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9. Stockholders’ Equity Issuances of Common Stock - On August 3, 2023, the Company entered into a placement agency agreement with Roth Capital Partners, LLC relating to a best efforts public offering of an aggregate of 3,500,000 shares of its common stock, together with warrants to purchase up to 3,500,000 shares of its common stock (the “2023 Warrants”), for gross proceeds of approximately $2.1 million (the “2023 Public Offering”). The 2023 Public Offering was made pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-1, as amended (File No. 333-272879), which was declared effective by the SEC on August 2, 2023. The 2023 Public Offering closed on August 7, 2023. The net proceeds from the offering, after deducting the placement agent’s fees and expenses and the Company’s offering expenses, and excluding the proceeds, if any, from the exercise of the warrants issued in the offering, were approximately $1.7 million. On March 25, 2024, the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement with a certain institutional and accredited investor pursuant to which the Company agreed to sell, in a registered direct offering, an aggregate of 75,000 shares of its common stock for gross proceeds of approximately $0.3 million under the base prospectus contained in the 2022 Shelf Registration Statement and a related prospectus supplement filed with the SEC on March 27, 2024 (the “March 2024 Registered Direct Offering”). In a concurrent private placement, the Company also agreed pursuant to the securities purchase agreement to issue to such investor warrants to purchase up to 75,000 shares of its common stock at an exercise price of $3.865 per share (the “March 2024 Private Placement”). The March 2024 Registered Direct Offering and the March 2024 Private Placement closed on March 27, 2024. The net proceeds from the offerings, after deducting the placement agent’s fees and expenses and the Company’s offering expenses, and excluding the proceeds, if any, from the exercise of the warrants issued in the offerings, were approximately $0.2 million. On April 4, 2024, the Company entered into the At The Market Offering Agreement with Wainwright, as sales agent, pursuant to which the Company may offer and sell, from time to time, through Wainwright, shares of its common stock. Under the At The Market Offering Agreement, Wainwright may sell shares by any method deemed to be an “at the market” offering as defined in Rule 415 under the Securities Act, as amended, or any other method permitted by law, including in privately negotiated transactions. The Company or Wainwright may suspend or terminate the offering of shares upon notice to the other party and subject to other conditions. The Company will pay Wainwright a commission of 3.0% of the aggregate gross proceeds from each sale of shares under the At The Market Offering Agreement and have agreed to provide Wainwright with customary indemnification and contribution rights. The Company has also agreed to reimburse Wainwright for certain specified expenses. The Company is subject to certain restrictions on its ability to offer and sell shares of its common stock under the At The Market Offering Agreement. On April 4, 2024, in connection with the execution of the At The Market Offering Agreement, the Company filed with the SEC a prospectus supplement (the “Initial ATM Prospectus Supplement”) to the base prospectus contained in the 2022 Shelf Registration Statement, which Initial ATM Prospectus Supplement related to the offering of up to $2.0 million of shares of the Company’s common stock under the At The Market Offering Agreement. Subsequent to entering into the Offering Agreement, the Company offered and sold 436,511 shares of common stock for gross proceeds of approximately $2.0 million and terminated the offering under the Initial ATM Prospectus Supplement on April 19, 2024. The net proceeds from such offering, after deducting commissions and its offering expenses, were approximately $1.8 million. On April 18, 2024, the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement with certain institutional and accredited investors pursuant to which the Company agreed to sell, in a registered direct offering, an aggregate of 375,000 shares of its common stock for gross proceeds of approximately $1.2 million under the base prospectus contained in the 2022 Shelf Registration Statement and a related prospectus supplement filed with the SEC on April 19, 2024 (the “April 2024 Registered Direct Offering”). In a concurrent private placement, the Company also agreed pursuant to the securities purchase agreement to issue to such investors warrants to purchase up to 375,000 shares of its common stock at an exercise price of $3.10 per share (the “April 2024 Private Placement”). The April 2024 Registered Direct Offering and the April 2024 Private Placement closed on April 19, 2024. The net proceeds from the offerings, after deducting the placement agent’s fees and expenses and the Company’s offering expenses, and excluding the proceeds, if any, from the exercise of the warrants issued in the offerings, were approximately $0.9 million. On April 19, 2024, the Company determined to increase the number of shares available for sale under the At The Market Offering Agreement, up to an additional aggregate offering price of approximately $1.1 million, which shares are being offered and sold pursuant to the 2022 Shelf Registration Statement and a prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus filed with the SEC on April 19, 2024 (the “Subsequent ATM Prospectus Supplement”). As of June 30, 2024, the Company has offered and sold 334,929 shares of common stock under the Subsequent ATM Prospectus Supplement for gross proceeds of approximately $1.1 million. The net proceeds from such offering, after deducting commissions and the Company’s offering expenses, were approximately $1.0 million. On June 3, 2024, the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement with a certain institutional and accredited investor pursuant to which the Company agreed to sell, in a private placement, an aggregate of (i) 180,000 shares of its common stock, (ii) pre-funded warrants to purchase up to 1,629,955 shares of its common stock at an exercise price of $0.001 per share, (iii) series A warrants to purchase up to 1,809,955 shares of its common stock at an exercise price of $2.00 per share and (iv) series B warrants to purchase up to 1,809,955 shares of its common stock at an exercise price of $2.00 per share for gross proceeds of approximately $4.0 million (the “June 2024 PIPE”). The June 2024 PIPE closed on June 5, 2024. The net proceeds from the offering, after deducting the placement agent’s fees and expenses and the Company’s offering expenses, and excluding the proceeds, if any, from the exercises of the warrants issued in the offering, were approximately $3.3 million. Stockholders’ Equity totaled $1.3 million as of June 30, 2024 compared to $0.4 million as of December 31, 2023. There were 2,283,190 shares of common stock issued and outstanding as of June 30, 2024. There were no shares of preferred stock issued and outstanding as of June 30, 2024.
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