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| STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY | NOTE 8 - STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
The Company’s current Certificate of Incorporation authorizes shares of common stock and shares of preferred stock, both with par value equal to $. As of March 31, 2026, shares have been designated as Series B Preferred Stock. The remaining authorized preferred shares are undesignated and available for future issuance. As of March 31, 2026, the Company had convertible preferred stock as follows:
Series B Preferred Stock Financing
On November 13, 2025, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement with an institutional investor (the “Purchaser”) providing for (i) a registered direct offering and (ii) a concurrent private placement (collectively, the “Offerings”) for aggregate financing of $4.0 million, with the right to purchase up to an additional $16.0 million under the facility
In the registered direct offering, the Company issued shares of Series B Preferred Stock convertible to shares of the Company’s common stock. In the concurrent private placement, the Company issued unregistered shares of Preferred Stock convertible into shares of common stock, subject to adjustment, and warrants to purchase up to 880,000 shares of common stock, subject to adjustment. The Series B Preferred Stock has a stated value of $ per share. The preferred stock and common stock each have a par value of $ per share.
The Warrants have an exercise price of $2.50 per share, subject to anti-dilution adjustments, are exercisable beginning six months after issuance, and expire on the fifth anniversary of the later of (i) the effectiveness of a resale registration statement covering the Warrants and (ii) receipt of required stockholder approval.
The Series B Preferred Stock has the following rights and privileges:
Voting - Holders of preferred shares shall have no voting rights, except as required by Delaware law and Company’s Certificate of Designation. To the extent required under the Delaware General Corporation Law, holders of the preferred shares are entitled to vote as a separate class (or series, if applicable) to approve certain corporate actions. Approval of such matters requires the affirmative vote or written consent of the holders of a majority of the outstanding preferred shares voting together as a single class, unless separate series voting is required by law. In matters where preferred shareholders are entitled to vote together with common shareholders as a single class, each preferred share is entitled to the number of votes equal to the number of shares of common stock into which it is then convertible, subject to applicable beneficial ownership limitations.
Dividends - Holders of preferred shares shall accrue dividends at a rate of 4.0% per annum, computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. Dividends accrue daily and are payable in arrears on the first trading day of each fiscal quarter. Dividends are not payable in cash but are capitalized and added to the stated value of the preferred shares on each dividend payment date. Accrued dividends are included in the conversion amount upon conversion of the preferred shares and are payable upon certain bankruptcy triggering events. Upon the occurrence and continuation of a triggering event, as defined in the agreement, the dividend rate increases to 8.0% per annum until such triggering event is cured.
Liquidation - In the event of a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, holders of preferred shares are entitled to receive, prior to any distribution to holders of Junior Stock (shares of capital stock that are junior in rank to all preferred shares with respects to preferences of dividends, distributions and payments upon distribution.) and pari passu with holders of any outstanding Parity Stock, a cash payment per Preferred Share equal to the greater of (i) 125% of the applicable Conversion Amount or (ii) the amount that would have been received if such Preferred Shares had been converted into Common Stock immediately prior to the Liquidation Event. If available assets are insufficient to pay the full liquidation preference to holders of Preferred Shares and Parity Stock, such amounts will be distributed ratably among such holders in proportion to their respective full liquidation preference entitlements. The Company is required to take all actions, including causing its subsidiaries to distribute available proceeds to the extent permitted by law, to ensure that such liquidation preferences are satisfied before any distributions are made to holders of Junior Stock.
Conversion Price Per Share: Each share of Series B Preferred Stock is convertible, at the option of the holder, into shares of common stock. The number of shares issuable upon conversion is determined by dividing the conversion amount by the conversion price. The conversion amount equals the stated value of $1,100 per share, plus accrued and unpaid dividends and any other amounts owed under the applicable transaction documents. Upon receipt of a valid conversion notice, the Company is required to issue the applicable number of shares of common stock within one trading day, subject to applicable settlement requirements. Conversions are subject to a beneficial ownership limitation following conversion.
The conversion price is initially $2.50 per share, subject to adjustment. At the holder’s election, the conversion price may be adjusted to 95% of the lowest volume-weighted average price (“VWAP”) of the Company’s common stock during the five trading days preceding conversion, subject to a floor price of $0.4104. Conversions are subject to customary beneficial ownership limitations.
Alternate Conversion Upon a Triggering Event - Following the occurrence of a triggering event, holders may elect to convert Series B Preferred Stock at an alternate conversion price equal to 90% of the lowest VWAP over the five trading days preceding the conversion date, subject to a floor price of $0.4104.
Exchange Right - The holder has the right, in connection with a subsequent financing by the Company, to apply the stated value of the preferred stock at 120% of the applicable conversion amount toward the purchase price of securities issued in such subsequent placement.
Additional Purchase Right - The Preferred Stock includes participation rights that entitle each holder of preferred stock to participate in any pro rata distribution of options, convertible securities, warrants or other purchase rights granted to holders of Common Stock (other than equity awards issued under the Omnibus Incentive Plan). In such events, each holder is entitled to receive the amount of such rights the holder would have received if all Preferred Shares were converted into Common Stock at the Alternate Conversion Price as of the applicable record date, without regard to conversion limitations. Participation is subject to the beneficial ownership limitation. To the extent participation would cause a holder and its attribution parties to exceed such limitation, the excess portion is held in abeyance and becomes exercisable when such participation would no longer result in exceeding the beneficial ownership limitation.
Anti-dilution: The Series B Preferred Stock includes price-based anti-dilution protections that adjust the conversion price upon future issuances of equity or equity-linked securities at prices below the then-effective conversion price, including issuances of options or convertible securities and variable-price securities.
The Company evaluated the terms of the Series B Preferred Stock for embedded features that may require bifurcation as derivative instruments under ASC 815. Certain features were identified that met the definition of a derivative. As March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, the Company concluded that the fair value of such features was not material to the financial statements and accordingly did not recognize them as separate derivative liabilities. The Company will continue to reassess this conclusion at each reporting period.
2025 April Warrant Inducement
In April 2025, the Company entered into an Inducement Letter with certain warrant holders for the exercise of certain outstanding warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 630,376 shares of common stock of the Company, par value $ per share. The warrants were issued in March 2025 and have an exercise price of $3.24 per share. The shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of such outstanding warrants are registered pursuant to an effective registration statement on Form S-3.
In consideration for the immediate exercise of the warrants for cash and the payment of an additional $0.125 per new unregistered warrant (an additional $157,594 included in the gross proceeds to the Company), pursuant to the Inducement Agreement, the Company agreed to issue and sell unregistered warrants to purchase shares of common stock. The new warrants (the “Common Warrants”) are exercisable for an aggregate of up to shares of common stock. The Common Warrants have an exercise price of $1.90 per share and are immediately exercisable for shares of common stock. One half of the Common Warrants will expire after eighteen (18) months and the other half will expire after five (5) years. The gross proceeds to the Company from the exercise of the warrants and payment for Common Warrants was approximately $2.2 million, prior to deducting placement agent fees and estimated offering expenses.
The Company utilized a placement agent for the 2025 April Warrant Inducement and incurred approximately $0.3 million in legal fees and other closing costs. Additionally, the Company issued to the placement agent as compensation unregistered warrants to purchase up to 44,126 shares of common stock, equal to 7.0% of the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock (or warrants) placed in the transaction. The placement agent warrants expire on April 24, 2030, and have an exercise price of $4.05 per share of common stock. The closing of the offering occurred on April 24, 2025.
2025 Registered Direct Offering and 2025 March Warrant Offering
In March 2025, the Company entered into a definitive SPA with certain institutional investors, pursuant to which the Company agreed to issue and sell in a registered direct offering, (i) an aggregate of shares of common stock, par value $ per share at an offering price of $ per share, (ii) pre-funded warrants to purchase up to shares of common stock, at a price per pre-funded warrant equal to $, the price per share less $, for gross proceeds of approximately $1.1 million before the deduction of placement agent fees and offering expenses. The pre-funded warrants were fully exercised as of March 31, 2025, and the related common shares were issued in April 2025.
In a concurrent private placement, pursuant to the terms of the SPA, the Company also agreed to issue and sell unregistered warrants to purchase up to 315,188 shares of Common Stock (the “Series A-5 Warrants”), and Series A-6 warrants to purchase up to 315,188 shares of Common Stock (the “Series A-6 Warrants”), to purchase up to an aggregate 630,376 shares of Common Stock. The warrants have an exercise price of $3.24 per share and are exercisable immediately. The Series A-5 Warrants will expire eighteen (18) months after issuance and the Series A-6 Warrants will expire five (5) years after issuance.
Warrants
The following table provides a summary of outstanding warrants to purchase shares of common stock as of March 31, 2026:
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