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STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2025
Equity [Abstract]  
STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT

6. STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT

 

2025 Delisting from Nasdaq

 

On April 15, 2025, the Company received written notice from the Office of General Counsel of The Nasdaq Stock Market (“Nasdaq”) indicating that the Nasdaq Hearings Panel has determined to delist the Company’s shares from Nasdaq due to the Company’s failure to meet Nasdaq’s continued listing standard under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(b)(1), which required the Company to maintain a minimum of $2.5 million in stockholders’ equity for continued listing on the Nasdaq Capital Market. The Company’s common stock was traded on the OTC Markets Group effective at the open of trading on April 17, 2025 under the symbol “AWHL.” The Company’s common stock is currently traded on the OTC QB Venture Market.

 

2025 Equity Purchase Agreement

 

On April 4, 2025, the Company entered into an equity purchase agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with Triton Funds L.P. (“Triton”) for the purchase of up to $2 million of the Company’s shares of common stock.

 

Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, the Company issued 354,988 shares of restricted common stock to Triton for $25,000 and upon effectiveness of a registration statement registering the shares of Common Stock, the Company will be able to close on the sale of up to $2 million of Common Stock. The purchase price of the Common Stock will be 75% of the lowest traded price of the Common Stock five (5) business days prior to a closing. Transaction costs of approximately $214,000 related to the execution of the 2025 Equity Purchase Agreement were incurred, all of which are reflected as other expense in the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

2025 Private Placement Offering

 

On March 12, 2025, the Company issued warrants (the “March 2025 Warrants”) upon the conversion of the Convertible Notes (see Note 4, Commitments and Contingencies, and Debt). The March 2025 Warrants are exercisable for five years at $0.25 per share for the first 24 months after issuance, and $0.50 per share thereafter.

 

The March 2025 Warrants are classified in warrant liabilities on the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets. The March 2025 Warrants are classified as liabilities because the settlement amount is not indexed to the Company’s stock as required by ASC 815, Derivatives and Hedging.

 

2024 Private Placement Offering

 

On July 1, 2024, the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement with certain investors in a private placement (the “2024 Private Placement Offering”). Pursuant to the 2024 Private Placement Offering, the Company issued an aggregate of 1,248,529 shares of its common stock and accompanying warrants (the “July 2024 Purchase Warrants”) to purchase an equal number of shares of common stock at a price of $1.53 per share and accompanying warrant. The July 2024 Purchase Warrants have an exercise price of $2.25 per share and are exercisable until their expiration on the third anniversary of the issuance date. The gross proceeds to the Company from the 2024 Private Placement Offering were approximately $1,909,000, before deducting expenses of approximately $72,000 payable by the Company.

 

 

The Company evaluated the July 2024 Purchase Warrants and concluded that they met the criteria to be classified as equity within additional paid-in-capital.

 

The July 2024 Purchase Warrants are equity classified because they (1) are freestanding financial instruments that are legally detachable and separately exercisable from the common stock, (2) do not embody an obligation for the Company to repurchase its shares, (3) permit the holder to receive a fixed number of shares of common stock upon exercise, (4) are indexed to the Company’s common stock and (5) meet the equity classification criteria.

 

In February 2025, the Company modified 27,778 of the July 2024 Purchase Warrants to require shareholder approval of the July 2024 Purchase Warrants prior to their becoming exercisable. The Company evaluated the impact of the modification and it was not material to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

2024 At the Market Offering

 

On August 2, 2024, the Company entered into an agreement with H.C. Wainwright in connection with an At the Market offering agreement (the “2024 At the Market Offering”) to sell shares of its common stock, having an aggregate sales price of up to $4,450,000, from time to time, through an “at the market offering” program under which H.C. Wainwright acts as sales agent. The Company pays Wainwright a commission rate equal to 3.0% of the aggregate gross proceeds from each sale of shares under the 2024 At the Market Offering. The Company has also reimbursed H.C. Wainwright for certain specified expenses in connection with entering into the 2024 At the Market Offering.

 

During the year ended December 31, 2024, the Company sold 1,073,050 shares under the 2024 At the Market Offering for gross proceeds of approximately $903,000. The Company incurred approximately $240,000 of costs related to the execution of the 2024 At the Market Offering, all of which were recorded as an offset to additional paid-in capital on the Company’s balance sheet as of December 31, 2024.

 

During the six months ended June 30, 2025, the Company sold 12,277,441 shares under the 2024 At the Market Offering Agreement for gross proceeds of approximately $3,484,000 before deducting expenses of approximately $147,000. The total gross proceeds to the Company over the life of the At the Market Offering Agreement is $4,388,000 and the value of the remaining availability was approximately $62,000 that could be sold to H.C. Wainwright under the 2024 At the Market Offering Agreement, subject to the terms of the 2024 At the Market Offering Agreement.

 

2024 Securities Purchase Agreements

 

In August 2024, the Company entered into securities purchase agreements with two shareholders under which it sold a total of 9,733 shares of common stock and received proceeds of approximately $11,000.

 

2024 Warrant Inducement Agreement

 

On July 31, 2024, the Company entered into a warrant inducement agreement (the “Warrant Inducement Agreement”) with a certain holder (the “Holder”) of (i) warrants to purchase 311,111 shares of common stock dated August 22, 2022 (the “August 2022 Warrants”) and (ii) warrants to purchase 1,400,000 shares of common stock dated January 26, 2024 (the “January 2024 Warrants”), pursuant to which the Holder agreed to exercise in cash the warrants held at a reduced exercise price of $1.25 per share (reduced from $4.13 per share for the August 2022 Warrants and $4.13 for the January 2024 Warrants).

 

As an inducement to such exercise, the Company agreed to issue to the Holder new common stock warrants (collectively, the “August 2024 Purchase Warrants”), to purchase up to 2,566,667 shares of common stock. The August 2024 Purchase Warrants were exercisable immediately after issuance and will expire 5 years from the initial exercise date.

 

 

The transaction, which closed on August 1, 2024, resulted in net proceeds of approximately $1,862,000. The Warrant Inducement Agreement was entered into to encourage the exercise of the August 2022 Warrants and January 2024 Purchase Warrants in order to obtain capital for operations. The $1,323,000 incremental value transferred for the modification to both the August 2022 Warrants and January 2024 Purchase Warrants as a result of the Warrant Inducement Amendment was accounted for as an equity issuance cost and recognized within additional paid in capital in the audited consolidated balance sheets.

 

The Company evaluated the August 2024 Purchase Warrants and concluded that they met the criteria to be classified as equity within additional paid-in-capital.

 

The August 2024 Purchase Warrants are equity classified because they (1) are freestanding financial instruments that are legally detachable and separately exercisable from the common stock, (2) do not embody an obligation for the Company to repurchase its shares, (3) permit the holder to receive a fixed number of shares of common stock upon exercise, (4) are indexed to the Company’s common stock and (5) meet the equity classification criteria.

 

2024 Registered Direct Offering

 

On January 24, 2024, the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement (the “2024 Direct Offering Agreement”), with several investors relating to the issuance and sale of 1,371,000 shares of its common stock, par value $0.001 per share, and pre-funded warrants to purchase 200,000 shares of common stock (the “Pre-Funded Warrants”), in a registered direct offering, together with accompanying warrants to purchase 1,571,000 shares of common stock (the “Purchase Warrants”, and together with the Pre-Funded Warrants, the “2024 Warrants”) in a concurrent private placement (the “Concurrent Private Offering” and together with the registered direct offering, the “2024 Direct Offering”).

 

Pursuant to the 2024 Direct Offering Agreement, the Company issued 1,368,600 shares of common stock to certain investors at an offering price of $3.50 per share, and 2,400 shares of common stock to its Chief Executive Officer, Nicole Sandford, at an offering price of $4.255 per share, which was the consolidated closing bid price of the Company’s common stock on The Nasdaq Capital Market on January 24, 2024 of $4.13 per share plus $0.125 per Purchase Warrant. The purchase price of each Pre-Funded Warrant is equal to the combined purchase price at which a share of common stock and the accompanying Purchase Warrant is sold in this 2024 Direct Offering, minus $0.0001. The gross proceeds to the Company from the 2024 Direct Offering were approximately $5,563,000, before deducting placement agent fees and other expenses of approximately $733,000 payable by the Company. The 2024 Direct Offering closed on January 26, 2024.

 

The Pre-Funded Warrants were exercisable at any time after the date of issuance and had an exercise price of $0.0001 per share. A holder of Pre-Funded Warrants could not exercise the warrant if the holder, together with its affiliates, would beneficially own more than 9.99% of the number of shares of common stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to such exercise. A holder of Pre-Funded Warrants may increase or decrease this percentage to a percentage not in excess of 9.99% by providing at least 61 days’ prior notice to the Company. All of the Pre-Funded Warrants were exercised on February 6, 2024 for gross proceeds of $20.

 

The Purchase Warrants have an exercise price of $4.13 per share and were exercisable beginning six months after issuance and will expire 5 years from the initial exercise date. 1,400,000 of the Purchase Warrants were exercised on August 1, 2024 under the Warrant Inducement Agreement at a reduced price of $1.25 per share.

 

The Company engaged AGP to act as sole placement agent in the 2024 Direct Offering. The Company paid the placement agent a cash fee equal to 7.0% of the aggregate gross proceeds generated from the 2024 Direct Offering, except that, with respect to proceeds raised in this 2024 Direct Offering from certain designated persons, AGP’s cash fee is reduced to 3.5% of such proceeds, and to reimburse certain fees and expenses of the placement agent in connection with the 2024 Direct Offering. The Company also reimbursed the placement agent for its accountable offering-related legal expenses of $75,000 and a non-accountable expense allowance of $30,000. Costs related to the 2024 Direct Offering were recorded as an offset to additional paid-in capital on the Company’s balance sheet as of December 31, 2024.

 

 

The Company evaluated the Pre-Funded Warrants and the Purchase Warrants and concluded that they met the criteria to be classified as equity within additional paid-in-capital.

 

The Pre-Funded Warrants are equity classified because they (1) are freestanding financial instruments that are legally detachable and separately exercisable from the common stock, (2) are immediately exercisable, (3) do not embody an obligation for the Company to repurchase its shares, (4) permit the holder to receive a fixed number of shares of common stock upon exercise, (5) are indexed to the Company’s common stock and (6) meet the equity classification criteria.

 

The Purchase Warrants are equity classified because they (1) are freestanding financial instruments that are legally detachable and separately exercisable from the common stock, (2) do not embody an obligation for the Company to repurchase its shares, (3) permit the holder to receive a fixed number of shares of common stock upon exercise, (4) are indexed to the Company’s common stock and (5) meet the equity classification criteria.

 

2023 Equity Line of Credit

 

On March 28, 2023, the Company entered into a purchase agreement (the “2023 Equity Line of Credit Agreement”) with Lincoln Park Capital Fund, LLC (“Lincoln Park”) and a registration rights agreement (the “LPC Registration Rights Agreement”), pursuant to which the Company has the right, in its sole discretion, to sell to Lincoln Park shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share, having an aggregate value of up to $10,000,000 (the “Purchase Shares”), subject to certain limitations and conditions set forth in the 2023 Equity Line of Credit Agreement. The Company will control the timing and amount of any sales of Purchase Shares to Lincoln Park pursuant to the 2023 Equity Line of Credit Agreement.

 

Under the 2023 Equity Line of Credit Agreement, on any business day after March 28, 2023 selected by the Company over the 36-month term of the 2023 Equity Line of Credit Agreement (each, a “Purchase Date”), the Company may direct Lincoln Park to purchase up to 6,667 shares of common stock on such Purchase Date (a “Regular Purchase”); provided, however, that (i) a Regular Purchase may be increased to up to 13,333 shares, if the closing sale price per share of the common stock on The Nasdaq Capital Market is not below $7.50 on the applicable Purchase Date; (ii) a Regular Purchase may be increased to up to 16,666 shares, if the closing sale price per share of the common stock on The Nasdaq Capital Market is not below $11.25 on the applicable Purchase Date; and (iii) a Regular Purchase may be increased to up to 20,000 shares, if the closing sale price per share of the common stock on The Nasdaq Capital Market is not below $15.00 on the applicable Purchase Date. In any case, Lincoln Park’s maximum obligation under any single Regular Purchase will not exceed $1,000,000. The above-referenced share amount limitations and closing sale price thresholds are subject to adjustment for any reorganization, recapitalization, non-cash dividend, stock split, reverse stock split or other similar transaction as provided in the 2023 Equity Line of Credit Agreement. The purchase price per share for each such Regular Purchase will be equal to the lesser of:

 

  1. the lowest sale price for the common stock on The Nasdaq Capital Market on the date of sale; and

 

  2. the average of the three lowest closing sale prices for the common stock on The Nasdaq Capital Market during the 10 consecutive business days ending on the business day immediately preceding the purchase date.

 

The Company also has the right to direct Lincoln Park, on any business day on which the Company has properly submitted a Regular Purchase notice for the maximum amount the Company is then permitted to sell to Lincoln Park in such Regular Purchase, to purchase an additional amount of the Common Stock (an “Accelerated Purchase”) of additional shares based on criteria established in the 2023 Equity Line of Credit Agreement. An Accelerated Purchase, which is at the Company’s sole discretion, may be subject to additional requirements and discounts if certain conditions are met as defined in the 2023 Equity Line of Credit Agreement.

 

 

The issuance of the Purchase Shares had been previously registered pursuant to the Company’s effective shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-252267) (the “Old Registration Statement”), and the related base prospectus included in the Registration Statement, as supplemented by a prospectus supplement filed on March 28, 2023, that has expired. On April 22, 2024, the Company filed a registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-278867) (the “Registration Statement”), and the related base prospectus included in the Registration Statement, that was declared effective by the SEC on April 25, 2024.

 

During the year ended December 31, 2024, the Company sold 949,574 shares under the 2023 Equity Line of Credit Agreement for gross proceeds of approximately $1,900,000. There were no shares sold in the first quarter of 2025. Over the life of the 2023 Equity Line of Credit Agreement through December 31, 2024, the Company sold 1,310,517 shares for gross proceeds of approximately $3,078,000. The Company incurred approximately $326,000 of costs related to the execution of the 2023 Equity Line of Credit Agreement, all of which are reflected in the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements. The Company incurred approximately $0 and $40,000 for legal fees during the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively, and included the costs in general and administrative expenses on its statement of operations. Under the terms of the Warrant Inducement Agreement, the Company agreed not to sell shares under the 2023 Equity Line of Credit Agreement for six months from the effective date of the Form S-3, which was September 3, 2024. As of May 12, 2025, the remaining availability under the 2023 Equity Line of Credit Agreement was $1,700,000 of shares of common stock that can be sold to Lincoln Park under the 2023 Equity Line of Credit Agreement, subject to the terms of the 2023 Equity Line of Credit Agreement.

 

Warrants

 

The following table is a summary of the Company’s warrants outstanding and exercisable as of June 30, 2025.

 

         Exercise Price   Number of Warrants
Outstanding and Common
Stock Underlying Warrants
 
   Issuance Date  Expiration Date  per Share   June 30, 2025   December 31, 2024 
Unmodified August 2022 Warrants(1)  August 25, 2022  August 25, 2027  $13.20    433,321    433,321 
Modified August 2022 Warrants(1)  August 25, 2022  August 25, 2027  $4.13    55,553    55,553 
January 2024 Purchase Warrants(2)  January 26, 2024  July 26, 2029  $4.13    171,000    171,000 
July 2024 Purchase Warrants(2)  July 9, 2024  July 9, 2027  $2.25    1,248,527    1,248,527 
August 2024 Purchase Warrants(2)  August 1, 2024  August 1, 2029  $1.36    2,566,667    2,566,667 
March 2025 Warrants(1)  March 12, 2025  March 12, 2030  $0.50 (3)   12,298,177    - 
               16,773,245    4,475,068 

 

  (1) Liability classified
  (2) Equity classified
  (3) The exercise price will be discounted to $0.25 if the warrants are exercised prior to March 12, 2027

 

 

2010 Stock Incentive Plan

 

The Company’s employees, directors, and consultants were eligible to receive awards under the Vermillion, Inc. Second Amended and Restated 2010 Stock Incentive Plan (the “2010 Plan”), which was replaced by the 2019 Plan (as defined below) with respect to future equity grants. As of June 30, 2025, there were no shares of the Company’s common stock available for future grants under the 2010 Plan.

 

There was no stock option activity for the 2010 Plan during the three and six months ended June 30, 2025.

 

There were 14,907 outstanding options under the 2010 Plan with the weighted average exercise price of $20.45 and the weighted average remaining life of 2.49 years.

 

2019 Stock Incentive Plan

 

At the Company’s 2019 annual meeting of stockholders, the Company’s stockholders approved the Vermillion, Inc. 2019 Stock Incentive Plan, the name of which was subsequently changed to the Aspira Women’s Health Inc. 2019 Stock Incentive Plan (the “2019 Plan”). The purposes of the 2019 Plan are (i) to align the interests of the Company’s stockholders and recipients of awards under the 2019 Plan by increasing the proprietary interest of such recipients in the Company’s growth and success; (ii) to advance the interests of the Company by attracting and retaining non-employee directors, officers, other employees, consultants, independent contractors and agents; and (iii) to motivate such persons to act in the long-term best interests of the Company and its stockholders. The 2019 Plan allows the Company to grant stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, restricted stock units and performance awards to participants.

 

Subject to the terms and conditions of the 2019 Plan, the initial number of shares authorized for grants under the 2019 Plan is 699,485. On May 9, 2023, the Company’s stockholders approved an increase of 333,333 shares to the number of shares available for issuance under the 2019 Plan. On May 13, 2024, the Company’s stockholders approved an increase of 1,000,000 shares in the number of shares available for issuance under the 2019 Plan. On June 4, 2025, the Company’s stockholders approved an increase of 2,500,000 shares in the number of shares available for issuance under the 2019 Plan for a total of 4,532,818 shares. To the extent an equity award granted under the 2019 Plan expires or otherwise terminates without having been exercised or paid in full, or is settled in cash, the shares of common stock subject to such award will become available for future grant under the 2019 Plan. As of June 30, 2025, 680,493 shares of Aspira common stock were subject to outstanding stock options, and 18,593 shares of Aspira common stock were subject to unreleased restricted stock awards. A total of 3,210,004 shares of Aspira common stock were reserved for future issuance under the 2019 Plan.

 

The following table summarizes stock option activity for the 2019 Plan during the six months ended June 30, 2025.

 

      
Options outstanding at December 31, 2024   861,342 
Options granted   120,900 
Options forfeited or expired   (301,749)
Options outstanding at June 30, 2025   680,493 

 

The weighted average exercise price of outstanding options under the 2019 Plan was $4.73 and the weighted average remaining life was 7.94 years.

 

The following table summarizes RSU activity for the 2019 Plan during the six months ended June 30, 2025.

 

      
RSUs outstanding at December 31, 2024   149,061 
RSUs granted   6,458 
RSUs vested and issued   (131,926)
RSUs forfeited or expired   (5,000)
RSUs outstanding at June 30, 2025   18,593 
      
RSUs vested and unissued at June 30, 2025   18,593 

 

 

Stock-Based Compensation

 

During the six months ended June 30, 2025, the Company granted option awards under the 2019 Plan with a weighted average grant date fair value of $0.10 and a weighted average exercise price of $0.16.

 

Assumptions included in the fair value per share calculations were (i) expected terms of two to three years, (ii) two- to three-year treasury interest rates of 3.81% to 4.25% and (iii) market close prices ranging from $0.07 to $0.72. The Company recorded $77,000 in forfeitures for the six months ended June 30, 2025.

 

The allocation of non-cash stock-based compensation expense by functional area for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024 was as follows.

 

(in thousands)  2025   2024   2025   2024 
   Three Months Ended   Six Months Ended 
   June 30,   June 30, 
(in thousands)  2025   2024   2025   2024 
Cost of revenue  $2   $8   $9   $26 
Research and development   (9)   24    1    90 
Sales and marketing   (5)   19    18    44 
General and administrative   27    71    90    324 
Total  $15   $122   $118   $484 

 

As of June 30, 2025, total unrecognized compensation cost related to unvested stock option awards was approximately $77,000, and the related weighted average period over which it is expected to be recognized was 1.79 years. There was no unrecognized compensation costs related to restricted stock units as of June 30, 2025.