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Milestone Scientific corrects shelf registration error

MLSS files a technical pre-effective amendment to its S-3 shelf, adding missing company and legal signatures without changing the underlying prospectus.

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Rhea-AI Filing Summary

Milestone Scientific Inc. (MLSS) filed Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to its shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-298804). The amendment’s sole purpose is to correct a clerical error where the company’s signature block was inadvertently omitted from the original filing.

The amendment also adds an updated Exhibit 5.1, an opinion of Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP that now bears a conformed signature and includes the related consent. Other than these technical changes to the cover page, exhibit index, signatures, and Exhibit 5.1, the prospectus and remaining disclosure remain unchanged.

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Filing Explained

The amendment fixes filing formalities; the shelf remains pre-effective, so up to $45 million is future offering capacity, not completed financing.

The September 18 amendment remains pre-effective: it corrects the signature materials and updates the legal opinion and consent, while leaving the prospectus unchanged.

Because this is a Form S-3 shelf registration, it creates future registered-securities capacity rather than documenting a sale; any issuance would increase share count and reduce existing holders’ percentage ownership.

The underlying shelf provides for offers of up to $45 million, including $41,763,620 of previously registered but unsold securities carried forward. The amendment does not set offering terms, pricing, specific uses of proceeds, or any underwriters or agents; those details are reserved for separate prospectus supplements. State-changing milestones to watch are effectiveness or a prospectus supplement for an offering; this amendment reports neither.

Form type Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-3 Amendment to shelf registration statement
File number 333-298804 SEC registration statement file number
Original filing date September 8, 2026 Date the underlying registration statement was first filed
Amendment signature date September 18, 2026 Date the amendment was signed in Roseland, New Jersey
Exhibit 5.1 status Filed with updated opinion and consent Opinion of Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP filed with the amendment
Pre-Effective Amendment regulatory
"This Pre-Effective Amendment No.1 (this “Amendment”) is being filed"
Registration Statement regulatory
"to amend the Registration Statement on (File No. 333-298804)"
A registration statement is a formal document that companies file with a government agency to offer new shares of stock to the public. It provides essential information about the company's finances, operations, and risks, helping investors make informed decisions. Think of it as a detailed product description that ensures transparency and trust before buying into a company.
Exhibit 5.1 regulatory
"This Amendment also includes an updated Exhibit 5.1"
Power of Attorney regulatory
"24.1 | | Power of Attorney***"
A power of attorney is a legal document that allows one person to make decisions and act on behalf of another person, often in financial or legal matters. It’s like giving someone a trusted helper or agent the authority to handle important tasks if you are unable to do so yourself. This matters to investors because it can impact how their assets are managed or transferred if they become unable to oversee their affairs.
Principal Executive Officer financial
"Eric Hines | | (Principal Executive Officer) and Director"
The principal executive officer is the highest-ranking manager who leads a company’s overall strategy, operations and public communication—often acting like the captain of a ship who sets direction and makes final calls. Investors watch this person because their decisions, credibility and ability to deliver results shape company performance, risk and market confidence, and changes in that role can directly affect stock value and corporate accountability.
Offering Type shelf

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What did MLSS change in Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to its Form S-3?

The amendment corrects a clerical error by adding Milestone Scientific Inc.’s missing signature block to the registration statement and includes an updated Exhibit 5.1 with Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP’s conformed signature and consent. No changes were made to the prospectus content.

Does this MLSS S-3/A amendment alter the terms of the offering?

No. The company states that this amendment does not modify the prospectus in Part I or other information in Part II of the registration statement, except for the corrected signatures, updated Exhibit 5.1, and related exhibit index references.

Why did Milestone Scientific Inc. file this pre-effective amendment?

Milestone Scientific Inc. filed this amendment to correct a clerical error. The original Form S-3, filed September 8, 2026, inadvertently omitted the company’s signature block on the signature page, which is now added along with the updated legal opinion exhibit.

Who signed the amended registration statement for MLSS?

The amendment is signed on behalf of Milestone Scientific Inc. by Eric Hines, Chief Executive Officer, as of September 18, 2026. Other directors and officers are listed, with Hines also acting as attorney-in-fact for signatories marked by an asterisk.

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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September [●], 2026

 

Registration No. 333-298804

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

AMENDMENT NO. 1

TO

 

FORM S-3

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

MILESTONE SCIENTIFIC INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware   13-3545623
(State or other jurisdiction of   (IRS Employer
incorporation or organization)   Identification Number)

 

425 Eagle Rock Avenue, Suite 403

Roseland, New Jersey 07068

(973) 535-2717

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number,

including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)

 

Eric Hines

Chief Executive Officer

Milestone Scientific Inc.

425 Eagle Rock Ave, Suite 403

Roseland, New Jersey 07068

(973) 535-2717

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,

including area code, of agent for service)

 

Copy to:

Lawrence M. Bell, Esq.

Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP

1350 Broadway, New York, New York 10018

(212) 574-0392

 

From time to time after the effective date of this registration statement.

(Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public)

 

If the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box. ☐

 

If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933 check the following box. ☒

 

If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ☐

 

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ☐

 

If this Form is a registration statement pursuant to General Instruction I.D. or a post-effective amendment thereto that shall become effective upon filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 462(e) under the Securities Act, check the following box. ☐

 

If this Form is a post-effective amendment to a registration statement filed pursuant to General Instruction I.D. filed to register additional securities or additional classes of securities pursuant to Rule 413(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box. ☐

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act:

 

Large accelerated filer ☐   Accelerated filer ☐   Non-accelerated filer ☒
Smaller reporting company ☒   Emerging growth company ☐    

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐

 

The Registrant hereby amends this registration statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this registration statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or until the registration statement shall become effective on such date as the Securities and Exchange Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.

 

 

 

 
 

 

EXPLANATORY NOTE

 

This Pre-Effective Amendment No.1 (this “Amendment”) is being filed to amend the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-298804), originally filed by Milestone Scientific Inc. on September 8, 2026 (the “Registration Statement”). The purpose of this Amendment is to correct a clerical error in the Registration Statement. The signature page to the Registration Statement inadvertently omitted the Company’s signature block. This Amendment also includes an updated Exhibit 5.1, which bears the conformed signature of Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP and includes the related consent. Accordingly, this Amendment consists only of the cover page of the Registration Statement, this Explanatory Note, the Exhibit Index to the Registration Statement, the signature pages and Exhibit 5.1 filed herewith. This Amendment does not modify the prospectus contained in Part I of the Registration Statement or any other information in Part II of the Registration Statement, except as expressly set forth herein.

 

 
 

 

Item 16. Exhibits

 

The following exhibits are filed herewith or incorporated by reference herein:

 

Exhibit

Number

  Exhibit Title
     
1.1  

Form of Underwriting Agreement*

3.1  

Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended as of August 4, 2026***

4.1  

Form of Certificate of Designation*

4.2  

Form of Preferred Stock Certificate*

4.3  

Form of Warrant or Subscription Agreement*

4.4  

Form of Warrant Certificate*

4.5  

Form of Unit Certificate*

4.6  

Form of Unit Agreement*

5.1  

Opinion of Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP**

23.1  

Consent of CBIZ CPAs P.C. ***

23.2  

Consent of Marcum LLP***

23.3  

Consent of Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)**

24.1  

Power of Attorney***

107.1   Calculation of Registration Statement Fee***

 

* To be filed by amendment or as an exhibit to a report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and incorporated herein by reference.
** Filed herewith.
*** Previously filed

 

 
 

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Amendment to the registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the Borough of Roseland, State of New Jersey, on September 18, 2026.

 

  MILESTONE SCIENTIFIC INC.
     
  By: /s/ Eric Hines
  Eric Hines
  Chief Executive Officer

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Amendment to the registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on September 18, 2026.

 

Signature   Title

 

   
/s/ Eric Hines   Chief Executive Officer
Eric Hines   (Principal Executive Officer) and Director
     

*

  Vice President of Finance and Acting Chief Accounting Officer
Keisha Harcum   (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
     

*

  Chairman of the Board
Benedetta Casamento    
     

*

  Director
Neal Goldman    
     

*

  Director
Didier Demesmin    
     

*

  Director
Dr. Dawood Sayed    
     

*

  Director
Kelly Ulto    
 

 

*

  Director
Greg Shilling    

 

* By:

/s/ Eric Hines

 
Eric Hines  
Attorney-in-Fact  

 

 

 

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