Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity
Item
5.
Market for the Registrant’s
Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.
Market
Information
Our
common stock trades on the NASDAQ Capital Market under the symbol “ANIX”.
Holders
As
of January 12, 2024, the approximate number of record holders of our common stock was 312 and the closing price of our common
stock was $4.39 per share.
Securities
Authorized for Issuance Under Equity Compensation Plans
The
following is information as of October 31, 2023 about shares of our common stock that may be issued upon the exercise of options, warrants
and rights under all equity compensation plans in effect as of that date, including our 2010 Share Incentive Plan and our 2018 Share
Incentive Plan. See Note 4 to our Consolidated Financial Statements for more information on these plans.
Plan category
Number
of securities to be issued upon exercise of outstanding options, warrants and rights
(a)
Weighted
average exercise price of outstanding options, warrants and rights
Number
of securities remaining available for future issuance under equity compensation plans (excluding securities reflected in column (a))
Equity compensation plans not approved
by security holders (1)
1,189,000
$ 2.94
-
Equity compensation plans approved by security
holders (2)
10,241,000
$ 3.67
750,000
(1)
On
July 14, 2010, the Board adopted the 2010 Share Incentive Plan. Officers, key employees and non-employee directors of, and consultants
to, the Company or any of its subsidiaries and affiliates were eligible to participate in the 2010 Share Incentive Plan. The 2010
Share Incentive Plan provided for the grant of stock options, stock appreciation rights, stock awards, and performance awards and
stock units. The 2010 Share Incentive Plan terminated with respect to additional grants on July 14, 2020.
(2)
The
2018 Share Incentive Plan was adopted by the Board on January 25, 2018 and approved by our shareholders on March 29, 2018. Officers,
key employees and non-employee directors of, and consultants to, the Company or any of its subsidiaries and affiliates are eligible
to participate in the 2018 Share Incentive Plan. The 2018 Share Incentive Plan provides for the grant of incentive stock options,
nonqualified stock options, stock appreciation rights, stock awards, performance awards and stock units (the “2018 Benefits”).
The maximum number of shares of common stock available for issuance under the 2018 Share Incentive Plan was initially 5,000,000 shares.
Additionally, commencing on the first business day in January 2019 and on the first business day of each calendar year thereafter,
the maximum aggregate number of shares available for issuance shall be replenished such that, as of such first business day, the
maximum aggregate number of shares available for issuance shall be 2,000,000 shares. The 2018 Share Incentive Plan is administered
by the Compensation Committee, which determines the option price, term and provisions of the 2018 Benefits. The 2018 Share Incentive
Plan terminates with respect to additional grants on March 28, 2028. The Board may amend, suspend or terminate the 2018 Share Incentive
Plan at any time, subject in certain respects to obtaining shareholder approval.
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Dividend
Policy
No
cash dividends have been paid on our common stock since our inception. We have no present intention to pay any cash dividends in the
foreseeable future.
Recent
Sales of Unregistered Securities
During
the three months ended October 31, 2023, the Company issued an aggregate of 6,756 unregistered shares of our common stock to a company
in payment of investor relations services. The common stock was issued in reliance on an exemption from registration under Section 4(a)(2)
of the Securities Act as they were issued in a private transaction to investors, without a view to distribution, and were not issued
through any general solicitation or advertisement.
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