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Note 16 - The Financing and Warrant Liabilities
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2020
Notes to Financial Statements  
Warrants Disclosure [Text Block]
16.
The Financing and warrant liabilities
 
The
2020
Financing:
 
On
December 14, 2020 (
the “Closing Date”), the Company consummated a registered direct offering of
4,320,989
shares of the Company's common stock to certain institutional investors at a purchase price of
$1.62
per share (the
“2020
Financing”). As part of the transaction, the Company also issued to the investors warrants for the purchase of up to
1,728,396
shares of the Company's common stock at an exercise price of
US$2.03
per share (the “Investor warrants”). The Investors warrants are exercisable at any time on or after
June 14, 2020 (
the
six
-month anniversary of the Closing Date) and on or prior to the close of business on
December 14, 2023 (
the
third
anniversary of the Closing Date). The Company received gross proceeds of approximately
$7.0
million.
 
The placement agent of the
2020
Financing received (i) a placement fee in the amount equal to
7%
of the gross proceeds and (ii) warrants to purchase up to
302,469
shares of common stock on substantially the same terms as the warrants sold to the investors (“Placement agent warrants” and together with the Investor warrants, the “Warrants”).
 
The Warrants have an initial exercise price of
USS2.03
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
2020
Financing
 
The Company determined that common stock issued in the
2020
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
2020
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 the Binomial model to determine the fair value of the Warrants based on the assumptions summarized as below:
 
    As of December 14, 2020
     
Stock price   $
1.25
 
Years to maturity    
3.00
 
Risk-free interest rate    
0.17
%
Dividend yield    
-
 
Expected volatility    
164
%
Exercise Price   $
2.03
 
         
Fair value of the warrant   $
1.01
 
         
Investor warrants liabilities (US$'000)   $
1,746
 
         
Placement agent warrants liabilities (US$'000)   $
305
 
 
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
2020
Financing
 
The Company allocated the total proceeds from the
2020
Financing as summarized below:
 
    Initial measurement
    US$('000)
     
Investor warrants    
1,746
 
Common Stock (par value and additional paid-in capital)    
5,254
 
Total proceeds from the 2020 Financing    
7,000
 
 
Investor warrants issued in the
2020
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
2020
Financing.
 
Offering costs
 
Offering costs in the amount of approximately
US$1.06
million consisting of cash payment of approximately
US$0.49
million placement fee, approximately
US$0.26
million other direct offering cost of professional service fees and fair value of placement agent warrants of approximately
US$0.31
million, which were charged to additional paid-in capital.
 
The
2019
Financing:
 
On
August 7, 2019,
the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement with selected investors related to the purchase and sale of the Company's common stock (the “Shares”), in accordance with which, the Company agreed to issue an aggregate of
3,216,860
Shares in consideration for approximately
US$4.8
million. Each Share was sold to the Investors at
$1.4927
per Share. The private placement was conducted pursuant to Section
4
(
2
) of the Securities Act of
1933,
as amended, and Regulation S promulgated thereunder (the
“2019
Financing”). The
first
and the
second
half of the
2019
Financing was consummated on
September 25, 2019
and
October 28, 2019,
respectively.
 
Accounting for securities issued in the
2019
Financing
 
The Company determined that the Shares issued in the
2019
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. As a result, net proceeds from the
2019
Financing of approximately
US$4.79
million was recorded as equity (par value and additional paid-in capital), after deduction of an approximately
US$0.015
million of direct offering cost.
 
Subsequent measurement and changes in fair value of the warrant liabilities
 
Warrants issued in the
2020
Financing
 
    As of December 31, 2020
     
Stock price   $
1.35
 
Years to maturity    
2.95
 
Risk-free interest rate    
0.17
%
Dividend yield    
-
 
Expected volatility    
102
%
Exercise Price   $
2.03
 
         
Fair value of the warrant   $
0.74
 
         
Investor warrants liabilities (US$'000)   $
1,279
 
         
Placement agent warrants liabilities (US$'000)   $
224
 
 
Warrants issued in the
2018
Financing
 
    Investors warrants   Placement agent warrants
    December 31, 2018   December 31, 2019  
December 31, 2020
(1)
  December 31, 2018   December 31, 2019  
December 31, 2020
(2)
                         
Stock price   $
1.34
    $
1.17
      $
1.34
    $
1.17
    $
1.35
 
Years to maturity    
1.55
     
0.55
   
 
   
2.05
     
1.05
     
0.05
 
Risk-free interest rate    
2.50
%    
1.58
%  
 
   
2.50
%    
1.57
%    
0.08
%
Dividend yield    
-
     
-
   
 
   
-
     
-
     
-
 
Expected volatility    
199
%    
60
%  
 
   
176
%    
80
%    
59
%
Exercise Price   $
6.60
    $
1.4927
*  
 
  $
6.60
    $
1.4927
*   $
1.4927
*
                                             
Fair value of the warrant   $
0.78
    $
0.11
   
 
  $
0.80
    $
0.28
    $
0.02
 
                                             
Warrant liabilities (US$'000)   $
503
    $
71
   
 
  $
103
    $
36
    $
2
 
 
* On
September 25, 2019,
as a result of the close on the
first
half of the
2019
Financing, the exercise price of the warrants issued in
2018
Financing that contain the “full ratchet” price protection in the event of subsequent issuances below the applicable exercise price (the “Down round feature”) was adjusted to
$1.4927.
 
(
1
)
     
The investor warrants issued in the
2018
Financing had expired during the year ended
December 31, 2020.
 
(
2
)
     
The placement agent warrants issued in the
2018
Financing with an original termination date on
January 18, 2021
was subsequently extended to
July 18, 2021
on
January 18, 2021.
 
 
 
As of
 
As of
 
As of
 
As of
 
Change in Fair Value (gain)/loss
 
 
December 31,
 
December 14,
 
December 31,
 
December 31,
 
Year ended December 31,
 
 
2020
 
2020
 
2019
 
2018
 
2020
 
2019
    (US$'000)   (US$'000)   (US$'000)   (US$'000)   (US$'000)   (US$'000)
Fair value of the Warrants:                                                
Warrants issued in the 2020 Financing:                                                
--Investor warrants    
1,279
     
1,746
     
*
     
*
     
(467
)    
*
 
--Placement agent warrants    
224
     
305
     
*
     
*
     
(81
)    
*
 
Warrants issued in the 2018 Financing:                                                
--Investor warrants    
-
     
*
     
71
     
503
     
(71
)    
(432
)
--Placement agent warrants    
2
     
*
     
36
     
103
     
(34
)    
(67
)
Warrant liabilities    
1,505
     
2,051
     
107
     
606
     
(653
)    
(499
)
 
*
Not
applicable.
 
Warrants issued and outstanding at
December 31, 2020
and their movements during the
two
years then ended are as follows:
 
    Warrant Outstanding   Warrant Exercisable
    Number of underlying shares   Weighted
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Life (Years)
  Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
  Number of underlying shares   Weighted
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Life (Years)
  Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
                         
Balance, January 1, 2019    
774,000
     
1.63
    $
6.60
     
774,000
     
1.63
    $
6.60
 
Issued    
-
     
 
     
 
     
-
     
 
     
 
 
Expired    
-
     
 
     
 
     
-
     
 
     
 
 
Exercised    
-
     
 
     
 
     
-
     
 
     
 
 
Balance, December 31, 2019    
774,000
     
0.63
    $
1,4927
     
774,000
     
0.63
    $
1,4927
 
Issued    
2,030,865
     
3.00
    $
2.03
     
-
     
 
     
 
 
Expired    
(645,000
)    
 
    $
1,4927
     
(645,000
)    
 
    $
1,4927
 
Exercised    
-
     
 
     
 
     
-
     
 
     
 
 
Balance, December 31, 2020    
2,159,865
     
2.78
    $
2.00
     
129,000
     
0.05
    $
1,4927