Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Capital Structure

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Capital Structure
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016
CAPITAL STRUCTURE  
Capital Structure
Capital Structure
 
On October 20, 2015, the Company filed an amended and restated certificate of incorporation in connection with the closing of its IPO. The amended and restated certificate of incorporation authorizes the Company to issue two classes of stock, common stock and preferred stock, and eliminates all references to the previously existing series of preferred stock. At December 31, 2016, the total number of shares of capital stock the Company was authorized to issue was 205,000,000 of which 200,000,000 was common stock and 5,000,000 was preferred stock. All shares of common and preferred stock have a par value of $0.001 per share.

Common Stock
 
IPO
 
On October 20, 2015, the Company closed its IPO of its units. Each unit consisted of one share of common stock, one Class A warrant to purchase one share of common stock at an exercise price of $4.55 per share and one Class B warrant to purchase one-half share of common stock at an exercise price of $3.90 per full share (the “units”). The Class A warrants expire on October 20, 2018 and the Class B warrants expire on April 20, 2017. The closing of the IPO resulted in the sale of 4,000,000 units at an initial public offering price of $6.50 per unit for gross proceeds of $26.0 million. The net proceeds of the IPO, after underwriting discounts, commissions and expenses, and before offering expenses, to the Company were approximately $23.6 million. On November 13, 2015, the units separated into common stock, Class A warrants and Class B warrants and began trading separately on the NASDAQ Capital Market.
 
On November 23, 2015, the underwriter of the IPO exercised its over-allotment option for 20,000 shares of common stock, 551,900 Class A warrants to purchase one share of common stock and 551,900 Class B warrants to purchase one-half share of common stock for additional gross proceeds of $135,319.
 
The common stock and accompanying Class A warrants and Class B warrants have been classified to stockholders’ equity (deficit) in the Company’s balance sheet.
 
Underwriter’s Unit Purchase Option
 
The underwriter of the IPO received, for $100 in the aggregate, a unit purchase option (the “UPO”) to purchase up to a total of 40,000 units (or 1% of the units sold in the IPO) exercisable at $7.48 per unit (or 115% of the public offering price per unit in the IPO). The units underlying the UPO will be, immediately upon exercise, separated into shares of common stock, underwriters’ Class A warrants and underwriters’ Class B warrants (such warrants together referred to as the Underwriters’ Warrants) such that, upon exercise, the holder of a UPO will not receive actual units but will instead receive the shares of common stock and Underwriters’ Warrants, to the extent that any portion of the Underwriters’ Warrants underlying such units have not otherwise expired. The exercise prices of the underwriters’ Class A warrants and underwriter’s Class B warrants underlying the UPO are $5.23 and $4.49, respectively. The UPO may be exercised for cash or on a cashless basis, at the holder’s option, and expires on October 14, 2020; provided, that, following the expiration of underwriters’ Class B warrants on April 20, 2017, the UPO will be exercisable only for shares of common stock and underwriters’ Class A warrants at an exercise price of $7.475 per unit; provided further, that, following the expiration of underwriters’ Class A warrants on October 20, 2018, the UPO will be exercisable only for shares of common stock at an exercise price of $7.47. The Company classified the UPO as a liability as it is a freestanding marked-to-market derivative instrument that is precluded from being classified in stockholders’ equity. The fair value of the UPO is re-measured each reporting period and the change in fair value is recognized in the statement of operations (see Note 4).

The Aspire Capital Transaction

On September 8, 2016, the Company entered into a common stock purchase agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with Aspire Capital Fund, LLC ("Aspire Capital"), pursuant to which Aspire Capital committed to purchase up to an aggregate of $15.0 million of shares of the Company’s common stock over the 30-month term of the Purchase Agreement. Under the Purchase Agreement, on any trading day selected by the Company on which the closing price of the Company’s common stock exceeds $0.50, the Company may, in its sole discretion, present a purchase notice directing Aspire Capital to purchase up to 50,000 shares of common stock per day, up to $15.0 million of the Company’s common stock in the aggregate at a per share price calculated by references to the prevailing market price of the Company’s common stock. Upon execution of the Purchase Agreement, the Company issued and sold to Aspire Capital 250,000 shares of common stock at a price per share of $4.00, for gross proceeds of $1.0 million, and concurrently entered into a registration rights agreement with Aspire Capital registering the shares of the Company’s common stock that have been and may be issued to Aspire Capital under the Purchase Agreement. Additionally, as consideration for Aspire Capital entering into the Purchase Agreement, the Company issued 175,000 shares of common stock as a commitment fee. The net proceeds of the Aspire Capital transaction, after offering expenses, to the Company were approximately $1.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2016. As of December 31, 2016, the Company had sold 763,998 shares of common stock to Aspire Capital under the Purchase Agreement. Subsequent to December 31, 2016, the Company sold an additional 965,165 shares of common stock to Aspire Capital under the terms of the Purchase Agreement for gross proceeds of approximately $789,000. As of the date of this Annual Report on Form 10-K, the Company may not issue additional shares of common stock to Aspire Capital under the Purchase Agreement unless shareholder approval to issue additional shares is obtained.

The Maxim Group Equity Distribution Agreement

On January 27, 2017, the Company entered into an Equity Distribution Agreement with Maxim Group LLC ("Maxim"), as sales agent, pursuant to which the Company may offer and sell, from time to time, through Maxim, up to $12,075,338 in shares of its common stock. The Company has no obligation to sell any of the Shares, and may at any time suspend offers under the Equity Distribution Agreement.

As of the date of this Annual Report on Form 10-K, the Company had sold 345,653 shares of its common stock through Maxim under the Equity Distribution Agreement for gross proceeds of $287,000 and may sell up to an additional $11,788,182 of shares of its common stock. This calculation will be updated immediately after we file this Annual Report on Form 10-K and we expect that the amount of securities we will be able to sell under the registration statement on Form S-3 thereafter will be approximately $3.3 million.

Voting
 
Common stock is entitled to one vote for each share held of record on all matters submitted to a vote of the stockholders, including the election of directors, and does not have cumulative voting rights. Accordingly, the holders of a majority of the shares of common stock entitled to vote in any election of directors can elect all of the directors standing for election.
 
Dividends
 
The holders of common stock are entitled to receive dividends, if any, as may be declared from time to time by the board of directors out of legally available funds.
 
Liquidation
 
In the event of the Company’s liquidation, dissolution or winding up, holders of the Company’s common stock will be entitled to share ratably in the net assets legally available for distribution to stockholders after the payment of all debts and other liabilities.
 
Rights and Preferences
 
Holders of the Company’s common stock have no preemptive, conversion or subscription rights, and there are no redemption or sinking fund provisions applicable to the Company’s common stock.

Common Stock Warrants
 
At December 31, 2016, the following common stock warrants were outstanding:
 
Number of shares
 
Exercise price
 
Expiration
underlying warrants
 
per share
 
date
109,976
 
$
28.00

 
February 2017
29,260
 
$
14.00

 
February 2017
90,529
 
$
28.00

 
March 2017
29,557
 
$
14.00

 
March 2017
130,233
 
$
28.00

 
April 2017
2,275,950
 
$
3.90

 
April 2017
20,000
 
$
4.49

 
April 2017
14,284
 
$
28.00

 
July 2017
80,966
 
$
28.00

 
August 2018
4,551,900
 
$
4.55

 
October 2018
40,000*
 
$
5.23

 
October 2018
3,571
 
$
28.00

 
December 2018
22,328*
 
$
8.40

 
October 2020
2,380
 
$
8.68

 
May 2022
7,400,934
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
*Accounted for as a liability instrument (see Note 4)
 
 
 
 


Warrants Issued to Term Loan Lender 

In August 2014, warrants to purchase 625,208 shares of Series B convertible preferred stock, at an exercise price equal to $0.2999 per share, were issued to the term loan lender in conjunction with the loan of $7.5 million (see Note 8). Upon the closing of the Company’s IPO, these warrants to purchase 625,208 shares of Series B convertible preferred stock became warrants to purchase 22,328 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $8.40 per share, in accordance with their terms. These warrants represent a freestanding financing instrument indexed to an obligation of the Company and as such is accounted for as a liability in accordance with ASC 480. The Company adjusts the carrying value of the liability, which appears as “warrant liability” on the accompanying balance sheets, to its estimated fair value at each reporting date (see Note 4).