Shareholder's Equity | NOTE 5 SHAREHOLDER’S EQUITY In August 2018, the Company entered into a Stock Purchase Agreement with LPC for $20 million. The Company may sell and issue LPC and LPC was obligated to purchase up to $20 million in value of shares of common stock from time to time over three years. Under this Purchase Agreement, for the three months ended June 30, 2020 and June 30, 2019, the Company received proceeds of $ 1,958,845 and $1,173,810 from the sale of 243,605 and 250,000 shares of the Company’s stock, respectively. The average price per share sold for the three months ended June 30, 2020 and June 30, 2019 was $8.04 per share and $4.70 per share, respectively. On May 14, 2020, the Company entered into a $40 million New Purchase Agreement with LPC, that replaced the existing $20 million purchase agreement. The New Purchase Agreement provides for the issuance of up to $40 million of the Company’s common stock which we may sell from time to time in our sole discretion to LPC over the next 36 months, provided that the closing price is not below $0.25 per share and conditions and limitations in the New Purchase Agreement. Pursuant to the New Purchase Agreement, the Company received net proceeds of $1,682,835 from the sale of 325,000 share of common stock at $8.58 per share. The Company incurred a 2.5% fee for this transaction. At June 30, 2020, there is $37,211,500 available under this Purchase Agreement. The Company filed a prospectus supplement for this Purchase Agreement. On April 2, 2020, the Company entered into an At-The-Market Equity Offering (“ATM”) for $50 million utilizing the Company’s shelf registration statement and filed on Form S-3. The Company may sell shares of our common stock having aggregate sales proceeds of up to $50,000,000 from time to time in this offering, subject to the conditions and limitations in the agreement. If shares are sold, there is a three 3 percent fee paid to the sales agent. For the three months ended June 30, 2020, the Company received net proceeds of $899,540 from the sale of 113,712 shares of the Company’s stock. At June 30, 2020, there is $48,985,459, available under this ATM. On June 3, 2019, the Company entered into a Stock Purchase Agreement (“Offering”) with investors for the issuance of 1,583,743 shares of common stock. The Company raised net proceeds was $7,839,495. The Company’s CEO participated in this offering and invested $300,000 and received 58,253 shares of common stock, or $5.15 per share. On July 2, 2019, the SEC declared effective, the Company’s Form S3 shelf registration statement which allows the Company to sell up to $100 million of equity securities. In addition, certain directors and employees invested $610,000 for an aggregate of 118,254 shares of common stock, representing a purchase price of $5.15 per share. The Company registered these shares in June 2019 on Form S-3 and was declared effective on September 11, 2019. Stock to be Issued to a Vendor As of March 31, 2020, the Company was obligated to issue 30,000 shares to a vendor for services related to investor relations. In May 2020, the 30,000 shares were issued and the fair value of the liability amount was transferred to shareholders’ equity. For the three months ended June 30, 2020 and June 30, 2019 the Company recorded the fair market value of the shares to be issued and recorded stock-based compensation of $2,100 and $22,500, respectively. The fair market value of the liability as of June 30, 2020 and March 31, 2020 was $0 and $240,000, respectively. Issuance of Restricted Shares On December 26, 2018, and December 31, 2019, the Board of directors approved the issuance of 340,000 and 390,000, shares of restricted stock, respectively, to officers, employees and consultants and the fair value for the restricted stock awards was valued at the closing price of the Company’s stock on the date of grant. Restricted stock vests annually over five years. The fair market value of the restricted shares for stock-based expense is equal to the closing pricing of the Company’s stock at the date of grant. Stock based compensation for the three months ended June 30, 2020 and June 30, 2019 was $393,861 and $151,131, respectively. As of June 30, 2020, there are 646,800 unvested shares with an average grant date fair value of $4.99 per share. Stock Option Plan The Company’s amended and restated Equity Incentive Option Plan (the “2013 Plan”), allows for awards to officers, directors, employees, and non-employees of stock options, restricted stock units and restricted shares of the Company’s common stock. The vesting terms of the options issued under the 2013 Plan are generally between two to four years and expire up to ten years after the grant date. The 2013 Plan has 4,100,000 shares eligible for issuance. As of June 30, 2020, there are 69,047 shares available under the 2013 Plan. A summary of the Company’s options for the three months ended June 30, 2020, is as follows: Number Of Options Weighted Price - Weighted Aggregate Options outstanding as of April 1, 2020 3,053,589 $ 4.48 8.4 $ 2,931,535 Granted 122,000 5.76 9.9 219,000 Exercised (2,340 ) 0.1 (18,400 ) Outstanding as of June 30, 2020 3,173,249 $ 4.77 8.5 $ 7,790,295 Exercisable as of June 30, 2020 1,302,374 $ 4.48 7.8 $ 6,633,700 As of June 30, 2020, the Company has unrecognized stock-based compensation expense of approximately $3,845,100 related to unvested stock options and is expected to be expensed over the weighted average remaining service period of 2.6 years. The weighted average fair value of options granted was $5.09 per share during the three months ended June 30, 2020. The following were utilized on the date of grant: June 30, 2020 June 30, 2019 Risk -free interest rate 0.5-.07 % 2.3 % Expected volatility 87.8-92.54 % 83.4 % Dividend yield 0 % 0 % Expected terms (in years) 5.28 -6.25 6.25 The following summarizes the components of stock-based compensation expense which includes stock options and restricted stock for the three months ended June 30, 2020 and June 30, 2019, respectively Three Months Ended Three Months Ended June 30, 2019 Research and development $ 837,449 $ 149,922 General and administrative 978,205 769,115 Total stock-based compensation expense $ 1,815,654 $ 919,037 Warrants A summary of the Company’s outstanding warrants as of June 30, 2020 are as follows: Warrant Holders Number Of Warrants Exercise Price Date Of Expiration January 2017 offering - investors 1,530,282 $ 3.66 January 2022 (a) January 2017 offering - investors 1,530,282 $ 3.66 February 2022 (a) March 2017 offering - investors 68,330 $ 3.66 March 2021 (a) March 2017 offering - placement agent 7,541 $ 3.66 March 2021 (a) March 2018 offering - investors 1,586,231 $ 4.25 March 2022 Third-party license agreement 208,333 $ 4.80 January 2024 March 2020 loan (see Note 10) 172,187 $ 7.26 March 2025 Total 5,103,186 (a) These warrants have down round protection. For the three months ended June 30, 2020, there were 70,538 warrants exercised for $293,111 and 70,538 shares of common stock were issued at an average price per share of $4.16 per share. For the year three months ended June 30, 2019, no warrants were exercised. |