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SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2021
Subsequent Events [Abstract]  
SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

NOTE 11SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

 

Underwritten Public Offering

 

On February 11, 2022, the Company entered into an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with A.G.P./Alliance Global Partners (the “Underwriter”). Pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, the Company agreed to sell, in a firm commitment offering, 20,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, $0.01 par value per share, and accompanying warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 20,000,000 shares of its common stock, as well as up to 3,000,000 additional shares of common stock and/or warrants to purchase an aggregate of up to 3,000,000 shares of its common stock that may be purchased by the Underwriter pursuant to a 45-day option granted to the Underwriter by the Company (the “Offering”). Each share of common stock is being sold together with a common warrant to purchase one share of common stock, at an exercise price of $0.55 per share. Such common warrants are immediately exercisable and will expire five years from the date of issuance. The combined public offering price of each share of common stock and accompanying common warrant sold in the Offering was $0.50. On February 14, 2022, the Underwriter exercised its option to purchase warrants to purchase up to 3,000,000 additional shares of the Company’s common stock.

 

The net proceeds from the Offering, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and other estimated offering expenses payable by the Company and excluding the net proceeds, if any, from the exercise of the common warrants, are approximately $9.2 million (including net proceeds received on account of the Underwriter’s purchase of additional warrants to purchase 3,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock). The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the Offering for working capital and to fund other general corporate purposes.

 

All securities offered and sold in the Offering (including the shares of common stock issuable from time to time upon exercise of the common warrants) will be issued pursuant to the Company’s shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration Statement No. 333-257690) previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) and declared effective by the Commission on July 9, 2021. The Offering, including the purchase of the additional warrants closed on February 15, 2022.

 

Notice from Nasdaq

 

On February 18, 2022, the Company received a letter from the Listing Qualifications Department of the Nasdaq indicating that, based upon the closing bid price of the Company’s common stock for the 30 consecutive business day period between January 5, 2022, through February 17, 2022, the Company did not meet the minimum bid price of $1.00 per share required for continued listing on The Nasdaq Capital Market pursuant to Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2). The letter also indicated that the Company will be provided with a compliance period of 180 calendar days, or until August 17, 2022 (the “Compliance Period”), in which to regain compliance pursuant to Nasdaq Listing Rule 5810(c)(3)(A).

 

In order to regain compliance with Nasdaq’s minimum bid price requirement, the Company’s common stock must maintain a minimum closing bid price of $1.00 for at least ten consecutive business days during the Compliance Period. In the event the Company does not regain compliance by the end of the Compliance Period, the Company may be eligible for additional time to regain compliance. To qualify, the Company will be required to meet the continued listing requirement for the market value of its publicly held shares and all other initial listing standards for The Nasdaq Capital Market, with the exception of the bid price requirement, and will need to provide written notice of its intention to cure the deficiency during the second compliance period, by effecting a reverse stock split if necessary. If the Company meets these requirements, the Company may be granted an additional 180 calendar days to regain compliance. However, if it appears to Nasdaq that the Company will be unable to cure the deficiency, or if the Company is not otherwise eligible for the additional cure period, Nasdaq will provide notice that the Company’s common stock will be subject to delisting.

 

The letter has no immediate impact on the listing of the Company’s common stock, which will continue to be listed and traded on The Nasdaq Capital Market, subject to the Company’s compliance with the other listing requirements of The Nasdaq Capital Market