11. Share Capital
(a) Authorized
An unlimited number of common shares
(b) Issued and Outstanding
During the first quarter of fiscal 2018, 481,896 warrants with exercise prices of $0.75 and US$0.70 were exercised for proceeds of $405,778, resulting in the issuance of 481,896 common shares.
During the second quarter of fiscal 2018, the Company issued 15,687,500 common shares from the conversion of the 8% unsecured convertible debentures and 166,387 common shares in lieu of accrued interest, as described Note 10 Convertible debentures.
On January 2, 2018, the Company announced that it had elected to exercise its right to accelerate the expiry date of the common share purchase warrants issued under the 8% convertible debentures. The Company became entitled to accelerate the expiry date of the warrants on December 27, 2017 on the basis that the closing trading price of the Common Shares on the TSXV exceeded $3.00 for 15 consecutive trading days. The expiry date for the warrants was accelerated from July 18, 2019 to February 1, 2018. During the second quarter of fiscal 2018, the Company issued 7,799,960 common shares related to the exercise of warrants associated with the 8% convertible debentures.
During the second quarter of fiscal 2018, the Company issued 31,363,252 common shares from the conversion of the 7% unsecured convertible debentures and 20,829 common shares in lieu of accrued interest, as described Note 10 Convertible debentures. The Company issued 2,922,393 common shares related to the exercise of warrants from the 7% unsecured convertible debentures.
During the second quarter of fiscal 2018, in addition to common shares issued related to the exercise of warrants associated with the convertible debentures, 5,025,627 warrants with exercise prices of $0.75 and US$0.70 were exercised, resulting in the issuance of 5,021,940 common shares. Total proceeds from the exercise of warrants were $30,936,897.
On January 30, 2018 the Company closed a bought deal public offering of 37,375,000 units at a price of $4.00 per unit for gross proceeds of $149,500,000. Each unit consisted one common share andone-half of one share purchase warrant of the Company. Each warrant is exercisable into one common share at a price of $5.60 per share for a period of two years. The fair value of the warrants at the date of grant was estimated at $0.56 per warrants based on the following weighted average assumptions:
| • | | expected life of 1 year; |
| • | | 65% volatility based upon comparative market indicators and historical data; |
| • | | risk free interest rate of 1.25%. |
Total cash share issue costs amounted to $6,379,728 which consisted of underwriters’ commissions of $5,980,000, underwriters’ expenses of $10,000, underwriters’ legal fees of $96,522 and incurred $311,206 of additional cash issuance costs. In addition, the Company issued an aggregate of 1,495,000 compensation warrants to the underwriters at a fair value of $1,485,797. The compensation warrants have an exercise price of $4.00 and expire January 30, 2020. The fair value of the compensation warrants at the date of grant was estimated at $0.99 per warrant based on the following weighted average assumptions:
| • | | expected life of 1 year; |
| • | | 65% volatility based upon comparative market indicators and historical data; |
| • | | risk free interest rate of 1.25%. |
The Company allocated $7,342,461 of the issuance costs to the common shares and $523,064 to the warrants.
During the third quarter of fiscal 2018, 2,474,813 warrants with exercise prices ranging from $0.75 to $5.60 and US$0.76 were exercised for proceeds of $4,422,747, resulting in the issuance of 2,474,813 common shares.
On May 24, 2018, the Company announced that it had elected to exercise its right to accelerate the expiry date governing the common share purchase warrants issued November 24, 2017. Pursuant to the terms of the warrant indenture the Company elected its right to accelerate the expiry date of the remaining 5,261,043 warrants from November 24, 2019 to June 25, 2018. As at the date of expiry all warrants were exercised. The accelerated expiry date also applied to the remaining 1,568,181 compensation warrants originally issued to certain investment banks on November 24, 2017. As at the date of expiry 1,505,453 compensation warrants were exercised and 62,728 warrants expired.
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