NOTE 5 – STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

The Company is authorized to issue an aggregate of 500,000,000 shares. The authorized capital stock is divided into: (i) 495,000,000 shares of common stock having a par value of $0.0001 per share and (ii) 5,000,000 shares of preferred stock having a par value of $0.0001 per share.

Effective April 8, 2021, the Company amended its certificate of incorporation to effect a 1-for-20 reverse stock split of our outstanding shares of Common Stock. No fractional shares were issued as a result of the reverse stock split. Any fractional shares resulting from the reverse stock split were paid in cash. The reverse stock split did not otherwise affect any of the rights currently accruing to holders of our Common Stock. All share information presented in these financial statements has been retroactively adjusted to reflect the reduced number of shares of Common Stock outstanding.

During 2021, the Company entered into various subscription agreements in connection with a private placement seeking to raise up to $1 million through the sale of 625,000 shares of Common Stock, at a price of $1.60 per share, with a closing date for accepted subscriptions of January 31, 2021. The Company issued a total of 395,625 shares of Common Stock for aggregate proceeds received of approximately $633,000 related to such private placement.

During 2021, the Company entered into various subscription agreements in connection with a second private placement seeking to raise up to $5 million through the sale of 2,083,333 shares of Common Stock, at a price of $2.40 per share, with a closing date for accepted subscriptions of June 30, 2021. The Company issued a total of 239,969 shares of Common Stock for aggregate proceeds received of approximately $576,000 related to such second private placement.

November 2021 Private Placement

On November 24, 2021, the Company entered into a purchase agreement (the “November 2021 Purchase Agreement”) with institutional investors to issue 8,680,000 shares of Common Stock (the “PIPE Shares”) and warrants to purchase up to 8,680,000 shares of Common Stock (the “PIPE Warrants”) in a private placement (the “November 2021 Private Placement”). The combined purchase price for one PIPE Share and one PIPE Warrant was $3.50. The PIPE Warrants are immediately exercisable, expire five years from the date of issuance and have an exercise price of $3.50 per share, subject to adjustment as set forth in the PIPE Warrants.

The investors may exercise the PIPE Warrants on a cashless basis if the shares of Common Stock underlying the PIPE Warrants are not then registered pursuant to an effective registration statement. The investors have contractually agreed to restrict their ability to exercise the PIPE Warrants such that the number of shares of Common Stock held by the investors and any of their affiliates after such exercise does not exceed either 4.99% or 9.99% of the Company’s then issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock, at the investor’s election.

In connection with the November 2021 Purchase Agreement, the Company entered into a registration rights agreement (the “November 2021 Registration Rights Agreement”) with the investors. Pursuant to the November 2021 Registration Rights Agreement, the Company is required to file a resale registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) to register for resale the shares and the warrant shares and to have such registration statement declared effective within 60 days after the date of the Purchase Agreement, or 90 days of the date of the November 2021 Purchase Agreement in the event the registration statement is subject to a “full review” by the SEC. The Company is obligated to pay certain cash liquidated damages to the investor if it fails to file the resale registration statement when required, fail to cause the registration statement to be declared effective by the SEC when required, or if it fails to maintain the effectiveness of the registration statement. The registration statement was declared effective by the SEC on December 16, 2021.

Pursuant to a placement agent agreement (the “Placement Agent Agreement”), dated as of November 24, 2021, by and between us and EF Hutton, division of Benchmark Investments, LLC (“EF Hutton”), the Company engaged EF Hutton to act as its exclusive placement agent in connection with the November 2021 Private Placement. Pursuant to the Placement Agent Agreement, the Company paid EF Hutton a cash fee of 9.0% of the gross proceeds raised in the November 2021 Private Placement, and a cash fee equal to 1.0% of the gross proceeds raised in the November 2021 Private Placement for non-accountable expenses, and also reimbursed EF Hutton $70,000 for accountable expenses, including “road show”, diligence, and reasonable legal fees and disbursements for EF Hutton’s counsel. Additionally, the Company granted EF Hutton a right of first refusal following the closing of the November 2021 Private Placement, whereby EF Hutton shall have an irrevocable right of first refusal (the “Right of First Refusal”) until November 29, 2022, to act as sole investment banker, sole book-runner, and/or sole placement agent, at EF Hutton’s sole discretion, for each and every future public and private equity and debt offering, including all equity linked financing.

On November 29, 2021, the Company consummated the November 2021 Private Placement, pursuant to which it issued 8,680,000 PIPE Shares and PIPE Warrants to purchase up to 8,680,000 shares of Common Stock to institutional investors. The offering price per PIPE Share and accompanying PIPE Warrant was $3.50, resulting in aggregate gross proceeds of $30,380,000 and net proceeds to the Company, net of underwriter discounts and fees, or approximately $27 million. As of September 30, 2022, no PIPE Warrants have been exercised.

A total of 8,680,000 PIPE Warrants remain outstanding as of September 30, 2022. No liability accounting or valuation is deemed necessary for these warrants.

Stock Options

Stock option activity for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 was as follows:

These options had a weighted average remaining life of 9.22 years and an aggregate intrinsic value of $0 as of September 30, 2022. The Company recognized $0.1 million and $0.3 million of stock-based compensation expense for stock options for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, respectively, and $0.03 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2021. As of September 30, 2022 remaining unamortized stock option compensation expense was $0.4 million.  

The Company uses the Black-Scholes option pricing model to value their employee stock options. The weighted average grant date fair value for those options granted during 2022 was $0.45. The weighted average of assumptions used to calculate these values was as follows: volatility 40.4%, risk-free rate 3.2%, and holding period 6.5 years.

Restricted Stock Units

Under the terms of Dr. Marques’ 2021 Employment Agreement, Dr. Marques was granted 200,000 RSUs on December 20, 2021 with a grant date fair value of $1.44 per share. The Company has no other RSU awards outstanding. The Company recognized $24,000 and $72,000 of stock-based compensation expense for RSUs for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 and had unamortized RSU compensation remaining of $216,000 as of September 30, 2022. There were no RSUs issued in 2021.

Restricted Stock

The Company recognized $0.02 million of stock-based compensation expense for restricted stock awards for the three months ended September 30, 2022, and $0.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2022.

During the three-month period ending September 30, 2022, the Company discovered shares issued for services were incorrectly accounted for during the three-month period ending June 30, 2022. The error has been retrospectively corrected by reducing common shares outstanding by 150,000 shares and adjusting additional-paid-in capital and compensation expenses by $151,500.

Warrants

On June 21, 2022, the Company issued warrants to purchase 1,000,000 shares of Common Stock to certain sellers in connection with the acquisition of Alpha-5 Integrin, LLC, (“Alpha 5”). These warrants have an exercise price of $1.88 per share and are exercisable for five years. At the time of the transaction these warrants had a fair value of $0.35, for a total value of $0.4 million which was recorded as an increase to additional paid-in capital. The $0.35 value per warrant was based on a Black- Scholes model valuation. The assumption used in this calculation were as follows: volatility 55.7%; duration five years; and a risk-free rate of 3.38%.

This amount was included as part of the consideration paid for the Alpha 5 acquisition and included as part of the purchase price allocation accordingly.