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Note 11 - Stockholders' Equity
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2020
Notes to Financial Statements  
Share-based Payment Arrangement [Text Block]
11.
         
Stockholders
'
Equity
 
Common Stock
On
March 25, 2020,
the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with
three
institutional and accredited investors (the “Investors”), pursuant to which the Company agreed to issue and sell to the Investors, in a registered direct offering (the “RDO”), an aggregate of
1,000,002
shares of the Company's common stock at an offering price of
$3.50
per share, for gross proceeds of approximately
$3,500,000
before the deduction of
$393,000
in placement agent fees and offering expenses. The Purchase Agreement also contains representations, warranties, indemnification and other provisions customary for transactions of this nature.
 
On
December 13, 2019,
the Company entered into an At The Market Offering Agreement, by and between the Company and H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC, as agent (“H.C. Wainwright”) (the “ATM Agreement”), pursuant to which the Company
may
offer and sell, from time to time through H.C. Wainwright, shares of the Company's common stock, having an aggregate offering price of up to
$4,400,000
and on
May 19, 2020
the ATM Agreement was amended to increase the aggregate value of up to
$15,280,313
(the “HCW Shares”). As of
December 31, 2020,
the Company sold a total of
2,620,652
shares of the Company's common stock for aggregate gross proceeds of
$8,224,000
at an average selling price of
$3.14
per share, resulting in net proceeds of approximately
$7,731,000
after deducting legal expenses, audit fees, commissions and other transaction costs of approximately
$493,000.
 
On
April 18, 2019,
the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement with an accredited investor pursuant to which the Company agreed to issue and sell to such investor (the
“April
Offering”)
444,445
pre-funded warrants to purchase shares of common stock for a purchase price of
$1.70
per pre-funded warrant. Each pre-funded warrant is immediately exercisable for
one
share of common stock at an exercise price of
$0.10
per share and will remain exercisable until exercised in full. The gross proceeds to the Company, excluding the proceeds, if any, from the exercise of the pre-funded warrants, was approximately
$756,000.
The
April
Offering closed on
April 26, 2019
and the pre-funded warrants were accounted for as equity by the Company. Subject to certain exceptions, in the event the Company sells or issues any shares of common stock or common stock equivalents at a lower price during the period beginning on the closing date of the
April
Offering and ending on the date that is
three
-hundred and
sixty-five
(
365
) days following such date, the Company is required to issue to 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. As of
December 31, 2020,
all pre-funded warrants issued in the
April
Offering had been exercised.
 
Warrants
A summary of warrant activity is as follows:
 
   
Number of
Shares
   
Weighted-
Average
Exercise Price
Per Share
   
Weighted-
Average
Remaining
Contract Term
 
Balance at January 1, 2019
   
1,726,522
    $
29.88
     
2.20
 
Warrants granted
   
444,445
    $
0.10
     
 
 
Warrants exercised
   
(435,264
)   $
0.35
     
 
 
Warrants expired/canceled
   
(19,637
)    
 
     
 
 
Outstanding at December 31, 2019
   
1,716,066
    $
25.23
     
1.57
 
Exercisable at December 31, 2019
   
1,646,214
    $
22.91
     
1.63
 
                         
Balance at January 1, 2020
   
1,716,066
    $
25.23
     
1.57
 
Warrants granted
   
--
    $
--
     
 
 
Warrants exercised
   
(599,582
)   $
2.81
     
 
 
Warrants expired/canceled
   
--
     
 
     
 
 
Outstanding at December 31, 2020
   
1,116,484
    $
37.27
     
0.49
 
Exercisable at December 31, 2020
   
1,046,631
    $
34.42
     
0.54
 
 
Equity Plans and Agreements
The Amended
2016
Equity Incentive Plan (the “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
May 30, 2019,
the shareholders approved an amendment to the Amended
2016
Plan to increase the number of shares that
may
be issued from
1,325,000
shares to
3,925,000
shares. As of
December 31, 2020,
386,436
awards were available for issuance under the Amended
2016
Plan.
 
The
2012
Independent Director Plan (the
“2012
Plan”) permits the grant of stock or options to independent directors. A total of
2,500
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 our Board of Directors. As of
December 31, 2020,
there were
234
shares available for issuance.
 
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 Corp. common stock to employees, directors, consultants, and advisors of ThermoGenesis Corp. 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
20,000
shares available for issuance as of
December 31, 2020.
 
On
June 4, 2020,
the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and other employees were granted
565,500
options to purchase shares of the Company's common stock at an exercise price of
$5.94
per share. The options vest in
four
equal installments on the date of grant and the
first
four
anniversaries of the grant date. The grants are subject to approval of the
2016
Plan Amendment by the Company's stockholders at the Company's
2021
Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
 
Stock Based Compensation
The Company recorded stock-based compensation of
$880,000
for the year ended
December 31, 2020
and
$614,000
for the year ended
December 31, 2019,
as comprised of the following:
 
   
Year Ended December 31,
 
   
2020
   
2019
 
Cost of revenues
  $
9,000
    $
3,000
 
Sales and marketing
   
176,000
     
185,000
 
Research and development
   
114,000
     
98,000
 
General and administrative
   
581,000
     
328,000
 
    $
880,000
    $
614,000
 
 
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, 2020
   
291,807
    $
13.96
     
8.3
    $
280,000
 
                                 
                                 
Granted
   
615,500
    $
5.92
     
 
     
 
 
Forfeited/cancelled
   
(17,671
)   $
5.63
     
 
    $
1,840
 
Outstanding at December 31, 2020
   
889,636
    $
8.57
     
8.7
    $
--
 
Vested and Expected to Vest at December 31, 2020
   
598,092
    $
9.72
     
8.5
    $
--
 
Exercisable at December 31, 2020
   
230,836
    $
15.21
     
7.5
    $
--
 
 
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.
 
Non-vested stock option activity for the year ended
December 31, 2020,
is as follows:
 
   
Non-vested Stock
Options
   
Weighted-Average
Grant Date Fair Value
 
Outstanding at January 1, 2020
   
144,683
    $
6.38
 
Granted
   
615,500
    $
5.05
 
Vested
   
(88,683
)   $
5.72
 
Cancelled/forfeited
   
(12,700
)   $
4.82
 
Outstanding at December 31, 2020
   
658,800
    $
5.25
 
 
The fair value of the Company's stock options granted for the years ended
December 31, 2020
and
December 31, 2019
was estimated using the following weighted-average assumptions:
 
   
Year Ended December 31,
 
   
2020
   
2019
 
Expected life (years)
 
6
   
5
 
Expected volatility
 
116%
   
103%
 
Risk-free interest rate
 
0.54%
   
1.68%
 
Dividend yield
 
0%
   
0%
 
 
The weighted average grant date fair value of options granted during the years ended
December 31, 2020
and
2019
was
$5.05
and
$3.30
respectively.
 
At
December 31, 2020,
the total compensation cost related to options granted under the Company's stock option plans but
not
yet recognized was
$2,148,000.
This cost will be amortized on a straight-line basis over a weighted-average period of approximately
three
years and will be adjusted for subsequent forfeitures.