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Stockholders Equity

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Stockholders Equity
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2024
Stockholders Equity [Abstract]  
STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY

NOTE 9 – STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY

 

A. Share Capital:

 

Private Investment in Public Equity:

 

On February 22, 2023, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement to issue and sell an aggregate of 15,997,448 shares of its Common Stock and 14,610,714 pre-funded warrants (the “Pre-Funded Warrants”) at a price of $0.245 per share and $0.244 per Pre-Funded Warrant in the PIPE. The net proceeds from the PIPE were approximately $7,152, after deducting issuance costs of $333. As of March 31, 2024, 4,778,265 Pre-Funded Warrants were exercised into 4,778,265 shares of Common Stock for total consideration of $5 at an exercise price of $0.001 per share of Common Stock.

 

On March 15, 2024, in connection with the Acquisition, the Company issued to APT’s former stockholders 9,164,968 shares of the Company’s Common Stock, 40,470 Redeemable Convertible Preferred Shares and 2,166,497 Merger Warrants. 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 108,208,500 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 $0.2311, subject to customary adjustments for stock dividends, stock splits, reclassifications and the like, will become exercisable at any time after the date of the receipt of BiomX stockholder approval and will expire within two years after the approval date. 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. See note 1D for further information.

 

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 9B 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 are 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 into 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 three months ended March 31, 2024, the Company sold 75,179 shares of Common Stock under this agreement, at an average price of $0.271 per share, raising aggregate net proceeds of approximately $19, after deducting an aggregate commission of $1.

 

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. See note 1D and 9A for further information.

 

Warrants:

 

As of March 31, 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     11.50       3,500,000  
2021 Registered Direct Offering Warrants   SPA (July 28, 2021)   January 28, 2027     5.00       2,812,501  
Pre-Funded Warrants   February 27, 2023   -     0.001       1,869,755  
Pre-Funded Warrants   May 4, 2023   -     0.001       7,962,694  
Merger Warrants   March 15, 2024   January 28, 2027     5.00       2,166,497  
Private Placement Warrants   March 15, 2024   Two years after the stockholder approval     0.2311       108,208,500  
Agents Warrants   March 15, 2024   Two years after the stockholder approval     0.2311       9,523,809  
                      136,043,756  

 

  B. Stock-based Compensation:

  

On March 15, 2024, the Company issued 9,523,809 Agents Warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 9,523,809 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 $0.2311 per share and will become exercisable at any time after the date of the receipt of BiomX stockholder approval and will expire within two years after the approval date.

 

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:

 

    Three Months Ended
March 31,
 
    2024     2023  
Underlying value of Common Stock ($)     0.23      
      -
 
Exercise price ($)     0.23      
-
 
Expected volatility (%)     100.6      
-
 
Expected terms (years)     2.32      
-
 
Risk-free interest rate (%)     4.4      
-
 

 

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

 

    For the Three Months Ended
March 31, 2024
 
    Number of
Options
    Weighted
Average
Exercise Price
    Aggregate
Intrinsic
Value
 
Outstanding at the beginning of period     5,280,711     $ 0.54     $ 72  
Granted    
-
    $
-
         
Forfeited     (87,363 )   $ 0.37          
Expired    
-
     
-
         
Exercised    
-
    $
-
         
Outstanding at the end of period     5,193,348       0.54     $ 587  
Exercisable at the end of period     3,249,620       0.57          
Weighted average remaining contractual life of outstanding options – years as of March 31, 2024     6.42                  

 

Warrants:

 

As of March 31, 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  
 
   
-
      2,974  
Landlord Warrants*   March 15, 2024   January 28, 2027     5.00       250,000  
                      252,974  

 

(*) 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
March 31,
 
    2024     2023  
Research and development expenses, net     65       87  
General and administrative     112       88  
      177       175