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6. Capital Stock
On May 24, 2016, the Company entered into an At The Market Offering Agreement (the “ATM Agreement”) with H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC (the “Sales Agent”), to create an at-the-market equity program under which the Company can from time to time offer and sell up to 1,319,289 shares of its Common Stock through the Sales Agent. Effective as of June 26, 2016, the Company halted all future offers and sales of its Common Stock pursuant to the ATM Agreement indefinitely. As of June 30, 2016, the Company had not sold any shares of Common Stock pursuant to the ATM Agreement. On June 30, 2016, the Company closed on the sale of its equity securities in connection with a registered direct offering, described below, and as a result, the Company is restricted from issuing any shares pursuant to the ATM Agreement for a period of 90 days following June 30, 2016. On June 27, 2016, in connection with the issuance of 2,776.5 shares of Series A Preferred Stock in the Company’s registered direct offering, the Company filed a Certificate of Designation of Preferences, Rights and Limitations of Series A Preferred Stock with the Delaware Secretary of State. Each share of Series A Preferred Stock has a stated value of $1,000 and is convertible into shares of the Company’s Common Stock at any time at the holder’s option at an initial conversion price of $2.25. The holder, however, will be prohibited from converting shares Preferred Stock into shares of Common Stock if, as a result of such conversion, the holder, together with its affiliates, would own more than 4.99% of the shares of the Company’s shares of Common Stock then issued and outstanding, which may be increased to 9.99% in certain circumstances. In the event of the Company’s liquidation, dissolution, or winding up, holders of Series A Preferred Stock will receive a payment equal to $0.01 per share of Series A Preferred Stock before any proceeds are distributed to the holders of shares of Common Stock. Shares of Series A Preferred Stock will generally have no voting rights, except as required by law and except that the consent of holders of a majority of the outstanding Series A Preferred Stock will be required to amend any provision of the Company’s certificate of incorporation that would have a materially adverse effect on the rights of the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock. Shares of Series A Preferred Stock will not be entitled to receive any dividends, unless and until specifically declared by the Company’s Board of Directors, and will rank:
On June 30, 2016, the Company completed a registered direct offering of 441,000 shares of Common Stock and 2,776.5 shares of Series A Preferred stock (convertible into 1,234,000 shares of Common stock), along with a concurrent private placement of warrants. Concurrently with the closing of the registered direct offering, the holder elected to convert 123.75 shares of Series A Preferred Stock into 55,000 shares of Common Stock. The total net proceeds to the Company from this offering, after deducting the placement agent fees and offering expenses, were approximately $3.4 million. Additionally, the investor received, for each share of Common Stock or for each share of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of a share of Series A Preferred Stock purchased in the registered direct offering, a warrant to purchase one-half of a share of Common Stock at an exercise price of $3.50 per share, totaling 837,500 Common Stock warrants. The warrant issued to the investor is initially exercisable six months following issuance and terminate five years following the initial exercise date. In addition, the Company issued to the Sales Agent 33,500 Common Stock warrants. The warrants and the shares of Common Stock underlying the warrants issued in this offering have not been registered under the Securities Act, or applicable state securities laws.
At each of June 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, the Company had 100,000,000 and 100,000,000 authorized shares of Common Stock, $0.01 par value, respectively, of which 8,951,883 and 7,657,287 shares, respectively, were outstanding, and 10,000,000 and 10,000,000 authorized shares of Preferred Stock, $0.01 par value, respectively, of which 3,750 and 0 shares, respectively, were designated as Series A Preferred Stock, and 2,652.75 are issued and outstanding. At June 30, 2016, there were 1,179,000 shares of Common Stock underlying the outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock.
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