and provided there is an effective registration statement covering Ionic’s resale of the common stock underlying the Series B Preferred Stock, shares of Series B Preferred Stock automatically convert into shares of Jet.AI Common Stock on or prior to the tenth trading day after the issuance date of such shares of Series B Preferred Stock. The number of shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of a share of Series B Preferred Stock is calculated by dividing the conversion amount per share of Series B Preferred Stock by the then conversion price. The conversion amount is equal to the stated value of the shares of Series B Preferred Stock, which is $10,000, plus any additional amounts and late charges calculated in accordance with the Certificate of Designations. The conversion price is equal to 90% (or, in the case of a delisting, 80%) of the lowest daily volume weighted average price of Common Stock over a period beginning on the trading day after the Company delivers shares of common stock upon such conversion to Ionic and ending on the trading day on which the aggregate dollar trading volume of our common stock exceeds seven times the applicable conversion amount, subject to a five trading day minimum period for such calculation, and subject to certain adjustments.
In connection with the transactions under the Securities Purchase Agreement, the Company entered into a placement agency agreement (the “Placement Agency Agreement”) with Maxim and agreed to pay Maxim a cash fee equal to 7% of the aggregate gross proceeds raised under the Securities Purchase Agreement and reimburse Maxim, directly upon the initial closing under the Securities Purchase Agreement for expenses incurred by Maxim, in an amount not to exceed an aggregate of $15,000. The Company paid Maxim a total of $120,000 out of the gross proceeds it received at closing. From time to time as the Company issued additional securities to Ionic as contemplated by the Securities Purchase Agreement, the Company was obligated to pay Maxim cash fees of up to $1,050,000.
On September 24, 2024, the Company and Ionic entered into a letter agreement (the “Letter Agreement”) that set forth certain understandings and agreements among the Company and Ionic related to the Securities Purchase Agreement. Under the Letter Agreement, Ionic agreed to refrain from taking action to protect its legal rights under the Securities Purchase Agreement. In consideration for the waiver, the Company agreed to a release of Ionic and its affiliates and issued to Ionic additional shares of Series B Preferred Stock. The share issuance was recorded to General and Administrative expenses as stock-based compensation based on the fair value of the equivalent common shares on the issuance date of $.
On October 10, 2024, the Company and Ionic entered into a second letter agreement (the “Second Letter Agreement”) that set forth certain understandings and agreements among the Company and Ionic related to the Securities Purchase Agreement described in Note 6. Under the Second Letter Agreement, Ionic agreed to refrain from taking action to protect its legal rights under the Securities Purchase Agreement, and the related documents and agreements among the parties, related to certain actions and transactions identified in the Second Letter Agreement. In consideration of Ionic’s consent, the Company agreed to, among other things, change the Conversion Measurement Period (as defined in the Certificate of Designations) for the shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock that Ionic held as of the date of the Second Letter Agreement to begin on March 28, 2024 and to end in accordance with the Certificate of Designations.
On October 18, 2024, the Company and Ionic entered into a third letter agreement (the “Third Letter Agreement”) that set forth certain understandings and agreements among the Company and Ionic related to the Securities Purchase Agreement described in Note 6. Under the Third Letter Agreement, Ionic agreed to refrain from taking action to protect its legal rights under the Securities Purchase Agreement, and the related documents and agreements among the parties, related to a transaction that may be effected utilizing the registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-281578) as generally identified in the Third Letter Agreement. In consideration for Ionic’s consent, the Company agreed to, among other things, change the Conversion Measurement Period (as defined in the Certificate of Designations) for the first shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock that Ionic would hold upon exercise of the Ionic Warrant, to begin on March 28, 2024 and to end in accordance with the Certificate of Designations for the Series B Preferred Stock.
On December 2, 2025, the Company, Hexstone Capital, LLC (“Hexstone”), and Ionic entered into a fourth letter agreement (the “Fourth Letter Agreement”) that set forth certain understandings and agreements among the Company and Ionic related to the Securities Purchase Agreement described in Note 7. Hexstone was assigned certain rights shares acquired by Ionic under the Ionic Warrant. Under the Fourth Letter Agreement, agreed to refrain from taking action to protect its legal rights under the Securities Purchase Agreement, and the related documents and agreements among the parties, related to (i) a transaction that may be effected utilizing the registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-281578) as generally identified in the Fourth Letter Agreement and (ii) a potential underwritten public offering not to exceed $10 million. In consideration for the consent of Ionic and Hexstone, the Company agreed, among other things, to change the conversion price of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock as set forth in that certain Certificate of Designation for the Series B Convertible Preferred Stock by filing an amendment to the Certificate such that shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock could convert at a lower price.
As amended to date, the Certificate of Designations for the Series B Convertible Stock provides that shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock are convertible at a price equal to the lower of (A) $1.63, or (B) 90% (or, if (x) the Company’s common stock is suspended from trading on or delisted from its principal trading market at any time after the initial issuance date (whether or not subsequently cured), 80%) of the lowest daily VWAP of the Company’s common stock during the period beginning on the trading day immediately after the day on which the applicable Holder receives the shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of the their preferred shares (“Conversion Shares”) and ending on the trading day on which the aggregate dollar volume of the Company’s common stock on its principal trading market exceeds the product of the Conversion Amount set forth on the applicable conversion notice multiplied by seven (7), subject to a five (5) trading day minimum (such period, the “Conversion Measuring Period”); provided, however, that each day on which (i) the Company’s common stock has been suspended for trading on all Eligible Markets (as defined), (ii) Conversion Shares cannot be sold by the Holder because of a defined violation by the Company, or (iii) Conversion Shares are not delivered after the share delivery deadline, are excluded from the Conversion Measuring Period.
Except as described above, the rights and preferences of the Series B Convertible Preferred Stock, which have been described in various reports previously filed by the Company with the SEC, did not change.
During the three months ended March 31, 2025, the Company issued a total of shares of Series B Preferred Stock upon various exercises of the Ionic Warrant for gross proceeds of $11,000,000 before deducting offering costs of $770,000. As a result of these exercises, there were no remaining Series B Preferred Stock warrants outstanding as of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025.
During the three months ended March 31, 2025, the Company issued shares of common stock for the conversion of shares of Series B Preferred Stock.
During the three months ended March 31, 2026, the Company issued shares of common stock for the conversion of shares of Series B Preferred Stock.
flyExclusive Transaction
On February 13, 2025, the Company entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization (the “Merger Agreement”) with flyExclusive, Inc. (“flyExclusive”), FlyX Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of flyExclusive (“Merger Sub”), and Jet.AI SpinCo, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (“SpinCo”). Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, (i) as a condition to closing on the Merger Agreement, the Company will distribute all of the shares of SpinCo, on a pro rata basis, to the Company’s stockholders and (ii) Merger Sub will merge with and into SpinCo (the “Merger” and, together with the Distribution and all other transactions contemplated under the Merger Agreement, the “Transactions”) with SpinCo surviving the Merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of flyExclusive.
In connection with executing the Merger Agreement, the Company, SpinCo, and flyExclusive entered into a Separation and Distribution Agreement (the “Separation and Distribution Agreement”) pursuant to which the Company will transfer the business, operations, services and activities of the Company’s jet charter business to SpinCo. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Separation and Distribution Agreement, the Company will distribute all of the shares of common stock of SpinCo (“SpinCo Common Stock”) to the Company’s stockholders on a pro rata basis as set forth in the Separation and Distribution Agreement (the “Distribution”). As such, the Company will no longer operate a jet charter business as of consummation of the Distribution. There will be no change to the Company’s board of directors or executive officers as a result of the Transactions.
Upon closing of the Merger, the holders of SpinCo Common Stock will have their SpinCo Common Stock converted on a pro rata basis into the right to receive shares of Class A common stock of flyExclusive (“flyExclusive Common Stock”), based on an exchange ratio equal to the quotient of (i) the “Initial Purchase Price” divided by the volume weighted average closing sale price of the flyExclusive Common Stock as reported on NYSE American for a period of 30 consecutive trading days ending on the trading day three trading days prior to the day of closing of the Merger (the “Merger Consideration Shares”), divided by (ii) the total outstanding shares of SpinCo Common Stock. The “Initial Purchase Price” is an amount equal to the product of (x) SpinCo’s estimated net cash, multiplied by certain premium percentages depending on SpinCo’s estimated net cash upon closing of the Merger. The number of Merger Consideration Shares that holders of SpinCo Common Stock will receive is subject to adjustment, depending on, among other things, the actual amount of SpinCo’s net cash at closing of the Merger. The Company’s stockholders will continue to own and hold their existing shares of the Company’s common stock as of closing of the Merger.
On May 6, 2025, the parties entered into an Amended and Restated Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization (the “Amended Merger Agreement”), which amends, restates, replaces, and supersedes the original Merger Agreement. Under the Amended Merger Agreement, 80% of the Merger Consideration Shares will be issued upon the closing, and 20% of the Merger Consideration Shares will be held in reserve by flyExclusive until a final post-closing purchase price is determined. Once the final post-closing purchase price is determined, flyExclusive will only issue additional Merger Consideration Shares from the reserve on a dollar for dollar basis up to the lesser of the final purchase price and the initial purchase price.
The Transactions are subject to shareholder approval and are expected to close during the second quarter of 2026.
Regulation A Offerings
In June 2021, the Company undertook a Regulation A, Tier 2 offering for which it was selling up to shares of non-voting common stock at $ per share for a maximum of $21,880,000. During the year ended December 31, 2023, the Company issued an additional share of non-voting common stock under the Regulation A, Tier 2 campaign for aggregate gross proceeds of $1,598,630, with $6,724 of these proceeds pending release from escrow at March 31, 2026.
Share Repurchase Program
On March 12, 2026, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized and approved a share repurchase program (the “Share Repurchase Program”) pursuant to which the Company may repurchase up to $5 million in value of the Company’s outstanding shares of common stock from time to time through December 31, 2026. The Company may buy back its common stock from time to time, in amounts, at prices, and at such times as the Company deems appropriate, subject to market conditions, pursuant to Rule 10b-18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and federal and state laws governing such transactions, through a variety of methods, which may include open market purchases, privately negotiated transactions, block trades, accelerated share repurchase transactions, purchases through 10b5-1 trading plans, or by any combination of such methods. The Share Repurchase Program does not oblige the Company to acquire any specific number of shares and may be modified, discontinued, or suspended at any time. As of March 31, 2026, no shares had been repurchased under the Share Repurchase Program.
Stock Options
The 2023 Plan provides for the grant of equity awards to employees, outside directors, and consultants, including the direct award or sale of shares, stock options, and restricted stock units to purchase shares. The 2023 Plan is a continuation of the 2018 Plan and 2021 Plan, which were assumed from Jet Token and amended, restated and re-named into the form of the 2023 Omnibus Incentive Plan. In December 2025, the 2023 Plan was amended to increase the number of shares of common stock authorized under the 2023 Plan to shares (plus an amount of shares that will account for all shares issuable in connection with the vesting of certain performance share unit awards that we granted to our executive management team. As of March 31, 2026, the total number of shares reserved for issuance under the Omnibus Incentive Plan was shares. The Omnibus Incentive Plan is administered by the Company’s Board of Directors, and expires ten years after its initial adoption, unless terminated by the Board.
During the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, stock-based compensation expense of $ and $, respectively, was recognized for the vesting of these options and restricted stock units. As of March 31, 2026, there was approximately $ in unrecognized stock-based compensation, which will be recognized through September 2027.
Warrants
The number of outstanding warrants issued by the Company as of March 31, 2026 is as follows:
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