Convertible Redeemable Preferred Stock and Stockholders' Equity | Note 9 — Convertible Redeemable Preferred Stock and Stockholders’ Equity Authorized Capital As of December 31, 2023 and 2022, the Company is authorized to issue 250,000,000 On February 23, 2022, in connection with the closing of the IPO, the Company filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware an amended and restated certificate of incorporation (the “A&R COI”), which became effective immediately. There was no change to the Company’s authorized shares of common stock and preferred stock or the par value. Prior to this amendment, the Company had designated 1,150,000 Preferred Stock Series A Convertible Preferred Stock On September 29, 2023, the Company filed a Certificate of Designations of Rights and Preferences of Series A Preferred Stock of the Company (the “Series A Certificate of Designations”) with the State of Delaware to designate and authorize the issuance of up to 10,000 On October 3, 2023, the Company issued 3,000 Voting Redemption — Liquidation Preference — Dividends -if-converted-to-common-stock Conversion — time from and after one year from the date of issuance into that number of shares of common stock (subject to certain limitations) determined by dividing the Stated Value by the Conversion Price. If the required vote discussed above is not obtained, and the Series A Preferred Stock is converted at the option of the holder, the Company may not issue a number of shares of common stock which, would exceed 19.99% shares of common stock (subject to adjustment for forward and reverse stock splits, recapitalizations and the like). The Conversion Price, which is subject to adjustment in the event of any stock dividend, stock split, combination or other similar recapitalization and other adjustments, as defined in the Series A Certificate of Designations, is initially $0.5254. The maximum number of shares that the Series A Preferred Stock is convertible into, based on the Conversion Price as of December 31, 2023 is approximately 5,709,935 The Company evaluated the terms of the Series A Preferred Stock, and in accordance with the guidance of ASC 480, the Series A Preferred Stock is classified as permanent equity in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet. The Series A Preferred Stock was recorded at its fair value as of the issuance date (see Note 7). Series B Convertible Preferred Stock On December 15, 2023, the Company filed a Certificate of Designations of Rights and Preferences of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock of the Company (the “Series B Certificate of Designations”) with the State of Delaware to designate and authorize the issuance of up to 2,700,000 On December 15, 2023, in connection with the PMX Transaction, as part of the purchase consideration, the Company issued 2,696,729 Voting — Liquidation Preference — -up Dividends -if-converted-to-common-stock Conversion — Cash Settlement — Redemption — The Company evaluated the terms of the Series B Preferred Stock, and in accordance with the guidance of ASC 480, the Series B Preferred Stock is classified as temporary equity in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet, as the shares may be redeemable by the holders for cash, upon certain conditions that are not within the control of the Company. Additionally, the Company does not control the actions or events necessary to deliver the number of required shares upon exercise by the holders of the conversion feature. The Series B Preferred Stock was recorded at its fair value as of the issuance date (see Note 5). The Series B Preferred Stock is not currently redeemable or probable of becoming redeemable because it is subject to, among other things, Stockholder Approval as described above, and therefore the carrying amount is not currently accreted to its redemption value as of December 31, 2023. Series Seed Convertible Preferred Stock The Company has 1,150,000 Prior to the closing of the IPO in 2022, there were 1,146,138 -effective Common Stock As of December 31, 2023 and 2022, there were 22,841,975 and 15,724,957 Holders of the Company’s common stock are entitled to one vote for each share held of record, and are entitled upon liquidation of the Company to share ratably in the net assets of the Company available for distribution after payment of all obligations of the Company and after provision has been made with respect to each class of stock, if any, having preference over the common stock. The shares of common stock are not redeemable and have no preemptive or similar rights. On December 15, 2023, in connection with the Proteomedix acquisition, the Company issued 3,675,414 On February 17, 2022, the Company entered into an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with Boustead Securities, LLC, acting as representative of the underwriters (“Boustead”), in relation to the Company’s IPO, pursuant to which the Company agreed to sell to the underwriters an aggregate of 2,222,222 Pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, the Company issued to Boustead warrants to purchase 111,111 -40 -classified During October 2022, in connection with a settlement agreement that was entered into with Boustead, these warrants were exchanged for 93,466 The restricted shares of common stock issued under the settlement and advisory agreements with Boustead was valued based on the closing trading price on the date the agreements were executed, adjusted to reflect the effect of the restriction on the sale of the common stock. The value of the restriction was measured using the Black -Scholes 0.5 -free Treasury Stock On November 10, 2022, the board of directors approved a stock repurchase program (the “Repurchase Program”) to allow the Company to repurchase up to 5 million shares of common stock with a maximum price of $1.00 per share, with discretion to management to make purchases subject to market conditions. On November 18, 2022, the board of directors approved an increase to the maximum price to $2.00 per share. There is no expiration date for this program. During the year ended December 31, 2023, the Company repurchased 57,670 Private Investments in Public Equity April 2022 Private Placement On April 19, 2022, the Company consummated the closing of a private placement (the “April 2022 Private Placement”), pursuant to the terms and conditions of a securities purchase agreement, dated as of April 13, 2022. At the closing of the April 2022 Private Placement, the Company issued 590,406 -funded warrants to purchase an aggregate of 590,406 -funded -funded August 2022 Private Placement H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC (“Wainwright”) acted as the exclusive placement agent for the April 2022 Private Placement. The Company agreed to pay Wainwright a placement agent fee and management fee equal to 7.5% and 1.0%, respectively, of the aggregate gross proceeds from the April 2022 Private Placement and reimburse certain out -of-pocket -funded August 2022 Private Placement The Company evaluated the terms of the April 2022 Private Placement Warrants and determined that they should be classified as equity instruments based upon accounting guidance provided in ASC 480 and ASC 815 -40 -classified The Company evaluated the terms of the April Contingent Warrants and determined that they should be classified as a liability based upon accounting guidance provided in ASC 815 -40 4.0 -free August 2022 Private Placement On August 11, 2022, the Company consummated the closing of a private placement (the “August 2022 Private Placement”), pursuant to the terms and conditions of a securities purchase agreement, dated as of August 9, 2022. At the closing of the August 2022 Private Placement, the Company issued 1,350,000 -funded -funded 1,180,812 -funded -funded -funded Wainwright acted as the exclusive placement agent for the August 2022 Private Placement. The Company agreed to pay Wainwright a placement agent fee and management fee equal to 7.5% and 1.0%, respectively, of the aggregate gross proceeds from the August 2022 Private Placement and reimburse certain out -of-pocket -funded The Company evaluated the terms of the August 2022 Private Placement Warrants and determined that they should be classified as equity instruments based upon accounting guidance provided in ASC 480 and ASC 815 -40 -classified The investors in the April 2022 Private Placement agreed to cancel the aggregate of 1,180,812 preferred investment options issued in the April 2022 Private Placement, as part of their participation in the August 2022 Private Placement. The preferred investment options that were cancelled were effectively exchanged for 1,289,148 new preferred investment options in the August 2022 Private Placement, and accordingly have been accounted for as a modification or exchange of equity -linked -40 -Scholes Original Exchanged Exercise price $ 6.65 $ 2.546 Term (years) 3.67 5.0 Expected stock price volatility 116.2 % 120.2 % Risk-free rate of interest 3.16 % 2.98 % The Company evaluated the terms of the August Contingent Warrants and determined that they should be classified as a liability based upon accounting guidance provided in ASC 815 -40 -linked of approximately $8,000 recognized in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss. The remaining 227,497 August Contingent Warrants were measured as a liability upon the close of the August Private Placement. Since the Contingent Warrants are a form of compensation to the placement agent, the Company recorded the value of the liability of approximately $39,000, as a reduction of additional paid in capital. The entire 298,346 of August Contingent Warrants were remeasured at December 31, 2022, using a Monte Carlo simulation, with the change in the value of the liability recorded in other income (expense) in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss. The following significant assumptions were used in the valuation of the contingent warrant liability, related to the August Contingent Warrants, as of the date of the August 2022 Private Placement and as of December 31, 2022: August 11, 2022 December 31, 2022 Exercise price $ 3.3938 $ 3.3938 Term (years) 5.00 4.61 Expected stock price volatility 127.8 % 120.8 % Risk-free rate of interest 2.98 % 4.03 % During the year ended December 31, 2023, in connection with the warrant inducement transaction, the Company issued warrants to Wainwright as settlement of the contingent warrant liability associated with 149,173 of the August 2022 Contingent Warrants, which was triggered upon exercise of the underlying preferred investment options. See Warrant Inducement At the Market Offering Agreement On March 29, 2023, the Company entered into an At The Market Offering Agreement (the “ATM Agreement”) with H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC, as sales agent (the “Agent”), to create an at -the-market Deferred offering costs associated with the ATM Agreement are reclassified to additional paid in capital on a pro -rata As of December 31, 2023, no shares have been sold under the ATM Offering. Warrant Inducement On July 31, 2023, the Company entered into a common stock preferred investment options exercise inducement offer letter (the “Inducement Letter”) with a holder (the “Holder”) of existing preferred investment options (“PIOs”) to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock at the original exercise price of $2.546 per share, issued on August 11, 2022 (the “Existing PIOs”). Pursuant to the Inducement Letter, the Holder agreed to exercise for cash its Existing PIOs to purchase an aggregate of 2,486,214 On August 2, 2023, the Company consummated the transactions contemplated by the Inducement Letter (the “Warrant Inducement”). The Company received aggregate net proceeds of approximately $2.3 million from the Warrant Inducement, after deducting placement agent fees and other offering expenses payable by the Company. Upon the close of the transaction, the Company issued the Holder 1,575,000 of the 2,486,214 The Company agreed to file a registration statement covering the resale of the Inducement PIO Shares issued or issuable upon the exercise of the Inducement PIOs (the “Resale Registration Statement”), as soon as practicable, and to use commercially reasonable efforts to have such Resale Registration Statement declared effective by the SEC within 90 days following the date of the Inducement Letter, and to keep the Resale Registration Statement effective at all times until there are no Inducement PIO Shares. The provision to register the underlying shares in the Warrant Inducement does not require payment related to the registration rights provided. As such, while the shares were not registered within 90 days of the date of the Inducement Letter, there is no accounting impact for this provision. The Company engaged Wainwright to act as its placement agent in connection with the Warrant Inducement and paid Wainwright a cash fee equal to 7.5% of the gross proceeds received from the exercise of the Existing PIOs as well as a management fee equal to 1.0% of the gross proceeds from the exercise of the Existing PIOs. The Company also agreed to reimburse Wainwright for its expenses in connection with the exercise of the Existing PIOs and the issuance of the Inducement PIOs, up to $50,000 for fees and expenses of legal counsel and other out -of-pocket -accountable The Company evaluated the terms of the Inducement PIOs and the Wainwright Inducement Warrants (collectively, the “August 2023 Inducement Warrants”), and determined that they should be classified as equity instruments based upon accounting guidance provided in ASC 480 and ASC 815 -40 The Warrant Inducement, which resulted in the lowering of the exercise price of the Existing PIOs and the issuance of the Inducement PIOs, is considered a modification of the Existing PIOs under the guidance of Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2021 -04 Issuer’s Accounting for Certain Modifications or Exchanges of Equity Classified Written Call Options In addition, the change in fair value of the contingent warrant liability associated with 149,173 of the August Contingent Warrants that were settled through issuance of the Wainwright Inducement Warrants, of approximately $122,000, was recognized in other income (expense) in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss, and the fair value of the contingent warrant liability of approximately $129,000 was derecognized as of the settlement date. The corresponding amount, representing the fair value of the Wainwright Inducement Warrants, was recognized as additional paid in capital. The Company measured the liability on the settlement date using a Black Scholes model, with the following significant assumptions: expected term of 5.0 -free The Company evaluated the terms of the Inducement Contingent Warrants and determined that they should be classified as a liability based upon accounting guidance provided in ASC 815 -40 5.0 -free Warrants The following summarizes activity related to the Company’s outstanding warrants, excluding contingent warrants issuable upon exercise of the preferred investment options, for the year ended December 31, 2023: Number of Weighted Weighted Outstanding as of December 31, 2022 5,910,914 $ 2.37 4.7 Granted 5,121,601 1.10 Exercised (3,132,854 ) 0.865 Cancelled — — Outstanding as of December 31, 2023 7,899,661 1.68 4.3 Warrants vested and exercisable as of December 31, 2023 7,899,661 $ 1.68 4.3 As of December 31, 2023, the outstanding warrants include 70,849 April 2022 Private Placement Warrants, 2,707,211 August 2022 Private Placement Warrants, and 5,121,601 August 2023 Inducement Warrants, which are exercisable into 7,899,661 Additionally, as of December 31, 2023 and 2022, the value of the August Contingent Warrants and the Inducement Contingent Warrants (collectively the “Contingent Warrants”) was approximately $3,000 and $14,000, respectively. The maximum number of warrants issuable upon settlement of the Contingent Warrants as of December 31, 2023 and 2022 was 447,519 and 298,346, respectively. Onconetix Equity Incentive Plans The Company’s 2019 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2019 Plan”) was adopted by its board of directors and by its stockholders on July 1, 2019. The Company has reserved 1,400,000 On February 23, 2022 and in connection with the closing of the IPO, the Company’s board of directors adopted the Company’s 2022 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2022 Plan”), which is the successor and continuation of the Company’s 2019 Plan. Under the 2022 Plan, the Company may grant stock options, restricted stock, restricted stock units, stock appreciation rights, and other forms of awards to employees, directors, and consultants of the Company. Upon its effectiveness, a total of 1,600,000 increased to 3,150,000. The stock options and restricted stock granted during the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022 were all granted under the 2022 Plan. As of December 31, 2023, there are 718,402 Stock Options The following summarizes activity related to the Company’s stock options under the 2019 Plan and the 2022 Plan for the year ended December 31, 2023: Number of Weighted Total Weighted (in years) Outstanding as of December 31, 2022 1,392,654 $ 3.30 $ 670,161 8.2 Granted 962,154 0.48 — — Forfeited/cancelled (404,058 ) 4.87 — — Exercised (45,920 ) 0.01 45,920 — Outstanding as of December 31, 2023 1,904,830 1.63 94,239 8.4 Options vested and exercisable as of December 31, 2023 861,177 $ 2.23 $ 94,239 7.1 The fair value of options granted in 2023 and 2022 was estimated using the following assumptions: For the For the Exercise price $0.26 – 1.29 $1.06 – 6.45 Term (years) 5.00 – 10.00 5.00 – 10.00 Expected stock price volatility 101.1% – 119.5 112.6% – 121.2% Risk-free rate of interest 3.5% – 4.7% 2.9% – 4.3% The weighted average grant date fair value of stock options granted during the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022 was $0.41 and $3.40, respectively. The aggregate fair value of stock options that vested during the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022 was approximately $0.7 million and $2.1 million, respectively. On October 4, 2023, the Company’s board of directors granted an aggregate of 709,768 stock options in connection with the appointment of the Company’s newly hired Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer. The options granted have an exercise price of $0.4305 per share, vest quarterly over a three -year -based During the year ended December 31, 2022, 200,000 stock options were granted to the Company’s former Chief Executive Officer (“former CEO”), Chairman, and significant stockholder, 200,000 stock options were granted to the Company’s former Chief Business Officer (“former CBO”), and 100,000 stock options were granted to the Company’s former Chief Financial Officer (“former CFO”). The aggregate grant -date -based Additionally, during the year ended December 31, 2022, the Company granted an aggregate of 72,223 stock options to non -executive -date -executive -based Restricted Stock On May 9, 2023, the Board’s Compensation Committee approved the issuance of restricted stock, granted under the Company’s 2022 Plan, to the Company’s executive officers, employees, and certain of the Company’s consultants. The restricted shares granted totaled 487,500, of which 150,000, 75,000, and 150,000 were granted to the Company’s former CEO, former CFO, and former CBO, respectively. All of the restricted shares granted vest as follows: 50% in January 2024, 25% in August 2024, and 25% in August 2025. In addition, on May 31, 2023, the Board’s Compensation Committee approved the issuance of 25,440 -executive On August 16, 2023 and October 4, 2023, upon their respective resignations, the Company’s former CEO and former CFO forfeited 150,000 Number of Weighted Nonvested as of December 31, 2022 — $ — Granted 512,940 1.01 Forfeited/cancelled (250,110 ) 1.02 Vested (6,250 ) 1.03 Nonvested as of December 31, 2023 256,580 $ 1.03 Proteomedix Stock Option Plan Proteomedix sponsors a stock option plan (the “PMX Option Plan”) which provides common stock option grants to be granted to certain employees and consultants, as was determined by the board of directors of Proteomedix. In connection with the PMX Transaction, the Company assumed the PMX Option Plan (see Note 5). Generally, options issued under the PMX Option Plan have a term of less than 11 four -year -Scholes There was no activity under the PMX Option Plan between the Acquisition Date and December 31, 2023. As of December 31, 2023, there were 58,172 and 57,276 stock options outstanding and vested, respectively, with a weighted average exercise price of $3.46 and $3.17, respectively, and a weighted average remaining contractual life of 5.36 5.20 4.53 Stock-Based Compensation Stock -based For the Years Ended December 31, 2023 2022 Selling, general and administrative $ 234,298 $ 1,309,687 Research and development 95,462 664,879 Total $ 329,760 $ 1,974,566 As of December 31, 2023, unrecognized stock -based -average 1.79 1.57 As of December 31, 2023, unrecognized stock -based -average 2.98 During the year ended December 31, 2023, in connection with the former CBO’s resignation from the Company, the individual’s outstanding stock options and restricted stock awards were modified to allow continued vesting during the term of the consulting agreement entered into in January 2024. The Company recognized a net credit of approximately $165,000 to stock -based During the year ended December 31, 2022, the Company’s board of directors approved the accelerated vesting of an aggregate of 32,517 stock options to a former director and a former advisor, in connection with their separation from the Company. The Company recognized stock -based |