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Stockholders' Equity | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Stockholders' Equity |
Stockholders' Equity | 10. Stockholders' Equity On September 30, 2015, the Company sold 3,625,000 shares of its common stock to the public, including 525,000 shares sold pursuant to the underwriters' over-allotment option. The Company received net proceeds of $117.1 million, which the Company intends to use for general corporate purposes, including expenditures for marketing, sales, technology and content development in connection with new program launches and growing existing programs. On September 11, 2017, the Company sold 4,047,500 shares of its common stock to the public, including 547,500 shares sold pursuant to the underwriters' over-allotment option. The Company received net proceeds of $189.5 million, which the Company intends to use for general corporate purposes, including expenditures for graduate program and short course marketing, technology and content development, in connection with new graduate program and short course launches and growing existing graduate programs and short courses. As of December 31, 2017, the Company was authorized to issue 205,000,000 total shares of capital stock, consisting of 200,000,000 shares of common stock and 5,000,000 shares of preferred stock. At December 31, 2017, the Company had reserved a total of 11,388,192 of its authorized shares of common stock for future issuance as follows:
Outstanding stock options |  |  | 4,559,176 |
Possible future issuance under 2014 Equity Incentive Plan |  |  | 4,415,593 |
Outstanding restricted stock units |  |  | 1,413,423 |
Available for future issuance under employee stock purchase plan |  |  | 1,000,000 |
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Total shares of common stock reserved for future issuance |  |  | 11,388,192 |
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