Stockholders Equity

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Stockholders Equity

Stockholders Equity

12. Stockholders’ Equity

The Company is authorized to issue one class of shares designated as “Common Stock”. The number of shares of common stock authorized to be issued is 217,000,000 shares.

Private Investments

On February 9, 2022, the Company entered into the February 2022 Securities Purchase Agreement to sell its common stock and warrants to Innoviva. The gross proceeds to the Company from the transaction are expected to be $45 million, before deducting estimated offering expenses.

Pursuant and subject to the terms and conditions of the securities purchase agreement and related agreements, Innoviva will purchase 9,000,000 newly issued shares of the Company’s common stock, at a price of $5.00 per share, and warrants to purchase up to 4,500,000 additional shares of common stock, with an exercise price of $5.00 per share. The stock purchases are expected to occur in two tranches. Upon execution of the February 2022 Securities Purchase Agreement, Innoviva purchased 3,614,792 shares of common stock and warrants to purchase 1,807,396 shares of common stock for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $18.1 million. At the closing of the second tranche, upon the Company’s stockholders voting in favor of the transaction, Innoviva will purchase 5,385,208 shares of common stock and warrants to purchase 2,692,604 shares of common stock for an aggregate purchase price of $26.9 million. Subject to the satisfaction of certain closing conditions, including the approval of the Company’s stockholders, the second closing contemplated by the securities purchase agreement is expected to occur near the end of the first quarter of 2022.

On October 28, 2021, the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement (the “October 2021 Securities Purchase Agreement”) with the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (“CFF”), a Delaware corporation, the Company’s partner for its lead Phase 1b/2a clinical development program, and Innoviva Strategic Opportunities LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Innoviva, Inc. (Nasdaq: INVA) (collectively, “Innoviva”) for the private placement of newly issued shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company (“Common Stock”). Pursuant to the October 2021 Securities Purchase Agreement, the Company issued and sold 909,091 shares to CFF and 1,212,122 shares to Innoviva, each at a per share price of $3.30 (the “October 2021 Private Placements”). The Company received aggregate gross proceeds from the October 2021 Private Placements of approximately $7.0 million, before deducting transaction expenses.

On January 26, 2021, the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement (the “January 2021 Securities Purchase Agreement”) with Innoviva, pursuant to which the Company issued and sold to Innoviva, in a private placement, up to 6,153,847 newly issued shares of Common Stock, and warrants (the “Common Warrants”) to purchase up to 6,153,847 shares of Common Stock, with an exercise price per share of $3.25 (the “January 2021 Private Placement”).

On January 27, 2020, the Company entered into the Securities Purchase Agreement with Innoviva, pursuant to which the Company agreed to issue and sell to Innoviva, in the 2020 Private Placement, 8,710,800 newly issued shares of the Company’s common stock and warrants to purchase 8,710,800 shares of common stock, with an exercise price per share of $2.87. Each share of common stock was sold together with one common warrant granting the warrant holder the right to purchase an additional share of common stock (“Common Unit”) at $2.87 per share. The 2020 Private Placement occurred in two tranches. The first closing occurred on February 12, 2020, at which time Innoviva purchased 993,139 Common Units in exchange for an aggregate gross cash payment of approximately $2.8 million. On March 27, 2020, the second closing occurred subsequent to stockholder approval, at which time Innoviva purchased 7,717,661 Common Units in exchange for aggregate gross proceeds of $22.2 million.

The warrants expire five years from the issuance date. The Company reviewed the authoritative accounting guidance and determined that the warrants meet the criteria to be accounted for as permanent equity.

Warrants

At December 31, 2021, outstanding warrants to purchase shares of common stock are as follows:

Shares Underlying Outstanding Warrants	Exercise Price		Expiration Date
597,881	$	21.00	May 10, 2022
1,183,491	$	5.60	October 16, 2023
993,139	$	2.87	February 11, 2025
7,717,661	$	2.87	March 27, 2025
1,867,912	$	3.25	January 26, 2026
4,285,935	$	3.25	March 16, 2026
1,200	$	1,680.00	None
16,647,219