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Note 10 - Stockholders' Equity
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019
Notes to Financial Statements  
Share-based Payment Arrangement [Text Block]
10.
  
Stockholders
Equity
 
Common Stock
On
December 13, 2019,
the Company entered into an At The Market Offering Agreement, by and between the Company and H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC, as agent (“H.C. Wainwright”) (the “ATM Agreement”), pursuant to which the Company
may
offer and sell, from time to time through H.C. Wainwright, shares of Common Stock, having an aggregate offering price of up to
$4.4
million (the “HCW Shares”). The offer and sale of the HCW Shares is made pursuant to a shelf registration statement on Form S-
3
and the related prospectus (File
No.
333
-
235509
). Pursuant to the ATM Agreement, H.C. Wainwright
may
sell the HCW Shares by any method permitted by law deemed to be an “at the market offering” as defined in Rule
415
of the Securities Act, including sales made by means of ordinary brokers’ transactions, including on The NASDAQ Capital Market, at market prices or as otherwise agreed with H.C. Wainwright. H.C. Wainwright will use commercially reasonable efforts consistent with its normal trading and sales practices to sell the HCW Shares from time to time, based upon instructions from the Company, including any price or size limits or other customary parameters or conditions the Company
may
impose. The Company is
not
obligated to make any sales of the HCW Shares under the ATM Agreement. The offering of HCW Shares pursuant to the ATM Agreement will terminate upon the earliest of (a) the sale of all of the HCW Shares subject to the ATM Agreement, (b) the termination of the ATM Agreement by H.C. Wainwright or the Company, as permitted therein, or (c)
August 9, 2022.
The Company will pay H.C. Wainwright a commission rate equal to
3%
of the aggregate gross proceeds from each sale of HCW Shares and have agreed to provide H.C. Wainwright with customary indemnification and contribution rights. The Company will also reimburse H.C. Wainwright for certain specified expenses in connection with entering into the ATM Agreement. Subsequent to
December 31, 2019,
the Company has sold a total of
50,746
shares of Common Stock for aggregate gross proceeds of
$280,000
at an average selling price of
$5.44
per share, resulting in net proceeds of approximately
$113,000
after deducting legal expenses, audit fees, commissions and other transaction costs of approximately
$167,000.
 
On
April 18, 2019,
the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement with an accredited investor pursuant to which the Company agreed to issue and sell to such investor (the
“April
Offering”)
444,445
pre-funded warrants to purchase shares of Common Stock for a purchase price of
$1.70
per pre-funded warrant.  Each pre-funded warrant is immediately exercisable for
one
share of Common Stock at an exercise price of
$0.10
per share and will remain exercisable until exercised in full.  The gross proceeds to the Company, excluding the proceeds, if any, from the exercise of the pre-funded warrants, was approximately
$756,000.
  The
April
Offering closed on
April 26, 2019
and the pre-funded warrants were accounted for as equity by the Company.  Subject to certain exceptions, in the event the Company sells or issues any shares of common stock or common stock equivalents at a lower price during the period beginning on the closing date of the
April
Offering and ending on the date that is
three
-hundred and
sixty-five
(
365
) days following such date, the Company is required to issue the investor a number of shares of common stock (or additional pre-funded warrants to purchase shares of common stock) equal to the number of shares the investor would have received had the purchase price for such shares been at such lower purchase price.  As
December 31, 2019,
120,000
of the pre-funded warrants issued in the
April
Offering had been exercised, leaving
324,445
pre-funded warrants outstanding. 
 
On
August 28, 2018,
the Company completed a private placement transaction with an accredited investor, in which the Company sold
100,000
shares of Common Stock for a purchase price of
$1.80
per share and
296,500
pre-funded warrants for a purchase price of
$1.70
per pre-funded warrant. Each pre-funded warrant is immediately exercisable for
one
share of Common Stock at an exercise price of
$0.10
per share and will remain exercisable until exercised in full. The Company received
$623,000
in net proceeds after deducting offering expenses of
$61,000.
In addition, subject to certain exceptions, in the event the Company sells or issues any shares of Common Stock or common stock equivalents at a lower price through
February 26, 2019,
the Company is required to issue the investor a number of shares of Common Stock (or additional pre-funded warrants to purchase shares of common stock) equal to the number of shares the investor would have received had the purchase price for such shares been at such lower purchase price. The Company did
not
issue any shares at a lower price prior to
February 26, 2019.
The Company determined that the pre-warrants should be classified as equity instruments. As of
December 31, 2019,
all
296,500
of the pre-funded warrants issued in the
August 2018
private placement have been exercised.
 
On
May 18, 2018,
the Company completed a public offering for
647,501
 Units and
269,167
Pre-Funded Units for a purchase price of
$6.00
per Unit, resulting in aggregate gross proceeds of approximately
$5,473,000,
net proceeds of
$4,792,000
after deducting the offering expenses of
$679,000.
Each Unit consists of
one
share of Common Stock, and
one
common warrant to purchase
one
share of Common Stock, and each Pre-Funded Unit consists of
one
pre-funded warrant to purchase
one
share of Common Stock and
one
common warrant to purchase
one
share of Common Stock. The common warrants included in the Units and Pre-Funded Units were immediately exercisable at a price of
$6.00
per share of Common Stock, subject to adjustment in certain circumstances, and will expire
five
years from the date of issuance. The Company evaluated the warrants issued and determined that they should be classified as equity instruments. All
269,167
Pre-Funded units issued in the
May 2018
public offering were exercised in the
second
quarter of fiscal
2018.
 
On
March 28, 2018,
the Company sold
60,964
shares of Common Stock at a price of
$22.70
per share. The net proceeds to the Company from the sale and issuance of the shares, after deducting the offering expenses borne by the Company of approximately
$171,000,
were
$1,213,000.
Additionally, the investors received unregistered warrants in a simultaneous private placement to purchase up to
30,482
shares of common stock. The warrants have an exercise price of
$26.80
per share and were exercisable
six
months following the issuance date, or
September 28, 2018,
and have a term of
5.5
years and were accounted for as equity by the Company.
 
Warrants
A summary of warrant activity is as follows:
 
   
Year Ended December 31,
 
   
2019
   
2018
 
   
Number of
Shares
   
Weighted-
Average Exercise
Price Per Share
   
Number of
Shares
   
Weighted-
Average Exercise
Price Per Share
 
Beginning balance
   
1,726,522
    $
29.88
     
482,873
    $
93.70
 
Warrants granted
   
444,445
    $
0.10
     
1,512,816
    $
4.20
 
Warrants exercised
   
(435,264
)   $
0.35
     
(269,167
)   $
0.10
 
Warrants expired/canceled
   
(19,637
)    
 
     
--
     
 
 
Outstanding
   
1,716,066
    $
25.23
     
1,726,522
    $
29.88
 
Exercisable
   
1,646,214
    $
22.91
     
1,656,668
    $
27.80
 
 
Equity Plans and Agreements
The Amended
2016
Equity Incentive Plan (the “Amended
2016
Plan”) was approved by the stockholders in
May 2017,
under which up to
600,000
shares
may
be issued pursuant to grants of shares, options, or other forms of incentive compensation. On
June 22, 2018,
the stockholders approved an amendment to the Amended
2016
Plan to increase the number of shares that
may
be issued to
1,325,000
shares. On
May 30, 2019,
the shareholders approved an amendment to the Amended
2016
Plan to increase the number of shares that
may
be issued from
1,325,000
shares to
3,925,000
shares. As of
December 31, 2019,
103,803
awards were available for issuance under the Amended
2016
Plan.
 
The
2012
Independent Director Plan (the
“2012
Plan”) permits the grant of stock or options to independent directors. A total of
2,500
shares were approved by the stockholders for issuance under the
2012
Plan. Options are granted at prices that are equal to
100%
of the fair market value on the date of grant and expire over a term
not
to exceed
ten
years. Options generally vest in monthly increments over
one
year, unless otherwise determined by our Board of Directors. As of
December 31, 2019,
there were
234
shares available for issuance.
 
The
2006
Equity Incentive Plan (the
“2006
Plan”) permitted the grant of options, restricted stock units, stock bonuses and stock appreciation rights to employees, directors and consultants. The
2006
Plan, but
not
the awards granted thereunder, expired in
2016.
As of
December 31, 2019,
3,865
option awards remained outstanding.
 
On
December 29, 2017,
the Board of Directors of ThermoGenesis Corp. adopted the ThermoGenesis Corp.
2017
Equity Incentive Plan (the “ThermoGenesis Plan”) and on the same day granted options to purchase an aggregate of
280,000
shares of ThermoGenesis Corp. common stock to employees, directors, consultants, and advisors of ThermoGenesis Corp. The ThermoGenesis Plan was unanimously approved by the ThermoGenesis stockholders (including the Company) on
December 29, 2017.
The ThermoGenesis Plan authorizes the issuance of up to
1,000,000
shares of ThermoGenesis common stock. There are
20,000
shares available for issuance as of
December 31, 2019.
 
On
April 7, 2019,
two
employees were granted performance-based options to purchase an aggregate of
800,000
shares of Thermo Genesis Corp. common stock at an exercise price of
$0.65
if certain milestones were met. One milestone was met resulting in
300,000
options vesting in the year ended
December 31, 2019.
 
On
December 14, 2018,
the CEO, the CFO and other employees were granted
214,000
options to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of
$2.979
per share. The options vest in
five
equal installments on the date of grant and the
first
four
anniversaries of the grant date. A portion of the grant,
169,934
shares were subject to approval of the
2016
Plan Amendment by the Company’s stockholders, which was approved on
May 30, 2019.
 
Stock Based Compensation
The Company recorded stock-based compensation of
$614,000
for the year ended
December 31, 2019
and
$652,000
for the year ended
December 31, 2018,
as comprised of the following:
 
   
Year Ended December 31,
 
   
2019
   
2018
 
Cost of revenues
  $
3,000
    $
15,000
 
Sales and marketing
   
185,000
     
63,000
 
Research and development
   
98,000
     
136,000
 
General and administrative
   
328,000
     
438,000
 
    $
614,000
    $
652,000
 
 
Stock Options
The Company issues new shares of common stock upon exercise of stock options. The following is a summary of option activity for the Company’s stock option plans:
 
   
Number
of Shares
   
Weighted-
Average
Exercise
Price
   
Weighted-
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Life
   
Aggregate
Intrinsic
Value
 
Outstanding at January 1, 2019
   
302,368
    $
13.99
     
 
     
 
 
                                 
                                 
Granted
   
11,450
    $
4.38
     
 
     
 
 
Forfeited/cancelled
   
(22,011
)   $
9.42
     
 
     
 
 
Outstanding at December 31, 2019
   
291,807
    $
13.96
     
8.3
    $
280,000
 
Vested and Expected to Vest at December 31, 2019
   
224,102
    $
15.72
     
8.2
    $
203,000
 
Exercisable at December 31, 2019
   
147,124
    $
19.79
     
7.9
    $
115,000
 
 
The aggregate intrinsic value is calculated as the difference between the exercise price of the underlying awards and the quoted price of the Company’s common stock. There were
no
options that were exercised during the years ended
December 31, 2019
and
2018.
 
Non-vested stock option activity for the year ended
December 31, 2019,
is as follows:
 
   
Non-vested Stock
Options
   
Weighted-Average
Grant Date Fair Value
 
Outstanding at January 1, 2019
   
212,172
     
$6.39
 
Granted
   
11,450
     
$3.30
 
Vested
   
(63,675
)    
$6.73
 
Cancelled/forfeited
   
(15,264
)    
$2.74
 
Outstanding at December 31, 2019
   
144,683
     
$6.38
 
 
The fair value of the Company’s stock options granted for the year ended
December 31, 2019
and year ended
December 31, 2018
was estimated using the following weighted-average assumptions:
 
   
Year Ended December 31,
 
   
2019
   
2018
 
Expected life (years)
   
5
     
6
 
Risk-free interest rate
   
1.68
%    
2.7
%
Expected volatility
   
103
%    
103
%
Dividend yield
   
0
%    
0
%
 
The weighted average grant date fair value of options granted during the years ended
December 31, 2019
and
2018
was
$3.30
and
$3.20
respectively.
 
At
December 31, 2019,
the total compensation cost related to options granted under the Company’s stock option plans but
not
yet recognized was
$1,051,000.
This cost will be amortized on a straight-line basis over a weighted-average period of approximately
three
years and will be adjusted for subsequent changes in estimated forfeitures. The total fair value of options vested during the year ended
December 31, 2019
and year ended
December 31, 2018
was
$428,000
and
$633,000
respectively.