6. EQUITY TRANSACTIONS IN THE THREE MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2019

3 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2019

Equity [Abstract]

EQUITY TRANSACTIONS

6. EQUITY TRANSACTIONS IN THE THREE MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2019

Common Stock Sales Agreement with H.C. Wainwright

On June 28, 2016, we entered into a Common Stock Sales Agreement (the “Agreement”) with H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC (“H.C. Wainwright”) which established an at-the-market equity program pursuant to which we may offer and sell shares of our common stock from time to time as set forth in the Agreement. The Agreement provides for the sale of shares of our common stock having an aggregate offering price of up to $12,500,000 (the “Shares”).

Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Agreement, H.C. Wainwright will use its commercially reasonable efforts consistent with its normal trading and sales practices to sell the Shares from time to time, based upon our instructions. We have provided H.C. Wainwright with customary indemnification rights, and H.C. Wainwright will be entitled to a commission at a fixed rate equal to three percent (3.0%) of the gross proceeds per Share sold. In addition, we agreed to pay certain expenses incurred by H.C. Wainwright in connection with the Agreement, including up to $50,000 of the fees and disbursements of their counsel. The Agreement will terminate upon the sale of all of the Shares under the Agreement unless terminated earlier by either party as permitted under the Agreement.

Sales of the Shares, if any, under the Agreement shall be made in transactions that are deemed to be “at the market offerings” as defined in Rule 415 under the Securities Act, including sales made by means of ordinary brokers’ transactions, including on the Nasdaq Capital Market, at market prices or as otherwise agreed with H.C. Wainwright. We have no obligation to sell any of the Shares, and, at any time, we may suspend offers under the Agreement or terminate the Agreement.

In the three months ended June 30, 2019, we raised aggregate net proceeds of $36,622 (net of $1,141 in commissions to H.C. Wainwright and $266 in other offering expenses) under this Agreement through the sale of 46,300 shares at an average price of $0.79 per share of net proceeds.

Restricted Stock Unit Grants

Our Board of Directors established the 2012 Non-Employee Directors Compensation Program, as amended through August 2016, or the Non-Employee Directors Plan, pursuant to which, in addition to cash compensation, directors of the Company who are not also employees may be granted stock-based compensation in the form of restricted stock units, or RSU’s. The RSUs represent the right to be issued on a future date shares of our common stock for RSUs which have then vested.

In April 2019, pursuant to the Non-Employee Directors Plan, we issued RSUs with a value of $35,000 to each of our non-employee directors, as the stock-based compensation element of their overall directors’ compensation, for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2020. Those grants were based on the closing price of our common stock on the one business day prior to the grant date, $0.95 per share. Therefore, 36,842 RSUs were issued to each of our five non-employee directors, for a total of 184,210 RSUs. All of the RSUs are subject to vesting in equal quarterly installments on June 30, 2019, September 30, 2019, December 31, 2019 and March 31, 2020.

In June 2019, 46,053 vested RSUs held by our non-employee directors were exchanged into the same number of shares of our common stock. Four of our five non-employee directors elected to return 40% of their vested RSUs in exchange for cash, in order to pay their withholding taxes on the share issuances, resulting in 14,737 of the vested RSUs being cancelled in exchange for $5,453 in aggregate cash proceeds to those independent directors.

In April 2019, 46,125 vested RSUs held by our current and former executive officers were exchanged for the same number of shares of our common stock. As these executives elected to net settle a portion of their vested RSUs in exchange for the Company paying the related withholding taxes of $18,318 on the share issuance, 34,174 of the vested RSUs were cancelled and we issued a net 21,701 shares to the executives and former executive.

RSUs outstanding that have vested as of, and are expected to vest subsequent to, June 30, 2019 are as follows:

	Number of RSUs
Vested		42,875
Expected to vest		223,908
Total		266,783

During the three months ended June 30, 2019, 101,928 vested RSUs held by our non-employee directors and our executives and a former executive were exchanged into the same number of shares of our common stock. As our non-employee directors and the executives elected to net settle a portion of their RSU’s in exchange for a cash equivalent of the value of their shares equal to their estimated income taxes on the share issuance, 48,911 of the RSUs were cancelled and we issued a net 53,017 shares of common stock to our non-employee directors and the executive.