Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Stockholders Equity

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Stockholders Equity
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2024
Stockholders Equity [Abstract]  
STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY

NOTE 10 – STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY

 

  A.

Share Capital:

 

Reverse Stock Split:

 

On July 9, 2024, the Company’s stockholders approved a reverse stock split at a ratio within a range of 1-for-5 and 1-for-10 at such time as the Board of Directors shall determine, in its sole discretion, at any time before July 9, 2025. On August 8, 2024, the Board of Directors approved a 1-for-10 Reverse Stock Split of the Company’s shares of Common Stock (the “Reverse Stock Split”).

 

On August 20, 2024, the Company filed the Certificate of Amendment with the Delaware Secretary of State to effect the Reverse Stock Split, which became effective on August 26, 2024 (the “Effective Date”). The Company’s Common Stock began trading on a Reverse Stock Split adjusted basis on the NYSE American at the opening of the markets on the Effective Date.

 

As a result of the Reverse Stock Split, the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding was reduced from 178,958,447 shares to 18,021,173 shares. No fractional shares of Common Stock or Units were issued in connection with the Reverse Stock Split. Stockholders of the Company who otherwise were entitled to receive fractional shares or Units, because they held a number of shares or Units, as applicable, not evenly divisible by the Reverse Stock Split ratio were automatically entitled to receive an additional fraction of a share of the Common Stock or Unit, as applicable, to round up to the next whole share. As a result, 125,328 shares of Common Stock were issued. The Reverse Stock Split did not change the par value of the Common Stock nor the authorized number of shares of Common Stock, preferred stock or any series of preferred stock.

 

Unless otherwise indicated, all amounts of issued and outstanding stock contained in the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements have been adjusted to reflect the 1-for-10 Reverse Stock Split for all prior periods presented. Proportional adjustments were also made to shares underlying outstanding equity awards, warrants and Redeemable Convertible Preferred Shares, and to the number of shares issued and issuable under the Company’s stock incentive plans and certain existing agreements.

 

Authorized shares of common stock:

 

On July 9, 2024, the Company’s stockholders approved increasing the number of authorized shares of Common Stock from 120,000,000 shares, par value $0.0001 per share, to 750,000,000 shares, par value $0.0001 per share.

 

Preferred Stock:

 

The Company is authorized to issue 1,000,000 shares of preferred stock with a par value of $0.0001 per share with such designation, rights and preferences as may be determined from time to time by the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”).

 

On March 15, 2024, the Company issued 40,470 and 216,417 Redeemable Convertible Preferred Shares, par value $0.0001 per share, as part of the Acquisition and the March 2024 PIPE, respectively. On July 15, 2024, 109,152 Redeemable Convertible Preferred Shares were converted into 10,915,200 shares of the Company’s Common Stock.

 

Private Investment in Public Equity:

 

On February 22, 2023, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement to issue and sell an aggregate of 1,599,746 shares of its Common Stock and 1,461,072 pre-funded warrants (the “Pre-Funded Warrants”) at a price of $2.45 per share and $2.44 per Pre-Funded Warrant in a private placement (the “February 2023 PIPE”). The net proceeds from the PIPE were approximately $7,152, after deducting issuance costs of $333. During the nine months ended September 30, 2024, 533,031 Pre-Funded Warrants were exercised into 533,031 shares of Common Stock for total consideration of $6 at an exercise price of $0.01 per share of Common Stock, and 928,041 Pre-Funded Warrants were exercised into 925,607 shares of Common Stock through cashless mechanism with no consideration. As of September 30, 2024, there are no outstanding Pre-Funded Warrants.

 

On March 15, 2024, in connection with the Acquisition, the Company issued to APT’s former stockholders 916,497 shares of the Company’s Common Stock, 40,470 Redeemable Convertible Preferred Shares and Merger Warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 216,650 shares of the Company Common Stock. See Note 1D for further information.

 

Concurrently with the consummation of the Acquisition as described in Note 1D, the Company entered into the March 2024 PIPE, pursuant to which such investors purchased an aggregate of 216,417 Redeemable Convertible Preferred Shares (“PIPE Preferred Shares”) and Private Placement Warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 10,820,850 shares of the Company’s Common Stock, at a combined price of $231.10 per share. The PIPE Preferred Shares and the Private Placement Warrants were issued in a private placement pursuant to an exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act for aggregate gross proceeds of $50,000. Each Private Placement Warrant’s exercise price equals to $2.31, subject to customary adjustments for stock dividends, stock splits, reclassifications and the like, became exercisable from the date of the receipt of BiomX stockholder approval, which was obtained on July 9, 2024, and will expire on July 9, 2026. Under certain circumstances, the Company may be required to pay to each holder of the Private Placement Warrants (i) an amount in cash equal to the holder’s total purchase price for the shares of Common Stock purchased (the “Buy-In Price”) or credit such holder’s balance account with the Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) for such shares of Common Stock shall terminate, or (ii) promptly honor its obligation to deliver to such holder a certificate or certificates representing such shares of Common Stock or credit such holder’s balance account with DTC, as applicable, and pay cash to such holder in an amount equal to the excess (if any) of the Buy-In Price over the product of (A) such number of shares of Common Stock, times (B) Weighted Average Price (as defined in the Private Placement Warrant) on the trading day immediately preceding the exercise date.

 

The Company accounted for the Private Placement Warrants as liabilities as the Private Placement Warrants are not considered indexed to the entity’s own stock based on the provision of ASC 815. The Private Placement Warrants will be measured at fair value at inception and in subsequent reporting periods with changes in fair value recognized in the condensed consolidated statements.

 

The terms of the PIPE Preferred Shares are substantially the same as those of the Redeemable Convertible Preferred Shares issued under the Acquisition and were accounted for as temporary equity at the issuance date and were reclassified as equity. See Note 1D for further information. On July 15, 2024, 109,152 Redeemable Convertible Preferred Shares that were issued under the Acquisition and the March 2024 PIPE were converted into 10,915,200 shares of the Company’s Common Stock according to beneficial ownership limitations set by certain investors.

 

In connection therewith, the Company issued warrants to purchase shares of the Company’s Common Stock to the Placement Agents (the “Agents Warrants”). See Note 10B for further information.

 

The Company allocated the total consideration from the issuance of the 2024 March PIPE first to the fair value of the Private Placement Warrants and then to the PIPE Preferred Shares. The Company had transaction costs of approximately $3,317 out of which $1,273 is Stock-Based Compensation due to issuance of the Agents Warrants. The transaction costs were allocated in the same manner as the consideration. Issuance costs which were allocated to the PIPE Preferred Shares were $1,410 and deducted from Redeemable Convertible Preferred Shares, and issuance costs that were allocated to the Private Placement Warrants were $1,907 and were expensed immediately.

 

At-the-Market Sales Agreement: 

  

In December 2023, pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-3 declared effective by the SEC on January 2, 2024, the Company entered an At the Market Offering Agreement with H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC (“Wainwright”), pursuant to which the Company may issue and sell shares of Common Stock having an aggregate offering price of up to $7,500 from time to time through Wainwright. During the nine months ended September 30, 2024, the Company sold 7,518 shares of Common Stock under this agreement, at an average price of $2.71 per share, raising aggregate net proceeds of approximately $19, after deducting an aggregate commission of $1.

 

Warrants:

 

As of September 30, 2024, the Company had the following outstanding warrants to purchase Common Stock issued to stockholders:

 

Warrant   Issuance Date   Expiration
Date
  Exercise
Price
Per Share
    Number of
Shares of
Common Stock
Underlying
Warrants
 
Public Warrants   IPO (December 13, 2018)   October 28, 2024     115.00       350,000  
2021 Registered Direct Offering Warrants   SPA (July 28, 2021)   January 28, 2027     50.00       281,251  
Merger Warrants   March 15, 2024   January 28, 2027     50.00       216,650  
Private Placement Warrants   March 15, 2024   July 9, 2026     2.31       10,820,850  
Agents Warrants   March 15, 2024   July 9, 2026     2.31       952,381  
                      12,621,132  

 

  B. Stock-based Compensation:

  

On March 15, 2024, the Company issued Agents Warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 952,381 shares of the Company’s Common Stock to the Placement Agents in connection with the March 2024 PIPE. The exercise price of the Agents Warrants is $2.31 per share and they became exercisable at any time after the date of the receipt of BiomX stockholder approval, which was obtained on July 9, 2024, and will expire on July 9, 2026.

 

The Company accounted for the Agents Warrants under the scope of ASC 718-10 “Stock-Based Payment”, (“ASC 718-10”), and treated them as issuance costs of the March 2024 PIPE as the Company considers these Warrants as consideration for receipt of Private Placement Services.

 

The Company determined the fair value of the Agents Warrants using the Black-Scholes model as of March 5, 2024. The main assumptions used are as follows:

 

Underlying value of Common Stock ($)     2.31  
Exercise price ($)     2.31  
Expected volatility (%)     100.6  
Expected terms (years)     2.32  
Risk-free interest rate (%)     4.4  

 

On July 9, 2024, the Company’s stockholders approved increasing the number of shares of Common Stock under the Company’s 2019 Omnibus Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “2019 Plan”) to be equal to 15% of the total number of fully-diluted shares of Common Stock outstanding as of the approval date, or 7,800,000 shares.

 

On September 16, 2024, the Company granted 155,429 RSUs to four senior officers and one service provider. The RSUs were fully vested and issued on the grant date and are not subject to continued service to the Company. The RSUs’ fair value is the Company’s stock closing price as of the grant date, which was $0.99. As of September 30, 2024, the Company has no unvested RSUs.

 

On July 11, 2024, the Board of Directors approved the grant of 1,567,795 options to 51 employees, six senior officers and seven directors under the 2019 Plan, without consideration. Options were granted at an exercise price of $3.63 per share with a vesting period of four years. Directors and senior officers are entitled to full acceleration of their unvested options upon the occurrence of both a change in control of the Company and the end of their engagement with the Company.

 

  A summary of options granted to purchase the Company’s Common Stock under the Company’s share option plans is as follows:

 

    For the Nine Months Ended
September 30, 2024
 
    Number of
Options
    Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
    Aggregate
Intrinsic
Value
 
Outstanding at the beginning of period     528,112       5.41       72  
Granted     1,567,795       3.63          
Forfeited     (26,808 )     3.96          
Expired     (6,449 )     4.58          
Exercised    
-
     
-
         
Outstanding at the end of period     2,062,650       4.08       22  
Exercisable at the end of period     351,109       5.79          
Weighted average remaining contractual life of outstanding options – years as of September 30, 2024     8.85                  

 

Warrants:

 

As of September 30, 2024, the Company had the following outstanding compensation related warrants to purchase Common Stock:

 

Warrant   Issuance
Date
  Expiration
Date
    Exercise
Price
Per Share
    Number of
Shares of
Common Stock
Underlying
Warrants
 
Private Warrants issued to scientific founders   November 27, 2017    
-
     
-
      298  
Landlord Warrants*   March 15, 2024     January 28, 2027       50.00       25,000  
                          25,298  

 

(*) See Note 6.

 

  The following table sets forth the total stock-based payment expenses resulting from options granted, included in the statements of operations:

 

    Three Months Ended
September 30,
    Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
    2024     2023     2024     2023  
Research and development expenses, net     273       31       336       202  
General and administrative     556       164       747       439  
      829       195       1,083       641