Related Party Transactions

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2023

Related Party Transactions [Abstract]

Related Party Transactions

RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

As discussed in Note 7, the Company leases its facility from 1895 Management, Ltd., a New York corporation controlled by an entity affiliated with the Company’s chairman and major stockholder of the Company. Rent expense incurred under this operating lease was $181,000 and $175,000, respectively, for each of the years ended December 31, 2023, and 2022.

As discussed in Note 5, in November 2017, the Company entered into a research collaboration and license option agreement with Surface to identify and select antibodies against two target antigens, using the Company’s proprietary technology as described in the agreement. At that time, J. Jeffrey Goater served as a member of the Company’s board of directors and the Chief Business Officer of Surface, Mr. Goater's term as a member of our board ended at our 2022 annual meeting of stockholders. He currently serves as a director of Surface. This agreement will expire upon the latest of the expiration of both research programs and all evaluation and testing periods. During the year ended December 31, 2022 the Company recorded $50,000 of revenue as an annual maintenance fee for the exclusive product license. During the year ended December 31, 2023 the Company recorded $500,000 of revenue for a milestone for the first target. In 2023 Surface terminated this exclusive research license agreement, and therefore will not be required to pay the maintenance fee any longer. Surface Oncology has sublicensed this program for the second target to Coherus which is actively continuing phase 1/2 development. Coherus is now responsible for the maintenance fee.

On January 31, 2022, the Company entered into a stock purchase agreement pursuant to which the Company issued and sold to certain investors 41,656 shares of its common stock at a purchase price of $233.10 per share for aggregate gross proceeds of $9.7 million (“the January 2022 Private Placement”). FCMI Parent Co. ("FCMI") and Friedberg Global-Macro Hedge Fund Ltd. each purchased 8,580 shares of the Company's common stock for an aggregate purchase price of $4.0 million. Albert D. Friedberg, the Company’s chairman and beneficial owner of a majority of the Company’s outstanding common stock, controls FCMI, the Company's largest stockholder, and Friedberg Mercantile Group, the investment manager of the Friedberg Global-Macro Hedge Fund Ltd., which exercises voting and dispositive power over shares held directly by Friedberg Global-Macro Hedge Fund Ltd. Vaccinex (Rochester) L.L.C., which is majority owned and controlled by Dr. Maurice Zauderer, the Company’s President, Chief Executive Officer, and a member of its board of directors, and Benbow Estates, which is controlled by Jacob Frieberg, a member of the Company’s board of directors, also purchased 8,580 and 429 shares of the Company's common stock for aggregate purchase prices of $2.0 million and $0.1 million, respectively, in the January 2022 Private Placement.

On November 18, 2022, and November 22, 2022, the Company entered into a stock purchase agreement and joinder thereto pursuant to which it issued and sold 34,012 shares of its common stock at a purchase price of $111.15 per share for aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $3.8 million (the "November 2022 Private Placement"). Vaccinex (Rochester), L.L.C.; FCMI; Gee Eff Services Limited, which is controlled by Jacob Frieberg, one of the Company's directors; and Gerald E. Van Strydonck, another of the Company's directors, purchased 26,315 shares of the Company’s common stock for aggregate purchase price of $2.9 million in the November 2022 Private Placement.

On March 30, 2023, the Company entered into a Stock Purchase Agreement, pursuant to which the Company issued and sold 23,693 shares of its common stock at a purchase price of $86.10 per share for aggregate gross proceeds of $2.04 million (the "March 2023 Private Placement”). FCMI and Vaccinex (Rochester) L.L.C. purchased 23,229 shares of the Company's common stock for an aggregate purchase price of $2.0 million in the March 2023 Private Placement. In addition, FCMI made a binding commitment in the Stock Purchase Agreement to purchase, on or prior to May 15, 2023, up to an additional $2.96 million of shares of the Company's common stock, less the aggregate purchase price of securities of the Company other than the shares sold by the Company to investors other than FCMI and its affiliates after the closing and on or prior to May 15, 2023, and subject to the terms and conditions of the Stock Purchase Agreement.

On May 12, 2023, pursuant to the March 2023 Stock Purchase Agreement, the Company issued and sold 37,660 shares of its common stock at a purchase price of $78.5988 per share for aggregate gross proceeds of $2.96 million. FCMI purchased 31,690 shares of the Company's common stock in relation to the May 12, 2023, sale for a purchase price of $2.51 million.

On September 20, 2023, the Company entered into the Stock Purchase Agreement, pursuant to which the Company issued and sold 17,781 shares of its common stock at a purchase price of $32.76 per share for aggregate gross proceeds of $0.58 million (the "September 2023 Private Placement”). Vaccinex (Rochester) L.L.C. purchased 9,768 shares of the Company's common stock in the September 2023 Private Placement for a purchase price of $0.32 million.

On October 3, 2023, pursuant to the Company’s registration statement on Form S-1, as amended (File No. 333-274520), and a securities purchase agreement, as applicable, the Company issued and sold to certain investors (i) 542,857 shares of the Company’s common stock together with common warrants to purchase up to 542,857 shares of common stock and (ii) 142,857 pre-funded warrants to purchase up to 142,857 shares of common stock together with common warrants to purchase up to 142,857 shares of common stock, at a purchase price of $14.00 and $13.99, respectively, for aggregate gross proceeds of $9.6 million (“the October 2023 Offering”). FCMI and Vaccinex (Rochester) L.L.C. purchased 214,286 and 35,714 shares of our common stock and accompanying common warrants, respectively, in the October 2023 Offering for an aggregate purchase price of $3.5 million.

On November 2, 2023, the Company entered into Securities Purchase Agreements with certain investors from the August and September 2023 private placements, pursuant to which the Company issued and sold 37,694 warrants to purchase up to 37,694 shares of its common stock at a purchase price of $1.75 per warrant for aggregate gross proceeds of $70,000 (the "November Warrant Offering”). Vaccinex (Rochester) L.L.C. purchased 9,768 warrants in the November Warrant Offering for a purchase price of $17,000.