STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY | NOTE 5 – STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY During the quarter ended March 31, 2021, in an underwritten primary offering, we issued 1,523,750 shares of our common stock for gross proceeds of $75,425,625. In connection with this transaction, we incurred equity issuance costs of $4,754,089 related to payments to the underwriter, advisors and legal fees associated with the transaction, resulting in net proceeds to the Company of $70,671,536. During the quarters ended September 30, 2021, June 30, 2021, and March 31, 2021, we issued 232,340, 232,806 and 510,803 shares of our common stock, respectively, and received proceeds of $1,094,697, $1,590,767, and $1,120,011, respectively, in connection with the exercise of stock options under our 2013 equity incentive plan. Of the shares issued in the quarter ended March 31, 2021, a total of 368,329 shares were issued in a cashless transaction related to 394,739 expiring options using the net settled method whereby 26,410 options were used to pay the purchase price. The remaining 116,064 shares issued in connection with the exercise of options were all issued for cash. No shares were issued in the quarter ended June 30, 2021 in cashless transactions. Of the shares issued in the quarter ended September 30, 2021, a total of 73,501 shares were issued in a cashless transaction related to 78,334 expiring options using the net settled method whereby 4,833 options were used to pay the purchase price. The remaining 158,839 shares issued in connection with the exercise of options were all issued for cash. During the quarters ended September, 30, 2020, June 30, 2020, and March 31, 2020, we issued 198,024, 55,731, and 35,032 shares of our common stock, and received proceeds of $1,045,097, $174,831 and $112,152, respectively, in connection with the exercise of stock options under our 2013 incentive plan. During 2020 and the first two quarters of 2021, each of our non-employee directors received approximately $25,000 of fully vested shares of common stock on a quarterly basis. In 2021, we issued 2,695 shares of common stock valued at $124,994 to our non-employee directors in the quarter ended March 31, 2021 and 2,035 shares valued at $125,091 in the quarter ended June 30, 2021. In the quarter ended September 30, 2021 we changed our non-employee director compensation program and began issuing restricted stock units to our non-employee directors on a quarterly basis which vest at the end of one year. In 2020, we issued 11,136 shares valued at $100,000 in the quarter ended March 31, 2020, 7,748 shares valued at $100,027 in the quarter ended June 30, 2020, and 5,915 shares valued at $124,984 in the quarter ended September 30, 2020. We also issued 63,560 shares of our common stock in the nine months ended September 30, 2020, in connection with restricted stock unit awards as described in more detail in Note 6 – Stock Based Compensation. No shares other than the previously described non-employee director shares were issued in 2021 in connection with restricted stock unit awards. |