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Note 8 - Stockholders' Equity
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2019
Notes to Financial Statements  
Stockholders' Equity Note Disclosure [Text Block]
NOTE
8—
STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
 
PUBLIC OFFERING AND PRIVATE PLACEMENT
 
In
February 2019,
Milestone Scientific consummated a public offering and a private placement of Common Stock. The public offering generated gross proceeds of approximately
$2.0
million for the issuance of
5,715,000
shares of common stock and warrants to purchase
1,428,750
shares of common stock. The warrants’ term is
5
 years and they are exercisable at
$0.50
per share. Subsequent to the public offering the underwriter exercised its over-allotment option and paid approximately
$198,000
for
567,400
additional shares of common stock and
141,850
warrants.
 
Also, in
February 2019,
the Company generated gross proceeds from a private placement of approximately
$250,000
for
714,286
shares of common stock and warrants to purchase
178,571
shares of common stock from  
Bp4
 S.p.A., a principal stockholder of Milestone Scientific, that exercised its right to participate on a pro-rata basis on the recent public offering.
Bp4’s
CEO is a director of Milestone Scientific and also Chief Executive Officer and Director of Wand Dental, a wholly owned subsidiary of Milestone Scientific. The warrants’ terms are 
5
 years and they are exercisable at
$0.50
per share.
 
WARRANTS
 
The following table summarizes information about shares issuable under warrants outstanding at
September 30, 2019 :
 
   
Warrant shares outstanding
   
Weighted Average exercise price
   
Weighted Average remaining life
   
Intrinsic value
 
Outstanding at January 1, 2019
   
1,592,775
    $
2.55
    $
0.21
     
-
 
Issued
   
1,749,171
    $
0.50
    $
4.35
     
560,199
 
Exercised
   
(57,750
)   $
0.50
     
-
     
-
 
Expired or cancelled
   
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
 
Outstanding and exercisable at September 30, 2019
   
3,284,196
    $
1.49
    $
2.30
     
560,199
 
 
See below for shares and warrants issued in excess of authorized shares for
2019
accounting treatment. 
 
PREFERRED STOCK
 
 
In
May 2014,
Milestone completed a private placement, which raised gross proceeds of
$10
million, from the sale of
$3
million of Milestone Scientific common stock (
two million
shares at
$1.50
per share) and
$7
million of our Series A Convertible Preferred Stock ("preferred stock") (
7,000
shares at
$1,000
per share).  These shares were convertible, at the option of the holder, into the number of shares of common stock equal to the stated value divided by
$2.545,
subject to anti-dilution adjustments, at any time before
May 14, 2019.
 
These shares were mandatory convertible on
May 14, 2019,
into the number of shares of common stock equal to the stated value divided by
$2.54
 per share or
$1.50
per share if the common stock does
not
trade at
$3.15
for period of time, as defined by the agreements, both subject to anti-dilution adjustment.
 
On
May 14, 2019,
the mandatory conversion date, the Preferred Stock was converted at a rate of
$1.17
per common share resulting in the issuance of
5,982,906
shares of common stock.
 
SHARES TO BE ISSUED
 
As of
September 30, 2019,
there were
2,294,734
 shares to be issued whose issuance has been deferred under the terms of an employment agreements with the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and other employees of Milestone Scientific.  As of
December 31, 2018,
there were
1,908,813
shares, whose issuance has been deferred under the terms of an employment agreements with the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and other employees of Milestone Scientific. Such shares will be issued to each party upon termination of their employment. 
 
As of
September 30, 2019
and
December 31, 2018,
there were
351,612
and
561,752
  shares to be issued to non-employees, respectively, that will be issued to non-employees for services rendered. The number of shares was fixed at the date of grant and were fully vested upon grant date.
 
See below for shares and warrants issued in excess of authorized shares for
2019
accounting treatment. 
 
SHARES AND WARRANTS IN EXCESS OF AUTHORIZED SHARES
 
As a result of the shares and warrants issued in the public and private offerings as well as other issuance of common stock during
2019,
the Company does
not
have a sufficient number of authorized shares of common stock to cover the exercise and issue of approximately
5
,850,000
 outstanding equity instruments. Therefore, the warrants issued in the public and private placements during
2019
and
2016
are classified as liabilities and will continue to be liability-classified until there are sufficient number of authorized shares of common stock to cover the shares issuable upon exercise of the warrants. As long as the warrants are liability-classified, they will continue to be re-measured each reporting period, with any increase or decrease in value recorded as a loss or gain in the condensed consolidated statement of operations. 
 
The fair value of the warrants is determined using a Black-Scholes option pricing model. The following assumptions were used to value the warrants at the reclassification to liability date:
 
   
2016 Warrants
   
2019 Warrants
 
Fair Value of Common Stock    
$.36-$.83
    $
0.33
 
Expected Term
 
.2-.5 years
   
4.9 years
 
Volatility
   
86%-100%
     
83
%
Dividend yield
   
0.00
%    
0.00
%
Exercise Price
  $
2.55
    $
0.50
 
Risk-free interest rate
   
1.88%-2.09%
     
2.30
%
Weighted average fair value of warrants granted
  $
-
    $
0.19
 
Number of shares underlying warrants granted
   
1,512,067
     
1,749,171
 
 
On the date of issuance and reclassification the fair value of the warrants was approximately
$376,000.
 
As these warrants are liability-classified, they were revalued at
September 30, 2019
using the following assumptions:
 
   
2016 Warrants
   
2019 Warrants
 
Fair Value of Common Stock   $
0.83
    $
0.08
 
Expected Term
 
0.2 years
   
4.4 years
 
Volatility
   
86
%    
86
%
Dividend yield
   
0.00
%    
0.00
%
Exercise Price
  $
2.55
    $
0.50
 
Risk-free interest rate
   
1.88
%    
1.55
%
Weighted average fair value of warrants granted
  $
-
    $
0.61
 
Number of shares underlying warrants granted    
1,512,067
     
1,691,421
 
 
As of
September 30, 2019
the fair value of the warrants was approximately
$1,017,000.
  For the
three
and
nine
months ended
September 30, 2019
the loss on the liability classified warrants was approximately
$680,542
and
$674,792,
respectively.
 
Additionally, approximately
2.6
million of shares to be issued  are classified as liabilities until there are sufficient number of authorized shares of common stock to cover the issuance of such shares. These shares were valued at the trading price of a share of the Company’s common stock (
$0.83
 as of
September 30, 2019 )
and they will continue to be re-measured each reporting period, with any increase or decrease in value recorded as a loss or gain in the condensed consolidated statement of operations. For the
three
and
nine
months ended
September 30, 2019
the loss on the liability classified shares to be issued was approximately
$1.2
million, respectively.  The value of the shares to be issued liability is approximately
$2.2
million as of
September 30 ,
2019.
 
 
The Company plans to seek shareholder approval to increase the number of authorized shares of Common Stock at the next Shareholder’s meeting, which has been scheduled for
December 17, 2019.