Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

STOCKHOLDERS??? EQUITY

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STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2023
Equity [Abstract]  
STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
COMMON STOCK

In February 2023, the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement and a note purchase agreement (“SPA”, NPA” or together “Agreements”) with Maverick Capital Partners, LLC (“Maverick” or “Investor”). Pursuant to the terms of the Agreements, as amended, the Company agreed to sell up to $4,000,000 of the Company’s common stock at 75% of the average calculated Volume Weighted Average Price (“VWAP”) per share.

In February 2023, the Company issued a $500,000 Convertible Note to the Investor pursuant to the NPA. On March 9, 2023 the Convertible Note was settled upon the execution of the SPA and related issuance of 200,105 shares of common stock pursuant to the SPA draw down notice dated March 9, 2023. These shares of common stock were registered under the Company’s registration statement on Form S-3 dated February 10, 2023 and the related prospectus supplement dated March 9, 2023, whereby, the Company received total proceeds of $500,000.

On February 1, 2023, the Company entered into a Sales Agreement with certain investors to issue and sell through the sales agent shares of the Company’s common stock. The issuance and sale of shares of Common Stock to or through the sales agent will be effected pursuant to the Registration Statement dated February 2, 2023. The Company shall pay to the sales agent in cash, upon each sale of placement shares through the sales agent pursuant to the Sales Agreement, an amount equal to 3.00% of the aggregate gross proceeds from each sale of placement shares. In connection to the Sales Agreement, on February 17, 2023 and February 22, 2023, the Company sold 6,184 shares at $3.76 per share for gross proceeds of approximately $23,000.

Total stock issuance costs, which consist primarily of legal, accounting and underwriting fees in connection with the above stated transactions was approximately $174,000, which has been used to offset against the proceeds. During the quarter ended March 31, 2023, deferred offering costs of $29,000 were recorded in additional paid in capital. The remainder of the amount approximately $144,000 will be charged to paid in capital over the use of the facility.

WARRANTS

During 2019, milestone warrants were issued to certain executives totaling 407,272 warrants (“Penny Warrants”). These warrants were valued on the date of grant at $0.0003 to vest upon meeting certain milestones. These warrants expired unissued in February 2023.

The following is a summary of warrant activity during the three months ended March 31, 2023:
Number of
shares
Weighted
average exercise
price
Weighted
average
remaining life (years)
Aggregate
intrinsic value
(in thousands)
Outstanding - December 31, 2022
3,908,276  $ 5.42  3.47 $ 2,020 
Exercised (11,638) 2.75  — 
Expired (408,726) —  — 
Outstanding – March 31, 2023
3,487,912  6.06  3.62 $ — 
Exercisable – March 31, 2023
3,487,912  $ 6.06  3.62 $ — 
During the three months ended March 31, 2023, 11,638 warrants were exercised, of these 5,817 were exercised in the form of a cashless exercise utilizing 4,347 warrants which resulted in the issuance of 1,471 common shares and 5,821 warrants were exercised for approximately $16,000.