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Stockholders’ Equity
9 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2026
Stockholders’ Equity [Abstract]  
Stockholders’ Equity

NOTE 12 – Stockholders’ Equity

 

March 2026 Private Placement

 

On March 1, 2026, the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement (the “March 2026 Private Placement”) with a newly appointed officer of the Company, to issue and sell 166,666 shares of the Company’s common stock at a price per share equal to $4.02242. The March 2026 Private Placement closed on March 2, 2026 upon which the Company received gross proceeds in the amount of $670,400. Issuance costs in connection with the March 2026 Private Placement were nil.

 

August 2024 Private Placement

 

On August 1, 2024, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement with certain accredited investors (the “Purchasers”), pursuant to which the Company, in a private placement (the “2024 Private Placement”), agreed to issue and sell an aggregate of (i) 490,741 shares of the Company’s common stock and (ii) warrants to purchase an aggregate of 368,052 shares of common stock (the “PIPE Warrants”) at a purchase price of $5.40 per unit, consisting of one share and a PIPE Warrant to purchase 0.75 shares of common stock, resulting in total gross proceeds of approximately $2.65 million before deducting expenses. Issuance costs attributed to 2024 Private Placement amounted to approximately $0.2 million. The 2024 Private Placement closed on August 2, 2024.

 

The PIPE Warrants are exercisable beginning on the date of issuance, have an initial exercise price of $7.14 per share, subject to adjustment, and will expire on the third anniversary of the date of issuance. One of the Purchasers in the 2024 Private Placement included Paul Buckman, a director on the Company’s Board of Directors. In April 2025, the exercise price was reset to $2.79 upon the close of the April 2025 Financing for all of the PIPE Warrants, except for the PIPE Warrants to purchase 3,472 shares of common stock issued to a director on our Board of Directors for which the exercise price was reset to $5.26 per share.

  

The PIPE Warrants were accounted for and classified as liabilities on the accompanying condensed balance sheets given certain price reset provisions not used for a fair valuation under a fixed for fixed settlement scenario as required for equity balance sheet classification.  A Monte Carlo simulation model was used to estimate the aggregate fair value of the PIPE Warrants. Input assumptions used were as follows on June 30, 2026 and September 30, 2025: risk-free interest rate 3.92% and 3.55%, respectively; expected volatility of 74.7% and 94.5%; respectively; expected life of 1.09 years and 1.84 years, respectively; and expected dividend yield zero percent for both dates. The underlying stock price used was the market price as quoted on Nasdaq as of June 30, 2026 and September 30, 2025. The Company recorded the fair value change of the PIPE Warrants in the amount of a $405,702 benefit and a $620,171 benefit associated with the fair value change in the warrant liability line item on the accompanying condensed statements of operations for the three and nine months ended June 30, 2026, respectively. The Company recorded the fair value change of the PIPE Warrants in the amount of a $319,625 benefit and a $1,099,421 benefit to the fair value change in warrant liability line item on the accompanying condensed statements of operations for the three and nine months ended June 30, 2025, respectively.

 

At-The-Market Offering

 

On December 21, 2022, the Company entered into a Capital on DemandTM Sales Agreement (the “Sales Agreement”) with JonesTrading Institutional Services LLC (“JonesTrading”) that created an at-the-market offering program (“ATM”) under which the Company may offer and sell common stock having an aggregate offering price of up to $14.5 million. JonesTrading is entitled to a commission at a fixed commission rate of up to 3% of the gross proceeds.

 

In 2023, the Company changed the amount of common stock that can be sold pursuant to the Sales Agreement to $4.8 million (including shares previously sold).  On April 3, 2025, we decreased the amount of common stock available under the ATM to zero, and on August 15, 2025, we increased the amount of common stock that can be sold pursuant to the Sales Agreement to $6,750,000. On June 12, 2026, we increased the amount of common stock that can be sold pursuant to the Sales Agreement to $13,400,000.

 

During the three and nine months ended June 30, 2026, 80,671 shares of common stock were issued under the ATM for an aggregate offering price of $358,986. Issuance costs incurred under the ATM during the three and nine months ended June 30, 2026 were $11,996.

 

During the three and nine months ended June 30, 2025, 59,314 shares of common stock were issued under the ATM for an aggregate offering price of $414,037. Issuance costs incurred under the ATM during the three and nine months ended June 30, 2025 were $9,325 and $105,254, respectively.

 

The total aggregate offering price and common stock issued since inception of the ATM Program through June 30, 2026 was $8,359,586 and 1,004,752 shares, respectively. Cumulative issuance costs incurred under the ATM Program through June 30, 2026 was $629,878, inclusive of deferred offering costs. See Note 15 – Subsequent Events.

 

Warrant Activity and Summary 

 

    Warrants     Exercise
Price Per
Warrant
    Weighted Average Exercise
Price
    Weighted Average Term (years)  
Outstanding at September 30, 2025     1,149,323     $ 2.79-33.66     $ 21.92       0.96  
Issued         $     $        
Exercised (1)     (93,750 )   $ 2.79     $ 2.79        
Expired     (694,462 )   $ 31.50     $ 31.50        
Outstanding at June 30, 2026     361,111     $ 2.79-33.66     $ 8.47       1.28  
Outstanding and exercisable at June 30, 2026     361,111     $ 2.79-33.66     $ 8.47       1.28  

 

(1) 16,780 of the shares exercised were withheld in connection with a cashless exercise.

  

The following table summarizes information about warrants outstanding as of June 30, 2026: 

 

Exercise Price     Number Outstanding     Weighted Average
Remaining Contractual
life (Years)
    Number Exercisable as of
June 30,
2026
 
$ 2.79       245,830       1.09       245,830  
$ 3.96       16,666       3.09       16,666  
$ 5.26       3,472       1.09       3,472  
$ 18.00       58,333       1.09       58,333  
$ 33.66       36,810       2.00       36,810  
Total       361,111               361,111