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Note 20 - The Financing and Warrants Liabilities
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2018
Notes to Financial Statements  
Warrants Disclosure [Text Block]
20.
The Financing and warrant liabilities
 
On
January 17, 2018 (
the “Closing Date”), the Company consummated a registered direct offering of
2,150,001
shares of the Company’s common stock to certain institutional investors at a purchase price of
$5.15
per share (“the Financing”). As part of the transaction, the Company also issued to the investors warrants (the “Investor warrants”) for the purchase of up to
645,000
shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of
$6.60
per share. The Investors warrants have a term of
30
months from the date of issuance. The Company received gross proceeds of approximately
$11.1
million.
 
The placement agent of the Financing received (i) a placement fee in the amount equal to
6%
of the gross proceeds and (ii) warrants to purchase up to
129,000
shares of common stock at an exercise price of
US$6.60
per share, with a
three
-year term (“Placement agent warrants” and together with the Investor warrants, the “Warrants”). The Placement agent warrants is
not
exercisable for a period of
six
months and
one
day after the Closing Date.
 
The Warrants have an initial exercise price of
USS6.60
per share, which is subject to anti-dilution provisions that require adjustment of the number of shares of common stock that
may
be acquired upon exercise of the warrant, or to the exercise price of such shares, or both, to reflect stock dividends and splits, subsequent rights offerings, pro-rata distributions, and certain fundamental transactions. The Warrants also contain “full ratchet” price protection in the event of subsequent issuances below the applicable exercise price (the “Down round feature”).
 
The Warrants
may
not
be exercised if it would result in the holder beneficially owning more than
4.99%
of the Company’s outstanding common shares (the “Beneficial Ownership Limitation”). The holder of the Warrants, upon notice to the Company,
may
increase or decrease the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, provided that the Beneficial Ownership Limitation in
no
event exceeds
9.99%
of the Company’s outstanding common shares. Any increase in the Beneficial Ownership Limitation will
not
be effective until the
61
st
day after such notice is delivered to the Company.
 
Accounting for securities issued in the Financing
 
The Company determined that common stock issued in the Financing should be classified as permanent equity as there was
no
redemption provision at the option of the holders that is
not
within the control the Company on or after an agreed upon date.
 
The Company analyzed the Warrants issued in the Financing in accordance with ASC Topic
815
“Derivatives and Hedging”. In accordance with ASC Topic
815,
the Company determined that the Warrants should
not
be considered index to its own stock, as the strike price of the Warrants is dominated in a currency (U.S. dollar) other than the functional currency of the Company (Renminbi or Yuan). As a result, the Warrants does
not
meet the scope exception of ASC Topic
815,
therefore, should be accounted for as derivative liabilities and measure at fair value with changes in fair value be recorded in earnings in each reporting period.
 
Fair value of the warrants
 
The Company used Binomial model to determine the fair value of the Warrants based on the assumptions summarized as below:
 
    Investors warrants   Placement agent warrants
    January 17,
2018
  March 31,
2018
  June 30,
2018
  January 17,
2018
  March 31,
2018
  June 30,
2018
                         
Stock price   $
3.98
    $
1.67
    $
2.52
    $
3.98
    $
1.67
    $
2.52
 
Years to maturity    
2.5
     
2.3
     
2.1
     
3.0
     
2.8
     
2.55
 
Risk-free interest rate    
2.22
%    
2.35
%    
2.53
%    
2.39
%    
2.50
%    
2.56
%
Dividend yield    
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
 
Expected volatility    
158
%    
164
%    
174
%    
147
%    
152
%    
159
%
Exercise Price   $
6.60
    $
6.60
    $
6.60
    $
6.60
    $
6.60
    $
6.60
 
                                                 
Fair value of the warrant   $
2.93
    $
1.03
    $
1.71
    $
2.99
    $
1.06
    $
1.74
 
 
Stock price is the closing bid price of the Company’s common stock at the respective valuation date. Years to maturity is the respective remaining contract life of the warrants. Yield-to-maturities in continuous compounding of the United States Government Bonds with the time-to-maturities same as the respective warrant are adopted as the risk-free rate. Annualized historical stock price volatility of the Company at the respective valuation date is deemed to be appropriate to serve as the expected volatility of the stock price of the Company. The dividend yield is calculated based on management’s estimate of dividends to be paid on the underlying stock. Exercise price of the Warrants is the contractual exercise price of the Warrants.
 
Allocation of gross proceeds from the Financing
 
The Company allocated the total proceeds from the Financing as summarized below:
 
    Initial measurement
    (USD’000)
     
Investor warrants    
1,890
 
Common Stock (par value and additional paid in capital)    
9,183
 
Total proceeds from the Financing    
11,073
 
 
Investor warrants issued in the Financing was initially measurement at fair value. The residual amount, representing difference between the total proceeds and the fair value of the Investor warrants as of the Closing Date was assigned as the carrying value of the common stock issued in the Financing.
 
Offering costs
 
Offering costs in the amount of approximately
US$1.2
million consisting of cash payment of approximately
US$0.66
million placement fee, approximately
US$0.15
million legal expense and fair value of placement agent warrants of approximately
US$0.39
million, which were charged to additional paid-in-capital.
 
Warrant Liabilities
 
The Company accounted for the Warrants issuing in the Financing as derivative liabilities which were measured at fair value with changes in fair value be recorded in earnings in each reporting period.
 
                Change in Fair Value (gain)/loss
    As of
June 30, 2018
  As of
March 31, 2018
  As of
January 17, 2018
  Six Months Ended
June 30, 2018
  Three Months Ended
June 30, 2018
Fair value of the Warrants:                    
Investor warrants    
1,103
     
664
     
1,890
     
(787
)    
439
 
Placement agent warrants    
224
     
137
     
385
     
(161
)    
87
 
Warrant liabilities    
1,327
     
801
     
2,275
     
(948
)    
526
 
 
Warrants issued and outstanding at
June 30, 2018
and their movements during the
six
months then ended are as follows:
 
    Warrants Outstanding   Warrants Exercisable
    Number of
underlying
shares
  Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
  Average
Remaining
Contractual
Life (years)
  Number of
underlying
shares
  Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
  Average
Remaining
Contractual
Life (years)
                         
Balance, January 1, 2018    
-
     
 
     
 
     
-
     
 
     
 
 
Granted/Vested    
774,000
    $
6.60
     
2.58
     
645,000
    $
6.60
     
2.50
 
Forfeited    
-
     
 
     
 
     
-
     
 
     
 
 
Exercised    
-
     
 
     
 
     
-
     
 
     
 
 
Balance, June 30, 2018 (Unaudited)    
774,000
    $
6.60
     
2.13
     
645,000
    $
6.60
     
2.05