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Securities Purchase Agreement
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2013
Securities Purchase Agreement [Abstract]  
Securities Purchase Agreement
Securities Purchase Agreement

On September 24, 2013, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement with the purchasers thereto, pursuant to which the Company agreed to sell, for an aggregate price of $10 million, approximately 1,928,620 shares of the Company’s Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, at a price of $3.50 per share and approximately 3,250 shares of Series F Preferred at a price of $1,000 per share. The Private Placement closed on September 27, 2013, subject to customary closing conditions. The estimated proceeds to the Company, net of $300,000 in commissions, was approximately $9.7 million.

Pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement, the Company designated a new series of preferred stock prior to the Closing: its Series F Convertible Preferred Stock. The Series F Preferred is convertible into Common Stock at a conversion price equal to $1,000 divided by 285, with the conversion right for each holder subject to a “blocker” with respect to such holders’ beneficial ownership, with each such “blocker” initially set at 9.99% . This blocker may be increased or decreased by a holder of Series F Preferred upon providing 61 days’ prior written notice to the Company. The Series F Preferred will have no preferential dividend rights and is generally non-voting. The Series F Preferred has a liquidation preference that is senior to the Common Stock, but is pari passu with the Company’s Series C-12 Preferred. This liquidation preference entitles the holder of Series F Preferred stock to receive, in a merger, liquidation or certain other extraordinary transactions, cash or property in an amount up to the face value of the shares ($1,000 per share), as set forth in the Certificate of Determination for the Series F Preferred. A copy of the Certificate of Determination was filed as Exhibit 4.1, to the Company's 8-K filed with the SEC on September 25, 2013, the terms of which are incorporated herein by reference.

The Shares were issued in a private placement transaction that is exempt from registration under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act, as amended and pursuant to Rule 506 under the Securities Act. Each of the purchasers has represented that it is an accredited investor and that it is acquiring the Shares for investment only and not with a view towards, or for resale in connection with, the public sale or distribution thereof.

Use of Proceeds

The Company plans to use the proceeds from the Private Placement to advance the programs currently under development in its pipeline, including the Phase 2 clinical study of GCS-100 in chronic kidney disease and the Phase 1 clinical study of LJPC-501 in hepatorenal syndrome.

Amendment and Restatement of Articles of Incorporation

As a condition to Closing, the holders of a majority of the issued and outstanding Common Stock and the holders of the Series C-12 Preferred have approved the amendment and restatement of the Company’s Amended and Restated Articles. Upon the filing of the Amended and Restated Articles with the California Secretary of State, the following series of preferred stock will be eliminated: Series C-22 Preferred, Series D-12 Preferred and Series D-22 Preferred. As a result of the elimination of these series of preferred stock, only the Series C-12 Preferred and Series F Preferred will remain designated as preferred stock of the Company.

Additionally, the Amended and Restated Articles: (i) increase the “Conversion Price” for the Series C-12 Preferred, resetting it to $1,000 divided by 1,724 from $1,000 dividend by 4,261; and (ii) remove certain Series C-12 Preferred rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions originally contained in the Articles of Incorporation, including: (a) all rights of the Holders to dividends accruing under Article IV(d)(2) of the Company’s Articles of Incorporation, to the extent such dividends otherwise would have accrued on or after September 24, 2013; (b) certain protective provisions; and (c) limitations on conversion into Common Stock set forth in Article IV(d)(3)(C)(i) of the Articles of Incorporation.

The Company obtained approval of the Amended and Restated Articles by the holders of the Existing Preferred pursuant to the Consent Agreement and obtained approval by the holders of the Common Stock by way of an action by written consent that was executed prior to Closing. Subject to such approval, the Company expects to file the Amended and Restated Articles after an Information Statement on Schedule 14C has been prepared and distributed to the Company’s shareholders, pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the California General Corporation Law.

Consent and Waiver Agreement

On September 24, 2013, the Company entered into a Consent Agreement with the holders of the Holders. Pursuant to the Consent Agreement, the Holders agreed to tender to the Company for nominal consideration shares of Series D-12 Preferred, as well as all warrants to purchase shares of Existing Preferred. As a result of this repurchase, and after giving effect to the transactions contemplated in the Exchange Agreement, the Series C-12 Preferred is the only series of preferred stock that remained outstanding prior to the Closing and, as of the Closing, no purchase rights existed for the Existing Preferred.

Also in the Consent Agreement, the Holders consented to the transactions contemplated under the Securities Purchase Agreement and agreed to waive the following rights appurtenant to the Series C-12 Preferred: (i) all rights of the Holders to dividends accruing under Article IV(d)(2) of the Company’s Articles of Incorporation, to the extent such dividends otherwise would have accrued on or after September 24, 2013; (ii) the limitations on conversion set forth in Article IV(d)(3)(C)(i) of the Articles of Incorporation; and (iii) the protective provisions set forth in Article IV(d)(11) of the Articles of Incorporation, to the extent applicable .

Additionally, the Holders agreed in the Consent Agreement to increase the conversion price for the Series C-12 Preferred, notwithstanding the conversion price set forth in the Company’s Articles of Incorporation, such that the Conversion Price shall equal $1,000 divided by 1,724. This increase of the conversion price will remain in effect until the Amended and Restated Articles are filed with the California Secretary of State, at which time the conversion price set forth in the Company’s charter documents will again control the conversion of the Series C-12 Preferred.

Exchange Agreement

On September 24, 2013, the Company also entered into an Exchange Agreement with the Holders. Pursuant to the Exchange Agreement, the Holders exchanged a total of approximately 557 shares of Series C-22 Preferred for approximately 557 shares of Series C-12 Preferred Stock. The terms of the Series C-12 Preferred are substantially similar in all respects to the Series C-22 Preferred and the exchange of the Series C-22 Preferred eliminated all outstanding shares and allowed for the removal of this series of preferred stock.

The Company issued the Exchange Shares in a transaction exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act by virtue of the exemption provided for in Section 3(a)(9) of the Act for securities exchanged by the issuer with an existing security holder. No commission or other remuneration was paid or given directly or indirectly for soliciting such exchange.
2010 Securities Purchase Agreement
On May 24, 2010, the Company entered into the Securities Purchase Agreement by and among the Company and the purchasers named therein (the “Purchasers”). The Purchasers included institutional investors as well as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and an additional Company employee. The total investment by these Company employees represented less than 3% of the proceeds received by the Company in the May 2010 Financing. Pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement, on May 26, 2010 (the “Closing Date”), for total consideration of $6,003,000, the Purchasers purchased: (i) an aggregate of 5,794 shares of the Company’s Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, at a contractually stated price of $150.00 per share; and (ii) 5,134 shares of the Company’s Series C-1 Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Series C Preferred”), par value $0.0001 per share, at a contractually stated price of $1,000 per share. The Purchasers also received: (i) warrants to purchase 5,134 shares of the Company’s Series D-1 Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Series D-1 Preferred”), par value $0.0001 per share, at an exercise price of $1,000 per share, which warrants were exercisable on a cashless basis (the “Series D-1 Warrants”); and (ii) warrants to purchase 10,268 units, at an exercise price of $1,000 per unit, which warrants are exercisable only in cash, with each unit consisting of one share of the Company’s Series C-2 Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Series C-2 Preferred”), par value $0.0001 per share, and an additional Series D-2 Warrant to purchase one share of the Company’s Series D-2 Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Series D-2 Preferred), par value $0.0001 per share, at an exercise price of $1,000 per share (the “Series C-2 Warrants”).
In March 2011, the Company entered into the Consent Agreement, which amended the terms of the Securities Purchase Agreement. Under the Consent Agreement, the Purchasers agreed to the following, among other changes: (i) a temporary suspension of dividends on Series C-1 Preferred and Series C-2 Preferred; (ii) to provide an additional cash payment of approximately $236,000 in exchange for the right to receive Series C-2 Preferred upon the achievement of certain pre-specified results in the preclinical study of one of the Compounds (the “Preclinical Milestone”); (iii) to increase the number of units to be issued upon exercise of the Series C-2 Warrant from 10,268 to 10,646 units; (iv) the mandatory exercise of $7,452,000 of the Series C-2 Warrants upon the achievement of the Preclinical Milestone; (v) the mandatory exercise of the remaining $3,194,000 of Series C-2 Warrants upon the achievement of a future clinical milestone; and (vi) an automatic one-time downward conversion price adjustment to the preferred stock following the 2011 Reverse Stock Split. In connection with the Consent Agreement, the Company adopted a Certificate of Designations that established the rights, preferences and privileges for its Series C-11 Convertible Preferred Stock, Series C-21 Convertible Preferred Stock, Series D-11 Convertible Preferred Stock and Series D-21 Convertible Preferred Stock. In connection with the adoption of the new Certificate of Designations: (i) the Company filed a Certificate of Elimination for its Series C-1 Preferred, Series C-2 Preferred, Series D-1 Preferred and Series D-2 Preferred; (ii) the holders of shares of the Company’s Series C-1 Preferred exchanged each share (including fractional shares) of Series C-1 Preferred for an equal number of shares of Series C-11 Convertible Preferred Stock; and (iii) all references in the Securities Purchase Agreement and the Warrants (as defined in the Certificate of Designations) to the Series C-1 Preferred, Series C-2 Preferred, Series D-1 Preferred and Series D-2 Preferred were changed to refer to Series C-11 Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Series C-11 Preferred”), Series C-21 Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Series C-21 Preferred”), Series D-11 Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Series D-11 Preferred”) and Series D-21 Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Series D-21 Preferred”), respectively.
In June 2011 and August 2011, the Company and the Purchasers entered into two amendment agreements, which, among other things, prolonged the temporary suspension of dividends on the Series C-11 Preferred and Series C-21 Preferred and provided additional working capital to the Company.
On January 19, 2012, the Company entered into the Third Amendment Agreement with certain of its Series C-11 Convertible Preferred stockholders to amend the terms of the Securities Purchase Agreement, and the forms of Cash Warrants and Cashless Warrants (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement). Under the Third Amendment Agreement, the Termination Date (as defined in the Cash Warrants and Cashless Warrants) was amended to extend the Termination Date to the date that is 3 years following the closing of the asset purchase. Additionally, the mandatory redemption provision of the Cash Warrants was removed. The Company was required to perform a 1-for-100 reverse stock split with an automatic one-time downward conversion price adjustment following the 2012 Reverse Stock Split. In connection with the Third Amendment Agreement, the Company adopted a Certificate of Designations that established the rights, preferences and privileges for its Series C-12 Stock, Series C-22 Stock, Series D-12 Stock and Series D-22 Stock. In connection with the adoption of the new Certificate of Designations: (i) the Company filed a Certificate of Elimination for its Series C-11 Preferred, Series C-21 Preferred, Series D-11 Preferred and Series D-21 Preferred; (ii) the holders of shares of the Company’s Series C-11 Preferred exchanged each share (including fractional shares) of Series C-11 Preferred for an equal number of shares of Series C-12 Stock; and (iii) all references in the Securities Purchase Agreement and the Warrants (as defined in the Certificate of Designations) to the Series C-11 Preferred, Series C-21 Preferred, Series D-11 Preferred and Series D-21 Preferred were changed to refer to Series C-12 Stock, Series C-22 Stock, Series D-12 Stock and Series D-22 Stock, respectively.
On December 12, 2012, the Company entered into the Waiver Agreement with its Preferred Stockholders. Pursuant to the Waiver Agreement, the Preferred Stockholders waived their 12-month redemption right and the requirement for the Company to keep a net cash balance of at least $2.9 million.
Effective December 31, 2012, the Company entered into a Consent, Waiver and Amendment Agreement (the “Second Waiver Agreement”) with its preferred stockholders. Pursuant to the Second Waiver Agreement, the preferred stockholders waived their redemption rights for the Series C-12 Stock and Series C-22 Stock, removed the “full-ratchet” anti-dilution from the Series C-12 Stock Series C-22 Stock and Series D-12 Stock and relinquished their right to receive warrants to purchase Series D-22 Stock (the “Series D-22 Warrants”) upon the exercise of the warrants to purchase Series C-22 Stock (the “Series C-22 Warrants”). The Company’s preferred stockholders also exercised a portion of their Series C-22 Warrants, which resulted in the Company receiving $500,000 in net proceeds and the preferred stockholders receiving 500 shares of Series C-22 Stock.
Preferred Stock
As of December 31, 2013, the Company’s Board of Directors is authorized to issue 8,000,000 shares of preferred stock, with a par value of $0.0001 per share, in one or more series, of which 11,000 are designated for Series C-12 Stock and 10,000 are designated Series F Stock. As of December 31, 2013, 7,016 shares of of Series C-12 Stock and 3,250 shares of Series F Stock were issued and outstanding. As of December 31, 2012, 5,792 shares of Series C-12 Stock, 500 shares of Series C-22 Stock and 4,615 shares of Series D-12 Stock were issued and outstanding.
Voting Rights
The holders of preferred stock do not have voting rights, other than for general protective rights required by the California General Corporation Law or as set forth below.
Dividends
Cumulative dividends were payable on the Series C-12 Stock and the Series C-22 Stock (collectively, the “Series C2 Stock”) at an annual rate of 15% from the date of issuance through the date of conversion, payable semi-annually on November 25th and May 25th, in shares of Series C2 Stock. On September 24, 2013 dividends were removed from the Series C-12 Stock and the Series F Stock does not have a dividend.
Liquidation Preference
Upon a Liquidation Event (as defined in the Company’s Articles of Incorporation), no other class or series of capital stock can receive any payment unless the 2012 New Preferred Stock has first received a payment in an amount equal to $1,000 per share, plus all accrued and unpaid dividends, if applicable. As of December 31, 2013 the liquidation preference was $7,016,000 and $3,250,000 on the Series C-12 Stock and Series F Stock, respectively.
Accounting Treatment
At May 26, 2010, the Company issued 5,134 shares of Series C-1 Preferred and recorded the par value of $0.0001 per share with a corresponding reduction to paid-in capital, given that there was no allocated value from the proceeds to the Series C-1 Preferred.
Under accounting guidance covering accounting for redeemable equity instruments, preferred securities that are redeemable for cash or other assets are to be classified outside of permanent equity (within the mezzanine section between liabilities and equity on the condensed consolidated balance sheets) if they are redeemable at the option of the holder or upon the occurrence of an event that is not solely within the control of the issuer. At December 31, 2012 all redemption rights have been waived irrevocably and the Series C-12 preferred stock has been reclassified to permanent equity.