Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity
Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters, and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
Market Information, Holders, and Dividends
Our common stock is principally traded on The Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol ASTC. We have never paid cash dividends and have no intention of paying dividends in the future.
We have 50,000,000 shares of common stock authorized for issuance. As of September 13, 2021, we had 49,450,558 shares of common stock outstanding, which were held by approximately 19,000 holders. The last reported sale price of our common stock as reported by The Nasdaq Capital Market on September 13, 2021 was $1.05 per share.
On May 26, 2021, the stockholders of the Company approved an amendment to the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation increasing the authorized number of shares of the Company’s common stock to 250,000,000 (the “2021 Certificate Amendment”). Pursuant to an agreement in connection with the Stein Action, the Company will not file the amendment until it is established in the Section 205 action that the 2020 Certificate amendment was valid.
Sales of Unregistered Securities
On October 21, 2020, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement with certain purchasers named therein, pursuant to which the Company agreed to issue and sell 7,826,086 shares (the “Public Offering Shares”) of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”), at an offering price of $2.30 per share (the “Public Offering”). The Public Offering resulted in gross proceeds of approximately $18.0 million before deducting the placement agent’s fees and related offering expenses. The Public Offering Shares were offered by the Company pursuant to the registration statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-239705), and each amendment thereto, which was declared effective by the SEC on October 21, 2020, and an additional registration statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-249582) filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, that became effective automatically on October 21, 2020. The Public Offering closed on October 23, 2020. In connection with the Public Offering, the Company also issued to the placement agent, or its designees, warrants (the “Warrants No. 1”) to purchase up to 469,565 shares of Common Stock, which represents 6.0% of the Public Offering Shares sold in the Public Offering. The Placement Agent’s Warrants No. 1 have an exercise price of $2.875 per share, which represents 125% of the per share offering price of the Public Offering Shares, and a termination date of October 21, 2025. The Placement Agent’s Warrants No. 1 had a fair value per share of $2.01 as of the date of issuance.
On October 28, 2020, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement with certain purchasers named therein, pursuant to which the Company agreed to issue and sell, in a registered direct offering (the “October Registered Offering”), 2,887,906 shares (the “October Registered Offering Shares”) of the Company’s Common Stock, at an offering price of $2.15 per share. The October Registered Offering resulted in gross proceeds of approximately $6.2 million before deducting the placement agent’s fees and related offering expenses. The October Registered Offering Shares were offered by the Company pursuant to a prospectus supplement to the Company’s effective shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-226060), which was initially filed with the SEC on July 3, 2018, and was declared effective on August 20, 2018. The October Registered Offering closed on October 30, 2020. In connection with the October Registered Offering, the Company also issued to the placement agent, or its designees, warrants (the “Warrants No. 2”) to purchase up to 173,274 shares of Common Stock, which represents 6.0% of the October Registered Offering Shares sold in the October Registered Offering. The Placement Agent’s Warrants No. 2 have an exercise price of $2.6875 per share, which represents 125% of the per share offering price of the October Registered Offering Shares, and a termination date of October 28, 2025. The Placement Agent’s Warrants No. 2 had a fair value per share of $1.80 as of the date of issuance.
On February 11, 2021, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement with certain purchasers named therein, pursuant to which the Company agreed to issue and sell, in a registered direct offering (the “February Registered Offering”), 2,845,535 shares (the “February Registered Offering Shares”) of the Company’s Common Stock at an offering price of $3.25 per share. The February Registered Offering resulted in gross proceeds of approximately $9.25 million before deducting the placement agent’s fees and related offering expenses. The February Registered Offering Shares were offered by the Company pursuant to a prospectus supplement to the Company’s effective shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-226060), which was initially filed with the SEC on July 3, 2018, and was declared effective on August
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20, 2018. The February Registered Offering closed on February 16, 2021. In connection with the February Registered Offering, the Company also issued to the placement agent, or its designees, warrants (the “Warrants No. 3 ”) to purchase up to 170,732 shares of Common Stock, which represents 6.0% of the Shares sold in the February Registered Offering. The Placement Agent’s Warrants No. 3 have an exercise price of $4.0625 per share, which represents 125% of the per share offering price of the February Registered Offering Shares and a termination date of February 11, 2026. The Placement Agent’s Warrants No. 3 had a fair value per share of $2.94 as of the date of issuance.
On April 7, 2021, the Company entered into an amended and restated underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC (“Wainwright”) to issue and sell, in an underwritten, firm-commitment public offering (the “Offering”), 21,639,851 shares of the Company’s Common Stock. The offering price to the public in the Offering was $1.50 per share of Common Stock and Wainwright agreed to purchase the shares from the Company pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement at a price of $1.395 per share, representing an underwriting discount of seven percent (7.0%). Pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, the Company also granted Wainwright an option to purchase, for a period of 30 days from the date of the Underwriting Agreement, up to an additional 3,245,977 shares of Common Stock. On April 12, 2021, Wainwright exercised the option in full. The Offering resulted in aggregate gross proceeds, including the option exercise, of approximately $37.3 million, before deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses. Pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, the Company issued warrants (the “Underwriter Warrants”) to Wainwright (in its capacity as the underwriter of the Offering) or its designees to purchase shares of Common Stock in an amount equal to 6.0% of the aggregate number of shares sold in the Offering, or 1,493,150 shares of Common Stock in the aggregate, at an exercise price of $1.875 per share , which represents 125% of the per share offering price of the shares and a termination date of April 7, 2026. The Underwriter Warrants had a fair value per share of $1.20 as of the date of issuance.
The Warrants No. 1, Warrants No. 2, Warrants No. 3, Underwriter Warrants and the shares of Common Stock underlying these collective warrants have not been registered under the Securities Act and were issued in reliance on an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act afforded by Section 4(a)(2) thereof.
The holders of the warrants have agreed with the Company that they will not exercise the warrants until such time as the 2021 Certificate Amendment is accepted for filing with the state of Delaware.
The Company intends to use the net proceeds of the above offerings for general corporate purposes, working capital, and capital expenditures.
Item 6. Selected Financial Data
The information called for under this item is not applicable to smaller reporting companies.
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