v3.26.1
Preferred Stock
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2026
Preferred Stock  
Preferred Stock

9. Preferred Stock

As at March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, preferred stock consisted of the following:

March 31, 2026

 

(unaudited)

 

(in thousands, except share and per share data)

 

Shares

 

 

Issued and

 

 

Carrying

 

 

Preference

 

Series

 

Designated

 

 

Outstanding

 

 

Value

 

 

per Share

 

A

 

 

5,524,926

 

 

 

 

 

$

 

 

 

$

 

 

B

 

 

11,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

B-1

 

 

63

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

B-2

 

 

10,165

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

C

 

 

1,011,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

D

 

 

977,300

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

E

 

 

10

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

F

 

 

10

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

G

 

 

137

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

H

 

 

105

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I

 

 

118

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

J

 

 

179

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

K

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

L

 

 

121

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

M

 

 

260

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

N

 

 

951

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

 

7,536,345

 

 

 

 

 

$

 

 

 

$

 

 

 

 

December 31, 2025

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liquidation

 

(in thousands, except share and per share data)

 

Shares

 

 

Issued and

 

 

Carrying

 

 

Preference

 

Series

 

Designated

 

 

Outstanding

 

 

Value

 

 

per Share

 

A

 

 

5,524,926

 

 

 

 

 

$

 

 

 

$

 

 

B

 

 

11,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

B-1

 

 

63

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

B-2

 

 

10,165

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

C

 

 

1,011,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

D

 

 

977,300

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

E

 

 

10

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

F

 

 

10

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

G

 

 

137

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

H

 

 

105

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I

 

 

118

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

J

 

 

179

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

K

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

L

 

 

121

 

 

 

121

 

 

 

 

2,485

 

 

 

 

 

M

 

 

260

 

 

 

144

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

N

 

 

951

 

 

 

10

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

 

7,536,345

 

 

 

275

 

 

$

 

2,485

 

 

$

 

 

Series L Preferred Stock: Liquidation preference is equal to the stated value of $25,000 per share plus any accrued but unpaid dividends.
Series M Preferred Stock: Liquidation preference is equal to the stated value of $25,000 per share plus any accrued but unpaid preferred return.
Series N Preferred Stock: Liquidation preference is equal to the stated value of $2,500 per share plus any accrued but unpaid dividends.

The Company is authorized to issue a total of 10,000,000 shares of its preferred stock as of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, with a total of 7,536,345 shares designated to specific Series as of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, respectively.

Series K Preferred Stock

On February 26, 2025, the Company entered into a Rights Agreement with Equiniti Trust Company, LLC, as Rights Agent, designating 300,000 shares of Series K Junior Participating Preferred Stock (“Series K Preferred Stock”). Under the Rights Agreement, each outstanding share of Common Stock and Non-Voting Common Stock as of March 10, 2025 was granted one Class A Right or Class B Right, respectively. Each Right represents the right to initially purchase 1/1,000th of a share of Series K Preferred Stock at a purchase price of $4.50 per one one-thousandth of a share of Series K Preferred Stock, subject to adjustment.

At issuance, the Rights were embedded in the common stock and not exercisable. They would become exercisable and trade independently only if a person or group became an “Acquiring Person” by obtaining 20% or more of the Company’s voting power. Prior to these triggering events, the Board might redeem the Rights for $0.01 per Right. The Rights expired on February 26, 2026.

Series L Preferred Stock

On May 14, 2025, the Company entered into privately negotiated exchange agreements with Iliad and Streeterville, under which the Company issued 22 and 99.3822 shares of the Company’s newly authorized Series L Preferred Stock to Iliad and Streeterville, respectively, in exchange for a $550,000 reduction in the outstanding balance of the October 2020 Royalty Interest, and for all of the outstanding 99.3822 shares of Series J Preferred Stock held by Streeterville, respectively.

On January 16, 2026, the Company issued the Third and Fourth Pre-Funded Warrants to purchase 20,555 and 92,855 shares, respectively, in exchange for the cancellation and retirement of all 121.3822 outstanding shares of Series L Perpetual Preferred Stock held by Iliad and Streeterville. As of March 31, 2026, there were no shares of Series L Preferred Stock outstanding.

Series M Preferred Stock

On June 27, 2025, the Company entered into privately negotiated exchange agreements (the “Iliad Series M Exchange Agreement” and the “Streeterville Series M Exchange Agreement”) with Iliad and Streeterville, pursuant to which Company issued 170 shares and 90 shares of the Company’s newly authorized Series M Preferred Stock to Iliad and Streeterville, respectively, in exchange for a $4,250,000 reduction in the outstanding balance of the October 2020 Royalty Interest and a $2,250,000 reduction in the outstanding balance of the August 2022 Royalty Interest, respectively.

During the fourth quarter of 2025, the Company entered into privately negotiated exchange agreements to retire shares of Series M Preferred Stock.

On November 17, 2025, the Company entered into an exchange agreement with Streeterville, pursuant to which the Company issued 10,322 shares of common stock in exchange for 25 outstanding shares of Series M Preferred Stock held by Streeterville. Upon completion of the transaction, the exchanged preferred shares were cancelled and retired.

On December 9, 2025, the Company entered into an exchange agreement with Iliad, pursuant to which the Company issued 11,429 shares of common stock and a pre-funded common stock purchase warrant to purchase 37,273 shares of common stock (the “First Pre-Funded Warrant”) in exchange for 75 shares of Series M Preferred Stock.

On December 11, 2025, the Company entered into a second exchange agreement with Iliad, pursuant to which the Company issued 1,143 shares of common stock and a pre-funded common stock purchase warrant to purchase 8,709 shares of common stock (the “Second Pre-Funded Warrant”) in exchange for 16 shares of Series M Preferred Stock.

On January 16, 2026, the Company issued the Fifth and Sixth Pre-Funded Warrants to purchase 82,014 and 64,879 shares, respectively, in exchange for the cancellation and retirement of 157.22 shares of Series M Perpetual Preferred Stock held by Iliad and Streeterville. The total shares retired included 13.22 additional shares issued to satisfy accrued preferred returns, of which 8.78 shares were attributed to Iliad and 4.44 shares were attributed to Streeterville. As of March 31, 2026, there were no shares of Series M Preferred Stock outstanding.

Each pre-funded warrant is exercisable immediately at an exercise price of $0.035 per share and may be exercised at any time until exercised in full. The warrants contain a beneficial ownership limitation of 9.99%.

Series N Preferred Stock

On September 9, 2025, the Company entered into PIPE Purchase Agreements with the Purchasers, pursuant to which the Company issued 951 of the newly authorized Series N Perpetual Preferred Stock for an aggregate purchase price of $2.4 million.

During the second half of December 2025, the Purchasers exchanged 941 shares of Series N Preferred Stock into 55,998 shares of common stock. For the three months ended March 31, 2026, the Purchasers exchanged 10 shares of Series N Preferred Stock into 596 shares of common stock. This exchange was executed at Exchange Ratio of 2,083-to-1 based on the $1.20 exchange price per share. As of March 31, 2026, there were no shares of Series N Preferred Stock outstanding.

Series O Preferred Stock

On February 18, 2026, the Company announced that its Board of Directors declared a special one-time dividend of one-tenth of one share of Series O Convertible Preferred Stock for each share of voting common stock outstanding, plus each share issuable upon exercise of certain warrants to purchase, in aggregate, 68,593 shares of common stock with dividend rights outstanding, at the close of business on March 2, 2026. The preferred stock dividend was issued on March 4, 2026.

In connection with the preferred stock dividend, on March 2, 2026 the Company filed a Certificate of Designation of Preferences, Rights and Limitations of Series O Convertible Preferred Stock with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, to designate 1,557,000 shares of the preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share, as Series O Convertible Preferred Stock.

As of March 31, 2026, the Series O Convertible Preferred Stock had a liquidation preference of $8.01 per share.