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Item 15.
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Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities.
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Since January 1, 2016, the Registrant made sales of the unregistered securities discussed below. The offers, sales and issuances of the securities described below were exempt from registration under the Securities Act by virtue of Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act. The share and per share figures set forth below relating to issuances of the Registrant’s securities that occurred before July 6, 2018 give retrospective effect to a 1-for-30 reverse stock split of the Registrant’s outstanding common stock effected on July 6, 2018.
2017 Registered Direct and Private Warrant Issuance
On March 28, 2017, the Registrant entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement with certain purchasers identified on
the signature pages thereto, pursuant to which the Registrant sold, in a registered direct offering, an aggregate of 144,000 shares of common stock at a negotiated purchase price of $64.50 per share, pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement on Form S-3. The Registrant received aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $9.3 million, before deducting fees to the placement agent and other offering expenses payable by the Registrant. In a concurrent private placement, the Registrant also sold to the purchasers a warrant to purchase one half of a share of common stock for each share purchased for cash in the offering. The warrants sold in the offering are exercisable beginning on the six-month anniversary of the date of issuance at an exercise price of $75.00 per share and will expire five years following the date they become exercisable. The warrants are exercisable on a “cashless” basis in certain circumstances. Roth Capital Partners, LLC acted as the lead placement agent for the offering, and WestPark Capital and Chardan Capital Markets, LLC acted as co-placement agents and were entitled to a cash fee of 6.0% of the gross proceeds paid to the Registrant in the offering and reimbursement of certain out-of-pocket expenses.
Ally Bridge Private Placement
On August 9, 2017, the Registrant entered into a common stock and warrant purchase agreement with Ally Bridge LB Healthcare Master Fund Limited pursuant to which the Registrant issued and sold in a private placement an aggregate of 48,889 shares of common stock, together with a warrant to purchase an additional 47,821 shares of common stock, for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $2.2 million. The warrant has an exercise price per share equal to $45.00, is immediately exercisable and will expire on the fifth anniversary of the original issuance date.
Pursuant to the common stock and warrant purchase agreement, the Registrant agreed to file a registration statement to cover the resale of the shares of common stock issued to Ally Bridge LB Healthcare Master Fund Limited, as well as the shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrant issued to Ally Bridge LB Healthcare Master Fund Limited, and to keep such registration statement effective until the date on which all of the 96,710 shares registered for resale under the registration statement have been sold or can be sold publicly without condition or restriction under Rule 144 under the Securities Act.
2018 Registered Direct and Private Warrant Issuance
On September 20, 2018, the Registrant entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement with certain purchasers identified on the signature pages thereto, pursuant to which the Registrant offered pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement on Form S-3 an aggregate of 642,438 shares of common stock and pre-funded warrants to purchase 120,000 shares of common stock, for aggregate gross proceeds to the Registrant of approximately $2.5 million, before deducting fees to the placement agents and other estimated offering expenses payable by the Registrant. In a concurrent private placement, the Registrant issued Series A Common Stock Purchase Warrants to purchase an aggregate of 762,438 shares of our common stock that are exercisable beginning on the six-month anniversary of the date of issuance at an exercise price of $3.16 per share and will expire on the five year anniversary of the initial exercise date. Maxim Group LLC acted as the lead placement agent and Dawson James Securities, Inc. acted as co-placement agent for the Registrant, each on a “reasonable best efforts” basis, in connection with the offering, and received a cash fee of 7.0% of the gross proceeds paid to the Registrant for the securities and reimbursement of certain out-of-pocket expenses.
March 2019 Private Warrant Issuance
On March 19, 2019, the Registrant sold and issued in a private placement warrants to purchase an aggregate of 5,950,000 share of common stock. The warrants were issued to purchasers who purchased shares of common stock in a concurrent registered offering. The warrants were exercisable immediately on the date of issuance at an exercise price of $1.25 per share, with an expiration date of 5.5 years following the date of issuance. The warrants and the warrant shares were not registered at the time of issuance under the Securities Act, and were offered pursuant to the exemption provided in Section 4(a)(2) under the Securities Act and Rule 506(b) promulgated thereunder.
Maxim Group LLC acted as the lead placement agent and Dawson James Securities, Inc. acted as co-placement agent for the Registrant, each on a “reasonable best efforts” basis, in connection with the offering, and received a cash fee of 6% of the gross proceeds paid to the Registrant for the securities sold in the private placement and concurrent public offering, and reimbursement of certain out-of-pocket expenses.
May 2019 Warrant Exchange
On January 30, 2018, the Registrant issued warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 1,089,169 shares of common stock, which had an initial exercise price per share of $15.00 which was subsequently reduced to $1.20 per share (the “January Warrants”). On February 12, 2019, the Registrant issued warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 7,165,000 shares of common stock with an exercise price per share of $1.20 (the “February Warrants”). On March 19, 2019, the Registrant issued
warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 5,950,000 shares of common stock with an exercise price per share of $1.25 (the “March Warrants” and together with the January Warrants and the February Warrants, the “Existing Warrants”). The January Warrants were immediately exercisable and are set to expire on January 30, 2023. The February Warrants were immediately exercisable and are set to expire on February 12, 2024. The March Warrants were immediately exercisable and are set to expire on September 19, 2024.
On May 28, 2019, the Registrant entered into Warrant Exercise Agreements (the “Exercise Agreements”) with certain of the holders of the Existing Warrants (the “Exercising Holders”). Pursuant to the Exercise Agreements, the Exercising Holders and the Registrant agreed that, subject to any applicable beneficial ownership limitations, the Exercising Holders would cash exercise up to 20% of their Existing Warrants (the “Investor Warrants”) into shares of common stock underlying such Existing Warrants (the “Exercised Shares”). In order to induce the Exercising Holders to cash exercise the Investor Warrants, the Exercise Agreements provide for the issuance of new warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of approximately 7,736,107 shares of common stock (the “New Warrants”), with such New Warrants to be issued in an amount equal to 75% of the number of Exercised Shares underlying any Investor Warrants that are cash exercised by July 15, 2019 (which was subsequently extended to July 31, 2019). The New Warrants are exercisable upon issuance and terminate on the date that is five-years and six-months following the initial exercise date. The New Warrants have an exercise price per share of $1.31.
The January Warrants and the underlying shares of common stock were registered pursuant to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-221648), as amended, filed with the SEC under the Securities Act on November 17, 2017, which became effective on January 25, 2018, and the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-222706), filed with the SEC under the Securities Act on January 26, 2018, which became effective on January 25, 2018, and the related prospectus dated January 30, 2018. The February Warrants and the underlying shares of common stock were registered pursuant to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-228566), as amended, filed with the SEC under the Securities Act on November 28, 2018, which became effective on February 7, 2019, and the related prospectus dated February 12, 2019. The March Warrants and the underlying shares of common stock were registered pursuant to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-230797), as amended, filed with the SEC under the Securities Act on April 10, 2019, which became effective on April 23, 2019, and the related prospectus dated April 22, 2019.
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a
fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement;
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(4) That, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act to any purchaser: each prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) as part of a registration statement relating to an offering, other than registration statements relying on Rule 430B or other than prospectuses filed in reliance on Rule 430A, shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the date it is first used after effectiveness. Provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such first use, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such date of first use.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.