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Note 10 - Stockholders' Equity
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2018
Notes to Financial Statements  
Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Text Block]
10
Stockholders
Equity
 
Common Stock
On
August 28, 2018,
the Company completed a private placement transaction with an accredited investor, in which the Company sold
1,000,000
shares of Common Stock for a purchase price of
$0.18
per share and
2,965,000
pre-funded warrants for a purchase price of
$0.17
per pre-funded warrant. Each pre-funded warrant is immediately exercisable for
one
share of Common Stock at an exercise price of
$0.01
per share and will remain exercisable until exercised in full. The Company received
$684,000
in gross proceeds, net proceeds of
$623,000
after deducting offering expenses of
$61,000.
As of
December 31, 2018,
none
of the pre-funded warrants issued in the
August 2018
private placement have been exercised. In addition, subject to certain exceptions, in the event the Company sells or issues any shares of Common Stock or common stock equivalents through
February 26, 2019,
the Company is required to issue the investor a number of shares of Common Stock (or additional pre-funded warrants to purchase shares of common stock) equal to the number of shares the investor would have received had the purchase price for such shares been at such lower purchase price. The Company evaluated the pre-funded warrants issued and determined that the warrants should be classified as equity instruments.
 
On
May 18, 2018,
the Company completed a public offering
6,475,001
 Units and
2,691,666
Pre-Funded Units for a purchase price of
$0.60
per unit, resulting in aggregate gross proceeds of approximately
$5,500,000,
net proceeds of
$4,820,000
after deducting the offering expenses of
$680,000.
Each Unit consists of
one
share of Common Stock, and
one
common warrant to purchase
one
share of Common Stock, and each Pre-Funded Unit consists of
one
pre-funded warrant to purchase
one
share of Common Stock and
one
common warrant to purchase
one
share of Common Stock. The common warrants included in the Units and Pre-Funded Units were immediately exercisable at a price of
$0.60
per share of Common Stock, subject to adjustment in certain circumstances, and will expire
five
years from the date of issuance. The Company evaluated the warrants issued and determined that they should be classified as equity instruments. All
2,691,666
Pre-Funded units issued in the
May 2018
public offering were exercised in the
second
quarter of fiscal
2018.
 
On
March 28, 2018,
the Company sold
609,636
shares of Common Stock at a price of
$2.27
per share. The net proceeds to the Company from the sale and issuance of the shares, after deducting the offering expenses borne by the Company of approximately
$171,000,
were
$1,213,000.
Additionally, the investors received unregistered warrants in a simultaneous private placement to purchase up to
304,818
shares of common stock. The warrants have an exercise price of
$2.68
per share and were exercisable
six
months following the issuance date, or
September 28, 2018,
and have a term of
5.5
years and were accounted for as equity by the Company.
 
On
December 1, 2017,
the Company closed a public offering of common stock consisting of an aggregate of
898,402
shares of common stock at a price to the public of
$3.00
per share for aggregate offering proceeds of
$2.7
million. After deducting the offering expenses of
$327,000,
the net proceeds in the offering were
$2,368,000.
 
On
August 22, 2016,
the Company notified Boyalife Investment Inc., that it elected to convert all outstanding principal and interest accrued and otherwise payable under the Debentures, which included the conversion of
$12,500,000
of principal and
$8,250,000
of interest up to and including the maturity date of the Debentures. Upon conversion,
6,102,941
shares of common stock were issued and the Debentures and all related security interest and liens were terminated.
 
On
August 3, 2016,
the Company sold
600,000
shares of common stock at a price of
$4.10
per share. The net proceeds to the Company from the sale and issuance of the shares, after deducting the offering expenses borne by the Company of
$369,000,
were
$2,092,000.
 
In
July 2016,
the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors granted
118,288
shares of fully vested common stock to employees in partial payment of amounts earned under the Company’s
2016
short term incentive plan. The election was made by some of the employees to satisfy the applicable federal income tax withholding obligation by a net share settlement, pursuant to which the Company withheld
46,879
shares and used the deemed proceeds from those shares to pay the income tax withholding.
 
Warrants
A summary of warrant activity is as follows:
 
   
Year Ended
December 31,
   
Six Months Ended
December 31,
   
Year Ended
June 30,
 
   
2018
   
2017
   
2017
 
   
Number of
Shares
   
Weighted-
Average
Exercise
Price Per
Share
   
Number of
Shares
   
Weighted-
Average
Exercise
Price Per
Share
   
Number
of Shares
   
Weighted-
Average
Exercise
Price Per
Share
 
Beginning balance
   
4,828,723
    $
9.37
     
4,828,723
    $
9.37
     
4,828,723
    $
9.37
 
Warrants granted
   
15,128,151
    $
0.42
     
--
     
 
     
--
     
 
 
Warrants exercised     
(2,691,666
)   $
0.01
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Warrants expired/canceled
   
--
     
 
     
--
     
 
     
--
     
 
 
Outstanding
   
17,265,208
    $
2.99
     
4,828,723
    $
9.37
     
4,828,723
    $
9.37
 
Exercisable
   
16,566,679
    $
2.78
     
4,130,194
    $
9.60
     
4,130,194
    $
9.60
 
 
Equity Plans and Agreements
The Company recorded stock-based compensation of
$652,000
for the year ended
December 31, 2018,
$291,000
for the
six
months ended
December 31, 2017
and
$1,461,000
for the year ended
June 30, 2017.
 
The Amended
2016
Equity Incentive Plan (Amended
2016
Plan) was approved by the stockholders in
May 2017,
under which up to
600,000
shares
may
be issued pursuant to grants of shares, options, or other forms of incentive compensation. On
June 22, 2018,
the stockholders approved an amendment to the Amended
2016
Plan to increase the number of shares that
may
be issued to
1,325,000
shares. On
December 14, 2018,
the Board approved and adopted an amendment to the Amended
2016
Plan to increase the number of shares that
may
be issued from
1,325,000
shares to
3,950,000
shares. The Plan Amendment will be null and void if
not
approved by the Company’s stockholders prior to
December 14, 2019.
As of
December 31, 2018,
901,100
awards were available for issuance under the Amended
2016
Plan.
 
The
2012
Independent Director Plan (
2012
Plan) permits the grant of stock or options to independent directors. A total of
25,000
shares were approved by the stockholders for issuance under the
2012
Plan. Options are granted at prices that are equal to
100%
of the fair market value on the date of grant and expire over a term
not
to exceed
ten
years. Options generally vest in monthly increments over
one
year, unless otherwise determined by the Board of Directors. As of
December 31, 2018,
there were
2,444
shares available for issuance.
 
The
2006
Equity Incentive Plan (
2006
Plan) permitted the grant of options, restricted stock units, stock bonuses and stock appreciation rights to employees, directors and consultants. The
2006
Plan, but
not
the awards granted thereunder, expired in
2016.
As of
December 31, 2018,
62,676
option awards remained outstanding.
 
On
December 29, 2017,
the Board of Directors of ThermoGenesis Corp adopted the ThermoGenesis Corp.
2017
Equity Incentive Plan (the “ThermoGenesis Plan”) and on the same day granted options to purchase an aggregate of
280,000
shares of ThermoGenesis common stock to employees, directors, consultants, and advisors of ThermoGenesis. The ThermoGenesis Plan was unanimously approved by the ThermoGenesis stockholders (including the Company) on
December 29, 2017.
The ThermoGenesis Plan authorizes the issuance of up to
1,000,000
shares of ThermoGenesis common stock. There are
775,000
shares available for issuance as of
December 31, 2018.
 
On
December 14, 2018,
the CEO, the Principal Financial and Accounting Officer (“PFAO”) and other employees were granted
2,140,000
options to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of
$0.2979
per share. The options vest in
five
equal installments on the date of grant and the
first
four
anniversaries of the grant date. A portion of the grant,
1,699,333
shares are subject to approval of the
2016
Plan Amendment by the Company’s stockholders on or before
December 14, 2019.
The officers and employees will
not
have the right to exercise such portion (and such portion will terminate) unless such approval is obtained by such date.
 
On
December 29, 2017,
the CEO was granted
300,000
options to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of
$3.00
per share. The option vests in
five
equal installments on
December 31, 2018,
2019,
2020,
2021
and
2022.
 
On
July 7, 2016,
the Compensation Committee also adopted a short term incentive program under which cash awards and shares of common stock
may
be granted to employees of the Company (the “Short Term Program”). The aggregate amount of the cash awards issuable pursuant to the Short Term Plan is approximately
$276,000.
Up to
104,000
shares of common stock from the Company’s
2006
Plan, subject to vesting, are issuable pursuant to the Short Term Program. On
July 26, 2016,
98,417
shares and
$266,000
of cash awards were granted under the Short Term Program. The cash awards granted pursuant to the Short Term Program were payable and the shares of common stock issued pursuant to the Short Term Program fully vested on
July 1, 2017,
provided, that such award recipients were employed by the Company as of
July 1, 2017
or immediately if terminated without cause. Three of the
eight
employees were terminated without cause during the year ended
June 30, 2017,
as such,
51,636
shares vested. The remaining
46,781
shares vested on
July 1, 2017.
 
Upon the termination of the employment of the Company’s CEO in
November 2016
and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) in
March 2017,
in accordance with their employment agreements, all outstanding options and restricted stock unit awards immediately vested. As a result, the Company recognized (i)
$539,000
of stock compensation expense in general and administrative for the quarter ended
December 31, 2016,
as the vesting accelerated on the CEO’s options to purchase
72,496
shares of common stock and
79,720
restricted stock unit awards, and (ii)
$94,000
of stock compensation expense in general and administrative for the quarter ended
March 31, 2017
as the vesting accelerated on the CFO’s options to purchase
16,248
shares of common stock and
15,914
restricted stock unit awards. Additionally, the terms of the options were modified upon the executives’ termination such that the options were deemed to be exercisable for longer than
90
days from the date of termination. There was
no
incremental compensation cost recorded for this modification as the fair-value-based measure of the modified award on the date of modification was less than the fair-value-based measure of the original award immediately before the modification.
 
Stock Options
The Company issues new shares of common stock upon exercise of stock options. The following is a summary of option activity for the Company’s stock option plans:
 
   
Number
of Shares
   
Weighted-
Average
Exercise
Price
   
Weighted-
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Life
   
Aggregate
Intrinsic
Value
 
Outstanding at January 1, 2018
   
1,156,027
    $
3.92
     
 
     
 
 
                                 
Granted
   
2,233,500
    $
0.40
     
 
     
 
 
Forfeited/cancelled
   
(338,518
)   $
3.10
     
 
     
 
 
Expired
   
(27,370
)   $
4.83
     
 
     
 
 
Exercised
   
--
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Outstanding at December 31, 2018
   
3,023,639
    $
1.40
     
9.3
     
--
 
Vested and Expected to Vest at December 31, 2018
   
1,893,518
    $
1.77
     
8.9
     
--
 
Exercisable at December 31, 2018
   
901,742
    $
2.79
     
8.1
     
--
 
 
The aggregate intrinsic value is calculated as the difference between the exercise price of the underlying awards and the quoted price of the Company’s common stock. There were
no
options that were exercised during the years ended
December 31, 2018
and
June 30, 2017.
During the
six
months ended
December 31, 2017,
the aggregate intrinsic value of options exercised was
$8,000
determined as of the date of option exercise.
 
On
July 7, 2016,
the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors granted options to purchase a total of
156,100
common shares to various employees under the
2016
Plan. The options have an exercise price of
$2.86,
the closing price on the date of grant, vest ratably every
six
months over a
three
year period and have a
seven
year life.
 
Non-vested stock option activity for the year ended
December 31, 2018,
is as follows:
 
   
Non-vested Stock
Options
   
Weighted-Average Grant
Date Fair Value
 
Outstanding at January 1, 2018
   
835,708
     
$2.37
 
Granted
   
2,233,500
     
$0.32
 
Vested
   
(651,180
)    
$0.97
 
Forfeited
   
(296,131
)    
$2.35
 
Outstanding at December 31, 2018
   
2,121,897
     
$0.64
 
 
The fair value of the Company’s stock options granted for the year ended
December 31, 2018,
six
months ended
December 31, 2017
and the year ended
June 30, 2017
was estimated using the following weighted-average assumptions:
 
 
   
Year Ended
December 31,
   
Six Months Ended
December 31,
   
Year Ended
June 30,
 
   
2018
   
2017
   
2017
 
Expected life (years)
   
6
     
6
     
4
 
Risk-free interest rate
   
2.7%
     
2.3%
     
1.3%
 
Expected volatility
   
103%
     
95%
     
102%
 
Dividend yield
   
0%
     
0%
     
0%
 
 
The weighted average grant date fair value of options granted during the year ended
December 31, 2018,
six
months ended
December 31, 2017
and the year ended
June 30, 2017
was
$0.32,
$2.36
and
$2.16,
respectively.
 
At
December 31, 2018,
the total compensation cost related to options granted under the Company’s stock option plans but
not
yet recognized was
$1,202,000.
This cost will be amortized on a straight-line basis over a weighted-average period of approximately
four
years and will be adjusted for subsequent changes in estimated forfeitures. The total fair value of options vested during the year ended
December 31, 2018,
six
months ended
December 31, 2017
and the year ended
June 30, 2017
was
$633,000,
$209,000
and
$572,000,
respectively.
 
Common Stock Restricted Awards
The following is a summary of restricted stock unit activity:
 
   
Year Ended
December 31,
   
Six Month Ended
December 31,
   
Year Ended
June 30,
 
   
2018
   
2017
   
2017
 
   
Number
of Shares
   
Weighted
-Average
Grant
Date Fair
Value
   
Number of
Shares
   
Weighted
-Average
Grant
Date Fair
Value
   
Number
of Shares
   
Weighted
-Average
Grant
Date Fair
Value
 
Balance at beginning of period
   
416
     
$17.60
     
59,694
     
$4.62
     
63,566
     
$14.96
 
Granted
   
--
     
 
     
10,000
     
$3.26
     
123,417
     
$4.55
 
Vested
   
(416
)    
$17.60
     
(69,278
)    
$4.35
     
(125,513
)    
$9.47
 
Forfeited
   
--
     
 
     
--
     
 
     
(1,776
)    
$27.05
 
Outstanding at end of period
   
--
     
 
     
416
     
$17.60
     
59,694
     
$4.62
 
 
In connection with the vesting of the restricted stock unit awards, the election was made by some of the employees to satisfy the applicable federal income tax withholding obligation by a net share settlement, pursuant to which the Company withheld
16,456
shares for the
six
months ended
December 31, 2017
and
145
shares for the year ended
June 30, 2017,
and used the deemed proceeds from those shares to pay the income tax withholding.