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Note 5 - Equity
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2020
Notes to Financial Statements  
Stockholders' Equity Note Disclosure [Text Block]
Note
5
- Equity
 
Registered Direct Offerings
 
On
November 22, 2019,
the Company completed a registered direct offering (“RDO”), whereby the Company sold to investors an aggregate of
3,167,986
shares of the Company’s common stock at
$0.40
per share and warrants to purchase up to
3,167,986
shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of
$0.46
per share. The warrants are
first
exercisable on
May 22, 2020.
The Company received net proceeds of approximately
$1,093,000
after commissions and expenses. Additionally, the placement agent has been issued warrants to purchase common stock equal to
7%
of the aggregate number of shares of common stock issued and issuable pursuant to the RDO (including shares underlying any warrants), or
443,518
shares of common stock at an exercise price of
125%
of the RDO price per share, or
$0.50
 per share.
 
In connection with the closing of the Company’s RDO, the Company further adjusted the warrants to purchase up to
2,283,740
shares of the Company's common stock, that had been issued as part of the
May 9, 2018
private placement and adjusted in
August 2018
to (i) reduce the exercise price for each share from
$4.25
per share to
$0.46
per share, (ii) extended the date upon which such warrants could be initially exercised to
May 
22,
2020,
and (iii) extended the termination date of the warrants by
six
months and
one
day.
 
On
January 21, 2020,
the Company completed a registered direct offering, in which the Company sold to an accredited investor
961,000
shares of the Company’s common stock at
$0.24
per share. The Company received net proceeds of approximately
$200,000
after commissions and expenses.
 
On
January 23, 2020,
the Company completed a registered direct offering, in which the Company sold to investors an aggregate of
7,620,000
shares of the Company’s common stock at
$1.05
per share. The Company received net proceeds of approximately
$7.2
million after commissions and expenses.
 
On
February 19, 2020,
the Company amended its Registration Statement on Form S-
3
 to increase the maximum offering size by approximately
$3,000,000.
On
February 21, 2020,
the Company completed a registered direct offering under the amended S-
3
Registration Statement, in which the Company sold to investors an aggregate of
5,000,000
shares of the Company’s common stock at
$3.50
per share. The Company received net proceeds of approximately
$16
million after commissions and expenses. 
 
Stock Issuances
 
During the
three
months ended
March 31, 2020
, we issued (i)
13,581,000
shares of common stock in the Company's registered direct offerings for cash of
$25,731,640,
and (ii)
5,000
shares of common stock for service provided to us, valued at
$1,550.
 
During the year ended
December 31, 2019
, we issued (i)
3,167,986
shares of common stock from the Company’s RDO for cash of
$1,267,194,
(ii)
506,707
shares of common stock for service provided to us, valued at
$469,588,
and (iii) we issued
350,000
shares of common stock held in abeyance for an investor in the
May 2018
private placement.
 
Preferred Stock
 
In connection with the Company’s IPO, all preferred stock included in Series A through Series G preferred stock, totaling
1,394,953
shares at
March 31, 2018
were converted to an aggregate of
9,324,177
shares of the Company's common stock in association with the forward-split (See Note
2
- Capital Stock). Upon the completion of the IPO, the Company became authorized to issue
10,000,000
shares of preferred stock at a par value of
$0.001
per share,
none
of which are outstanding at
March 31, 2020
.
 
Common Stock
 
Upon the completion of the IPO, all of the Company’s non-voting common stock automatically converted into voting common stock on a
one
-to-
one
basis. Immediately following the completion of the IPO, the Company became authorized to issue
200,000,000
shares of common stock at a par value of
$0.001
per share, all of which is voting common stock. There are
32,849,841
shares of common stock outstanding at
March 31, 2020
.
 
Common Stock Purchase Warrants
 
Common stock purchase warrant activity for the period and year ended
March 31, 2020
and
December 31, 2019
, respectively, are as follows:
 
   
Number of
   
Weighted Avg.
 
   
Warrants
   
Exercise Price
 
Outstanding at January 1, 2019
   
3,864,552
    $
2.36
 
Issued
   
3,611,504
     
0.46
 
Cancelled or expired
   
     
 
Exercised
   
     
 
Outstanding at December 31, 2019
   
7,476,056
    $
1.45
 
Issued
   
     
 
Cancelled or expired
   
     
 
Exercised
   
     
 
Outstanding at March 31, 2020
   
7,476,056
    $
1.45
 
 
The Company did
not
issue warrants in the
three
-month period ended
March 31, 2020
.
 
In the year ended
December 31, 2019
, we (i) issued warrants to purchase
3,167,986
shares of our common stock at an exercise price of
$0.46
per share to the investors in the Company’s RDO, (ii) issued warrants to purchase
443,518
shares of our common stock at an exercise price of
$0.50
per share to the placement agent in the RDO, and (iii) reduced the purchase price of the warrants, issued to investors in the
May 2018
private placement, to purchase
2,283,740
shares of the Company’s common stock from
$4.25
per share to
$0.46
per share.
 
On
January 29, 2018,
the Company entered into an agreement with FundAthena, Inc. whereby the Company agreed to grant warrants to purchase
6,000
shares of our common stock at an exercise price of
$5.00
per share in consideration of services valued at
$30,000
provided to the Company. At
March 31, 2020
, the Company has
not
issued these warrants.
 
2018
Equity Incentive Plan
 
The Company’s board of directors and stockholders have approved and adopted the Company’s
2018
Equity Incentive Plan (
“2018
 Plan”), which became effective on the completion of the IPO on
April 3, 2018.
The
2018
 Plan provides for the grant of incentive stock options (“ISOs”), nonstatutory stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock awards, restricted stock unit awards, performance-based stock awards, other forms of equity compensation and performance cash awards. ISOs
may
be granted only to employees. All other awards
may
be granted to employees, including officers, and to the Company’s non-employee directors and consultants, and affiliates.
 
A total of
4,160,000
shares of common stock are available under the
2018
 Plan, which includes
554,963
shares of common stock reserved for issuance under our
2009
Equity Incentive Plan that were added to the
2018
 Plan.
No
further grants will be made under the
2009
Plan and any shares subject to outstanding stock options under the
2009
Plan that would otherwise be returned to the
2009
Plan will instead be added to the shares initially reserved under the
2018
 Plan.
 
In addition, the number of shares of common stock reserved for issuance under the
2018
 Plan will automatically increase on
January 1
of each year, beginning on
January 1, 2020
by
5%
of the total number of shares of the Company’s common stock outstanding on
December 31
of the preceding calendar year, or a lesser number of shares determined by the administrator of the
2018
 Plan. On 
January 1, 2019
and
2020,
the number of shares of common stock reserved for issuance under the 
2018
 Plan was increased by an aggregate of
761,957
and
963,192
shares, respectively.
 
2018
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
 
The Company’s board of directors and stockholders have approved and adopted the Company’s
2018
Employee Stock Purchase Plan (“ESPP”), which became effective on the completion of the IPO on
April 3, 2019.
The ESPP authorizes the issuance of
208,500
shares of the Company’s common stock pursuant to purchase rights granted to our eligible employees. The number of shares of common stock reserved for issuance will automatically increase on
January 1
of each calendar year, from
January 1, 2020
 by the lesser of
2%
of the total number of shares of our common stock outstanding on
December 31
of the preceding calendar year or a number determined by the administrator of the ESPP. The administrator of the ESPP, which is our Board of Directors, determined
not
to increase the number of shares reserved for issuance under the ESPP on
January 1, 2020
.
 
Stock Options
 
As of
March 31, 2020
, the Company has outstanding stock options to purchase
7,148,248
 shares of common stock that have been granted to various employees, vendors and independent contractors. These options can vest immediately or over periods ranging from
12
 to
48
 months, are exercisable for a period of up to
ten
years, and enable the holders to purchase shares of our common stock at exercise prices ranging from
$0.001
to 
$9.80.
The per-share fair values of these options range from
$0.001
to
$7.93,
based on Black-Scholes-Merton pricing models with the following assumptions:
 
Expected term:
 
10 years
Risk-free rate:
 
0.21%
2.63%
Volatility:
 
75.98%
79.89%
Dividend yield:
 
0%
 
 
In the
three
-month period ending
March 31, 2020
, the Company granted stock options to employees and consultants to purchase an aggregate of
1,165,325
 shares of the Company's common stock with exercise prices ranging from
$1.28
to
$2.67
per share.
 
In the year ending
December 31, 2019,
Company granted stock options to employees and consultants to purchase an aggregate of
1,744,300
shares of common stock with exercise prices ranging from
$0.30
to
$1.62
per share and cancelled options to purchase
297,058
shares of common stock due to the inactivity of service providers.
 
The weighted average remaining contractual term for the outstanding options at 
March 31, 2020
 and 
December 31, 2019
 is
7.64
and
7.45
years, respectively.
Stock option activity for the
three
months and year ended
March 31, 2020
and
December 31, 2019
, respectively, is as follows:
 
   
Number of
   
Weighted Avg.
 
   
Shares
   
Exercise Price
 
Outstanding at January 1, 2019
   
4,535,681
    $
3.31
 
Options granted
   
1,744,300
     
1.48
 
Options exercised
   
     
 
Options expired
   
(297,058
)    
 
Outstanding at December 31, 2019
   
5,982,923
    $
2.66
 
Options granted
   
1,165,325
     
2.00
 
Options exercised
   
     
 
Options expired or cancelled
   
     
 
Outstanding at March 31, 2020
   
7,148,248
    $
2.55
 
 
Share-Based Compensation
 
The Company’s total compensation cost related to non-vested time-based stock option awards granted to employees and board members and
not
yet recognized was approximately
$5.3
 million for the quarter ended 
March 31, 2020
. The Company expects to record this stock-based compensation expense over the next
three
years in the amount of
$5.2
 million with respect to stock option awards using a graded vesting method and
$0.1
 million with respect to stock option awards using a cliff vesting method. As of
March 31, 2020
, the weighted average term over which these expenses are expected to be recognized are
2.21
 years and
0.25
 years, for stock options granted using a graded vesting method and a cliff vesting method, respectively.
 
As of
March 31, 2020
, the Company’s total compensation cost related to non-vested performance-based stock option awards granted to an employee and 
not
yet recognized was approximately
$1.3
million. The entirety of this award 
may
be recognized and recorded, upon the achievement of certain milestones, within
1.1
 years from
March 31, 2020
.
 
In the
three
months ended
March 31, 2020
, the Company's total share-based compensation was approximately
$0.75
million, all of which represents the vesting of options issued to service providers, employees, and board members.