Effective December 20, 2024, Dr. Raquel Izumi stepped down as President and Chief Operations Officer and took over as Acting Chief Executive Officer in a consulting capacity, and Kevin Haas, the Company’s Vice President and Controller, took over as the Company’s Acting Chief Financial Officer.
Dr. Izumi’s biographical information is set forth in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023. Mr. Haas’ biographical information is as follows: Kevin Haas has served as our Vice President of Finance and Corporate Controller since December 2020. Prior to that, Mr. Haas was the Vice President, Finance and Administration and Principal Accounting Officer at Aravive, Inc. (f/k/a Versartis, Inc.) from November 2017 to May 2019 and served in a consulting capacity to July 2019. Mr. Haas began his career in public accounting in 1989 with Grant Thornton, LLP and holds a B.S. in Business Administration from Western Colorado University.
In connection with the Term Sheet, the Company entered into a definitive securities purchase agreement dated December 26, 2024 (the “Purchase Agreement”) for the purchase, in a registered direct offering priced at-the-market under Nasdaq rules, of an aggregate of (i) 2,816,250 shares (the “Shares”) of its common stock (“Common Stock”) and accompanying common stock warrants (“Common Stock Warrants”) to purchase 5,632,500 shares of common stock, and (ii) for certain purchasers, in lieu of common stock, pre-funded warrants (“Pre-Funded Warrants”) to purchase 2,635,820 shares of common stock and accompanying Common Stock Warrants to purchase 5,271,640 shares of common stock. The offering closed on December 27, 2024.
Each Pre-Funded Warrant has an exercise price per share of Common Stock equal to $0.001 and is exercisable at any time and from time to time on or after the original issue date. Holders of Pre-Funded Warrants will not be entitled to exercise any portion of the Pre-Funded Warrant if the holder, together with its affiliates and certain related parties, would beneficially own more than 4.99% (or, at the election of a holder prior to the date of issuance, 9.99%) of the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to such exercise. In no event may a holder exercise Pre-Funded Warrants if, immediately after giving effect to such exercise, such holder, together with its affiliates and certain related parties, would beneficially own more than 19.99% of the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding and/or the then combined voting power of the Company’s voting securities immediately after giving effect to such exercise and such exercise would result in a violation of any Nasdaq rules, including rules relating to a change of control of the Company.
Each Common Stock Warrant has an exercise price per share of Common Stock equal to $0.1839. Each Common Stock Warrant will be exercisable at any time on or after the date on which stockholder approval, as may be required by the applicable rules and regulations of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”) with respect to shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Common Stock Warrants, is received and deemed effective, and will expire on the five-year anniversary of such initial exercise date. Holders of Common Stock Warrants will not be entitled to exercise any portion of the Common Stock Warrant if the holder, together with its affiliates and certain related parties, would beneficially own more than 4.99% (or, at the election of a holder prior to the date of issuance, 9.99%) of the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to such exercise. In no event may a holder exercise Common Stock Warrants if, immediately after giving effect to such exercise, such holder, together with its affiliates and certain related parties, would beneficially own more than 19.99% of the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding and/or the then combined voting power of the Company’s voting securities immediately after giving effect to such exercise and such exercise would result in a violation of any Nasdaq rules, including rules relating to a change of control of the Company. The Common Stock Warrants include certain rights upon “fundamental transactions” as described in the Common Stock Warrants, including the right of the holders thereof to receive from the Company or a successor entity the same type or form of consideration (and in the same proportion) that is being offered and paid to the holders of Common Stock in such fundamental transaction in the amount of the Black Scholes Value (as described in such Common Stock Warrants) of the unexercised portion of the applicable Common Stock Warrants on the date of the consummation of such fundamental transaction.
All of the Shares, Pre-Funded Warrants, and Common Stock Warrants in the offering are being sold by the Company. The Purchase Agreement contains customary representations, warranties, and covenants of the Company, on the one hand, and the purchasers, on the other hand. The gross proceeds to the Company from the offering, before deducting the offering expenses, are expected to be approximately $0.9 million. The Company currently intends to use the net proceeds from the offering for general corporate purposes.
The offering is being made pursuant to a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-262239) that was declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on January 28, 2022. The offering is being made only by means of a prospectus and prospectus supplement that form a part of the registration statement.