Preferred Stock
The Company is currently authorized to issue up to 10 million shares of preferred stock, $0.0001, par value per share. There were no shares of preferred stock outstanding at September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020.
Common Stock
As of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the Company was authorized to issue 300,000,000 and 150,000,000 shares, respectively, of its common stock, $0.0001 par value per share, and 138,313,817 and 104,902,888 shares of common stock were outstanding as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively. On May 27, 2021, the Company’s stockholders approved an amendment to the Company’s certificate of incorporation which increased the number of shares of common stock that the Company is authorized to issue from 150,000,000 to 300,000,000. After giving effect to the 16,828,915 shares reserved for outstanding warrants and awards issued or reserved for future issuance under the Company’s equity incentive plans, as of September 30, 2021 there were 144,641,489 shares of common stock available for issuance.
On August 5, 2020, the Company entered into an open market sale agreement (as amended from time to time, the “Sale Agreement”) with Jefferies LLC (“Jefferies”), pursuant to which the Company could offer and sell, from time to time, at its option, through or to Jefferies, up to an aggregate of $50 million of shares of the Company’s common stock. On November 5, 2020 and February 3, 2021, the Company and Jefferies amended the Sale Agreement to provide for increases in the aggregate offering amount under the Sale Agreement such that the Company could sell shares having an aggregate offering price of up to $105.4 million under the Sale Agreement, as amended. During the nine months ended September 30, 2021, the Company issued and sold 27,805,198 shares of common stock under the 2020 Sale Agreement and received net proceeds of $60.4 million. The Sale Agreement was terminated on August 31, 2021.
Sec.gov On September 3, 2021, the Company entered into a distribution agreement with Raymond James & Associates, Inc., as agent (“Agent”), pursuant to which the Company may offer and sell, from time to time, at its option, through or to the Agent, up to an aggregate of $50 million of shares of the Company’s common stock (the “Distribution Agreement”). The Company currently intends to use any net proceeds from the sale of its common stock under the Distribution Agreement for general corporate purposes, including procurement of raw materials, source plasma, supply chain initiatives and production expenditures, funding expansion of plasma centers, working capital, capital expenditures, expansion and resources for commercialization activities, and other potential research and development and business opportunities. During the nine months ended September 30, 2021, the Company issued 5,540,831 shares of its common stock under the Distribution Agreement and received net proceeds of $6.9 million.
On February 11, 2020, the Company completed an underwritten public offering of 23,500,000 shares of its common stock for gross proceeds of $82.3 million. On February 21, 2020, the Company sold an additional 3,525,000 shares pursuant to the underwriters’ exercise of their option to purchase additional shares of the Company’s common stock for additional gross proceeds of $12.3 million. The Company received net proceeds, after underwriting discounts and other expenses associated with the offering, of approximately $88.7 million.
Warrants
At September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the Company had outstanding warrants to purchase an aggregate of 4,528,160 shares of common stock, with a weighted average exercise price of $2.82 per share and expiration dates ranging between June 2022 and December 2030.