3. STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

Authorized Share Increase

At a special meeting held on February 25, 2021, the Company’s stockholders approved the amendment of the Company’s Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, to increase the authorized common stock from 80,000,000 shares to 160,000,000 shares.

December 2020 Public Offering and Private Placement

On December 23, 2020, the Company issued and sold 18,148,136 shares of common stock, par value $0.00001 per share, at a public offering price of $1.35 per share of common stock, prior to deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses.

In a concurrent private placement, the Company issued and sold 1,518.518 shares of Series D convertible preferred stock. The preferred shares are convertible into a number of shares of common stock equal to $13,500 divided by $1.35 (or 10,000 shares of common stock for each share of Series D preferred stock converted), and were issued at a price of $13,500 per share of Series D preferred stock. The preferred shares will only be convertible into common stock upon receipt of stockholder approval of the issuance of the underlying shares of common stock as required by Nasdaq Marketplace Rule 5635(d) at a special stockholder meeting to be called for that purpose. At a special meeting of stockholders held on February 25, 2021, the stockholders approved, in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(d), the issuance of shares of the Company’s common stock upon the conversion of the Series D preferred stock. During the quarter ended March 31, 2021, 574.0736 shares of our Series D convertible preferred stock were converted into 5,740,736 Common Stock at a rate of 1 to 10,000 shares.

The net proceeds of the offerings to the Company, after deducting the underwriting discounts and commissions, placement agency fees and estimated offering expenses payable by the Company were approximately $41.4 million.

The common stock issued in the public offering was offered by the Company pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-3, which was declared effective by the SEC on August 20, 2020.

The common stock issuable upon conversion of the Series D preferred Stock in the private placement was offered by the Company pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-3, which was declared effective by the SEC on February 1, 2021.

In accordance with the concept of ASC 820 regarding the December 2020 public offering, the Company allocated the value of the proceeds to the common stock and preferred stock utilizing a relative fair value basis. Using the Nasdaq closing trading price for our stock on December 28, 2020, the Company computed the fair value of the shares sold. The fair value of the preferred stock was estimated on a relative fair value basis. This valuation did not impact total Stockholders’ Equity of $45.0 million, but is an internal proportionate calculation allocating the gross proceeds of approximately $24.5 million to common stock and $20.5 million to preferred stock.

June 2020 Public Offering

On June 5, 2020, the Company issued and sold 14,601,628 shares of common stock, 2,789,700 pre-funded warrants exercisable for one share of our common stock at an exercise price of $0.00001 per share and 8,695,664 Series H warrants to purchase 8,695,664 shares of common stock. The public offering price of a share of common stock together with one-half of a Series H warrant to purchase one share of common stock was $1.15. The public offering price of a pre-funded warrant together with one-half of a Series H Warrant was $1.1499. The Series H warrants have an exercise price of $1.2075 per share and are exercisable for five years from the date of issuance. As of March 31, 2021, all 2,789,700 pre-funded warrants have been exercised. During the three months ended 1,005,320 series H warrants were exercised. As of March 31, 2021, a total of 1,487,695 Series H warrants have been exercised.

In accordance with the concept of ASC 820 regarding the June 2020 public offering, the Company allocated value of the proceeds to the common stock and warrants utilizing a relative fair value basis. Using the Nasdaq closing trading price for our stock on June 5, 2020, the Company computed the fair value of the shares sold. The fair value of the warrants was estimated using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model at that same date. This valuation did not impact total Stockholders' Equity of $20.0 million, but is an internal proportionate calculation allocating the gross proceeds of approximately $12.1 million to common stock and $7.9 million to warrants.

Gross offering proceeds to the Company were $20.0 million, with net proceeds to the Company of approximately $18.3 million after deducting placement agent fees and related offering expenses. The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the offering for research and development, funding clinical studies, working capital and general corporate purposes.

The common stock, pre-funded warrants and Series H warrants were offered by the Company pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-1 , which was declared effective by the SEC on June 2, 2020 and an additional registration statement filed on June 2, 2020 pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Act.

Common Stock Warrants

The following table summarizes information with regard to outstanding warrants to purchase common stock as of March 31, 2021.