STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY | 3 Months Ended |
Mar. 31, 2015 |
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STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY | NOTE 11 – STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY |
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Preferred Stock |
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At March 31, 2015, we had 10,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock, par value $0.001, authorized for issuance, of which no shares of Preferred Stock were issued or outstanding. |
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Common Stock |
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At March 31, 2015, we had 250,000,000 shares of Common Stock authorized, of which 172,651,036 shares of Common Stock were issued and outstanding. |
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On February 10, 2015, we entered into an underwriting agreement, or the Cowen Agreement, with Cowen and Company, LLC, as the representative of the several underwriters, or the Cowen Underwriters, relating to an underwritten public offering of 13,580,246 shares of Common Stock, at a public offering price of $4.05 per share. Under the terms of the Cowen Agreement, we granted the Cowen Underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an aggregate of 2,037,036 additional shares of Common Stock, which option was exercised in full. The net proceeds from the offering were approximately $59,100,000, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and other estimated offering expenses payable by us. The offering closed on February 17, 2015. |
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During the three months ended March 31, 2015, a certain individual exercised stock options to purchase 11,250 shares of Common Stock for $7,208 in cash. During the three months ended March 31, 2015, an outside service provider exercised warrants to purchase 925,485 of our Common Stock for $358,400 in cash. |
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During the three months ended March 31, 2014, certain individuals exercised stock options to purchase 90,303 shares of Common Stock. Stock options to purchase shares of Common Stock were exercised as follows: (1) 88,736 shares for $40,055 in cash and (ii) 1,567 shares, pursuant to the stock options’ cashless provision, wherein 1,433 shares were cancelled. |
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Warrants to Purchase Common Stock |
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As of March 31, 2015, we had warrants outstanding to purchase an aggregate of 13,002,431 shares of Common Stock with a weighted-average contractual remaining life of 2.5 years, and exercise prices ranging from $0.24 to $3.20 per share, resulting in a weighted average exercise price of $1.92 per share. |
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The valuation methodology used to determine the fair value of our warrants is the Black-Scholes-Merton valuation model, or the Black-Scholes Model. The Black-Scholes Model requires the use of a number of assumptions, including volatility of the stock price, the risk-free interest rate and the term of the warrant. |
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In January 2013, we granted warrants to purchase 1,250,000 shares of Common Stock in connection with the issuance of a Revolving Credit Note to Plato and Associates, LLC, or the Plato Warrant. The Plato Warrant has an exercise price of $3.20 per share. The Plato Warrant vested on October 31, 2013 and may be exercised prior to its expiration on January 31, 2019. The Plato Warrant, with a fair value of $1,711,956, was valued on the date of the grant using a term of six years; a volatility of 44.29%; risk free rate of 0.88%; and a dividend yield of 0%. For the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, $0 and $260,027, respectively, was recorded as financing costs in connection with the issuance of the Plato Warrant on the accompanying consolidated financial statements. |
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In May 2013, we entered into a consulting agreement with Sancilio & Company, Inc., or SCI, to develop drug platforms to be used in our hormone replacement drug candidates. These services include support of our efforts to successfully obtain U.S. Food and Drug Administration, or the FDA, approval for our drug candidates, including a vaginal capsule for the treatment of vulvar and vaginal atrophy, or VVA. In connection with the agreement, SCI agreed to forfeit its rights to receive warrants to purchase 833,000 shares of Common Stock that were to be granted pursuant to the terms of a prior consulting agreement dated May 17, 2012. As consideration under the agreement, we agreed to grant to SCI a warrant to purchase 850,000 shares of Common Stock at $2.01 per share that has vested or will vest, as applicable, as follows: |
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| 1 | 283,333 shares were earned on May 11, 2013 upon acceptance of an Investigational New Drug application by the FDA for an estradiol-based drug candidate in a softgel vaginal capsule for the treatment of VVA; however, pursuant to the terms of the consulting agreement, the shares did not vest until June 30, 2013. The fair value of $405,066 for the shares vested on June 30, 2013 was determined by using the Black-Scholes Model on the date of vesting using a term of five years; a volatility of 45.89%; risk free rate of 1.12%; and a dividend yield of 0%. We recorded the entire $405,066 as non-cash compensation as of June 30, 2013; | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| 2 | 283,333 shares vested on June 30, 2013. The fair value of $462,196 for these shares was determined by using the Black-Scholes Model on the date of the vesting using a term of five years; a volatility of 45.84%; risk free rate of 1.41%; and a dividend yield of 0%. We recorded $154,068 as prepaid expense-short term and $38,509 as prepaid expense-long term in the accompanying consolidated financial statements. During both three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, we recorded $38,517 as non-cash compensation in the accompanying consolidated financial statements; and | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| 3 | 283,334 shares will vest upon the receipt by us of any final FDA approval of a drug candidate that SCI helped us design. It is anticipated that this event will not occur before December 2015. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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During the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, we did not grant any warrants. As of March 31, 2015, unamortized costs associated with the SCI warrants issued in 2013 and 2012 totaled approximately $773,000. |
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Options to Purchase Common Stock |
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In 2009, we adopted the 2009 Long Term Incentive Compensation Plan, or the 2009 Plan, to provide financial incentives to employees, directors, advisers, and consultants of our company who are able to contribute towards the creation of or who have created stockholder value by providing them stock options and other stock and cash incentives, or the Awards. The Awards available under the 2009 Plan consist of stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, restricted stock units, performance stock, performance units, and other stock or cash awards as described in the 2009 Plan. There are 25,000,000 shares authorized for issuance thereunder. As of March 31, 2015, there were non-qualified stock options to purchase 15,617,635 shares of Common Stock outstanding under the 2009 Plan. |
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In 2012, we adopted the 2012 Stock Incentive Plan, or the 2012 Plan, a non-qualified plan that was amended in August 2013. The 2012 Plan was designed to serve as an incentive for retaining qualified and competent key employees, officers, directors, and certain consultants and advisors of our company. There are 10,000,000 shares of Common Stock authorized for issuance thereunder. As of March 31, 2015, there were non-qualified stock options to purchase 1,968,474 shares of Common Stock outstanding under the 2012 Plan. |
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The valuation methodology used to determine the fair value of stock options is the Black-Scholes Model. The Black-Scholes Model requires the use of a number of assumptions including volatility of the stock price, the risk-free interest rate, and the expected life of the stock options. The assumptions used in the Black-Scholes Model during the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014 are set forth in the table below. |
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Ended | Ended | | | | | | | | |
March 31, | March 31, | | | | | | | | |
2015 | 2014 | | | | | | | | |
Risk-free interest rate | | | 1.47 | % | | | 1.70-1.75 | % | | | | | | | | |
Volatility | | | 58.78-62.59 | % | | | 69.15-70.76 | % | | | | | | | | |
Term (in years) | | | 5.27-6.25 | | | | 5.5-6.25 | | | | | | | | | |
Dividend yield | | | 0 | % | | | 0 | % | | | | | | | | |
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The risk-free interest rate assumption is based upon observed interest rates on zero coupon U.S. Treasury bonds whose maturity period is appropriate for the expected term. Estimated volatility is a measure of the amount by which the price of our Common Stock is expected to fluctuate each year during the term of an award. Our estimated volatility is an average of the historical volatility of the stock prices of our peer entities whose stock prices were publicly available. Our calculation of estimated volatility is based on historical stock prices over a period equal to the term of the awards. We used the historical volatility of our peer entities due to the lack of sufficient historical data on our stock price. The average expected life is based on the contractual terms of the stock option using the simplified method. |
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A summary of activity under the 2009 and 2012 Plans and related information follows: |
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| | Number of Shares Underlying Stock | | Weighted Average Exercise Price | | Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life in Years | | Aggregate Intrinsic Value |
Options |
Balance at December 31, 2014 | | | 16,792,443 | | | $ | 1.88 | | | | 6.92 | | | $ | 43,996,311 | |
Granted | | | 919,500 | | | $ | 5.92 | | | | | | | | | |
Exercised | | | (11,250 | ) | | $ | 0.64 | | | | | | | | | |
Cancelled | | | (114,584 | ) | | $ | 2.82 | | | | | | | | | |
Balance at March 31, 2015 | | | 17,586,109 | | | $ | 2.09 | | | | 6.53 | | | $ | 69,714,593 | |
Vested and Exercisable at | | | 13,701,873 | | | $ | 1.5 | | | | 5.89 | | | $ | 62,312,047 | |
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At March 31, 2015, our outstanding stock options had exercise prices ranging from $0.10 to $5.92 per share. |
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Share-based compensation expense for options recognized in our results for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014 ($728,426 and $1,006,025, respectively) is based on vested awards. ASC 718-10 requires forfeitures to be estimated at the time of grant and revised in subsequent periods if actual forfeitures differ from the estimates. At March 31, 2015, total unrecognized estimated compensation expense related to unvested options granted prior to that date was approximately $7,209,000 which may be adjusted for future changes in forfeitures. This cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 2.1 years. No tax benefit was realized due to a continued pattern of operating losses. |