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Stockholders' Equity | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020
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Stockholders' Equity | Note 7. Stockholders’ Equity Equity Distribution Agreement On July 23, 2018, the Company filed a prospectus and prospectus supplement (the “2018 Prospectus”) under which the Company may offer and sell, from time to time, pursuant to an equity distribution agreement with Piper Jaffray & Co., up to $9.8 million in shares of its common stock. During the year ended December 31, 2019, 1,401 shares were sold under the 2018 Prospectus for gross proceeds of approximately $110,000. No shares were sold during the year ended December 31, 2020. 2019 Equity Offering On April 30, 2019, the Company agreed to sell in a registered direct offering, an aggregate 191,617 shares of its common stock to certain investors for gross proceeds of approximately $10.7 million under its effective shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-226286). In a concurrent private placement, the Company also agreed to issue to such investors Series A warrants to purchase up to 191,617 shares of its common stock at an exercise price of $72.00 with a term of eighteen months and Series B warrants to purchase up 191,617 shares of its common stock at an exercise price of $72.00 with a term of five years. The Series B warrants become exercisable only upon the exercise of the Series A warrants. In addition, the Company agreed to issue placement agent warrants to purchase up to 9,580 shares of common stock representing 5.0% of the aggregate number of shares of common stock sold in this offering. The placement agent warrants have substantially the same terms as the Series A Warrants, except that the placement agent warrants will have an exercise price equal to $69.66 and will expire on April 30, 2024. We refer to the registered direct offering and the concurrent private placement collectively as the “2019 Equity Offering”. All the warrants issued in connection with the 2019 Equity Offering contained put options that allow the holders of the warrants the right to receive, for each warrant share that would have been issuable upon an exercise immediately prior to the occurrence of an effective change in control event defined as a fundamental transaction, the number of shares of common stock of the successor or acquiring corporation or of the Company, if it is the surviving corporation, and any additional consideration receivable as a result of such fundamental transaction by a holder of the number of shares of common stock for which this warrant is exercisable immediately prior to such fundamental transaction. The Company evaluated the embedded put option contained in the warrants under the guidance of Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 815, Derivatives and Hedging, and concluded that the requirements for contingent exercise provisions as well as the settlement provision for scope exception in ASC 815-10-15-74 has been met. Accordingly, the put options contained in the warrants were not bi-furcated and accounted for as freestanding derivative instruments. Warrant Exercise Transactions On January 10, 2020 and January 15, 2020, the Company entered into warrant exercise agreements (the “Exercise Agreements”) with the holders (the “Holders”) of its Series A Warrants and Series B Warrants (collectively, the “Warrants”), issued in the 2019 Equity Offering, pursuant to which the Holders agreed to exercise in cash their Warrants to purchase an aggregate of 383,234 shares of the Company’s common stock at a reduced exercise price of $12.87 per share, plus an additional $2.25 per share for the issuance of the private placement warrants for gross proceeds (before placement agent fees and expenses) to the Company of approximately $5.8 million (the “Exercise Transaction”). Under the Exercise Agreements, the Company also agreed to issue to the Holders new warrants to purchase up to 383,235 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $12.96 per share, with an exercise period of five and a half years (the “Private Placement Warrants”). The Private Placement Warrants transaction subsequently closed and the Private Placement Warrants were issued on January 14, 2020 with respect to the Warrants exercised on January 10, 2020 and on or about January 17, 2020, with respect to the Warrants exercised on January 15, 2020. In addition, the Company agreed to issue to the placement agent warrants to purchase up to 19,162 shares of common stock, representing 5.0% of the aggregate number of shares of common stock issued in the Exercise Transaction. The placement agent warrants have substantially the same terms as the Private Placement Warrants issued to the Holders, except that the placement agent warrants have an exercise price equal to $18.90. A warrant inducement expense of $4.8 million was recorded which was determined using the Black-Scholes option pricing model and was calculated as the difference between the fair value of the Warrants prior to, and immediately after, the reduction in the exercise price on the date of repricing in addition to the fair value of the Private Placement Warrants issued. For the year ended December 31, 2020, the Holders exercised approximately 64,171 Private Placement Warrants in a cashless exchange for 28,553 shares of the Company’s common stock. Additionally, approximately 9,985 private placement warrants were exercised for 9,985 shares of the Company’s common stock for gross proceeds of $188,773. As of December 31, 2020, 337,822 warrants were exercisable into common stock. The shares of common stock underlying the registered direct and private placement warrants are registered for offer and sale under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), pursuant to the Company’s effective registration statements on Forms S-1. The following table shows the warrant activity:
|  | Rollforward of Warrant Activity |
|  | Registered direct warrants, series A |  |  | Registered direct warrants, series B |  |  | Registered direct warrants, placement agent |  |  | Private placement warrants |  |  | Private placement warrants, placement agent |  |  | Total |
Balance as of December 31, 2019 |  |  | 191,617 |  |  |  | 191,617 |  |  |  | 9,581 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 392,815 |
Issued |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 383,235 |  |  |  | 19,162 |  |  |  | 402,397 |
Exercised |  |  | (191,617 | ) |  |  | (191,617 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | (64,171 | ) |  |  | (9,985 | ) |  |  | (457,390 | )
Cancelled/Expired |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Balance as of December 31, 2020 |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 9,581 |  |  |  | 319,064 |  |  |  | 9,177 |  |  |  | 337,822 |
Anelixis Acquisition On September 14, 2020, the Company acquired Anelixis, after which Anelixis became a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company. Under the terms of the acquisition, the Company issued to the stockholders of Anelixis 175,488 shares of Company common stock and 140,026 shares of Series X1 Preferred Stock. In addition to the common stock and preferred stock issued in connection with the acquisition of Anelixis, certain outstanding warrants issued by Anelixis were not settled upon completion of the acquisition, and instead were assumed and then replaced with Company warrants. As part of the acquisition, the Company assumed and replaced options for the purchase of 1,346,398 shares of common stock with an estimated total fair value of approximately $6.0 million and 55,583.875 warrants for Series X1 Preferred Stock with an estimated fair value of approximately $12.9 million. The estimated fair value of the assumed and replaced options and warrants attributed to pre-merger services were approximately $3.0 million and $12.9 million, respectively, and is included in other consideration amounts transferred and added to goodwill (see Note 10). On December 18, 2020, at the Special Meeting, the Company’s stockholders approved the issuance of the Company’s common stock, upon conversion of the Company’s Series X1 Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share, issued in September 2020. As such, the shares of Series X1 Preferred Stock underlying the assumed and replaced warrants in connection with the Anelixis acquisition were converted into shares of Eledon common stock. As of December 31, 2020, 55,853.875 warrants were exercisable into Series X1 Preferred Stock. The shares of Series X1 Preferred Stock underlying the assumed and replaced warrants in connection with the Anelixis acquisition are expected to be converted into shares of Eledon common stock in the second fiscal quarter of 2021. The following table shows the warrant activity:
| Rollforward of Warrant Activity |
|  | Warrants assumed and replaced in acquisition |  |  | Total |
Balance as of December 31, 2019 |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Assumed and replaced |  |  | 55,583.875 |  |  |  | 55,583.875 |
Exercised |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Cancelled/Expired |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Balance as of December 31, 2020 |  |  | 55,583.875 |  |  |  | 55,583.875 |
Common Stock Exchange Agreement On February 13, 2020, the Company entered into an exchange agreement (the “Exchange Agreement”) with Biotechnology Value Fund, L.P., Biotechnology Value Fund II, L.P. and Biotechnology Value Trading Fund OS, L.P. (the “Exchanging Stockholders”), pursuant to which the Exchanging Stockholders exchanged (the “Exchange”) 210,888 shares of the Company’s common stock for 3,796 shares of newly designated Series X Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Series X Preferred Stock”). The Company agreed to reimburse the Exchanging Stockholders for their expenses in connection with the Exchange up to a total of $25,000, which was recorded as operating expense in the Company’s condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss. The Exchange was completed on February 19, 2020. On February 13, 2020, in connection with the Exchange, the Company filed a Certificate of Designation setting forth the preferences, rights and limitations of the Series X Preferred Stock with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware. The number of shares so designated shall be 10,000 and Series X Preferred Stock shall have a par value of $0.001 per share. Each share of Series X Preferred Stock will be convertible into 55.5556 shares of common stock at the option of the holder at any time; subject to certain limitations, including, that the holder will be prohibited from converting Series X Preferred Stock into common stock if, as a result of such conversion, the holder, together with its affiliates, would beneficially own a number of shares of common stock above a conversion blocker, which is initially set at 9.99% of the total common stock then issued and outstanding immediately following the conversion of such shares of Series X Preferred Stock. In the event of the Company’s liquidation, dissolution or winding up, holders of Series X Preferred Stock will participate pari passu with any distribution of proceeds to holders of common stock. Holders of Series X Preferred Stock are entitled to receive dividends on shares of Series X Preferred Stock equal (on an as-if-converted-to-common stock basis) to and in the same form as dividends actually paid on the common stock or other junior securities of the Company. Shares of Series X Preferred Stock will generally have no voting rights, except as required by law and except that the consent of a majority of the holders of the outstanding Series X Preferred Stock will be required to amend the terms of the Series X Preferred Stock. SEC Accounting Series Release No. 268, Presentation in Financial Statements of “Redeemable Preferred Stocks” (“ASR 268”) requires equity instruments with redemption features that are not solely within the control of the issuer to be classified outside of permanent equity, often referred to as classification in “temporary equity”).The Company evaluated Series X Preferred Stock redemption features and concluded that there are no redemption features with the Series X Preferred Stock that are not solely within the control of the Company and permanent equity classification was appropriate. Series X Preferred Stock has two (2) separate and distinct embedded features. They are: (1) optional conversion by holder and (2) redemption put feature upon fundamental transaction. Each share of Series X Preferred Stock shall be convertible into 55.5556 shares of common stock, at the option of the holder, at any time after the date of issuance. The Company evaluated the embedded optional conversion feature in accordance with the guidance under ASC 815, Derivatives and Hedging, and determined it is exempt from derivative accounting as the embedded feature is deemed to be indexed to the Company’s own stock and classified in stockholder’s equity if freestanding. Further, because the conversion ratio is fixed and equal to the ratio of the original exchange of 55.5556 common stock to each share of Series X Preferred Stock, the Company concluded that there is no intrinsic value to the beneficial conversion feature. Each share of Series X Preferred Stock contains redemption put features that allow the holders of the Series X Preferred Stock the right to receive, in lieu of the right to receive conversion shares, for each conversion share that would have been issuable upon such conversion immediately prior to the occurrence of an effective change in control (“Fundamental Transaction”), the same kind and amount of securities, cash or property as it would have been entitled to receive upon the occurrence of such Fundamental Transaction if it had been, immediately prior to such Fundamental Transaction, the holder of one share of common stock. The Company evaluated the redemption put feature contained in each Series X Preferred Stock under the guidance of ASC 815, Derivatives and Hedging, and concluded that the embedded redemption put feature do not meet the definition of a derivative, if freestanding, under ASC 815 as net settlement could not be achieved. Accordingly, the redemption put features contained in the Series X Preferred Stock were not bifurcated and accounted for as freestanding derivative instruments. On June 1, 2020 and June 10, 2020, the Exchanging Stockholders converted a total of 3,285 shares of Series X Preferred Stock into 182,500 shares of common stock. On December 18, 2020, at the Special Meeting, the Company’s stockholders approved the issuance of the Company’s common stock, upon conversion of the Company’s remaining 511 shares of Series X Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share. As of December 31, 2020, no shares of Series X Preferred Stock remain outstanding. September 2020 Stock Purchase Agreement On September 14, 2020, Eledon entered into the Purchase Agreement with the Investors. Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, Novus agreed to sell an aggregate of approximately 199,112 shares of Series X1 Preferred Stock for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $99.1 million, or net proceeds of approximately $95.2 million after deducting offering costs, in the Financing. Eledon had commitments for an additional $9.0 million in equity financing that was contingent upon the satisfaction of certain incremental closing conditions, including stockholders approval of the issuance of the Company’s common stock upon the conversion of the Company’s X1 Preferred Stock and the effective registration of its common stock. Subject to stockholder approval, each share of Series X1 Preferred Stock is convertible into 55.5556 shares of Common Stock, as described below. The preferences, rights and limitations applicable to the Series X1 Preferred Stock are set forth in the Certificate of Designation, as filed with the SEC. The Financing is exempt from registration pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act and/or Regulation D promulgated thereunder, as a transaction by an issuer not involving a public offering. The Investors have acquired the securities for investment only and not with a view to or for sale in connection with any distribution thereof, and appropriate legends have been affixed to the securities issued in this transaction. The Company records shares of preferred stock at their respective fair values on the dates of issuance, net of issuance costs. Holders of Series X1 Preferred Stock do not have voting rights and are entitled to receive dividends on shares of X1 Preferred Stock on an as-if converted to common stock basis equal to dividends actually paid on shares of common stock. The shares of Series X1 Preferred Stock shall automatically be converted into shares of common stock equal to the conversion ratio of 55.5556 upon stockholder approval of the conversion of the Series X1 Preferred Stock into shares of common stock in accordance with the listing rules of the Nasdaq Stock Market. The Company applied the guidance in ASC 480-10-S99-3A, SEC Staff Announcement: Classification and Measurement of Redeemable Securities, and classified the Series X1 Preferred Stock outside of stockholders’ equity for the period prior to the shareholder approval of the conversion to common stock because the Series X1 Preferred Stock will be redeemable at the option of the holders for cash equal to the closing price of the common stock on the last trading day prior to the holder’s redemption request, if there was no shareholder approval. The Company analyzed the conversion provision related to the Series X1 Preferred Stock and determined there was not a contingent beneficial conversion feature (“BCF”) that would be recognized when the contingency of stockholder approval is resolved. On December 18, 2020, the Company held a Special Meeting. At the Special Meeting, the Company’s stockholders approved the issuance of the Company’s common stock, upon conversion of the Company’s Series X1 Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share, issued in September 2020. As a result, 231,068 shares of Series X1 Preferred Stock were converted into 12,837,056 shares of the Company’s common stock. As of December 31, 2020, 108,070 shares of Series X1 Preferred Stock remain outstanding. On December 23, 2020, the Company sold 1,004,111 shares of its common stock for gross proceeds of $9.0 million that was contingent upon the satisfaction of certain incremental closing conditions, as described above. Exchange Agreements On December 31, 2020, the Company entered into an exchange agreement (the “Series X Exchange Agreement”) with Biotechnology Value Fund, L.P., Biotechnology Value Fund II, L.P., Biotechnology Value Trading Fund OS, L.P. , MSI BVF SPV, L.L.C. (collectively, the “BVF Exchanging Stockholders”) and Cormorant Global Healthcare Master Fund, LP (together with the BVF Exchanging Stockholders, the “Series X Exchanging Stockholders”), pursuant to which the Series X Exchanging Stockholders exchanged (the “Series X Exchange”) 344,666 shares of the Company’s common stock for 6,203.98 shares of Series X Convertible Preferred Stock. In addition, on December 31, 2020 the Company entered into an exchange agreement (the “Warrant Exchange Agreement,” and together with the Series X Exchange Agreement, the “Exchange Agreements”) with the BVF Exchanging Stockholders, pursuant to which the BVF Exchanging Stockholders exchanged (the “Warrant Exchange,” and together with the Series X Exchange, “the Exchanges”) 509,117 shares of the Common Stock for one or more pre-funded warrants to purchase an aggregate of 509,117 shares of the Common Stock at a nominal exercise price (the “Warrants”). The Company recorded the shares of Series X Convertible Preferred Stock and Warrants issuable as preferred stock and warrant subscriptions at December 31, 2020 since the physical settlement of the Exchanges was made on January 5, 2021, whereby the transfer agent recorded the exchange of common stock for the issuance of preferred stock and warrants. Following the Exchanges, the Company will have 14,306,614 shares of Common Stock outstanding and 6,203.98 shares of Series X Preferred Stock outstanding, which are convertible into 344,663 shares of Common Stock (after rounding for fractional shares).

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