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| WARRANTS | NOTE F - WARRANTS
During the year ended December 31, 2025, the Company issued 1) warrants to purchase 100,000 shares of common stock each to two consultants at an exercise price of $3.00 per share, with vesting immediately and vesting over one year, and 2) warrants to purchase 50,000 shares of common stock to a consultant pursuant to a Consulting Agreement at an exercise price of $3.20 per share, all of which vested immediately. The Consulting Agreement also provided for additional warrants to purchase shares of common stock which were potentially issuable in the future pursuant to certain milestones, but the Consulting Agreement with the consultant was terminated by mutual agreement prior to issuance of the additional warrants.
Effective January 1, 2026, the Company entered into an employment agreement (“Employment Agreement”) with M. Cory Zwerling to serve as its chief financial officer, which provided that Mr. Zwerling was entitled to receive warrants as compensation for his services. Under the Employment Agreement Mr. Zwerling was entitled to received 1) warrants to purchase 100,000 shares of common stock which were fully vested upon issuance, and 2) the potential to receive, upon the achievement of stated milestones, an additional grants of warrants to purchase an aggregate of 100,000 shares of common stock, all exercisable at $3.20 per share. Mr. Zwerling resigned in March 2026. To date, no warrants have been issued under the Employment Agreement.
The following table summarizes warrant activity through March 31, 2026:
Additional information regarding the warrants outstanding as of March 31, 2026 is as follows:
The risk-free interest rate assumption is determined using the yield currently available on U.S. Treasury zero-coupon issues with a remaining term commensurate with the expected term of the award. Management has estimated expected volatility based on similar comparable industry sector averages. Expected life of the option represents the period of time options are expected to be outstanding. The estimate for dividend yield is % because the Company has not historically paid, and does not intend to pay, a dividend on its common stock in the foreseeable future.
The Company recognized stock-based compensation expense of $ and $ in the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, respectively, related to warrants which is included in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations. At March 31, 2026, there is approximately $ remaining compensation expense to be recognized. That cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of approximately quarters.
Pre-funded Warrant
On December 27, 2021, the Company entered into an exchange agreement with Sanovas Ophthalmology (the “Exchange Agreement”) pursuant to which it exchanged shares of common stock (the “Exchange Securities”) held by Sanovas Ophthalmology for a pre-funded warrant (the “Pre-funded Warrant”) to purchase up to an aggregate of 28,014,540 shares of the Company’s common stock. The Pre-funded Warrant is exercisable at an exercise price of $0.0001 per share and terminates when exercised in full. As part of the Exchange Agreement, Sanovas Ophthalmology relinquished any and all rights related to the Exchange Securities.
In February 2025, the Exchange Agreement was amended such that the Pre-funded Warrant may not be exercised prior to the earlier of February 1, 2030 or the third anniversary of the Company’s uplisting to the Nasdaq Stock Market or NYSE American.
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