warrants that had been previously issued to R-Bridge as part of the Royalty Financing were amended to reduce the exercise price and to extend the exercise period to five years from the date of the Amendment, (iii) the existing cap on US royalty payable to R-Bridge was increased from $10 million to $12 million (with no minimum or fixed payments), and (iv) R-Bridge agreed to forgive $10.0 million that was outstanding to them prior to the Amendment.
The accounting for the Loan Agreement requires the Company to make certain estimates and assumptions, particularly about future royalties under the license agreement with Nhwa and sales of OLINVYK in the United States and China. Such estimates and assumptions are utilized in determining the expected repayment term, amortization period of the debt discount, accretion of interest expense and classification between current and long-term portions of amounts outstanding. The Company amortizes the debt discount into interest expense over the expected term of the arrangement using the interest method based on projected cash flows. Similarly, the Company classifies as current debt for the Loan Agreement, amounts that are expected to be repaid during the succeeding twelve months after the reporting period end. However, the repayment of amounts due under the Loan Agreement is variable because the cash flows to be utilized for periodic payments is a function of amounts received by the Company with respect to the royalties and net product sales.
Accordingly, the estimates of the magnitude and timing of amounts to be available for debt service are subject to significant variability and thus, subject to significant uncertainty. Therefore, these estimates and assumptions are likely to change, which may result in future adjustments to the portion of the debt that is classified as a current liability, the amortization of debt discount and the accretion of interest expense. Other amounts that may become due and payable under the Loan Agreement, including amounts shared between the parties with respect to cash flows received in excess of pre-defined thresholds, are recognized as additional interest expense when they become probable and estimable. The amount of principal to be repaid in each of the five succeeding years is not fixed and determinable.
6. Stockholders’ (Deficit) Equity
Equity Offerings
Under its Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (as amended, the “Certificate of Incorporation”), the Company was authorized to issue up to 200,000,000 shares of common stock as of June 30, 2024. The Company also was authorized to issue up to 5,000,000 shares of preferred stock as of June 30, 2024. The Company is required, at all times, to reserve and keep available out of its authorized but unissued shares of common stock sufficient shares to effect the conversion of the shares of the preferred stock and all outstanding stock options and warrants.
December 2023 Equity Offering and Warrant issuance
On December 28, 2023, the Company and a single investor entered into a securities purchase agreement whereby the Company issued 2,779,906 pre-funded warrants (the “Pre-Funded Warrants”) with an initial exercise price of $0.001 per share for $0.70 per Pre-Funded Warrant, which are exercisable immediately and do not expire. In addition, the investor received 2,779,906 common stock warrants with an initial exercise price of $0.70 per share, which are exercisable through April 19, 2029.
Concurrent with the execution of the securities purchase agreement above, the Company and the investor entered into an inducement agreement whereby the Company agreed to reduce the exercise price of 2,934,380 warrants (the “Existing Warrants”) held by the investor from prior equity offerings. The weighted average exercise price of the Existing Warrants was $3.35 per share and was reduced to $0.70 per share in exchange for the investor agreeing to immediately exercise the ExistingWarrants. Of the Existing Warrants exercised, 1,234,380 were held in abeyance for the benefit of the holder due to certain beneficial ownership limitations and these shares were subsequently issued to the investor on June 26, 2024. In addition to reducing the exercise price, the Company issued 5,868,760 common stock warrants (the “Inducement Warrants”) to the investor with an initial exercise price of $0.70 per share, which are exercisable through April 19, 2029. The fair value of the Inducement Warrants and the change in fair value of the Existing Warrants resulting from the reduction in the exercise price totaling $4.2 million was accounted for as equity issuance costs in the consolidated statement of operations.
The Company received $3.5 million in total, after deducting underwriter fees and other third-party costs, as a result of the sale of pre-funded warrants and exercise of the warrants as part of the inducement.