Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY

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STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2021
STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY  
STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY

NOTE 12 – STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

The Company is authorized to issue 225,000,000 shares of common stock, with a par value of $0.001 per share, and 50,000,000 shares of preferred stock with a par value per share of $0.001 per share.

Issuance of equity instruments in public and private offerings – In October 2020, the Company closed on an underwritten public offering of (i) 9,575,800 shares of common stock, (ii) 13,428,500 Pre-Funded Warrants and (iii) 23,004,300 warrants to purchase common stock (the “Common Warrants”) at a combined purchase price of $0.70. This includes a partial exercise of the over-allotment.  The Common Warrants have a term of five years and an exercise price of $0.80 per share. Gross proceeds totaled $16,089,582.

Concurrently with the underwritten public offering, the Company closed on a registered direct offering of (i) 3,500,000 shares of common stock, (ii) 3,300,000 Pre-Funded Warrants and (iii) 6,800,000 Common Warrants at a combined purchase price of $0.70 per share of common stock and Pre-Funded Warrants. The Common Warrants have a term of five years and an exercise price of $0.80 per share. Gross proceeds totaled $4,756,700.

Total gross proceeds from the 2020 underwritten public offering and the registered direct offering aggregated $20,846,282. Total net proceeds aggregated $19,379,832.

Common stock issued pursuant to warrant exercise - In December 2020, the Company issued 3,300,000 shares of common stock pursuant to the exercise of Pre-Funded Warrants issued in the October 2020 registered direct offering. Gross and net proceeds were $3,300. In January 2021, the remaining 13,428,500 Pre-Funded Warrants were exercised. During the year ended December 31, 2021, 442,600 of the Common Warrants were exercised. Accordingly, the number of Common Warrants outstanding as of December 31, 2021 was 29,361,700.

Common stock issued in property acquisition – As discussed in Note 5, in April 2019, the Company completed the acquisition of assets from Wishbone. As a part of the consideration for the acquisition, the Company issued 4,576,951 shares of common stock.

The shares were valued at February 25, 2019, the date of the signing of the Purchase and Sale Agreement. The price on February 25, 2019 was $6.19 per share. The aggregate value of the shares issued, based on this price, was $28,331,327.

In April 2020, 16,702 shares of common stock were returned and cancelled as settlement of post-closing adjustments. The shares were valued at February 25, 2019, the date of the signing of the Purchase and Sale Agreement. The price on February 25, 2019 was $6.19 per share. The aggregate value of the shares returned, based on this price, was $103,385.

Common Stock Issued for option exercises – During the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company issued 100,000 shares of common stock as a result of stock option exercises. No stock options were exercised in 2019 or 2020. The following tables present the details of the 2021 exercises:

    

    

    

    

    

    

Stock price on

    

Aggregate value

Options

Exercise

Shares

Shares

Cash paid at

date of exercise

of shares retained

exercised

price ($)

issued

retained

exercise ($)

($)

($)

2021

 

100,000

$

2.00

 

100,000

 

$

200,000

$

3.14

$

2021 Totals

 

100,000

 

 

100,000

 

$

200,000

2021 Weighted Averages

 

$

2.00

 

 

 

$

3.14