Note 6 – Stockholders’ Equity

The Company’s authorized capital as of September 30, 2024 was 250,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, and 15,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share.

Common Stock

2024 Common Stock Offering

On May 23, 2024, the Company received gross proceeds of approximately $3.2 million, before deducting placement agent fees and other offering expenses of $243,000 in relation to a purchase agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) signed on May 21, 2024, between the Company and institutional investors (the “Purchasers”) for the issuance and sale, in a registered direct offering, of 740,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “2024 Shares”). In a concurrent private placement, the Company issued and sold to the Purchasers warrants to purchase 740,000 shares of the Company’s common stock (the “2024 Common Warrants”). In addition, the Company issued warrants to the placement agent to purchase 88,800 shares of common stock (the “2024 Placement Agents Warrants”). The 2024 Common Warrants have an exercise price equal to $4.35 per share, and the 2024 Placement Agents Warrants have an exercise price equal to $5.4375 per share, both are exercisable commencing six months following issuance, and have a term of exercise equal to five years following the initial exercise date. The 2024 Shares and 2024 Common Warrants were sold at an offering price of $4.35 per share and accompanying 2024 Common Warrant.

Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, the Company agreed, with certain exceptions, for a period of 60 days following the closing of the offering not to issue, enter into an agreement to issue or announce the issuance or proposed issuance of the 2024 Shares or any other securities convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for, shares of the Company’s common stock. The Company has also agreed for a period of one year following the closing date of the offering not to (i) issue or agree to issue equity or debt securities convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for, shares at a conversion price, exercise price or exchange price which floats with the trading price of the 2024 Shares or which may be adjusted after issuance upon the occurrence of certain events or (ii) enter into any agreement, including an equity line of credit, whereby the Company may issue securities at a future-determined price.

The Company determined that under ASC 815-40, the 2024 Common Warrants and the 2024 Placement Agent Warrants do not contain a clause that adjusts the exercise price based on circumstances not considered to be within the Company’s control and are considered indexed to the Company’s own stock and eligible for an exception from derivative accounting. Accordingly, the fair value of the 2024 Common Warrants and the 2024 Placement Agent Warrants are classified as equity.

2023 Private Placement of Common Stock

On January 4, 2023, the Company received gross proceeds of $6.5 million, before deducting placement agent fees and other offering expenses of $232,000 in relation to a purchase agreement signed on December 30, 2022, between the Company and an institutional investor for the issuance and sale, in a registered direct offering, of 120,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “2023 Shares”), pre-funded warrants to purchase up to 96,667 shares of the Company’s common stock (the “Pre-Funded Warrants”), warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 216,667 shares of the Company’s common stock (the “2023 Common Warrants”) and placement agent warrants to purchase up to 13,000 of the Company’s common stock (the “2023 Placement Agents Warrants”). The 2023 Common Warrants have an exercise price equal to $30.00 per share, are exercisable commencing six months following issuance, and have a term of exercise equal to five years following the initial issuance date. The Pre-Funded Warrants had an exercise price of $0.003 per share, are immediately exercisable and could be exercised at any time after their original issuance until such Pre-Funded Warrants were exercised in full. The 2023 Placement Agents Warrants have an exercise price equal to $37.50 per share, are exercisable commencing six months following issuance, and have a term of exercise equal to five years following the initial issuance date. The 2023 Shares and 2023 Common Warrants were sold at an offering price of $30.00 per share and accompanying 2023 Common Warrant and the Pre-Funded Warrants and 2023 Common Warrants were sold at an offering price of $29.997 per Pre-Funded Warrant and accompanying 2023 Common Warrant.

The 2023 Common Warrants and the 2023 Placement Agents Warrants contained a clause not considered to be within the Company’s control. The Company determined that the provision represented a variable that is not an input to the fair value of a “fixed-for-fixed” option as defined under ASC 815-40, and thus the 2023 Common Warrants and the 2023 Placement Agent Warrants are not considered indexed to the Company’s own stock and not eligible for an exception from derivative accounting. Accordingly, the 2023 Common Warrants and the 2023 Placement Agent Warrants were classified as a warrant liability, and $5.8 million of the initial common stock offering was classified as a warrant liability (see Note 5 – Warrant Liability).

Common Stock Issued for Services

During the nine months ended September 30, 2023, the Company issued 15,782 shares of common stock with a fair value of $430,000 to members of the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”), employees, and consultants. The shares were valued at the respective date of the agreements.

Preferred Stock

Series C Preferred Stock

As of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, there were 96,230 shares of series C preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Series C Preferred Stock”) issued and outstanding.

As a result of reverse stock splits in previous years and the agreement terms for adjusting the rights of the related shares, the 96,230 shares of Series C Preferred Stock are not currently convertible, have no voting rights, and in the event of liquidation, the holders of the Series C Preferred Stock would not participate in any distribution of the assets or surplus funds of the Company. The holders of Series C Preferred Stock also are not currently entitled to any dividends if and when declared by the Board. No dividends to holders of the Series C Preferred Stock were declared or unpaid through September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively.

Series K Preferred Stock

On February 16, 2021, the Board designated 115,000 shares of Series K preferred stock, par value $.01 (the “Series K Preferred Stock”).

Shares of the Series K Preferred Stock are convertible at any time, at the option of the holders, into shares of the Company’s common stock at an effective conversion rate of 100 shares of common stock for each share of Series K Preferred. Shares of the Series K Preferred Stock have the same voting rights as the shares of the Company’s common stock, with the holders of the Series K Preferred Stock entitled to vote on an as-converted-to-common stock basis, subject to the beneficial ownership limitation, together with the holders of the Company’s common stock on all matters presented to the Company’s stockholders. The Series K Preferred Stock are not entitled to any dividends (unless specifically declared by the Board) but will participate on an as-converted-to-common-stock basis in any dividends to the holders of the Company’s common stock. In the event of the Company’s dissolution, liquidation or winding up, the holders of the Series K Preferred Stock will be on parity with the holders of the Company’s common stock and will participate, on a on an as-converted-to-common stock basis, in any distribution to holders of the Company’s common stock.

As of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, there were no shares of Series K Preferred stock issued and outstanding.