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Equity Offerings | 3 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2021
Equity Offerings |
Equity Offerings | Note 5 Equity Offerings Common Stock Common shares are voting and are entitled to dividends as declared at the discretion of the Board of Directors. Preferred Stock The Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) has the authority to issue preferred stock in one or more series and to fix the rights, preferences, privileges, restrictions and the number of shares constituting any series of the designation of the series. Sales Agreement The Company entered into a Controlled Equity Offering Sales Agreement on July 6, 2018, which was amended and restated on May 1, 2020 (the “Sales Agreement”) with Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. and SVB Leerink LLC (together the “Sales Agents”), pursuant to which the Company may offer and sell shares of common stock registered under an effective registration statement from time to time through the Sales Agents (the “Offering”). Upon delivery of a placement notice based on the Company’s instructions and subject to the terms and conditions of the Sales Agreement, the Sales Agents may sell the Shares by methods deemed to be an “at the market offering” offering, in negotiated transactions at market prices prevailing at the time of sale or at prices related to such prevailing market prices, or by any other method permitted by law, including negotiated transactions, subject to the prior written consent of the Company. The Company is not obligated to make any sales of Shares under the Sales Agreement. The Company or Sales Agents may suspend or terminate the offering of Shares upon notice to the other party, subject to certain conditions. The Sales Agents will act as agent on a commercially reasonable efforts basis consistent with their normal trading and sales practices and applicable state and federal law, rules and regulations and the rules of Nasdaq. The Company has agreed to pay the Sales Agents commissions for their services of up to 3.0% of the gross proceeds from the sale of the Shares pursuant to the Sales Agreement. The Company also agreed to provide the Sales Agents with customary indemnification and contribution rights. During the three months ended December 31, 2021, 99,588 shares were sold pursuant to the Offering for gross proceeds of $2,312,785 (net proceeds of $2,149,701 after deducting offering expenses) (December 31, 2020: 1,514,829 shares were sold for gross proceeds of $8,782,017 (net proceeds of $8,518,557)). At December 31, 2021, an amount of $161,079,765 (September 30, 2021: $163,392,550) was registered pursuant to an effective registration statement and remained available to be sold under the Sales Agreement. 2019 Purchase Agreement On June 7, 2019, the Company entered into a $50,000,000 purchase agreement (the “2019 Purchase Agreement”) with Lincoln Park, as amended on July 1, 2020, pursuant to which the Company had the right to sell and issue to Lincoln Park, and Lincoln Park was obligated to purchase, up to $50,000,000 in value of its shares of common stock from time to time over a three-year period until July 1, 2022. In consideration for entering into the 2019 Purchase Agreement, the Company issued to Lincoln Park 324,383 shares of common stock as a commitment fee during the year ended September 30, 2019 and agreed to issue up to 162,191 shares pro rata, when and if, Lincoln Park purchased, at the Company’s discretion, the $50,000,000 aggregate commitment. At December 31, 2021 and September 30, 2021, no shares remained available for issuance under the 2019 Purchase Agreement. During the three months ended December 31, 2020, the Company issued to Lincoln Park an aggregate of 3,402,930 shares of common stock including 3,346,288 shares of common stock for an aggregate purchase price of $17,461,402 and 56,642 commitment shares.

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