NOTE 6 - STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY (DEFICIT)

June 2023 Registered Direct Offering and 2023 Private Placement Warrants

On July 5, 2023, the Company, closed on a Securities Purchase Agreement dated June 30, 2023 (the “Purchase Agreement”) with a single institutional investor (the “Investor”), pursuant to which the Investor agreed to purchase from the Company, in a registered direct offering (the “Registered Offering”), (i) an aggregate of 171,666 shares of the Company’s Class A Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share at a price of $16.02 per share, (ii) an aggregate of 78,021 pre-funded warrants to purchase 78,021 shares of Common Stock, at an offering price of $16.0194 per pre-funded warrant at an exercise price of $0.0006 per share, with a term of exercise of five years (collectively, the “Registered Offering Securities”). The gross proceeds to the Company from the Registered Offering and concurrent private placement described below were approximately $4,000,000 (before deducting the placement agent’s fees and other offering expenses paid by the Company in the amount of $364,997).

As additional consideration for the purchase of the Private Placement Securities, we agreed to issue to the Investors Series A Warrants to purchase 249,688 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $16.80 per share, and Series B Warrants to purchase 249,688 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $16.80 per share (collectively, the “Private Placement Warrants”). The exercise price of the Private Placement Warrants is $16.80 per share, however, is subject to adjustment 100% of the highest VWAP during the period beginning on the trading day immediately preceding a public announcement of an applicable fundamental transaction and ending within 30 trading days following the fundamental transaction.  In such event, the Investor shall have the right to receive, for each Private Placement Warrant Share that would have been issuable upon such exercise immediately prior to the occurrence of such fundamental transaction, at the option of the Investor, the number of Shares of the successor or acquiring corporation or of the Company, if it is the surviving corporation, and any additional consideration receivable as a result of such fundamental transaction by a holder of the number of Shares for which this Private Placement Warrant is exercisable.  Further, if the Company is given any choice as to the securities, cash or property to be received in a fundamental transaction, then the Investor shall be given the same choice as to the alternate consideration it receives upon any exercise of these Private Placement Warrants following such fundamental transaction. 

The net proceeds of the offering, including the fair value assigned to the Private Placement Warrants were recorded as a component of stockholders’ equity within additional paid-in-capital.

2021 Equity Incentive Plan

On October 12, 2021, after approval from the stockholders at the Company’s 2021 annual meeting of stockholders, the Company adopted the 2021 Plan for the purpose of enhancing the Company’s ability to attract and retain highly qualified directors, officers, key employees and other persons and to motivate such persons to improve the business results and earnings of the Company by providing an opportunity to acquire or increase a direct proprietary interest in the operations and future success of the Company. The 2021 Plan is administered by the compensation committee of the Board who will, amongst other duties, have full power and authority to take all actions and to make all determinations required or provided for under the 2021 Plan. Pursuant to the 2021 Plan, the Company may grant options, share appreciation rights, restricted shares, restricted share units, unrestricted shares and dividend equivalent rights. The 2021 Plan has a duration of 10 years.

Subject to adjustment as described in the 2021 Plan, the aggregate number of shares of common stock available for issuance under the 2021 Plan is initially set at 166,666 shares; this number is automatically increased each January 1st by an amount equal to 5% of the number of common stock shares outstanding at that date, resulting in an increase in available shares under the 2021 Plan at January 1, 2023 of 78,497. As of September 30, 2023, 232,101 options have been issued and remain outstanding under the 2021 Plan, and 91,559 shares remained available for issuance.

2019 Omnibus Long-Term Incentive Plan

Prior to the adoption of the 2021 Equity Incentive Plan, the Company maintained a 2019 Omnibus Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “2019 Plan”). Following the approval by the shareholders of the 2021 Plan, no additional awards have been or will be made under the 2019 Plan. As of September 30, 2023, 130,203 stock options had been issued under the 2019 Plan with terms between 5 years and 10 years, of which 60,415 remained outstanding.

Common Stock Options

A summary of the status of the Company’s options issued under the Company’s equity incentive plans is presented below. As of September 30, 2023 there is no intrinsic value in any of the Company's outstanding options as the market price of the Company's common stock is in all cases lower than the exercise price of options:

Options outstanding and exercisable by price range as of September 30, 2023, were as follows:

Common Stock Warrants - Private

A summary of the status of the Company’s private warrants is presented below:

Private warrants outstanding and exercisable by price range as of September 30, 2023, were as follows:

Common Stock Warrants - Public

A summary of the status of the Company’s Public Warrants is presented below:

Public warrants outstanding and exercisable by price range as of September 30, 2023, were as follows: