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Capital Stock
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2017
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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 June 26, 2016, the Company halted indefinitely all future offers and sales of its 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 was restricted from issuing any shares pursuant to the ATM Agreement for a period of 90 days following the close of the ATM Agreement. This restriction lapsed on September 28, 2016. On February 21, 2017, the Company authorized the Sales Agent to restart sales under the ATM Agreement for maximum aggregate gross proceeds of up to $3,285,798. During the first quarter of 2017, the Company sold 642,150 shares of Common Stock under this agreement for total net proceeds to the Company from this offering, after deducting the placement agent fees and offering expenses, of approximately $1.8 million. No shares of Common Stock were sold pursuant to the ATM Agreement during the second quarter of 2017. On June 14, 2017, the Company closed on the sale of its equity securities in connection with a public offering, described below, and as a result, the Company is restricted from issuing any shares pursuant to the ATM Agreement for a period of twenty-four months following the closing date of the offering. However, this restriction is suspended for any sale of shares of Common Stock under the ATM Agreement that is above $3.00 per share. 
 
On June 14, 2017, the Company completed a public offering of 5,336,667 shares of Common Stock and 1,995 shares of Series B Preferred Stock (convertible into 1,330,000 shares of Common Stock), along with warrants to purchase 6,666,667 shares of Common Stock. Concurrently with the closing of the public offering, a holder elected to convert 675 shares of Series B Preferred Stock into 450,000 shares of Common Stock. Subsequently, on June 15, 2017, a holder converted 720 shares of Series B Preferred stock into 480,000 shares of Common Stock. The total net proceeds to the Company from the offering, after deducting the placement agent fees and offering expenses, were approximately $8.8 million. Additionally, the investors received, for each share of Common Stock, or for each share of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of a share of Series B Preferred Stock purchased in the public offering, warrants to purchase one share of Common Stock at an exercise price of $1.50 per share, which totaled warrants to purchase an aggregate 6,666,667 shares of Common Stock. The warrants issued to investors became initially exercisable immediately upon issuance and terminate on June 14, 2022, five years following the date of issuance.
 
At each of June 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, the Company had 100,000,000 and 100,000,000 authorized shares of Common Stock, $0.01 par value, respectively, of which 17,204,778 and 10,130,883 shares, respectively, were outstanding. At each of June 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, the Company had 9,995,828 and 9,997,223 authorized shares of Preferred Stock, $0.01 par value, respectively, of which 3,750 shares were designated as Series A Preferred Stock, and 0 and 0 shares, respectively, are issued and outstanding, and 10,000 shares were designated as Series B Preferred Stock, and 600 and 0 shares respectively, are issued and outstanding. At each of June 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, there were 0 shares of Common Stock underlying the outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock, and 400,000 and 0 shares of Common Stock underlying the outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock, respectively.