Shareholders' Equity | 6. Shareholders’ Equity Preferred Stock OncoCyte is authorized to issue 5,000,000 shares of no par value preferred stock. As of September 30, 2018, no preferred shares were issued or outstanding. Common Stock OncoCyte has up to 85,000,000 shares of no par value common stock authorized. On March 28, 2018, OncoCyte entered into a securities purchase agreement with two accredited investors. The agreement provides for the private placement of 7,936,508 shares of OncoCyte’s common stock for $1.26 per share, for total gross proceeds of $10.0 million before deducting offering expenses, $8.0 million of which was received in March 2018 and $2.0 million in May 2018. The agreement contains certain registration rights. The investors are Broadwood Partners, L.P. and George Karfunkel, who beneficially own more than 5% of OncoCyte’s outstanding common stock. On July 31, 2018, OncoCyte raised approximately $3.3 million in net proceeds from the sale of 1,256,118 shares of its common stock and warrants, after offering expenses (the “July 2018 Offering”). The shares of common stock and warrants were sold in “Units” at a purchase price of $2.86 per Unit, with each Unit consisting of one share of common stock and one warrant to purchase one share of its common stock (“July 2018 Offering Warrants”). The Units of common stock and warrants were sold in a registered direct offering. OncoCyte’s Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, the Senior Vice President of Research and Development, and certain members of OncoCyte’s Board of Directors purchased Units in the July 2018 Offering on the same terms as other investors. As of September 30, 2018, and December 31, 2017, OncoCyte had 40,664,496 and 31,451,558 issued and outstanding common shares, respectively. July 2018 Offering Warrants Each July 2018 Offering Warrant has an initial exercise price of $3.00 per share, will become exercisable six months after the date of issuance and will expire five years from the date it becomes exercisable. Subject to limited exceptions, a holder of the warrants will not have the right to exercise any portion of such securities if the holder, together with its affiliates, would beneficially own in excess of 4.99% of the number of shares of OncoCyte’s common stock outstanding immediately after the exercise. The July 2018 Offering Warrants are not mandatorily redeemable, cannot be settled in cash or other assets and require settlement by issuing a fixed number of shares of common stock of OncoCyte. The July 2018 Offering Warrants Under certain provisions of the July 2018 Offering Warrants, in the event of a Fundamental Transaction, as defined in the July 2018 Offering Warrants, OncoCyte will use reasonable best efforts for the acquirer, or any successor entity other than OncoCyte, to assume the July 2018 Offering Warrants. If the acquirer does not assume the OncoCyte July 2018 Offering Warrants, and provided that the Fundamental Transaction is not within OncoCyte’s control, including not approved by OncoCyte’s Board of Directors, then the holders of the July 2018 Offering Warrants shall solely be entitled to receive, at a defined Black Scholes value, the same type or form of consideration, and in the same proportion, that is being offered and paid to all the holders of OncoCyte common stock in connection with the Fundamental Transaction. OncoCyte considered the guidance in ASC 815-40, Accounting for Derivative Financial Instruments Indexed to, and Potentially Settled in, a Company’s Own Stock, Based on the above guidance, OncoCyte has met all the equity classification criteria for the July 2018 Offering Warrants and has classified those warrants as equity. Issuance of common stock and warrants On August 29, 2016, OncoCyte sold an aggregate of 3,246,153 immediately separable units, with each unit consisting of one share of OncoCyte common stock and one warrant to purchase one share of OncoCyte common stock (the “2016 Warrants”), at a price of $3.25 per unit (the “Offering”). The sales were made pursuant to the terms and conditions of certain Purchase Agreements between OncoCyte and the purchasers in the Offering. OncoCyte received $9.8 million in net proceeds after discounts, commissions and expenses from the Offering. 2016 Warrants and New Warrants The 2016 Warrants have an exercise price of $3.25 per Warrant Share, and may be exercised for five years from October 17, 2016, the date the 2016 Warrants became exercisable. The 2016 Warrants may be exercised on a net “cashless exercise” basis, meaning that the value of a portion of Warrant Shares may be used to pay the exercise price (rather than payment in cash), in certain circumstances, including if the Resale Registration Statement is not effective when and as required by the Purchase Agreements. The exercise price and the number of Warrant Shares will be adjusted to account for certain transactions, including stock splits, dividends paid in common stock, combinations or reverse splits of common stock, or reclassifications of common stock. Under certain provisions of the 2016 Warrants, in the event of a Fundamental Transaction, as defined in the 2016 Warrants, OncoCyte will use reasonable best efforts for the acquirer, or any successor entity other than OncoCyte, to assume the 2016 Warrants. If the acquirer does not assume the OncoCyte Offering Warrant obligations, then the acquirer shall pay the holders of 2016 Warrants an amount equal to the aggregate value equal to the Black Scholes Value, as defined in the 2016 Warrants. The payment of the Black Scholes Value shall be made in cash or such other consideration as the acquirer paid to the other OncoCyte shareholders in the Fundamental Transaction. OncoCyte is not required to net cash settle the 2016 Warrants under any circumstance. On February 17, 2017, certain OncoCyte investors exercised 2016 Warrants to acquire 625,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $3.25 per warrant for total exercise cash proceeds of $2.0 million (the “Warrant exercise”). In order to induce the investors to complete the Warrant exercise and, in conjunction with the Warrant exercise, OncoCyte issued new warrants to those investors (the “New Warrants”). Certain investors received New Warrants to purchase 200,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $5.50 per share and one investor received New Warrants to purchase 212,500 shares of common stock at an exercise of $3.25 per share. The New Warrants are exercisable at any time for five years from February 17, 2017. The New Warrants are classified as equity as their terms are consistent with the 2016 Warrants. For financial reporting purposes, the issuance of the New Warrants was treated as an inducement offer to certain shareholders to exercise their 2016 Warrants. Accordingly, the fair value of the New Warrants, determined using the approximating $1.1 million was recognized by OncoCyte as a noncash charge to shareholder expense included in general and administrative expenses and a corresponding increase to equity on February 17, 2017, the issuance date. On July 21, 2017, OncoCyte entered into three forms of Warrant Exercise Agreements (each, an “Exercise Agreement”) with certain holders of the 2016 Warrants providing for the cash exercise of their 2016 Warrants and the issuance of new warrants (the “July 2017 Warrants”) to them. Pursuant to one form of Exercise Agreement, two investors exercised 2016 Warrants to purchase 226,923 shares of OncoCyte’s common stock at the exercise price of $3.25 per share, and OncoCyte issued to them July 2017 Warrants expiring five years from the date of issue, to purchase 226,923 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $5.50 per share. Pursuant to a second form of Exercise Agreement, one investor exercised 2016 Warrants to purchase 540,000 shares of common stock at the exercise price of $3.25 per share, and OncoCyte issued to the investor a July 2017 Warrant, expiring five years from the date of issue, to purchase 270,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $3.25 per share. In this alternative form of Exercise Agreement, OncoCyte also agreed to use commercially reasonable efforts to Pursuant to a third form of Exercise Agreement, one investor exercised 2016 Warrants to purchase 1,000,000 shares of common stock at the exercise price of $3.25 per share, and OncoCyte issued to the investor (i) a July 2017 Warrant, expiring two years from the date of issue, to purchase 500,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $5.50 per share, and (ii) a July 2017 Warrant, expiring two years from the date of issue, to purchase 500,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $3.25 per share. In this alternative form of Exercise Agreement, OncoCyte also agreed to use commercially reasonable efforts to file with the SEC a registration statement covering the resale of the shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the July 2017 Warrant and to keep it continuously effective for up to five years, subject to conditions set forth in the Exercise Agreement. In the aggregate, upon the exercise of 2016 Warrants under the Exercise Agreements, OncoCyte received gross proceeds of approximately $5.74 million and issued July 2017 Warrants to purchase 1,496,923 shares of common stock at a weighted average price of $4.34 per share. The July 2017 Warrants are classified as equity as their terms are consistent with the 2016 Warrants. For financial reporting purposes, the issuance of the July 2017 Warrants is treated as an inducement offer to certain investors to exercise their 2016 Warrants. Accordingly, the fair value of the July 2017 Warrants, determined to be approximately $3.0 million using the was recorded as a noncash charge to shareholder expense included in general and administrative expenses, and a corresponding increase was recorded to equity on July 21, 2017, the issuance date. As of September 30, 2018, OncoCyte has an aggregate of 4,035,339 warrants issued and outstanding, including the Bank Warrants disclosed in Note 5, at exercise prices ranging from $3.00 to $5.50 per warrant. Stock option exercises During the nine months ended September 30, 2018, 20,312 shares of common stock were issued upon the exercise of stock options, from which OncoCyte received approximately $58,000 in cash proceeds. |