Stockholders' Equity

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2022

Stockholders' Equity

Stockholders' Equity

Note 10. Stockholders’ Equity

Equity Financings

Common Stock Purchase Agreement

On March 4, 2019, the Company entered into a Purchase Agreement with Lincoln Park Capital Fund, LLC (“Lincoln Park”), which was amended on September 2, 2020 (as amended to date, the “LPC Purchase Agreement”), pursuant to which, upon the terms and subject to the conditions and limitations set forth therein, Lincoln Park committed to purchase an aggregate of $35.0 million of shares of Company common stock from time to time at the Company’s sole discretion over a 36-month period (the “Purchase Period”). As consideration for entering into the LPC Purchase Agreement, the Company issued 269,749 shares of its common stock to Lincoln Park as a commitment fee (the “Commitment Shares”). The closing price of the Company’s common stock on March 4, 2019 was $2.84 and the Company did not receive any cash proceeds from the issuance of the Commitment Shares.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2022, the Company did not sell any shares under the LPC Purchase Agreement. The Purchase Period expired on March 4, 2022. Accordingly, the Company no longer has access to additional capital under the LPC Purchase Agreement.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2021, the Company sold 800,000 shares of common stock, pursuant to the LPC Purchase Agreement, resulting in net proceeds of $4.2 million.

"At-The-Market" Equity Program

In November 2018, the Company entered into an Equity Distribution Agreement (the “ATM Agreement”) with JMP Securities LLC (“JMP”) pursuant to which the Company may issue and sell shares of its common stock having an aggregate offering price of up to $50.0 million (the “Shares”) through JMP as its agent. Subject to the terms and conditions of the ATM Agreement, JMP will use commercially reasonable efforts to sell the Shares from time to time, based upon the Company’s instructions, 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, or if specified by the Company, by any other method permitted by law, including but not limited to in negotiated transactions. The Company has no obligation to sell any of the Shares, and the Company or JMP may at any time suspend sales under the ATM Agreement or terminate the ATM Agreement. JMP is entitled to a fixed commission of 3.0% of the gross proceeds from Shares sold.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2022, the Company sold no Shares pursuant to the ATM Agreement.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2021, the Company sold 5,117,357 Shares pursuant to the ATM Agreement, resulting in net proceeds, after deduction of commissions and other offering expenses, of $15.3 million. As of September 30, 2022, the Company may sell up to an additional $19.5 million of Shares under the ATM Agreement, subject to applicable securities laws and related rules and regulations.

April 2020 Private Placement

On April 7, 2020, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement with Pillar Partners (as defined below), a related party as more fully described in Note 14, which was amended on December 11, 2020 (as amended to date, the “April 2020 Securities Purchase Agreement”), under which the Company sold 3,039,514 shares of common stock and accompanying warrants to purchase 3,039,514 shares of the Company’s common stock with an exercise price of $2.28 per share, for aggregate gross proceeds of $5.0 million. Each share and the accompanying warrant had a combined purchase price of $1.645, which included $0.125 for each share of

common stock underlying each warrant. The April 2020 Securities Purchase Agreement also provided for the option for Pillar Partners to purchase 2,747,252 shares of the Company’s common stock (or pre-funded warrants to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $0.01 in lieu of certain shares to the extent that purchasing such shares will cause Pillar Investment Entities (as defined below) to beneficially own in excess of 19.99% of the total number of shares of common stock outstanding post-transaction) and warrants to purchase up to 1,373,626 shares of the Company’s common stock (with an exercise price of $2.71), for aggregate gross proceeds of $5.0 million (the “April 2020 Private Placement Second Closing”). Subsequently, in December 2020, the April 2020 Private Placement Second Closing was consummated. Total net proceeds received pursuant to the April 2020 Securities Purchase Agreement, after deduction of offering expenses, was $9.8 million.

July 2020 Private Placement

On July 13, 2020, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “July 2020 Securities Purchase Agreement”) with Pillar Partners Foundation, L.P. (“Pillar Partners”), Pillar Pharmaceuticals 6, L.P. (“Pillar 6”), and Pillar Pharmaceuticals 7 L.P. (“Pillar 7”) (collectively, the “July 2020 Purchasers”), each a related party as more fully described in Note 10, pursuant to which, among other things, provided the July Purchasers the option to purchase, at their sole discretion, pre-funded warrants to purchase up to 784,615 shares of the Company’s common stock, at an exercise price of $0.01 per share, and warrants to purchase up to 274,615 shares of the Company’s common stock, at an exercise price of $9.75, for aggregate gross proceeds of $5.1 million (the “July 2020 Private Placement Second Closing”). During the three months ended March 31, 2021, the option to purchase securities in the July 2020 Private Placement Second Closing terminated. As a result, the Company is no longer eligible to receive additional proceeds from the sale of additional securities pursuant to the July 2020 Securities Purchase Agreement. However, the July 2020 Purchasers still hold outstanding warrants previously issued under the July 2020 Securities Purchase Agreement, as detailed below under the heading “Common Stock Warrants”.

Warrants

In connection with various financing transactions, the Company has issued warrants to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock and preferred stock. The Company accounts for common and preferred stock warrants as equity instruments or liabilities, depending on the specific terms of the warrant agreement.

In connection with the Acquisition of Aceragen, the Company issued warrants to former Aceragen warrant holders to purchase shares of its common stock and Series Z. Series Z warrants are liability classified and remeasured at each reporting period.

The following table summarizes outstanding warrants to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock and/or preferred stock as of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021:

	Number of Shares
	September 30,	December 31,	Weighted-Average
Description	2022	2021	Exercise Price		Expiration Date
Equity-classified warrants
May 2013 warrants	15,437	15,437		$ 0.08	None
September 2013 warrants	4,096	4,096		$ 0.08	None
February 2014 warrants	2,171	2,171		$ 0.08	None
April 2020 Private Placement first closing warrants	3,039,514	3,039,514		$ 2.28	Apr 2023
April 2020 Private Placement second closing warrants	1,373,626	1,373,626		$ 2.71	Dec 2023
April 2020 Private Placement second closing warrants	—	1,143,428		$ 0.01	None
July 2020 Private Placement first closing warrants	—	389,731		$ 0.01	None
July 2020 Private Placement first closing warrants	2,764,227	2,764,227		$ 2.58	Jul 2023
	7,199,071	8,732,230
Liability-classified warrants
Aceragen Acquisition warrants:
Convertible to common stocks	1,353,143	—		$ 0.46	3/23/2031
Convertible to preferred stocks	14,215	—		$ 460.00	3/23/2031
	1,367,358	—
Total outstanding	8,566,429	8,732,230