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18. PRIVATE PLACEMENTS
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2020
Private Placements  
Private Placements

On May 26, 2020, the Company entered into a Stock Purchase Agreement (the “2020 Stock Purchase Agreement”) with certain accredited investors, including certain independent investment funds, members of the Company’s management and its Board of Directors, and certain co-founders of the Company, in a private placement pursuant to which the Company sold an aggregate of 2,237,103 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, at a purchase price of $1.52 per share.  In connection with the Stock Purchase Agreement, the Company incurred $237,030 of expenses which has been recorded as a reduction of additional paid in capital as presented in the condensed consolidated statements of stockholders’ equity. The net proceeds to the Company at the closing of the private placement were $3.16 million.

 

On October 9, 2020, one of the accredited investors under the 2020 Stock Purchase Agreement sold his shares originally purchased under the Stock Purchase Agreement in a private sale transaction. The private sale of the investor’s shares constituted a short swing transaction, whereby, and as defined by Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”), the investor was deemed a corporate insider who sold the shares within six months after the purchase of those shares. As required by the Exchange Act, the investor was required to disgorge $196,000 in profits from the private sale. The Company received and recorded the funds from disgorgement to additional paid in capital.

 

On May 3, 2019, the Company entered into a Stock Purchase Agreement (the “2019 Stock Purchase Agreement”) with certain accredited investors, including certain independent investment funds, members of the Company’s management and its Board of Directors, and certain co-founders of the Company, in a private placement pursuant to which the Company sold an aggregate of 4,545,455 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, at a purchase price of $1.10 per share.  In connection with the 2019 Stock Purchase Agreement, the Company incurred $57,391 of expenses which has been recorded as a reduction of additional paid in capital as presented in the condensed consolidated statements of stockholders’ equity. The net proceeds to the Company at the closing of the private placement were $4.94 million.