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Stockholders' Equity (Deficit)
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2019
Stockholders’ Equity (Deficit)  
Stockholders’ Equity (Deficit)

Note 9. Stockholders’ Equity (Deficit)

Authorized Capital

The Company is authorized to issue up to 10,000,000 preferred shares with a par value of $0.001 per share. No preferred shares are issued and outstanding.

The Company is authorized to issue up to 50,000,000 shares of common stock with a par value of $0.001 per share. The Company had 18,035,025 shares of common stock outstanding as of September 30, 2019.

Description of Common Stock

Each share of common stock has the right to one vote. The holders of common stock are entitled to dividends when funds are legally available and when declared by the board of directors.

Common Stock Issuances

On March 7, 2018, the Company’s registration statement on Form S-1 relating to the Company’s IPO was declared effective by the SEC. The IPO closed on March 12, 2018, and the Company issued and sold 5,454,545 shares of common stock at a public offering price of $11.00 per share, for gross proceeds of $60,000 and net proceeds of $54,102 after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions of $4,200 and other offering costs of $1,698.

In January and February 2018, the Company issued 283,452 shares of common stock with an issuance price of $6.88 per share for gross and net proceeds of $1,950.

On May 20, 2019, the Company entered into an Open Market Sale Agreement (the “Sale Agreement”) with Jefferies LLC (“Jefferies”) pursuant to which the Company may offer and sell shares of its common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”), having an initial offering price no greater than $20.0 million (the “Shares”), from time to time, through an “at the market offering” program under which Jefferies will act as sales agent.

Under the Sale Agreement, the Company set the parameters for the sale of Shares, including the number of Shares to be issued, the time period during which sales are requested to be made, limitations on the number of Shares that may be sold in any one trading day and any minimum price below which sales may not be made. Subject to the terms and conditions of the Sale Agreement, Jefferies may sell the Shares by methods deemed to be an “at the market offering” as defined in Rule 415(a)(4) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, including sales made directly on or through the Nasdaq Capital Market or any other existing trading market for the Common Stock. The Company agreed to pay Jefferies a commission equal to 3.00% of the gross sales proceeds of any Shares sold through Jefferies under the Sale Agreement and has provided Jefferies with customary indemnification and contribution rights. The Sale Agreement could be terminated at any time by either party upon prior written notice to the other party and was terminated by the Company on September 22, 2019. All deferred issuance costs (including commissions) aggregating $400 associated with implementing the Sale Agreement were charged to Additional paid in capital during the nine months ended September 30, 2019.

For the three months ended September 30, 2019, the Company sold 44,449 shares under the Sale Agreement for gross proceeds of $496, issuance costs of $390 or net proceeds of $106.  

For the nine months ended September 30, 2019, the Company sold 66,193 shares under the Sale Agreement for gross proceeds of $737, issuance costs of $400 or net proceeds of $337.  

On September 26, 2019, the Company entered into an underwriting agreement with several underwriters in connection with the issuance and sale by the Company in a public offering of 2,303,030 shares of the Company’s common stock at a public offering price of $8.25 per share, less underwriting discounts and commissions, pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-230674) and a related prospectus supplement filed with the SEC (the “September 2019 Offering”). The September 2019 Offering closed on September 30, 2019.

The Company received gross and net proceeds of approximately $19,000 and $17,399 respectively from the September 2019 Offering. The Company intends to use the net proceeds of the September 2019 Offering for general corporate purposes, which may include development and commercialization of their product candidates, research and development, general and administrative expenses, license or technology acquisitions, and working capital and capital expenditures.