Note 12 - Share Capital |
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Share capital |
12.
Share capital
The Company has authorized share capital of an unlimited number of common voting shares.
(a)
Equity issuances:
(i)
2022 At-The-Market Facility ("ATM")
On December 9, 2022, the Company entered into an equity distribution agreement pursuant to which the Company may, from time to time, sell Common Shares having an aggregate offering value of up to $50 million through Jones Trading Institutional Services LLC ("Jones Trading") on Nasdaq (the "2022 ATM Facility"). During the current year up to May 30, 2024, the date on which the Company terminated the 2022 ATM Facility, the Company issued 2,717 Common Shares under this 2022 ATM Facility at an average price of $36.60 per share for gross proceeds of $100 thousand (net of $121 thousand of share issuance costs). On May 30, 2024, the Company terminated the 2022 At-The-Market Facility. From inception to May 30, 2024, the date the Company terminated the 2022 ATM Facility, the Company raised a total of $2.0 million of gross proceeds ($2.0 million, net of share issuance costs) under the 2022 ATM Facility. Costs associated with the proceeds consisted of a 3% cash commission.
(ii)
2023 Committed Equity Facility
On May 25, 2023, the Company and Keystone Capital Partners, LLC ("Keystone") entered into a committed equity facility, (the "2023 Committed Equity Facility"), which provides that subject to the terms and conditions set forth therein, we may sell to Keystone up to the lesser of (i) $25.0 million of the Common Shares and (ii) a number of Common Shares equal to 19.99% of the Common Shares outstanding immediately prior to the execution of the 2023 Committed Equity Facility Agreement. with Keystone which respect to the 2023 Committed Equity Facility (subject to certain exceptions) (the “Total Commitment”), from time to time during the 24-month term of the 2023 Committed Equity Facility. Additionally, on May 25, 2023, the Company entered into a Registration Rights Agreement with Keystone, pursuant to which the Company agreed to file a registration statement with the SEC covering the resale of Common Shares that are issued to Keystone under the 2023 Committed Equity Facility. This registration statement became effective on June 30, 2023 and the 2023 Committed Equity Facility commencement date was July 12, 2023 (the "Commencement Date"). Upon entering into the 2023 Committed Equity Facility, the Company agreed to issue to Keystone an aggregate of 838 Common Shares (the “Commitment Shares”) as consideration for Keystone’s commitment to purchase Common Shares upon the Company’s direction under the 2023 Committed Equity Facility. The Company issued 251 Common Shares, or 30% of the Commitment Shares, on the date of the 2023 Committed Equity Facility Agreement. An additional 251 Common Shares, or 30% of the Commitment Shares, were issued to Keystone in October 2023. During the year ended December 31, 2023, the Company's issuance of Common Shares to Keystone comprised 24,016 Common Shares sold to Keystone at an average price of $87.30 per Common Share for cash proceeds of $2.1 million and 483 Commitment Shares. During the year ended December 31, 2024, the Company issued 17,003 Common Shares to Keystone at an average price of $40.80 per Common Share for cash proceeds of $694 thousand and 329 Commitment Shares of $23 thousand. The Company recognized $82 thousand of financing costs associated with professional fees. Since May 25, 2023 to April 2024, the time the Committed Equity Facility was terminated, the Company's issuance of Common Shares to Keystone comprised of an aggregate of 41,019 Common Shares at an average price of $68.10 per Common Share for aggregate gross cash proceeds of $2.8 million and 838 Commitment Shares. From May 25, 2023 to the termination of the Committed Equity Facility, the Company recognized $168 thousand of financing costs associated with professional fees. In April 2024, the Company's issuances of Common Shares to Keystone reached the Total Commitment of the Committed Equity Facility, i.e. 19.99% of the Common Shares outstanding immediately prior to the execution of the 2023 Committed Equity Facility Agreement.
(iii)
Hanmi 2023 Investment
On August 10, 2023, the Company entered into a binding term sheet with Hanmi whereby Hanmi agreed at their sole discretion to invest, up to a maximum of $7 million in Aptose up to a total ownership of 19.99% of Aptose by Hanmi. On September 6, 2023, the Company entered into a subscription agreement with Hanmi, pursuant to which the Company agreed to sell 22,281 Common Shares to Hanmi for proceeds of $3 million. See also (iv) Hanmi Private Placement, below for December 31, 2024.
(iv)
January 2024 Public Offering and Hanmi Private Placement
January 2024 Public Offering On January 30, 2024, the Company completed a public offering (the “January 2024 Public Offering”) of 188,304 Common Shares (including 24,561 Common Shares issued pursuant to a full exercise by the underwriter, Newbridge Securities Corporation (“Newbridge”), of its over-allotment option at a purchase price of $51.30 per Common Share), for aggregate gross proceeds of $9.7 million, less cash transaction costs of $1.6 million. The Company also issued share purchase warrants underlying a total of 188,174 Common Shares to each investor who participated in the January 2024 Public Offering (the “January 2024 Investor Warrants”). Each January 2024 Investor Warrant has an exercise price of $51.30 per share and was exercisable immediately upon issuance. The January 2024 Investor Warrants will expire January 30, 2029. Also in connection with the January 2024 Public Offering, the Company issued share purchase warrants underlying a total of 18,084 Common Shares to Newbridge as compensation payable thereto, with each warrant having an exercise price of $64.13 per share and being exercisable beginning on July 30, 2025 and recorded as additional transaction costs, with a reduction to Common shares and a corresponding increase to Additional paid-in capital. Hanmi Private Placement Concurrently with the January 2024 Public Offering, dated January 31, 2024, the Company completed a private placement with Hanmi (the “Hanmi Private Placement”) of 70,175 Common Shares at a price of $57.00 per Common Share, representing an 11% premium over the price of the Common Shares issued as part of the January 2024 Public Offering, for gross proceeds of $4.0 million, less cash transaction costs of $0.3 million. As part of the January 2024 Private Placement, the Company issued to Hanmi share purchase warrants underlying 77,972 of our Common Shares (the “Hanmi Warrants”). Each Hanmi Warrant has an exercise price of $51.30 per share and were exercisable immediately upon issuance. The Hanmi Warrants will expire on January 31, 2029. On February 29, 2024, the Company received a deficiency letter (the “February Deficiency Letter”) from the Nasdaq Listing Qualifications Department of Nasdaq notifying the Company that the Company’s Private Placement violated Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(d) because the Company did not obtain shareholder approval prior to such issuance. Nasdaq stated that the Private Placement involved the issuance of greater than 20% of the issued and outstanding Common Shares of the Company at a discount to the Nasdaq official closing price on January 25, 2024, the date of the subscription agreement between the Company and Hanmi. The February Deficiency Letter had no immediate effect on the listing of the Company’s Common Shares. In accordance with the Nasdaq Listing Rules, the Company was given 45 calendar days to submit a plan to regain compliance. The approval of the potential issuance of Common Shares in connection with the Hanmi investment, which would exceed 19.99% of the Corporation’s outstanding shares as of the closing date of the Hanmi investment, as required by Nasdaq listing rules, was approved at the June 2024 Annual and General meeting. In response to a Deficiency Letter from Nasdaq received on February 29, 2024 regarding the private placement with Hanmi and the resulting claimed violation of Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(d), the Company submitted a plan to regain compliance on April 15, 2024. On April 25, 2024, the Company received a letter from the Listing Qualifications Department (the “Staff”) of Nasdaq notifying the Company of the Staff’s determination that the Company had regained compliance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(d) and the Staff has determined that the matter is now closed. Pursuant to the Company's plan to regain compliance, on April 26, 2024, the Company announced that it had amended the warrant agreement with Hanmi to prohibit the exercise of the Hanmi warrants in excess of the Nasdaq 19.99% limitation (the "Nasdaq 19.99% Cap"), unless shareholder approval is first obtained to exceed the Nasdaq 19.99% Cap. Due to modifications made, the warrants were classified as a liability on April 24, 2024, following the amendment of the Hanmi Warrants. After receiving shareholder approval on June 18, 2024, management reevaluated these warrants and determined that they met the criteria to be classified as equity. Consequently, the change in the fair value of the warrants, amounting to $0.7 million during the two-month period when the Hanmi Warrants were classified as liabilities, has been recorded as other income in the consolidated statements of loss. This change is also reflected in the comprehensive loss and additional paid-in capital in the consolidated statements of changes in shareholder equity. At December 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023 Hanmi held Common Shares of 99,647 and 29,471, respectively. At December 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023 Hanmi held warrants of 77,972 and nil, respectively.
(v)
Registered Direct Offering and concurrent private placement
On June 3, 2024, the Company completed a registered direct offering for the purchase and sale of 60,000 Common Shares at a purchase price of $34.50 per share and 68,500 pre-funded warrants (the “Pre-Funded Warrants”) with an exercise price of $0.03 per Pre-Funded Warrant (the “Registered Direct Offering”). Each Pre-Funded Warrant was exercisable immediately and expire on June 25, 2029. In a concurrent private placement, Aptose issued unregistered series A warrants to purchase up to 128,500 Common Shares (“Series A Warrants”) and series B warrants to purchase up to 128,500 Common Shares (“Series B Warrants”), each at an exercise price of $34.50 per share. The series A and series B unregistered warrants became exercisable beginning on the effective date of shareholder approval of the issuance of the shares issuable upon exercise of the warrants which was obtained on September 5, 2024. The Series A Warrants expire five years from September 5, 2024 and the Series B Warrants expire March 5, 2026. The gross proceeds to the Company from the Registered Direct Offering was approximately $4.4 million, less cash transaction costs of approximately $0.4 million, which include placement agent and other professional fees. In addition, H.C. Wainwright (“HCW”), the lead placement agent engaged by the Company for the Registered Direct Offering, received 6,423 warrants, each with an exercise price of $43.13 (the “HCW Warrants”). The HCW warrants are exercisable beginning on June 3, 2024 and will expire on June 3, 2029.
(vi)
September 2024 Common Share issuance
On September 5, 2024, the Company held a Special Meeting of Shareholders pursuant to which, shareholders voted to authorize, for purposes of complying with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(d), the issuance of Common Shares underlying certain warrants in an amount equal to or in excess of 20% of our Common Shares outstanding immediately prior the issuance of such warrants pursuant to the June 2024 Registered Direct Offering. On September 11, 2024, the Company issued 68,500 Common Shares upon the exercise of 68,500 Pre-Funded Warrants for a cash proceeds of $2 thousand at an exercise price of $0.03.
(vii)
November 2024 Public Offering
On November 25, 2024, the Company completed a reasonable best efforts public offering (the “November 2024 Public Offering”) with participation from our CEO and existing and new healthcare focused investors for the purchase and sale of 1,333,333 Common Shares at a price of $6.00 per share and warrants to purchase up to 666,599 Common Shares (the “November 2024 Investor Warrants”). The November 2024 Investor Warrants have an exercise price of $6.00 per share, were exercisable immediately and will expire five years from the issuance date. In connection with the November 2024 Public Offering, the Company received aggregate gross proceeds of $8.0 million, before deducting placement agent fees and other offering expenses, including approximately $1.1 million of placement agent fees of $0.6 million and professional fees of $0.5 million. Additionally, A.G.P./Alliance Global Partners (“AGP”), the lead placement agent engaged by the Company, received 53,333 warrants, each with an exercise price of $8.25 (the “AGP Warrants”). The AGP Warrants were exercisable immediately and will expire five years from November 25, 2024. For additional information related to warrants, see Note 13.
(b)
Loss per share:
Loss per Common Share is calculated using the weighted average number of Common Shares outstanding and is presented in the table below:
The effect of any potential exercise of the Company’s stock options and warrants outstanding during the years ended December 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023 has been excluded from the calculation of diluted loss per common share as it would be anti‑dilutive.
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