2016 Equity Incentive Plan

On June 30, 2016, the Board of Directors adopted the Company’s 2016 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2016 Plan”). The 2016 Plan became effective upon adoption by the Board of Directors on June 30, 2016.

Up to 20,000,000 shares of the Company’s Class A common stock may be issued under the 2016 Plan (subject to adjustment as described in the 2016 Plan); provided that (1) no Outside Director (as defined in the 2016 Plan) may be granted awards covering more than 250,000 shares of common stock in any year and (2) no participant shall be granted, during any one year period, options to purchase common stock and stock appreciation rights with respect to more than 4,000,000 shares of common stock in the aggregate or any other awards with respect to more than 2,500,000 shares of common stock in the aggregate. The 2016 Plan permits the grant of ISOs, non-qualified stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted awards, performance share awards and performance compensation awards to employees, directors, and consultants of the Company and its affiliates.

In connection with adoption of the 2016 Plan, the Board of Directors also approved forms of Incentive Stock Option Agreement for Employees, Non-qualified Stock Option Agreement for Employees, Non-qualified Stock Option Agreement for Non-Employee Directors, Restricted Stock Award Agreement for Employees and Restricted Stock Award Agreement for Non-Employee Directors that will be utilized by the Company to grant options and restricted shares under the 2016 Plan.

On January 29, 2019, the Company issued 909,090 shares of Class B common stock at the option exercise price of $0.11 per share to Mr. Ehrlich, the Company’s Chairman and CEO (see Note 11. Convertible Note Payable - Related Party to the condensed consolidated financial statements).

Stock Options Issued and Outstanding

The following table summarizes all stock option activity under the Company’s equity incentive plans:

Stock-Based Compensation

The Company recognized approximately $374,000 and $516,000 of total stock-based compensation costs related to equity grant awards for the six months ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively.

The $374,000 of stock-based compensation expense for the six months ended December 31, 2019 included approximately $158,000 of stock options expense and $216,000 of restricted stock awards.

During the six months ended December 31, 2019 and 2018

On September 1, 2019, the Company issued to Dr. Arthur Bertolino, the President and Chief Medical Officer of the Company,for his services rendered 1,066,667 shares of common stock, vesting 50% upon the first anniversary of the grant date and 50% upon the second anniversary of the grant date, with acceleration in certain circumstances as provided in the award agreement. The Company also issued 617,839 stock options to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock. These stock options are valued at approximately $71,000, based on the closing bid price as quoted on the OTC on August 30, 2019 at $0.132 per share. These options were issued with an exercise price of $0.132 and vest 50% upon the first anniversary of the grant date and 50% upon the second anniversary of the grant date, with acceleration as defined in award agreement, with a ten year option term. During the six months ended December 31, 2019, the Company recorded approximately $35,000 of stock-based compensation expense in connection with the foregoing equity awards, including approximately $12,000 of stock option expense and $23,000 of stock awards. On December 19, 2019, Arthur P. Bertolino resigned as President and Chief Medical Officer and as a member of the Board of Directors of the Company, effective immediately.

On September 1, 2019, the Company also issued to Ms. Jane Harness, the Senior Vice President, Clinical Sciences and Portfolio Management of the Company, 58,394 shares of the Company’s common stock, 33 1/3% vesting upon the first anniversary of the grant date, 33 1/3% upon the second anniversary of the grant date and 33 1/3% upon the third anniversary of the grant date, with acceleration in certain circumstances as provided in the award agreement. The Company also issued 172,987 options to purchase common stock. These stock options are valued at approximately $20,000, based on the closing bid price as quoted on the OTC on August 30, 2019 at $0.132 per share. These options were issued with an exercise price of $0.132 and vest 33 1/3% upon the first anniversary of the grant date, 33 1/3% upon the second anniversary of the grant date, and 33 1/3% upon the third anniversary of the grant date, with acceleration of vesting upon certain events. During the six months ended December 31, 2019, the Company recorded approximately $3,000 of stock-based compensation expense in connection with the foregoing equity awards, including approximately $2,000 of stock option expense and $1,000 of stock awards.

On September 1, 2018, the Company issued to Dr. Arthur Bertolino, the President and Chief Medical Officer of the Company, for his services rendered 1,066,667 shares of common stock, vesting 50% upon the first anniversary of the grant date and 50% upon the second anniversary of the grant date, with acceleration in certain circumstances as provided in the award agreement. The Company also issued 617,839 stock options to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock. These stock options are valued at approximately $225,000, based on the closing bid price as quoted on the OTCQB on August 31, 2018 at $0.40 per share. These options were issued with an exercise price of $0.40 per share and vest 50% upon the first anniversary of the grant date and 50% upon the second anniversary of the grant date, with acceleration as defined in award agreement, with a ten year option term. During the six months ended December 31, 2019, the Company recorded approximately $164,000 of stock-based compensation expense in connection with the foregoing equity awards, including approximately $57,000 of stock option expense and $107,000 of stock awards. During the six months ended December 31, 2018, the Company recorded approximately $26,000 of stock-based compensation expense in connection with the foregoing equity awards, including approximately $9,000 of stock option expense and $17,000 of stock awards.

On September 1, 2018, the Company also issued to Ms. Jane Harness, the Senior Vice President, Clinical Sciences and Portfolio Management of the Company, 58,394 shares of the Company’s common stock, 33 1/3% vesting upon the first anniversary of the grant date, 33 1/3% upon the second anniversary of the grant date and 33 1/3% upon the third anniversary of the grant date, with acceleration in certain circumstances as provided in the award agreement. The Company also issued 172,987 options to purchase common stock. These stock options are valued at approximately $63,000, based on the closing bid price as quoted on the OTCQB on August 31, 2018 at $0.40 per share. These options were issued with an exercise price of $0.40 per share and vest 33 1/3% upon the first anniversary of the grant date, 33 1/3% upon the second anniversary of the grant date, and 33 1/3% upon the third anniversary of the grant date, with acceleration of vesting upon certain events. During the six months ended December 31, 2019, the Company recorded approximately $14,000 of stock-based compensation expense in connection with the foregoing equity awards including approximately $11,000 of stock option expense and $3,000 of stock awards. During the six months ended December 31, 2018, the Company recorded approximately $2,000 of stock-based compensation expense in connection with the foregoing equity awards including approximately $1,000 of stock option expense and $1,000 of stock awards.

On September 1, 2017, the Company agreed to grant to Dr. Arthur Bertolino, the President and Chief Medical Officer of the Company, under the 2016 Plan (i) 1,066,667 shares of restricted stock and (ii) a ten-year option to purchase 617,839 shares of the Company’s Class A common stock at an exercise price of $0.705 per share. Both shares and options shall vest upon the earliest to occur of the following: (1) 50% upon the first anniversary of the effective date and the remaining 50% upon the second anniversary of the effective date; (2) shares of the Company’s common stock close above $3.00 per share (as may be adjusted for any stock splits or similar actions); (3) the commencement of trading of shares of the Company’s common stock on a national securities exchange; or (4) upon a change in control of the Company. The 1,066,667 shares were valued at approximately $752,000 and the 617,839 stock options valued at approximately $399,000. Both shares and options were planned to be amortized over 2 years to September 1, 2019 unless the probability of the other above vesting requirements occurring were met at an earlier date. At June 30, 2018, the Company determined that it was not probable that these accelerated vesting provisions would occur earlier than the scheduled vesting date. During the six months ended December 31, 2019, the Company recorded approximately $99,000 of stock-based compensation expense in connection with the foregoing equity awards, including approximately $34,000 of stock option expense and $65,000 of stock awards. During the six months ended December 31, 2018, the Company recorded approximately $146,000 of stock-based compensation expense in connection with the foregoing equity awards, including approximately $51,000 of stock option expense and $95,000 of stock awards.

On September 1, 2017, the Company agreed to grant to Ms. Jane Harness, the Senior Vice President, Clinical Sciences and Portfolio Management of the Company under the 2016 Plan (i) 58,394 shares of restricted stock and (ii) a ten-year option to purchase 172,987 shares of the Company’s Class A common stock at an exercise price of $0.705 per share. Both shares and options shall vest upon the earliest to occur of the following: (1) one third upon the first anniversary of the effective date, one third upon the second anniversary of the effective date, and the remaining one third upon the third anniversary of the effective date; or (2) upon a change in control of the Company. The 58,394 shares were valued at approximately $41,000 and the 172,987 stock options valued at approximately $112,000. Both shares and options were planned to be amortized over 3 years to September 1, 2020 unless the other vesting requirements are met sooner. During the six months ended December 31, 2019, the Company recorded approximately $26,000 of stock-based compensation expense in connection with the foregoing equity awards including approximately $19,000 of stock option expense and $7,000 of stock awards. During the six months ended December 31, 2018, the Company recorded approximately $13,000 of stock-based compensation expense in connection with the foregoing equity awards including approximately $10,000 of stock option expense and $3,000 of stock awards.

On September 1, 2016, the Company and Jane Harness entered into an executive employment agreement as the Company’s VP, Clinical Sciences and Project Management, effective on September 1, 2016. Commencing on September 1, 2016, the Company agreed to pay Ms. Harness an annual salary of $250,000. In addition, the Company agreed to grant to Ms. Harness under the Company 2016 Equity Incentive Plan (i) 58,394 shares of restricted stock, which shall vest upon the earliest to occur of the following: (1) one third (33 1/3 %) upon the first anniversary of the effective date, one third (33 1/3 %) upon the second anniversary of the effective date, and the remaining one third (33 1/3 %) upon the third anniversary of the effective date; or (2) upon a Change in Control (as defined in the employment agreement) of the Company. Ten-year options to purchase 172,987 shares of the Company’s common stock were also granted at an exercise price of $1.37 per share, which shall vest upon the earliest to occur of the following: (1) one third (33 1/3 %) upon the first anniversary of the effective date, and the remaining balance vesting monthly in equal portions over the following 24 months; and (2) upon a Change in Control (as defined in the employment agreement) of the Company. The 58,394 shares were valued at approximately $80,000, which were amortized over three years to September 1, 2019. The 172,987 stock options were valued at approximately $220,000 and will be exercisable for 10 years at an exercise price of $1.26 per share. They were amortized over 3 years to September 1, 2019. During the six months ended December 31, 2019, the Company recorded approximately $17,000 of stock-based compensation expense in connection with the foregoing equity awards including approximately $12,000 of stock option expense and $5,000 of stock awards. During the six months ended December 31, 2018, the Company recorded approximately $25,000 of stock-based compensation expense in connection with the foregoing equity awards including approximately $18,000 of stock option expense and $7,000 of stock awards.

During the six months ended December 31, 2019, the Company recorded approximately $9,000 of stock-based compensation expense to consultants including approximately $6,000 of stock option expense and $3,000 of stock awards. During the six months ended December 31, 2018, the Company recorded approximately $13,000 of stock-based compensation expense to consultants including approximately $10,000 of stock option expense and $3,000 of stock awards.

Purchase of Treasury Stock

On September 1, 2019, 58,394 restricted shares issued to Ms. Harness vested. The total taxable compensation to Ms. Harness for the 58,394 vested shares was approximately $1,222, based upon the closing stock price on August 31, 2019 of $0.13 a share. The Company issued 48,775 common shares (net share issuance amount), to Ms. Harness. The remaining 9,619 shares of common stock were withheld from Ms. Harness for the payment of payroll taxes to the Federal and State taxing authorities and these shares withheld are being reported by the Company as treasury stock, at cost, on the Company’s accompanying balance sheets.

On September 1, 2019, 1,066,667 restricted shares issued to Dr. Bertolino vested. The total taxable compensation to Dr. Bertolino for the 1,066,667 vested shares was approximately $53,545, based upon the closing stock price on August 30, 2019 of $0.13 a share. The Company issued 645,056 common shares (net share issuance amount), to Dr. Bertolino. The remaining 421,611 shares of common stock were withheld from Dr. Bertolino for the payment of payroll taxes to the Federal and State taxing authorities and these shares withheld are being reported by the Company as treasury stock, at cost, on the Company’s accompanying balance sheets.

On September 1, 2018, 38,930 restricted shares issued to Ms. Harness vested. The total taxable compensation to Ms. Harness for the 38,930 vested shares was approximately $3,690, based upon the closing stock price on August 31, 2018 of $0.40 a share. The Company issued 29,658 common shares (net share issuance amount), to Ms. Harness. The remaining 9,272 shares of common stock were withheld from Ms. Harness for the payment of payroll taxes to the Federal and State taxing authorities and these shares withheld are being reported by the Company as treasury stock, at cost, on the Company’s accompanying balance sheets.

On September 1, 2018, 533,334 restricted shares issued to Dr. Bertolino vested. The total taxable compensation to Dr. Bertolino for the 533,334 vested shares was approximately $87,140, based upon the closing stock price on August 31, 2018 of $0.40 a share. The Company issued 314,387 common shares (net share issuance amount), to Dr. Bertolino. The remaining 218,946 shares of common stock were withheld from Dr. Bertolino for the payment of payroll taxes to the Federal and State taxing authorities and these shares withheld are being reported by the Company as treasury stock, at cost, on the Company’s accompanying balance sheets.

There were 659,448 shares and 228,218 shares held in treasury, purchased at a total cumulative cost of $146,000 and $91,000 as of December 31, 2019 and June 30, 2019, respectively.

Restricted Stock Awards Outstanding

The following summarizes our restricted stock activity:

Scheduled vesting for outstanding restricted stock awards at December 31, 2019 is as follows:

As of December 31, 2019, there was approximately $0.3 million of net unrecognized compensation cost related to unvested restricted stock-based compensation arrangements. This compensation is recognized on a straight-line basis resulting in approximately $0.2 million of compensation expected to be expensed over the next twelve months, and the total unrecognized stock-based compensation expense having a weighted average recognition period of 1.17 years.

Exercise of options

During the six months ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, there were no stock options exercised.

Stock Warrants Outstanding

Warrants to Purchase 5% convertible preferred stock (“Series B preferred stock”)

On October 5, 2018, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (“Securities Purchase Agreement”) with one multi-family office for the sale of 2,000 shares of the Company’s newly-created Series B 5% convertible preferred stock (“Series B preferred stock”), for aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $2.0 million. Each share of preferred stock was initially sold together with three warrants: (i) a Series 1 warrant, which entitles the holder thereof to purchase 1.25 shares of preferred stock at $982.50 per share, or 2,500 shares of preferred stock in the aggregate for approximately $2.5 million in aggregate exercise price, for a period of up to nine months following issuance (later extended to 15 months following issuance), (ii) a Series 2 warrant, which entitles the holder thereof to purchase 1.25 shares of preferred stock at $982.50 per share, or 2,500 shares of preferred stock in the aggregate for approximately $2.5 million in aggregate exercise price, for a period of up to 15 months following issuance, and (iii) a Series 3 warrant, which entitles the holder thereof to purchase 1.50 shares of preferred stock at $982.50 per share, or 3,000 shares of preferred stock in the aggregate for approximately $2.9 million in aggregate exercise price, for a period of up to 24 months following issuance. On May 9, 2019, the Company entered into a warrant restructuring and additional issuance agreement (the “Issuance Agreement”) with the holders of the Series B preferred stock and warrants pursuant to which the Company issued an additional 100 shares of Series B preferred stock and Series 4 warrants to purchase an additional 2,500 shares of preferred stock, and the holders of the Series B preferred stock and warrants agreed to exercise warrants to purchase up to $2.0 million of Series B preferred stock through November 2019 subject to the conditions set forth in the Issuance Agreement. The Series 4 warrant entitles the holder thereof to purchase 2,500 shares of preferred stock at $982.50 per share for approximately $2.5 million in aggregate exercise price, for a period of up to nine months following issuance. In addition, the Company extended the termination date for the Series 1 warrants by six months, and agreed to issue one additional share of preferred stock to the Series B investors for each five shares issued upon the exercise of the existing warrants or Series 4 warrants through November 9, 2019, up to a maximum of 400 shares of preferred stock. On December 26, 2019, the Company extended the termination date for each series of warrants to December 31, 2021 (see Note 13. Equity Transactions to the condensed consolidated financial statements).

The warrants issued in connection with the Series B preferred stock are deemed to be free standing equity instruments and are recorded in permanent equity (additional paid in capital) based on a relative fair value allocation of proceeds (i.e. warrants’ relative fair value to the Series B preferred stock fair value (without the warrants)) with an offsetting discount to the Series B preferred stock.

Exercise of warrants

During the period from October 5, 2018 (date of issuance of preferred stock and warrants) to June 30, 2019, the Company issued 2,780 shares of its Series B 5% convertible preferred stock, for aggregate gross proceeds of $2.73 million, upon exercise of 2,780 warrants issued by the Company in October 2018. As of June 30, 2019, Series 1-4 warrants to purchase 7,720 shares of Series B preferred stock were outstanding.

During the six months ended December 31, 2019, the Company issued 1,192 shares of its Series B 5% convertible preferred stock, for aggregate gross proceeds of $1.2 million, upon exercise of 1,192 warrants. As of December 31, 2019, Series 1-4 warrants to purchase 6,528 shares of Series B preferred stock were outstanding. As the Company cannot be certain the remaining warrants will be exercised, there can be no assurance those funds or other funds will be available when needed (see Note 13. Equity Transactions to the condensed consolidated financial statements).

Warrants to Purchase Common Stock

On June 28, 2018, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement with Aspire Capital Fund, LLC, pursuant to which the Company agreed to sell up to $7.0 million of shares of the Company’s Class A common stock to Aspire Capital, without an underwriter or placement agent. The Company issued to Aspire Capital warrants to purchase 8,000,000 shares of its common stock exercisable for 5 years at an exercise price of $0.38 per share. The warrants were recorded within stockholders’ deficiency. The fair value of the warrants issued on June 28, 2018 was estimated on the date of issuance using the Black-Scholes-Merton Model that uses assumptions noted in the following table. The value of the warrants issued was approximately $1.7 million.

As of December 31, 2019 and June 30, 2019, 8,000,000 warrants to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock exercisable for 5 years at an exercise price of $0.38 per share were outstanding.