Convertible Redeemable Preferred Stock and Stockholders' Equity

3 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2015

Convertible Redeemable Preferred Stock and Stockholders' Equity

CONVERTIBLE REDEEMABLE PREFERRED STOCK AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY

6.CONVERTIBLE REDEEMABLE PREFERRED STOCK AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

Series A Preferred Stock

The Company entered into subscription agreements for a private placement of shares of its Series A preferred stock and warrants with 47 accredited investors during 2014 whereby the Company sold an aggregate of 4,207,987 shares of Series A preferred stock at a per share price of $1.85 for gross proceeds of $7.5 million and issued to the investors for no additional consideration warrants to purchase in the aggregate 2,042,589 shares of the Company’s common stock, with an exercise price of $3.70 per share.  Upon achieving an uplisting to the NYSE MKT in connection with the Offering, the Series A preferred stock, along with accrued and unpaid interest payable in stock in lieu of cash, will automatically convert into shares of common stock.

In March and April 2015, the Company amended certain warrants to reduce the exercise price of such warrants from $3.70 to $2.50 per share with a corresponding increase in the number of shares of common stock exercisable under the warrants so that the aggregate exercise value of such warrants remained the same. As of April 1, 2015, certain holders had exercised such warrants for an aggregate of 564,662 shares of common stock for an aggregate cash exercise price of $1,411,655.  The Company recorded a charge for the incremental fair value of $436,000 in other expense related to the amended warrants.  The fair value of the warrants exercised was computed as of the date of modification using the following assumptions: dividend rate of 0%, risk-free rate of 1.6%, contractual term of 4 to 5 years and expected volatility of 85.9%.  As of April 30, 2015, warrants to purchase 1,661,055 shares of common stock remain outstanding related to the Series A preferred stock offering.

In connection with the subscription agreements, the Company, the majority stockholders of the Company and the investors entered into investor rights agreements with the investors, whereby the investors were granted certain rights including: (i) right to receive copies of quarterly and annual reports of the Company, (ii) right of inspection of the Company’s properties and records, (iii) right of participation in future securities offerings, (iv) tag-along rights in connection with sales of the Company’s stock by a major stockholder and (v) board of directors representation rights for the subscribers who purchased at least 500,000 shares of Series A preferred stock and who hold at least 30% of their original holdings, or the Qualified Subscribers. The Company made certain covenants under the agreement including: (i) uplisting to NYSE or NASDAQ within three years from the issuance shares of Series A preferred stock, and (ii) increase of the board of directors to five members including one member to be appointed by the Qualified Subscribers.

Warrants

In addition to the warrants issued in conjunction with the subscription agreements, the Company issued warrants on May 15, 2014, to a service provider for 316,395 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $2.035 per share, which were valued at $99,000 and expensed. The Company also issued a warrant to a qualified investor as a part of his convertible loan package for 343,559 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $1.85 per share, which was valued at $105,000. These warrants expire after five years. These warrants were immediately exercisable, and as of April 30, 2015, were all outstanding.

Equity Incentive Plan

On January 23, 2014, the Company adopted the 2014 Equity Incentive Plan, or the 2014 Plan, which permits the Company to grant stock options to directors, officers or employees of the Company or others to purchase shares of common stock of the Company through awards of incentive and nonqualified stock options, restricted stock awards and stock appreciation rights. Stock options previously issued under the BioPharmX, Inc.’s 2011 Equity Incentive Plan were substituted with stock options issued under the 2014 Plan.  Stock options generally vest in two to four years and expire ten years from the date of grant.

The total number of shares originally reserved and available for grant and issuance pursuant to the 2014 Plan was 2,700,000. Shares issued under the 2014 Plan are drawn from authorized and unissued shares or shares now held or subsequently acquired by the Company. On November 7, 2014, the Company increased the stock reserve available to the 2014 Plan for stock awards from 2,700,000 shares to 4,500,000 shares.

The following table summarizes the Company’s stock option activities under the 2014 Plan:

	Available for Grant		Shares		Weighted Average Exercise Price		Remaining Contractual Term	Aggregate Intrinsic Value
								(in thousands)
Outstanding at January 31, 2015	1,043,000		2,689,252		$	0.91	8.58	$	5,625
Granted	(365,000	)	365,000		$	3.00
Exercised	—		(46,916	)	$	0.24
Cancelled	254,375		(254,375	)	$	1.47
Outstanding at April 30, 2015	932,375		2,752,961		$	1.14	7.41	$	5,107
Vested and exercisable			1,109,670		$	0.51	4.85	$	2,768
Vested and expected to vest			2,629,418		$	1.11	7.32	$	4,957

The following table summarizes significant ranges of outstanding and exercisable options as of April 30, 2015:

	Options Outstanding				Options Vested and Exercisable
Range of Exercise Price	Number Outstanding	Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life (in Years)	Weighted Average Exercise Price		Number Vested and Exercisable	Weighted Average Exercise Price
$0.05 - $0.25	819,419	3.37	$	0.13	606,293	$	0.09
$0.26 - $1.00	692,542	8.31	$	0.47	320,462	$	0.49
$1.01 - $3.00	1,241,000	9.59	$	2.19	182,915	$	1.90
	2,752,961	7.41	$	1.14	1,109,670	$	0.51

The total intrinsic value of employee stock options exercised during the three months ended April 30, 2015 was $126,000.  There were no employee stock options exercised during the three months ended April 30, 2014.