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Convertible Promissory Notes 2016
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2017
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Convertible Promissory Notes 2016

Note 9 — Convertible Promissory Notes 2016

During the year-ended December 31, 2016, the Company issued convertible promissory notes (Notes) with an aggregate principal balance of $2,372,000 as of December 31, 2016. The Notes bear an interest rate of 8% per annum and mature on December 31, 2018, at which time the principal and any accrued but unpaid interest will be due and payable on demand. The Notes are subordinated to notes payable, MLSC. In the event the Company consummates, prior to the Maturity Date, an equity financing pursuant to which the Company sells common stock, preferred stock or other equity or equity-linked securities with aggregate gross proceeds of not less than $5 million, excluding any and all indebtedness under the Notes that is converted into equity securities of the Company, the outstanding principal of the Notes and any accrued but unpaid interest will be converted into the equity securities upon the closing of the Next Equity Financing, as defined, yielding gross proceeds of at least $5,000,000.

The number of shares of equity securities of the Company to be issued upon such conversion shall be equal to the quotient obtained by dividing the entire principal amount plus accrued interest by the lower of (i) a price per share equal to $35,000,000 divided by the aggregate number of shares of capital stock outstanding on a fully diluted basis immediately prior to the initial closing of the Qualified Financing, as defined, and (ii) eighty percent (80%) of the price per share of the equity securities being sold. In the event of a sale of the Company, as defined, prior to the conversion or repayment in full of these notes, a cash payments will be made equal to the aggregate amount of principal and accrued, but unpaid, interest then outstanding under these notes. In addition, an amount equal to 25% of the original principal amount of the notes will be paid to the note holder as a “Sale Premium”.

In connection with the issuance of the convertible promissory notes, the Company issued warrants to purchase common stock to the holders of the new convertible promissory notes. The number of shares of stock to be acquired under the warrants, after this additional issuance is determined by a formula which amounts to 100% of the principal amount invested divided by the lowest price paid per share for the equity securities by the investors in the Next Equity Financing.

In accordance with ASC 470-20-25-20 “Contingent Conversion Option” the conversion terms of the convertible note would be triggered by future events not controlled by the issuer shall be accounted for as contingent conversion options. The Company determined that the future equity is analogous to an IPO and considered to be a contingency outside the control of the holder. Accordingly the Company will evaluate any discounts and or, any beneficial conversion features upon the resolution of the contingency. In addition, the terms of the warrants have not yet been defined and are contingently issued upon the terms of the Next Equity Financing. The Company will also evaluate the fair value of the warrants on the date the contingency is triggered.

As of December 31, 2016, the Company had capitalized deferred issuance costs of $20,800 relating to 2016 convertible promissory notes and had amortized $3,000 to interest expense in the statements of operations. Debt issuance costs are comprised of incremental legal and accounting fees related to the issuance of convertible promissory notes. Debt issuance costs are amortized over the life of the related debt instrument. Net debt issuance costs are included in the balance sheets as a reduction (debt discount) of the related convertible promissory notes.

On October 3, 2016, the Company modified the terms of the 2016 Convertible Note Offering (issued beginning in June 2016) such that the automatic conversion of the Notes will additionally require that the Next Equity Financing be a public equity financing. In addition, the prepayment terms of the Notes were modified such that consent of the holder of the Note is required for any prepayment, in whole or in part, by the Company, and the Company is obligated to offer to the holders of all other then-outstanding Notes the opportunity to be prepaid on the same terms and conditions. Finally, the Sales Premium, 25% of the original principal amount of the Notes, was modified such that if the amount that a Holder would have received upon the repayment of the Note upon a Sale of the Company, including the Sales Premium, is less than the amount that the Holder would have received if it had converted into shares of Common Stock the outstanding principal amount plus accrued but unpaid interest on the Note divided by the Capped Conversion Price, as defined, immediately prior to the Sale of the Company, then the Note shall automatically convert into shares of Common Stock in accordance with such formula. On October 12, 2016, the Company issued a Note in the original principal amount of $1,000,000 to one Holder on such modified terms. The Company offered the then other Holders the right to exchange their original Notes for Notes with such modified terms. Since a majority of the other Holders approved the new terms, under the terms of the notes, the Company has issued to all Holders amended and restated notes with the modified terms to replace the terms of the original notes. The Company did not recognize a gain or loss with the modification of the notes.

 

As of December 31, 2016, as described in Note 10, $630,000 of Convertible Promissory Notes 2015 was exchanged for these notes, resulting in a total of $3,002,000 outstanding as of December 31, 2016.

During the three months ended March 31, 2017, the Company issued additional the 2016 convertible promissory notes with an aggregate principal balance of $1,770,000 for cash. In addition, during this period the Company entered into an agreement with certain 2015 convertible promissory noteholders whereby the noteholders of the 2015 convertible promissory noteholders exchanged $430,000 notes for an equivalent amount of 2016 convertible promissory notes (See Note 10). The Company did not recognize a gain or loss on the exchange of the notes. The 2016 convertible promissory notes had an interest rate of 8% per annum and were to mature on December 31, 2018, at which time the principal and any accrued but unpaid interest would be due and payable on demand. The notes were subordinated to the notes payable, MLSC.

The 2016 convertible promissory notes provided that in the event the Company, on or before the date of the repayment in full of these notes, sells shares of its equity securities to investors in any public equity financing resulting in gross proceeds to the Company of at least $5 million (excluding the conversion of these convertible promissory notes and any other indebtedness, but including, for such purposes, all amounts raised in the Company’s initial public offering, then the outstanding principal balance of these notes, and any accrued but unpaid interest will be automatically converted into the equity securities upon the closing of the initial public offering. The number of shares of equity securities of the Company to be issued upon such conversion shall be equal to the quotient obtained by dividing the entire principal amount plus accrued interest by the lower of (i) a price per share equal to $35,000,000 divided by the aggregate number of shares of capital stock outstanding on a fully diluted basis immediately prior to the initial closing of the Qualified Financing, as defined, and (ii) eighty percent (80%) of the per share price paid by the Investors in the Qualified Financing. The Company did not record a gain or loss for the exchange. The modification was deemed to be a contingent conversion price adjustment and would only be recognized when the triggering event occurs (i.e. the IPO).

On June 5, 2017, the Company modified the terms of these 2016 convertible promissory notes such that the automatic conversion of these notes will occur upon any public equity financing resulting in gross proceeds to the Company of at least $5,000,000, excluding the conversion of the notes and any other indebtedness, but including, for such purposes, all amounts raised in the IPO and the concurrent private placement. . The Company did not record a gain or loss for the modification of the notes. The modification was deemed to be a contingent conversion price adjustment and would only be recognized when the triggering event occurs (i.e. the IPO).

Upon the closing of the Company’s IPO on June 9, 2017, in accordance with the terms of the 2016 convertible promissory notes, the principal balance of these notes, and all accrued but unpaid interest, totaling $5,467,389 were converted into 1,055,430 shares of common stock at weighted-average price of $5.18 per share.

In connection with the issuance of the 2016 convertible promissory notes, the Company issued, to these noteholders, warrants to purchase common stock which are exercisable for three years from the date of the IPO. One warrant was issued for each share of common stock issued as part of the conversion. Upon the closing of the IPO, the warrants became exercisable and the warrant terms became fixed, such that at September 30, 2017, there were warrants outstanding to purchase 799,349 shares of common stock exercisable at $6.47 per share. As of the IPO date, the Company determined that the relative fair value of the warrants attributable to 2016 convertible promissory note holders (excluding those issued in conjunction with the exchange of the 2015 convertible promissory notes) was $1,628,006.

In accordance with ASC 470-20-25-20 “Contingent Conversion Option” if the conversion terms of the 2016 convertible promissory notes are triggered by future events not controlled by the issuer, they shall be accounted for as contingent conversion options. The Company determined that the future public equity financing (the IPO) is considered to be a contingency outside the control of the issuer. Accordingly, upon the closing of the Company’s IPO, the Company determined that the embedded conversion option was a beneficial conversion feature with a value of $3,825,320. Because the combined relative fair value of the warrants and the value of the beneficial conversion feature exceeded the principal value of the 2016 convertible promissory notes, which were automatically converted pursuant to their terms on the IPO date, the Company recorded an immediate charge to interest expense for the debt discount in the statement of operations on June 9, 2017 equal to the $4,142,000 principal value of the notes.

The Company had capitalized deferred issuance costs of approximately $20,800 relating to 2016 convertible promissory notes and had amortized approximately $6,700 to interest expense in the statements of operations through the date of its IPO. Debt issuance costs are comprised of incremental legal and accounting fees directly related to the issuance of convertible promissory notes. Debt issuance costs are amortized over the life of the related debt instrument. Net debt issuance costs are included in the balance sheets as a reduction (debt discount) of the related convertible promissory notes prior to the closing of the Company’s IPO.