Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Stockholders Equity

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Stockholders Equity
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2020
Equity [Abstract]  
STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY

NOTE 12 - STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY

 

  A. Share Capital:

 

Common Stock:

 

The Company is authorized to issue 60,000,000 shares of Common Stock. Holders of the Company's Common Stock are entitled to one vote for each share. As of December 31, 2020, the Company had 23,270,337 issued shares and 23,264,637 outstanding shares of Common Stock.

 

Initial Public Offering: 

 

On December 18, 2018, the Company consummated its initial public offering ("IPO") of 7,000,000 units ("Public Units"). The Public Units sold in the IPO were sold at an offering price of $10.00 per Public Unit, generating total gross proceeds of $70,000. The Public Units each consist of one share of Common Stock and one warrant to purchase one-half of a share of Common Stock ("Public Warrant"), with every two Public Warrants entitling the holder to purchase one share of Common Stock for $11.50 per full share. 

 

Following the Recapitalization Transaction, the Company retained approximately $60,100 balance held in a trust account, after redemptions of IPO shares held by certain shareholders.

 

Simultaneous with the consummation of the IPO, the Company consummated the private placement of an aggregate of 2,900,000 warrants ("Private Placement Warrants").

 

Issuance of Share Capital:

 

During 2018 BiomX Ltd. issued an aggregate amount of 3,028,990 Preferred A Shares (pre-merger) for a total consideration of $13,000, in connection with various share purchase agreement with investors.

 

In November 2018, the Company entered into a share purchase agreement (the "November 2018 SPA") with new and existing investors (the "November 2018 Investors"). In accordance with the November 2018 SPA, the Company issued to the November 2018 Investors a total of 5,478,985 Preferred B Shares at $0.0001 nominal value (the "Preferred B Shares") for total consideration of $31,955 as follows:

 

  On November 28, 2018 and on December 11, 2018, the Company issued to the November 2018 Investors 4,964,607 and 205,750 Preferred B Shares, respectively, for total consideration of $30,155 in accordance with the November 2018 SPA.

 

  On January 8, 2019, the Company issued to the November 2018 Investors an additional 308,628 Preferred B Shares for total consideration of $1,800 in accordance with the November 2018 SPA.

 

Stock Exchange:

 

As detailed in Note 1, as part of the Recapitalization Transaction on October 28, 2019, the Company issued 15,069,058 shares of Common Stock in exchange for approximately 65% of the issued and outstanding ordinary shares and all the preferred shares of BiomX Israel. The number of shares prior to the Recapitalization Transaction has been retroactively adjusted based on the equivalent number of shares received by the accounting acquirer in the Recapitalization Transaction.

 

In addition, the Company also agreed to issue the following number of additional shares of Common Stock, in the aggregate, to stockholders on a pro rata basis, subject to the Company's achievement of the conditions specified below following the recapitalization transaction (all with respect to the Company's Common Stock traded on the NYSE American):

 

  A. 2,000,000 additional shares of the Company's Common Stock if the daily volume weighted average price of the Company's Common Stock in any 20 trading days within a 30-trading day period prior to January 1, 2022 is greater than or equal to $16.50 per share.

 

  B. 2,000,000 additional shares of the Company's Common Stock if the daily volume weighted average price of the Company's Common Stock in any 20 trading days within a 30-trading day period prior to January 1, 2024 is greater than or equal to $22.75 per share.

 

  C. 2,000,000 additional shares of the Company's Common Stock if the daily volume weighted average price of the Company's Common Stock in any 20 trading days within a 30-trading day period prior to January 1, 2026 is greater than or equal to $29.00 per share.

 

At-the-market Sales Agreement:

 

In December 2020, pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-3 declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 11, 2020, the Company entered into an Open Market Issuance Sales Agreement ("ATM Agreement") with Jefferies LLC. ("Jefferies"), which provides that, upon the terms and subject to the conditions and limitations in the ATM Agreement, the Company may elect, from time to time, to offer and sell shares of Common Stock having an aggregate offering price of up to $50,000 through Jefferies acting as sales agent. During the year ended December 31, 2020, the Company sold 10,176 shares of Common Stock under the ATM Agreement, at an average price of $6.07 per share, raising aggregate net proceeds of approximately $60, after deducting an aggregate commission of 3%. The Company recorded issuance expenses of $158.

 

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"). 

 

  B. Stock-based compensation:
     

Equity Incentive Plan:

 

In 2015, the Board of Directors of BiomX Israel approved a plan for the allocation of options to employees, service providers, and officers (the "2015 Plan"). The options represented a right to purchase one Ordinary Share of the BiomX Israel in consideration of the payment of an exercise price. Also, the options were granted in accordance with the "capital gains route" under section 102 and section 3(i) of the Israeli Income Tax Ordinance and section 409A of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code.

 

The 2015 plan was adjusted following the Recapitalization Transaction on October 28, 2019 such that each outstanding option entitles its holder to purchase one share of Common Stock of the Company. As a result, the number of options and exercise price per share were adjusted in a technical manner such that there was no change in the fair value of the awards under the adjusted 2015 Plan. The number of outstanding options and exercise prices in this Note have been restated to reflect the adjusted 2015 Plan.

 

As of December 31, 2020, there are no shares of Common Stock remaining for issuance under the 2015 Plan.

 

In 2019, the Company adopted a new incentive plan (the "2019 Plan") to grant 1,000 options, exercisable for Common Stock.

 

The aggregate number of shares of Common Stock that may be delivered pursuant to the 2019 Plan will automatically increase on January 1 of each year, commencing on January 1, 2020 and ending on (and including) January 1, 2029, in an amount equal to four percent (4%) of the total number of shares of Common Stock outstanding on December 31 of the preceding calendar year.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board may act prior to January 1 of a given year to provide that there will be no January 1 increase for such year or that the increase for such year will be a lesser number of shares of Common Stock than provided herein.

 

As of December 31, 2020, there were 60,041 shares of Common Stock remaining for issuance under the 2019 plan. On January 1, 2021, the number of shares of Common Stock available to grant under the 2019 Plan was increased by 930,813.

 

Stock Options:

 

During 2019, the Board approved the grant of 704,669 options to 22 employees and 79,630 options to two consultants, without consideration. 527,716 of the options granted are to the executive officers of the Company. These options were granted under the 2015 Plan.

 

During 2019, 74,581 of these options were exercised to purchase shares of Common Stock at an average exercise price of $1.34 per share.

 

Certain senior employees and directors 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.

 

On March 25, 2020, the Board approved the grant of 814,700 options without consideration to 65 employees, one consultant, four senior officers (one of whom is also a consultant), and six directors under the 2019 Plan. These options were granted at an exercise price of $6.21 per share with vesting periods ranging from three to 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.

 

On May 5, 2020, the Board approved the grant of 79,000 options without consideration to four employees under the 2019 Plan. These options were granted at an exercise price of $5.59 per share with a vesting period of four years.

 

On October 2, 2020, the Board of Directors approved the grant of 32,000 options without consideration to two directors under the 2019 Plan. These options were granted at an exercise price of $6.44 per share with a vesting period of four years. Directors 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.

 

The fair value of each option was estimated as of the date of grant or reporting period using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model using the following assumptions:

 

    2020     2019  
             
Underlying value of Common Stock ($)     5.59-6.44        1.7-10  
Exercise price ($)     5.59-6.44        1.7-10  
Expected volatility (%)     85.0       93.1  
Term of the option (years)     6.11       6.11  
Risk-free interest rate (%)     0.39-0.68        2.23  

 

The cost of the benefit embodied in the options granted in 2020 and 2019 based on their fair value as at the grant date, is estimated to be $3,752 and $1,395, respectively. These amounts will be recognized in statements of operations over the vesting period.

 

  (1) A summary of options granted to purchase the Company's Common Stock under the Company's stock option plans are as follows:

 

    For year ended
December 31, 2020
 
    Number of
Options
    Weighted
average
exercise
price
    Aggregate
intrinsic
value
 
                   
Outstanding at the beginning of period     3,143,802     $ 1.61     $ 25,733  
Granted     925,700       6.17          
Forfeited     (108,110 )     4.66          
Exercised     (391,626 )   $ 0.79          
Outstanding at the end of period     3,569,766     $ 3.12     $ 12,338  
Vested at end of period     2,334,037                  
Weighted average remaining contractual life – years as of December 31, 2020     7.62                  

 

    For year ended
December 31, 2019
 
    Number of
Options
    Weighted
average
exercise
price
    Aggregate
intrinsic
value
 
                   
Outstanding at the beginning of period     2,571,137     $ 1.34     $ 1,793  
Granted     784,329       2.03          
Forfeited     (137,083 )     1.90          
Exercised     (74,581 )     1.34          
Outstanding at the end of period     3,143,802     $ 1.61     $ 25,733  
Vested at end of period     1,482,098                  
Weighted average remaining contractual life – years as of December 31, 2019     7.88                  

 

Warrants:

 

As of December 31, 2020, and 2019, the Company had the following outstanding warrants to purchase Common Stock as follows:

 

Warrant   Issuance Date   Expiration Date   Exercise
Price
Per Share
(USD)
    Number of
Shares of
Common Stock
Underlying
Warrants
 
Private Warrants issued to Yeda (see 1 below)   May 11, 2017   May 11, 2025     (* )     354,829  
Private Warrants issued to Founders (see 2 below)   November 27, 2017         -       10,589  
Private Placement Warrants (see 3 below)   IPO
(December 13, 2018)
  December 13, 2023     11.50       2,900,000  
Public Warrants (see 4 below)   IPO
(December 13, 2018)
  October 28, 2024     11.50       3,500,000  
                      6,765,418  

 

(*) less than $0.001.

 

  1.

In May 2017, in accordance with the 2017 License Agreement (see also Note 11C), the Company issued to Yeda, 591,382 warrants to purchase Common Stock at $0.0001 nominal value, for nominal consideration. Yeda has the option to exercise the warrants on a cashless basis. In 2020, the 2017 License Agreement was terminated.

 

For the year ended December 31, 2020, the Company recorded expense of $233. For the year ended December 31, 2019, the Company recorded income of $241. Expenses and income are included in R&D expenses, net in the consolidated statements of operations. See note 18B regarding the exercise of warrants.

 

236,552 warrants were fully vested and exercisable on the date of their issuance. The remainder of the warrants will vest and become exercisable subject to achievement of certain milestones specified in the agreement as follows:

 

  a. 177,414 upon the filing of a patent application covering any Discovered Target or a Product (both as defined in the 2017 License Agreement). In 2020 the warrants were cancelled following termination of the 2017 License Agreement, 

 

  b. 118,277 upon achievement of the earlier of the following milestone by the Company: 

 

  (i) execution of an agreement with a pharmaceutical company with respect to the commercialization of any of the Company's licensed technology or the Consulting IP or a Product (both defined in the 2017 License Agreement) or

 

  (ii)

the filing of a patent application covering any Discovered Target (as defined in the 2017 License Agreement) or a Product.

 

In the case of termination of the 2017 License Agreement after the second anniversary thereof, and provided that none of the aforementioned milestones has been attained prior to such termination, the warrants will vest upon such termination.

 

As of December 31, 2020, 118,277 warrants were vested as the 2017 License Agreement was terminated after the second anniversary with no milestone have been attained.

 

  c. 59,139 upon completion of a Phase 1 clinical trial in respect of a Product (as defined in the 2017 License Agreement). In 2020 the warrants were cancelled following the termination of the 2017 License Agreement.

 

  2. In November 2017, BiomX Israel issued 7,615 warrants to Yeda and 2,974 warrants to its founders. All the warrants were fully vested at their grant date and will expire immediately prior to a consummation of an M&A transaction. The warrants did not expire as a result of the Recapitalization Transaction and have no exercise price. No compensation expenses were recorded in the financial statements during 2020 and 2019.

 

  3. The Private Placement Warrants are identical to the Public Warrants underlying the Units sold in the IPO except that the Private Placement Warrants are exercisable for cash (even if a registration statement covering the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of such warrants is not effective) or on a cashless basis, at the holder's option, and will not be redeemable by the Company, in each case, so long as they are held by the initial purchasers or their permitted transferees. If the Private Placement Warrants are held by someone other than the initial purchasers or their permitted transferees, the Private Placement Warrants will be redeemable by the Company and exercisable by such holders on the same basis as the Public Warrants. The Company filed a Registration Statement on Form S-1 for the resale of shares underlying the warrants on December 13, 2019, which was declared effective on January 3, 2020. Such Registration Statement was converted to Form S-3 in December 2020.

 

  4.

The Public Warrants became exercisable upon the closing of the Recapitalization Transaction. No fractional shares will be issued upon exercise of the Public Warrants. Therefore, Public Warrants must be exercised in multiples of two warrants. The Public Warrants will expire five years after the completion of the Recapitalization Transaction or earlier upon redemption or liquidation. The Company filed a Registration Statement on Form S-1 for the resale of shares underlying the warrants on December 13, 2019, which was declared effective on January 3, 2020. Such Registration Statement was converted to Form S-3 in December 2020. 

 

The Company may redeem the Public Warrants:

 

  in whole and not in part;
     
  at a price of $0.01 per warrant;
     
  at any time during the exercise period;
     
  upon a minimum of 30 days' prior written notice of redemption;
     
  if, and only if, the last sale price of the Company's Common Stock equals or exceeds $16.00 per share for any 20 trading days within a 30-trading day period ending on the third business day prior to the date on which the Company sends the notice of redemption to the warrant holders; and
     
  if, and only if, there is a current registration statement in effect with respect to the shares of Common Stock underlying such warrants at the time of redemption and for the entire 30-day trading period referred to above and continuing each day thereafter until the date of redemption.

 

If the Company calls the Public Warrants for redemption, management will have the option to require all holders that wish to exercise the Public Warrants to do so on a "cashless basis," as described in the warrant agreement. The exercise price and number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants may be adjusted in certain circumstances including in the event of a stock dividend, or recapitalization, reorganization, merger or consolidation. However, the warrants will not be adjusted for issuance of Common Stock at a price below their exercise price. Additionally, in no event will the Company be required to net cash settle the warrants.

 

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

 

    Year ended
December 31,
 
    2020     2019  
             
Research and development expenses, net     1,815       450  
General and administrative     1,075       488  
      2,890       938  

 

The Company recognized stock-based compensation expenses in connection with options granted to executive officers of the Company in the amount of $1,384 and $732 for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

 

The total unrecognized compensation expense was $2,657 and $2,308 as of December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively. These expenses will be recognized over a period of approximately 2 years.