Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Common Stock

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Common Stock
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2019
Equity [Abstract]  
Common Stock

9. COMMON STOCK

 

On January 5, 2018, the Company entered into a sales agreement with Cantor Fitzgerald under which the Company had the ability to direct Cantor Fitzgerald as its sales agent to sell common stock up to an aggregate offering of up to $50 million under an “At the Market Offering” (“January 2018 Sales Agreement”). Sales of common stock under the January 2018 Sales Agreement were made pursuant to an effective registration statement for an aggregate offering of up to $50 million. During the first quarter of 2018, the Company sold 1,500,000 shares of its common stock to an institutional investor under the January 2018 Sales Agreement for which the Company received net proceeds of approximately $11.2 million. The Company did not sell any shares under the January 2018 Sales Agreement in the remainder of 2018 and through February 8, 2019, the effective date of the Company’s termination of the January 2018 Sales Agreement.

 

On January 30, 2019, the Company consummated an underwritten public offering of shares of its common stock pursuant to which the Company sold an aggregate of 6,198,500 shares of its common stock, including 808,500 shares sold pursuant to the full exercise of the underwriters’ option to purchase additional shares, at a purchase price of $6.50 per share with gross proceeds to the Company totaling $40,290,250, less issuance costs incurred of approximately $2.6 million.

 

During the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, the Company issued 61,771 and 36,465 shares of common stock upon the exercise of stock options to purchase common stock and the Company received proceeds of $204,003 and $156,655 from these exercises, respectively. During the three months ended March 31, 2019, warrants to purchase 1,083,500 shares of common stock were exercised on a cashless basis resulting in the issuance of 947,454 shares of common stock. No warrants were exercised during the three months ended March 31, 2018.