Common Stock

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2025

Common Stock

Common Stock

Note 6 - Common Stock

As of March 31, 2025, the Company was authorized to issue 175 million shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of which 100,746,467 and 96,097,485 shares were issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively.

Stock Option Exercises

During the three months ended March 31, 2025, no shares of common stock were issued pursuant to the exercise of stock options.

Stock Options Expired / Cancelled

On March 20, 2025, 26,200 vested stock options previously granted to an employee were cancelled and returned as authorized shares under the 2015 Stock Incentive Plan (the “2015 Plan”) on the expiration of the exercise period following the resignation of such employee.

RSU Settlements

Below is a table summarizing the RSUs that vested and settled during the three months ended March 31, 2025, all of which were issued pursuant to the 2015 Plan.

Equity Incentive Plan	RSUs Vested (#)		Vest Date	Shares Issued (#)		Shares Withheld for Taxes (#)
2015		21,583	Jan 1, 2025		21,583		-
2015		4,667	Feb 22, 2025		2,750		1,917
2015		33,503	Mar 13, 2025		21,643		11,860
2015		38,198	Mar 13, 2025		24,676		13,522
2015		41,642	Mar 13, 2025		26,901		14,741
		139,593			97,553		42,040

2025 Equity Capital Raise

On March 24, 2025, the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement with the several purchasers, pursuant to which the Company issued and sold to such purchasers, in a registered direct offering pursuant to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-259783) declared effective by the SEC on November 8, 2021 (the “2021 Form S-3”), an aggregate of (i) 2,363,636 shares of the Company’s common stock to certain of its directors and executive officers, and certain of its existing stockholders (collectively, the “Insiders”) at an offering price of $0.55 per share (the “Insider Shares”), and (ii) 1,739,087 shares of common stock (the “March 2025 Warrant Investor Shares” and, together with the Insider Shares, the “March 2025 Shares”), together with common stock purchase warrants to purchase up to 1,739,087 shares of common stock (the “March 2025 Warrants”), at a combined offering price of $0.55 per March 2025 Warrant Investor Share and accompanying March 2025 Warrant, to certain other existing stockholders of the Company and new investors (collectively, the “Warrant Investors”). Each March 2025 Warrant has an exercise price per share of $0.66, and is exercisable on or after March 26, 2025 through and until March 26, 2030. The Insiders did not receive any March 2025 Warrants in the offering. The net proceeds received by the Company for the issuance and sale of the March 2025 Shares and the March 2025 Warrants was $2.3 million, before deducting offering expenses of $0.1 million paid by the Company. The net proceeds above excludes any proceeds arising from the exercise of the March 2025 Warrants. The shares of common stock underlying the March 2025 Warrants were initially registered pursuant to the 2021 Form S-3. The shares of common stock underlying the March 2025 Warrants were subsequently registered pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-286401) declared effective by SEC on April 15, 2025 (the “2025 Form S-1”), and were withdrawn from the 2021 Form S-3.

2024 Equity Capital Raise

On August 8, 2024, the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement with a purchaser pursuant to which the Company issued and sold to such purchaser, in a registered direct offering under the 2021 Form S-3 (the “2024 Equity Capital Raise”), an aggregate of 9,170,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, pre-funded warrants (the “Pre-Funded Warrants”) to purchase up to 3,557,273 shares of the Company’s common stock (the “Pre-Funded Warrant Shares”), Series A common stock warrants (the “Series A Warrants”)  to purchase up to 12,727,273 shares of the Company’s common stock (the “Series A Warrant Shares”) and Series B common stock warrants (the “Series B Warrants”, and together with the Series A Warrants, the “Common Warrants” and, together with the shares of common stock offered in the 2024 Equity Capital Raise and the Pre-Funded Warrants, the “Securities”) to purchase up to 12,727,273 shares of the Company’s common stock the “Series B Warrant Shares,” together with the Pre-Funded Warrant Shares and the Series A Warrant Shares, the “August 2024 Warrant Shares” . The exercise prices of the Pre-Funded Warrants and the Common Warrants is $0.001 per share and $0.57 per share, respectively.  H.C. Wainwright & Co. acted as the exclusive placement agent for the Company in the offering.  The combined offering price for a share of common stock and accompanying Common Warrants was $0.55 and the combined offering price for a Pre-Funded Warrant and accompanying Common Warrants was $0.549.  The net proceeds received by the Company for the issuance and sale of the Securities was $6.4 million, before deducting offering expenses of $0.1 million paid by the Company.  In addition, the Company issued warrants to the placement agent to purchase an aggregate of 381,818 shares of Company common stock on substantially the same terms as the Series B Warrants at an exercise price of $0.6875 per share.  The net proceeds above assumes the exercise of the Pre-Funded Warrants but excludes any proceeds arising from the exercise of the Common Warrants or the placement agent warrants. The August 2024 Warrant Shares were initially registered pursuant to the 2021 Form S-3.  The August 2024 Warrant Shares were subsequently registered pursuant to the 2025 Form S-1, and were withdrawn from the 2021 Form S-3.

On December 5, 2024, the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement with several purchasers, including certain of its directors and executive officers (the “Insider Investors”), pursuant to which the Company issued and sold to such purchasers, in a registered direct offering pursuant to the 2021 Form S-3, an aggregate of (i) 445,648 shares to the Insider Investors at an offering price of $0.5722 per share and (ii) a further 2,857,389 shares of our common stock (the “December 2024 Warrant Investor Shares” and, together with the Insider Shares, the “December 2024 Shares”), together with 2,857,389 common stock purchase warrants to purchase up to 2,857,389 shares of our common stock (the “Form A Warrants”) and 2,857,389 common stock purchase warrants to purchase up to 1,428,693 shares of our common stock (the “Form B Warrants” and, together with the Form A Warrants, the “December 2024 Warrants”), at a combined offering price of $0.5722 per December 2024 Warrant Investor Share and accompanying December 2024 Warrants, to certain existing stockholders of the Company and new investors (collectively, the “Warrant Investors”). The December 2024 Shares, Form A Warrants, and Form B Warrants were separately issued. Each Form A Warrant has an exercise price per share of $0.5722 and each Form B Warrant has an exercise price per share of $0.71525. Each December 2024 Warrant is exercisable on or after December 9, 2024 through and until December 9, 2029. The net proceeds received by the Company for the issuance and sale of the December 2024 Shares and the December 2024 Warrants was $1.9 million, before deducting offering expenses of $0.1 million paid by the Company. The net proceeds above excludes any proceeds arising from the exercise of the December 2024 Warrants. The shares of common stock underlying the December 2024 Warrants were initially registered pursuant to the 2021 Form S-3. The shares of common stock underlying the December 2024 Warrants were subsequently registered pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-286401) declared effective by SEC on April 15, 2025 (the “2025 Form S-1”), and were withdrawn from the 2021 Form S-3.

Common Stock Issued for EpiCypher License Agreement

On March 12, 2024, the Company issued 129,132 shares of restricted common stock to EpiCypher, Inc. at a price of $0.97 per share as partial consideration for license rights in connection with a License Agreement between EpiCypher and Belgian Volition.

Equity Distribution Agreement

On May 20, 2022, the Company entered into an equity distribution agreement (the “2022 EDA”) with Jefferies LLC (“Jefferies”) to sell shares of the Company’s common stock, with an aggregate offering price of up to $25.0 million, from time to time through an “at the market” offering pursuant to the 2021 Form S-3 through Jefferies acting as the Company’s agent and/or principal. The Company is not obligated to sell any shares under the 2022 EDA.

During the three months ended March 31, 2025, the Company raised aggregate net proceeds (net of broker commissions and fees) of approximately $262,484 under the 2022 EDA through the sale of 448,706 shares of its common stock. As of March 31, 2025, the Company has raised aggregate net proceeds (net of broker commissions and fees) of approximately $2.4 million under the 2022 EDA through the sale of 1,945,838 shares of its common stock.