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Subsequent Events
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2022
Subsequent Events [Abstract]  
Subsequent Events

Note 11 — Subsequent Events

 

 On April 19, 2022, the Company consummated the closing of a private placement (the “Private Placement”), pursuant to the terms and conditions of a securities purchase agreement, dated as of April 13, 2022. At the closing of the Private Placement, the Company issued 590,406 shares of common stock (the “Shares”), pre-funded warrants (the “Pre-Funded Warrants”) to purchase an aggregate of 590,406 shares of common stock and preferred investment options (the “Preferred Investment Options”) to purchase up to an aggregate of 1,180,812 shares of common stock. The purchase price of each Share together with the associated Preferred Investment Option was $6.775, and the purchase price of each Pre-Funded Warrant together with the associated Preferred Investment Option was $6.774. The aggregate net proceeds to the Company from the Private Placement were approximately $7.0 million, after deducting placement agent fees and other initial offering expenses. H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC (“Wainwright”) acted as the exclusive placement agent for the Private Placement. The Pre-Funded Warrants have an exercise price of $0.001 per share, are exercisable on or after April 19, 2022, and are exercisable until the Pre-Funded Warrants are exercised in full. The Preferred Investment Options are exercisable at any time on or after April 19, 2022 at an exercise price of $6.65 per share, subject to certain adjustments as defined in the agreement. The Company agreed to pay Wainwright a placement agent fee and management fee equal to 7.5% and 1.0%, respectively, of the aggregate gross proceeds from the Private Placement and reimburse certain out-of-pocket expenses up to an aggregate of $85,000. In addition, the Company issued warrants to Wainwright (the “Wainwright Warrants”) to purchase up to 70,849 shares of common stock. The Wainwright Warrants are in substantially the same form as the Preferred Investment Options, except that the exercise price is $8.46875. Further, upon any exercise for cash of any Preferred Investment Options, the Company agreed to issue to Wainwright warrants to purchase the number of Shares equal to 6.0% of the aggregate number of Shares underlying the Preferred Investment Options that have been exercised, also with an exercise price of $8.46875.

 

In connection with the Private Placement, the Company entered into a Registration Rights Agreement with the purchasers, dated as of April 13, 2022 (the “Registration Rights Agreement”). The Registration Rights Agreement provides that the Company shall file a registration statement covering the resale of all of the registrable securities (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) no later than the 20th calendar day following the date of the Registration Rights Agreement and have the registration statement declared effective by the SEC as promptly as possible after the filing thereof, but in any event no later than the 45th calendar day following April 13, 2022 or, in the event of a full review by the SEC, the 75th day following April 13, 2022. The registration statement on Form S-1 required under the Registration Rights Agreement was filed with the SEC on May 3, 2022.

 

Upon the occurrence of any Event (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement), which, among others, prohibits the Purchasers from reselling the securities for more than ten consecutive calendar days or more than an aggregate of fifteen calendar days during any 12-month period, the Company is obligated to pay to each purchaser, on each monthly anniversary of each such Event, an amount in cash, as partial liquidated damages and not as a penalty, equal to the product of 2.0% multiplied by the aggregate subscription amount paid by such purchaser in the Private Placement.

  

On April 15, 2022, the Company received a demand letter (the “Demand Letter”) from Boustead. The Demand Letter alleges that the Company breached the Underwriting Agreement entered into between Boustead and the Company, dated February 17, 2022 in connection with the Company’s initial public offering. The Demand Letter alleges that, by engaging Wainwright as placement agent in the Private Placement, the Company breached the right of first refusal to act as placement agent granted to Boustead under the Underwriting Agreement and, as a result of selling securities in the Private Placement, breached the 12-month lock-up obligation following the consummation of the initial public offering under the Underwriting Agreement. The Demand Letter requested that the Company rescind the Private Placement. The Company has not responded to the Demand Letter and no legal action has been brought by Boustead to date. There can be no assurance as to whether any litigation will be commenced against the Company with respect to the demand letter or that, if any such litigation is commenced, the Company will not incur material losses due to damages, penalties, costs and/or expenses as a result of such litigation or that any such losses will not have a material impact on the Company’s financial condition or results of operations.

 

On April 20, 2022, the Company and Ology entered into a first amendment to the second Project Addendum (the “Ology Amendment”), see Notes 5 and 7. The Ology Amendment provides for an increase to the Company’s obligation of $0.3 million, specifically related to regulatory support on the project.

 

On May 4, 2022, the Company’s compensation committee approved stock option grants under the Company’s 2022 Equity Incentive Plan to the Company’s executive officers, board members, employees and certain consultants. The stock options granted totaled 694,540 options, of which 500,000 were granted to the Company’s executive officers, and all of which have an exercise price of $6.45.

 

On May 11, 2022, the Company and St. Jude entered into a first amendment to the St. Jude Agreement (the “St. Jude Amendment”), see Notes 5 and 7. The St. Jude Amendment provides for a revised development milestone timeline, a one-time license fee of $5,000, and an increase to the royalty rate from 4% to 5%. The St. Jude Amendment also provides for an increase to the contingent milestone payments, from $1.0 million to $1.9 million in the aggregate; specifically, development milestones of $0.3 million, regulatory milestones of $0.6 million, and commercial milestones of $1.0 million.