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Equity Offerings
12 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2025
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 or the designation of the series.

 

2025 Sales Agreement

 

On July 25, 2025, the Company entered into a Sales Agreement (the “2025 Sales Agreement”) with TD Securities (USA) LLC (the “Sales Agent”). Pursuant to the 2025 Sales Agreement, the Company may offer and sell up to an aggregate offering price of $150 million (the “Offering”) in shares of common stock from time to time through the Sales Agent.

 

Upon delivery of a placement notice based on the Company’s instructions and subject to the terms and conditions of the 2025 Sales Agreement, the Sales Agent may sell shares of common stock by methods deemed to be an “at the market 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 Company’s prior written consent. The Company is not obligated to make any sales of shares under the 2025 Sales Agreement. The Company or the Sales Agent may suspend or terminate the Offering upon notice to the other party, subject to certain conditions. The Sales Agent will act as sales agent on a commercially reasonable efforts basis consistent its normal trading and sales practices, applicable state and federal law, rules and regulations and the rules of Nasdaq.

 

The Company has agreed to pay the Sales Agent commissions for its services of up to 3.0% of the gross proceeds from the sale of shares of common stock pursuant to the Sales Agreement. The Company has also agreed to provide the Sales Agent with customary indemnification and contribution rights.

 

During the year ended September 30, 2025, the Company issued 927,910 shares of common stock for net proceeds of $9.2 million pursuant to the 2025 Sales Agreement.

 

2023 Purchase Agreement

 

On February 3, 2023, the Company entered into a $150.0 million purchase agreement (the “2023 Purchase Agreement”) with Lincoln Park Capital Fund, LLC (“Lincoln Park”), pursuant to which the Company has the right to sell and issue to Lincoln Park, and Lincoln Park is obligated to purchase, up to $150.0 million in value of its shares of common stock from time to time over a three-year period until February 3, 2026.

 

In consideration for entering into the 2023 Purchase Agreement, the Company issued to Lincoln Park 75,000 shares of common stock as a commitment fee (the “initial commitment shares”) and agreed to issue up to an additional 75,000 shares pro rata, when and if, Lincoln Park purchased, at the Company’s discretion, the $150.0 million aggregate commitment. The Company determined the fair value of the initial commitment shares was $0.8 million with reference to the closing price of the Company’s shares on the Purchase Agreement date. In addition, the Company incurred third party expenses of $0.1 million in connection with entering into the Purchase Agreement. These amounts were expensed to other financing expense on the statements of operations during the year ended September 30, 2023.

 

During the year ended September 30, 2025, the Company did not issue any shares of common stock under the 2023 Purchase Agreement. During the year ended September 30, 2024, the Company issued to Lincoln Park an aggregate of 2,455,646 shares of common stock under the 2023 Purchase Agreement, including 2,450,000 shares of common stock for an aggregate purchase price of $11.3 million and 5,646 commitment shares. During the year ended September 30, 2023, the Company issued to Lincoln Park an aggregate of 3,288,943 shares of common stock under the 2023 Purchase Agreement, including 3,275,000 shares of common stock for aggregate proceeds of $27.9 million and 13,943 commitment shares.

 

At September 30, 2025, there was an unused amount of $110.8 million under the 2023 Purchase Agreement. The Company will need to file a prospectus supplement in order to access funds under the 2023 Purchase Agreement.

 

Exercise of Stock Options

 

During the year ended September 30, 2025, the Company issued 217,503 shares of common stock to the Company’s Chief Executive Officer upon a net exercise of an option to purchase 500,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $0.92 per share. In connection with the exercise, the Company withheld 47,745 shares of common stock as consideration of the exercise price of $0.46 million and 234,752 shares of common stock as consideration for the payment of $2.3 million in connection with tax withholding obligations associated with the exercise. The number of shares withheld were based upon a market price of $9.63 per share as determined by reference to the average high and low sales price reported on the Nasdaq stock exchange on the date of exercise.

 

During the year ended September 30, 2025, the Company issued 38,651 shares of common stock to a director of the Company upon a net exercise of an option to purchase 50,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $1.76 per share. The Company withheld 11,349 shares of common stock as consideration of the exercise price of $88,000. The number of shares withheld were based upon a market price of $7.75 per share as determined by reference to the average high and low sales price reported on the Nasdaq stock exchange on the date of exercise

 

During the year ended September 30, 2025, the Company issued 42,452 shares of common stock to the Company’s Chief Executive Officer upon a net exercise of an option to purchase 187,500 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $5.04 per share. In connection with the exercise, the Company withheld 98,643 shares of common stock as consideration of the exercise price of $0.9 million and 46,405 shares of common stock as consideration for the payment of $0.4 million in connection with tax withholding obligations associated with the exercise. The number of shares withheld were based upon a market price of $9.58 per share as determined by reference to the closing price reported on the Nasdaq stock exchange on the date of exercise.