6. CONVERTIBLE REDEEMABLE PREFERRED STOCK AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

Common Stock

In June 2015, the Company uplisted to the NYSE MKT and simultaneously completed a public offering in which it issued 3,636,384 shares of common stock resulting in net proceeds of $7.8 million. Pursuant to the terms of a convertible note previously issued, immediately prior to the closing of the offering, the principal amount and all accrued and unpaid interest converted into 182,266 shares of common stock. Pursuant to a subscription agreement dated October 24, 2014, Korea Investment Partners Overseas Expansion Platform Fund (“KIP”), an existing stockholder, agreed to purchase 1,081,081 shares of common stock from the Company at a price of $1.85 per share in a private placement (the “KIP private placement”) upon the earlier to occur of (i) the Company receiving revenues from VI₂OLET of $2,000,000 or (ii) receipt by the Company of approval to list on any tier of the NYSE or Nasdaq stock market at a market price of at least $3.70 per share. In addition, KIP has previously informed the Company of its intention to complete the KIP private placement even if the Company’s stock price was not at least $3.70 per share. As of the date of this report, this private placement has not closed, and the Company does not expect the private placement to close. As consideration for Ping Wang’s service as a director of the Company (Mr. Wang is no longer a director of the Company), 290,000 shares of the Company’s common stock were issued, of which 96,667 shares vested immediately and 193,333 shares will vest immediately upon completion of the $2.0 million investment. The Company does not expect these shares to vest.

In December 2015, the Company sold 4,100,000 shares of common stock at a price per share of $1.43 resulting in net proceeds of $5.5 million in a private placement to investment funds managed by Franklin Advisers. For a period of five years, Franklin Advisers has the right to purchase up to an aggregate of 20% of the securities offered by the Company in any subsequent private placement.

In April 2016, the Company issued 3,600,000 shares of common stock at a price per share of $1.195 resulting in net proceeds of $3.6 million and warrants to purchase 1,952,000 shares of common stock in a public offering. These warrants have an exercise price of $1.20 per share and expire on April 1, 2021. As of April 30, 2017, all of these warrants were outstanding.

In August 2016, the Company issued 2,423,077 shares of common stock at a price per share of $0.65 resulting in net proceeds of $1.3 million in a private offering.

In September 2016, the Company issued 1,550,000 shares of common stock at a price per share of $0.60 resulting in net proceeds of $0.8 million and warrants to purchase 1,286,501 shares of common stock in a registered direct offering. These warrants have an exercise price of $0.80 per share and expire in five years. As of April 30, 2017, all of these warrants were outstanding.

On August 17, 2016, the Company issued a secured convertible promissory note (“Secured Note”) in the principal amount of $1.0 million. The Secured Note included a term to maturity of 36 months and an interest rate of 10% per annum. On August 17, 2016, the Company issued an unsecured convertible promissory note (“Unsecured Note”) in the principal amount of $0.5 million. The Unsecured Note included a term to maturity of 6 months and an interest rate of 10% per annum. Both the Secured Note and Unsecured Note (together, “Notes”) were convertible into the Company’s common stock at a conversion price of $0.80 per share. Upon issuance of the Notes, debt discounts of approximately $88,000 resulting from a beneficial conversion feature and debt issuance costs of approximately $16,000 were recorded and expensed to interest expense when converted to common stock. Pursuant to the conversion features included in the Notes, the Notes’ principal amount and unpaid accrued interest automatically converted into 1,926,711 shares of common stock immediately prior to the completion of the Company’s public offering on November 28, 2016.

In November 2016, the Company issued 31,489,429 shares of common stock at a price per share of $0.35, 1,515 shares of Series A convertible preferred stock at a price per share of $1,000 and warrants to purchase 31,499,725 shares of common stock in a public offering resulting in net proceeds of $10.6 million. In December 2016, the underwriters exercised their option to purchase an additional 1,390,676 shares of common stock to cover over-allotments resulting in net proceeds of $0.4 million.

In April 2017, the Company issued 6,410,258 shares of common stock at a price per share of $0.78 resulting in net proceeds of $4.4 million and warrants to purchase 3,365,385 shares of common stock in a registered direct offering. These warrants have an exercise price of $0.90 per share and expire in five years. As of April 30, 2017, all of these warrants were outstanding.

Series A Convertible Redeemable Preferred Stock

During 2014, the Company entered into subscription agreements for the private placement of 4,207,987 shares of its Series A preferred stock and warrants to purchase 2,042,589 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $3.70 per share. In connection with the uplisting to the NYSE MKT, the Series A preferred stock, including accrued and unpaid interest, converted into 4,319,426 shares of common stock. The warrant exercise agreements included a provision such that if the public offering price related to the offering was less than $3.125 per share, then immediately prior to the closing of the offering, additional shares of common stock would be issued at no additional consideration to each holder equal to: (i) the product of (A) the difference between $2.50 per share and 80% of the public offering price and (B) such holder’s shares of common stock received pursuant to exercise of the amended warrants, divided by (ii) 80% of the public offering price in the offering. Based on a public offering price of $2.75 per share, 77,006 shares of common stock were issued pursuant to this provision.

In March and April 2015, the Company amended certain of the warrants issued in connection with the Series A preferred stock financing 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 January 31, 2017, 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 in the first quarter of fiscal year 2016. 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 four to five years and expected volatility of 85.9%. As of April 30, 2017, of the warrants issued in connection with the Series A preferred stock financing, warrants to purchase 1,661,055 shares of common stock remain outstanding.

Pursuant to the Certificate of Elimination filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on March 17, 2016, all shares of Series A preferred stock previously designated were returned to the status of authorized but unissued shares of preferred stock, without designation as to series or rights, preferences, privileges or limitations. As of April 30, 2017 and January 31, 2017, there were 10,000,000 shares of Series A convertible redeemable preferred stock authorized and none were outstanding.

Series A Convertible Preferred Stock

In November 2016, the Company issued 1,515 shares of Series A convertible preferred stock (“Preferred Stock”), which included warrants to purchase 3,246,429 shares of common stock. The Preferred Stock had a purchase price of $1,000 per share and are convertible into common stock at a conversion rate of $0.35 per share. For the first 18 months after issuance, the Preferred Stock are immediately convertible at the option of the holder up to the holder’s pro rata share of 19.99% of the Company’s common stock outstanding at the time of conversion. After the first 18 months after issuance, the ownership limitation expires and, at the option of the holder, the Preferred Stock can be converted into common stock. The Preferred Stock contained a beneficial conversion feature valued at $0.1 million, which was recorded as a deemed dividend at the time of issuance, which is considered to be the earliest time of conversion. As of April 30, 2017, all the Preferred Stock and related warrants remain outstanding.

Warrants

In addition to the warrants issued in conjunction with the Series A preferred stock 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. As of October 31, 2016, all were outstanding. On May 14, 2014, the Company also issued warrants valued at $105,000 for 343,559 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $1.85 per share to a qualified investor as a part of his convertible loan package. These warrants expire five years after the date of issuance. These warrants are immediately exercisable, and in June 2015, a portion of the warrants were exercised for 54,054 shares of common stock. As of April 30, 2017, warrants exercisable for 289,505 shares of common stock remain outstanding.

In connection with the offering completed in June 2015, warrants to purchase 109,091 shares of common stock were issued to the underwriters at the public offering price of $2.75 per share. These warrants expire five years after the date of issuance. As of April 30, 2017, all of these warrants were outstanding.

In connection with the sale of common stock in April 2016, warrants to purchase 1,952,000 shares of common stock were issued at an exercise price of $1.20 per share. As of April 30, 2017, all of these warrants were outstanding.

In connection with the sale of common stock in September 2016, warrants to purchase 1,286,501 shares of common stock were issued at an exercise price of $0.80 per share. As of April 30, 2017, all of these warrants were outstanding. These warrants included a cash settlement option requiring the Company to record a liability for the fair value of the warrants at the time of issuance and at each reporting period with any change in the fair value reported as other income or expense. At the time of issuance, approximately $566,000 was recorded as a warrant liability. To value the warrant liability, the Company used the Black-Scholes pricing model with the following assumptions: risk-free interest rate of 1.1%, contractual term of 5 years, expected volatility of 95.8% and a dividend rate of 0%. As of April 30, 2017, the fair value of the warrant liability was approximately $767,000 and was included as a long-term liability.

In connection with the sale of common stock in November 2016, warrants to purchase 31,499,725 shares of common stock were issued at exercise prices ranging from $0.33 to $0.44 and expire five to seven years from the date of exercisability. As of April 30, 2017, all of these warrants were outstanding.

Equity Incentive Plan

On July 5, 2016, the Company adopted the 2016 Equity Incentive Plan (“2016 Plan”), which permits the Company to grant equity awards to directors, officers, employees and consultants. In connection with the adoption of the 2016 Plan, the Company ceased to grant equity awards under its 2014 Equity Incentive Plan (“2014 Plan”), which was adopted on January 23, 2014. All grants and awards under the 2014 Plan, including stock options previously issued under BioPharmX, Inc.’s 2011 Equity Incentive Plan that were substituted with stock options issued under the 2014 Plan, remain in effect in accordance with their terms. Stock options generally vest in one to four years and expire ten years from the date of grant. In March 2017, the 2016 Plan was amended and the shares reserved for issuance was increased by 20,000,000 shares to a total of 24,000,000 shares. The 2014 Plan and 2016 Plan are referred to collectively as the “Plans.”

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


			Weighted
			Average		Remaining	Aggregate
	Available for		Exercise		Contractual	Intrinsic
	Grant	Shares	Prices		Life	Value
						(in thousands)
Balance at February 1, 2017	252,379	6,465,829	$	0.77	8.77	$	238
Shares authorized for issuance	20,000,000	—
Granted	(5,095,000)	5,095,000	$	0.73
Balance at April 30, 2017	15,157,379	11,560,829	$	0.75	9.16	$	2,062
Vested and exercisable		2,495,905	$	0.98	7.39	$	487
Vested and expected to vest		10,208,093	$	0.76	9.09	$	1,839

Inducement Grants

The Company has also awarded inducement option grants to purchase common stock to new employees outside of the 2016 Plan as permitted under Section 711(a) of the NYSE MKT Company Guide. Such options vest at the rate of 25% of the shares on the first anniversary of the commencement of such employee’s employment with the Company, and then one forty-eighth (1/48) of the shares monthly thereafter subject to such employee’s continued service. The following table summarizes the Company’s inducement grant stock options:


		Weighted
		Average		Remaining
		Exercise		Contractual	Aggregate
	Shares	Prices		Life	Intrinsic Value
					(in thousands)
Balance at April 30, 2017	660,000	$	1.44	8.47	$	—
Vested and exercisable	244,791	$	1.44	8.45	$	—
Vested and expected to vest	610,721	$	1.44	8.47	$	—

There was no activity related to these inducement grant stock options during the quarter ended April 30, 2017.

The following table summarizes significant ranges of outstanding and exercisable options as of April 30, 2017:


	Options Outstanding				Options Vested and Exercisable
		Weighted
		Average	Weighted			Weighted
		Remaining	Average		Number	Average
	Number	Contractual	Exercise		Vested and	Exercise
Range of Exercise Prices	Outstanding	Life (in Years)	Prices		Exercisable	Prices
$0.20 - $0.35	658,108	6.42	$	0.31	566,440	$	0.31
$0.36 - $0.65	4,273,667	9.37	$	0.53	731,042	$	0.58
$0.66 - $1.09	5,649,054	9.62	$	0.76	479,261	$	0.89
$1.10 - $1.85	1,540,000	7.85	$	1.68	863,953	$	1.70
$1.86 - $3.00	100,000	8.01	$	3.00	100,000	$	3.00
	12,220,829	9.12	$	0.79	2,740,696	$	1.02

There were no stock options exercised during the three months ended April 30, 2017. The total intrinsic value of stock options exercised during the three months ended April 30, 2016 was approximately $34,000.