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Shareholders' Equity | 12 Months Ended
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Oct. 31, 2020
Stockholders' Equity Note [Abstract] |
Shareholders' Equity | 4. SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY Stock Option Plans During the year ended October 31, 2020, we had three stock option plans: the Anixa Biosciences, Inc. 2003 Share Incentive Plan (the “2003 Share Plan”), the Anixa Biosciences, Inc. 2010 Share Incentive Plan (the “2010 Share Plan”) and the Anixa Biosciences, Inc. 2018 Share Incentive Plan (the “2018 Share Plan”) which were adopted by our Board of Directors on April 21, 2003, July 14, 2010 and January 25, 2018, respectively. The 2018 Share Plan was approved by our shareholders on March 29, 2018 During the years ended October 31, 2020 and 2019, stock options to purchase 51,100 and 47,600 shares of common stock, respectively, were exercised with aggregate proceeds of approximately $122,000 and $122,000, respectively. 2003 Plan The 2003 Share Plan provided for the grant of nonqualified stock options, stock appreciation rights, stock awards, performance awards and stock units to employees, directors and consultants. The exercise price with respect to all of the options granted under the 2003 Share Plan since its inception was equal to the fair market value of the underlying common stock at the grant date. In accordance with the provisions of the 2003 Share Plan, the plan terminated with respect to the grant of future options on April 21, 2013. Information regarding the 2003 Share Plan for the two years ended October 31, 2020 is as follows:
|  | Shares |  |  | Weighted Average Exercise Price Per Share |  |  | Aggregate Intrinsic Value |
Options Outstanding at October 31, 2018 |  |  | 12,000 |  |  | $ | 2.77 |  |  |  |  |
Exercised |  |  | (11,600 | ) |  | $ | 2.94 |  |  |  |  |
Options Outstanding at October 31, 2019 |  |  | 400 |  |  | $ | 17.00 |  |  |  |  |
Forfeited/Expired |  |  | (400 | ) |  | $ | 17.00 |  |  |  |  |
Options Outstanding and Exercisable at October 31, 2020 |  |  | - |  |  | $ | -0- |  |  | $ | -0- |
2010 Plan The 2010 Share Plan provides for the grant of nonqualified stock options, stock appreciation rights, stock awards, performance awards and stock units to employees, directors and consultants. On the first business day of each calendar year the maximum aggregate number of shares available for future issuance is replenished such that 800,000 shares are available. The exercise price with respect to all of the options granted under the 2010 Share Plan was equal to the fair market value of the underlying common stock at the grant date. In accordance with the provisions of the 2010 Share Plan, the plan terminated with respect to the grant of future options on July 14, 2020. Information regarding the 2010 Share Plan for the two years ended October 31, 2020 is as follows:
|  | Shares |  |  | Weighted Average Exercise Price Per Share |  |  | Aggregate Intrinsic Value |
Options Outstanding at October 31, 2018 |  |  | 2,131,868 |  |  | $ | 2.11 |  |  |  |  |
Granted |  |  | 10,000 |  |  | $ | 3.64 |  |  |  |  |
Exercised |  |  | (32,000 | ) |  | $ | 2.27 |  |  |  |  |
Forfeited |  |  | (111,200 | ) |  | $ | 3.89 |  |  |  |  |
Options Outstanding at October 31, 2019 |  |  | 1,998,668 |  |  | $ | 2.80 |  |  |  |  |
Exercised |  |  | (51,100 | ) |  | $ | 2.39 |  |  |  |  |
Forfeited/Expired |  |  | (40,034 | ) |  | $ | 2.34 |  |  |  |  |
Options Outstanding at October 31, 2020 |  |  | 1,907,534 |  |  | $ | 2.82 |  |  | $ | 327,340 |
Options Exercisable at October 31, 2020 |  |  | 1,791,284 |  |  | $ | 2.84 |  |  | $ | 280,878 |
The following table summarizes information about stock options outstanding under the 2010 Share Plan as of October 31, 2020:
|  |  | Options Outstanding |  |  | Options Exercisable |
Range of Exercise Prices |  |  |  | Number Outstanding |  |  |  | Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life (in years) |  |  |  | Weighted Average Exercise Price |  |  |  | Number Exercisable |  |  |  | Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life (in years) |  |  |  | Weighted Average Exercise Price |
$ | 0.67 - $2.30 |  |  |  | 549,000 |  |  |  | 5.45 |  |  | $ | 1.57 |  |  |  | 507,750 |  |  |  | 5.35 |  |  | $ | 1.62 |
$ | 2.58 - $3.13 |  |  |  | 834,000 |  |  |  | 2.84 |  |  | $ | 2.79 |  |  |  | 834,000 |  |  |  | 3.13 |  |  | $ | 2.79 |
$ | 3.46 - $5.75 |  |  |  | 524,534 |  |  |  | 7.25 |  |  | $ | 4.17 |  |  |  | 449,534 |  |  |  | 7.17 |  |  | $ | 4.49 |
2018 Plan The 2018 Share Plan provides for the grant of incentive stock options, nonqualified stock options, stock appreciation rights, stock awards, performance awards and stock units to employees, directors and consultants. On the first business day of each calendar year the maximum aggregate number of shares available for future issuance is replenished such that 2,000,000 shares are available. The exercise price with respect to all of the options granted under the 2018 Share Plan was equal to the fair market value of the underlying common stock at the grant date. As of October 31, 2020, the 2018 Share Plan had 2,388,339 shares available for future grants. Information regarding the 2018 Share Plan for the two years ended October 31, 2020 is as follows:
|  | Shares |  |  | Weighted Average Exercise Price Per Share |  |  | Aggregate Intrinsic Value |
Options Outstanding at October 31, 2018 |  |  | 3,482,000 |  |  | $ | 3.73 |  |  |  |  |
Granted |  |  | 465,000 |  |  | $ | 3.87 |  |  |  |  |
Exercised |  |  | (4,000 | ) |  | $ | 3.84 |  |  |  |  |
Forfeited/Expired |  |  | (8,000 | ) |  | $ | 3.84 |  |  |  |  |
Options Outstanding at October 31, 2019 |  |  | 3,935,000 |  |  | $ | 3.74 |  |  |  |  |
Granted |  |  | 1,045,000 |  |  | $ | 3.56 |  |  |  |  |
Forfeited/Expired |  |  | (633,339 | ) |  | $ | 3.83 |  |  |  |  |
Options Outstanding at October 31, 2020 |  |  | 4,346,661 |  |  | $ | 3.69 |  |  | $ | -0- |
Options Exercisable at October 31, 2020 |  |  | 2,456,109 |  |  | $ | 3.74 |  |  | $ | -0- |
The following table summarizes information about stock options outstanding under the 2018 Share Plan as of October 31, 2020:
|  |  | Options Outstanding |  |  | Options Exercisable |
Range of Exercise Prices |  |  | Number Outstanding |  |  | Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life (in years) |  |  | Weighted Average Exercise Price |  |  | Number Exercisable |  |  | Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life (in years) |  |  | Weighted Average Exercise Price |
$ | 2.09 - $3.70 |  |  |  | 3,247,781 |  |  |  | 7.70 |  |  | $ | 3.62 |  |  |  | 1,861,948 |  |  |  | 7.58 |  |  | $ | 3.68 |
$ | 3.84 - $4.61 |  |  |  | 1,098,880 |  |  |  | 8.49 |  |  | $ | 3.90 |  |  |  | 594,161 |  |  |  | 8.25 |  |  | $ | 3.92 |
Non-Plan Options In addition to options granted under the 2003 Share Plan, the 2010 Share Plan and the 2018 Share Plan, during the years ended October 31, 2012 and 2013, the Board of Directors approved the grant of stock options to certain employees and directors (the “Non-Plan Options”). Information regarding the Non-Plan Options for the two years ended October 31, 2020 is as follows:
|  | Shares |  |  | Weighted Average Exercise Price Per Share |  |  | Aggregate Intrinsic Value |
Options Outstanding at October 31, 2018 |  |  | 1,780,000 |  |  | $ | 1.58 |  |  |  |  |
Forfeited |  |  | (82,000 | ) |  | $ | 5.32 |  |  |  |  |
Options Outstanding and Exercisable at October 31, 2019 and 2020 |  |  | 1,698,000 |  |  | $ | 2.58 |  |  | $ | -0- |
The following table summarizes information about outstanding and exercisable Non-Plan Options as of October 31, 2020:
Range of Exercise Prices |  |  | Number Outstanding and Exercisable |  |  | Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life (in years) |  |  | Weighted Average Exercise Price |
$ | 2.58 |  |  |  | 1,698,000 |  |  |  | 1.75 |  |  | $ | 2.58 |
Re-Priced Stock Options On August 21, 2019, the Company entered into a settlement agreement in connection with a putative shareholder derivative complaint filed in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware on November 5, 2018. Pursuant to the settlement agreement the Company agreed, among other things, to reprice certain stock options that were repriced on September 6, 2017 to $0.67 to the option price immediately prior to that repricing. Accordingly, 4,000 stock options in the 2003 Share Plan with exercise prices of $2.58, 878,400 stock options in the 2010 Share Plan with exercise prices ranging from $0.96 to $5.30 and 1,046,000 Non-Plan Options with exercise prices of $2.58, were re-priced to the option price immediately prior to the September 6, 2017 repricing. In addition, certain individual defendants in the derivative complaint who had exercised stock options that were re-priced in the 2017 re-pricing and sold the underlying shares paid approximately $45,000 to the Company representing a portion of the amount received for those shares. Employee Stock Purchase Plan The Company maintains the Anixa Biosciences, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan which permits eligible employees to purchase shares at not less than 85% of the market value of the Company’s common stock on the offering date or the purchase date of the applicable offering period, whichever is lower. The plan was adopted by our Board of Directors on August 13, 2018 and approved by our shareholders on September 27, 2018. During the years ended October 31, 2020 and 2019, employees purchased 11,536 and 11,650 shares, respectively, with aggregate proceeds of approximately $18,000 and $39,000, respectively. Common Stock Purchase Warrants During the year ended October 31, 2019 we issued a warrant, expiring on November 1, 2023, to purchase 25,000 shares of common stock at $4.04 per share, vesting over 12 months, to a consultant for investor relations services. On November 1, 2019 the warrant was exchanged for a stock option with the same terms as the warrant. We recorded consulting expense of approximately $85,000 during the year ended October 31, 2019, based on the fair value of the warrant recognized on a straight-line basis over the vesting period. On October 30, 2020 we issued a warrant, expiring on October 30, 2025, to purchase 60,000 shares of common stock at $2.06 per share, vesting over five months, to a consultant for investor relations services. Information regarding the Company’s warrants for the two years ended October 31, 2020 is as follows:
|  | Shares |  |  | Weighted Average Exercise Price Per Share |
Warrants Outstanding at October 31, 2018 |  |  | 829,400 |  |  | $ | 7.04 |
Issued |  |  | 25,000 |  |  | $ | 4.04 |
Expired |  |  | (329,400 | ) |  | $ | 10.09 |
Warrants Outstanding at October 31, 2019 |  |  | 525,000 |  |  | $ | 4.98 |
Issued |  |  | 60,000 |  |  | $ | 2.06 |
Exchanged |  |  | (25,000 | ) |  | $ | 4.04 |
Warrants Outstanding at October 31, 2020 |  |  | 560,000 |  |  | $ | 4.71 |
Warrants Exercisable at October 31, 2020 |  |  | 510,000 |  |  | $ | 4.97 |

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