Equity Offerings

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

On August 12, 2019, the Company entered into a Controlled Equity Offering Sales Agreement (the “2019 Sales Agreement”) with Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. (“Cantor”) pursuant to which the Company may sell from time to time, at its option, up to an aggregate of $25.0 million, shares of the Company’s common stock, through Cantor, as sales agent (the “2019 ATM Offering”). Pursuant to the Sales Agreement, sales of the common stock were made under the Company’s previously filed and currently effective Registration Statement on Form S-3. The aggregate compensation payable to Cantor was 3.0% of the aggregate gross proceeds from each sale of the Company’s common stock.

The following table summarizes the total sales under the ATM Offering for the period indicated (in thousands except for share and per share amounts):




	ATM Offering
	For the Quarter Ended
	March 31, 2020
Total shares of common stock sold	6,687,846
Average price per share	$	1.73
Gross proceeds	$	11,558
Commissions earned by Cantor	$	346
Net Proceeds	$	11,212

Lincoln Park Capital Purchase Agreement

On February 10, 2020, the Company entered into a Purchase Agreement with Lincoln Park Capital Fund, LLC, an Illinois limited liability company, pursuant to which the Company has the right to sell to Lincoln Park up to an aggregate of $25,000,000 in shares of common stock over the 36-month term of the Purchase Agreement, subject to certain limitations and conditions set forth in the Purchase Agreement. In consideration for entering into the Purchase Agreement, the Company issued to Lincoln Park 343,171 shares of common stock as commitment shares on February 10, 2020. The Company also committed to issue up to an additional 171,585 shares of common stock to Lincoln Park on a pro rata basis based on the number of shares common stock purchased by Lincoln Park pursuant to the LPC 2020 Purchase Agreement. No shares have been sold to Lincoln Park under the Purchase Agreement to date.

Public Offering of Securities

On March 10, 2020, the Company closed an underwritten public offering (the "2020 Public Offering") with Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc. as underwriter and sold an aggregate of 14,121,766 Class A Units at a public offering price of $0.68 per Class A Unit and 7,937,057 Class B Units at a public offering price of $0.68 per Class B Unit. Each Class A Unit consists of one share of the Company’s common stock, one warrant to purchase one share of common stock that expires on the first anniversary of the date of issuance (collectively, the “Series C Warrants”), and one warrant to purchase one share of common stock that expires on the fifth anniversary of the date of issuance (collectively, the “Series D Warrants”). Each Class B Unit consists of one share of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Series A Preferred Stock”), convertible into one share of common stock, a Series C Warrant to purchase one share of common stock and a Series D Warrant to purchase one share of common stock. The Class A Units and Class B Units have no stand-alone rights and were not certificated or issued as stand-alone securities. The shares of common stock, Series A Preferred Stock, Series C Warrants and Series D Warrants are immediately separable. In addition, the underwriter for the public offering exercised an overallotment option and purchased 3,308,823 Series C Warrants and 3,308,823 Series D Warrants.

The shares of Series A Preferred Stock rank on par with the shares of the common stock, in each case, as to dividend rights and distributions of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company. With certain statutory exceptions, as described in the Series A Preferred Stock Certificate of Designation, the shares of Series A Preferred Stock have no voting rights. Each share of Series A Preferred Stock is convertible at any time at the holder’s option into one share of common stock, which conversion ratio will be subject to adjustment for stock splits, stock dividends, distributions, subdivisions and combinations and other similar transactions as specified in the Series A Preferred Stock Certificate of Designation.

The net proceeds to the Company from the 2020 Public Offering were approximately $13.5 million, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by the Company.