NOTE 1. Organization and Basis of Presentation
General
Vaxart Biosciences, Inc. was originally incorporated in California in March 2004, under the name West Coast Biologicals, Inc. The Company changed its name to Vaxart, Inc. (“Private Vaxart”) in July 2007, and reincorporated in the state of Delaware. In February 2018, Private Vaxart completed a business combination with Aviragen Therapeutics, Inc. (“Aviragen”), pursuant to which Aviragen merged with Private Vaxart, with Private Vaxart surviving as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Aviragen (the “Merger”). Pursuant to the terms of the Merger, Aviragen changed its name to Vaxart, Inc. (together with its subsidiaries, the “Company” or “Vaxart”) and Private Vaxart changed its name to Vaxart Biosciences, Inc.
On March 20, 2019, the Company completed a registered direct offering (the “March 2019 Offering”) of 1,200,000 shares of the Company’s common stock. The total gross proceeds from the offering to the Company were $3.0 million. After deducting placement agent fees and offering expenses payable by the Company, the aggregate net proceeds received by the Company totaled $2.5 million. Pursuant to the terms of the engagement letter with the placement agents, the Company paid the placement agents aggregate fees and reimbursable costs of $320,000. In addition, the Company issued the placement agents’ designees 84,000 common stock warrants at the closing of the March 2019 Offering, each warrant entitling the holder to purchase one share of common stock for $3.125 at any time within five years of the effective date of the March 2019 Offering. The aggregate fair value of these warrants at issuance was estimated to be $100,000 (see Note 11), which was recorded in offering costs. As of December 31, 2021, the Company had received $0.2 million from the exercise of 67,825 common stock warrants issued to placement agents’ designees in the March 2019 Offering.
On April 11, 2019, the Company completed a public underwritten offering (the “April 2019 Offering”) of 925,455 shares of common stock, 8,165,455 pre-funded warrants, and warrants to purchase 10,454,546 shares of common stock (including 1,363,636 common stock warrants issued upon the exercise by the underwriters of their option to purchase such warrants). Each share of common stock with an accompanying common stock warrant was sold for $1.10, and each pre-funded warrant with an accompanying common stock warrant was sold for $1.00, with the amount paid for each accompanying common stock warrant being $0.10. Each pre-funded warrant entitled the holder to purchase one share of common stock for $0.10, was immediately exercisable, subject to certain ownership limitations, and was exercisable at any time until all the pre-funded warrants were exercised in full. Each common stock warrant entitles the holder to purchase one share of common stock for $1.10, is exercisable immediately, subject to certain ownership limitations, and will expire five years from the date of issuance.
Pursuant to the terms of an underwriting agreement, the Company paid the underwriters aggregate commissions and reimbursable costs of $750,000. In addition, the Company issued the underwriters’ designees 636,364 common stock warrants at the closing of the April 2019 Offering, each warrant entitling the holder to purchase one share of common stock for $1.375 at any time within five years of their issuance date. The aggregate fair value of these warrants at issuance was estimated to be $333,000 (see Note 11), which was recorded in offering costs.
The total gross proceeds from the April 2019 Offering to the Company were $9.3 million. After deducting underwriting discounts, commissions and offering expenses payable by the Company, the aggregate net proceeds received by the Company were $8.1 million. In addition, as of December 31, 2021, the Company had received a further $0.8 million from the exercise of all 8,165,455 pre-funded warrants, $11.5 million from the exercise of 10
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