Note 9 - Share Capital |
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Stockholders' Equity Note Disclosure [Text Block] |
The Company has authorized share capital of an unlimited number of common voting shares.
On June 3, 2019, the Company completed a confidentially marketed public offering through the issuance of 11,500,000 common shares at a price of $1.85 per share for gross proceeds of $21.275 million and net proceeds of approximately $19.736 million (approximately $19.594 million net of share issue costs). Costs associated with the proceeds consisted of a 7% cash commissions and share issue costs, which consisted of agent commission, legal and professional fees and listing fees.
On May 7, 2019, the Company entered into the 2019 Aspire Purchase Agreement, which provides that, upon the terms and subject to the conditions and limitations set forth therein, Aspire Capital is committed to purchase up to an aggregate of $20 million of Common Shares over approximately 30 months. The 2019 Purchase Agreement limits the amount of Aptose’s common shares that Aspire can own at one time to 9.99% of the issued and outstanding common shares of the Company, and limits the maximum number of common shares that can be issued under the Agreement to 19.99% of the Company’s outstanding common shares on the date of the 2019 Purchase Agreement unless shareholder approval is obtained or the shares issued to date once the 19.99% threshold is reached have an average purchase price equal to or exceeding $2.10. Pursuant to the terms of this agreement, on May 13, 2019, the Company issued 171,428 Common Shares (“Commitment Shares”) to Aspire Capital in consideration for entering into the 2019 Aspire Purchase Agreement. The Company recorded $360 thousand in general and administrative expenses related to the issuance of the Commitment Shares. As at September 30, 2019, the Company had not issued any shares under the 2019 Aspire Purchase Agreement, other than the Commitment Shares.
On May 30, 2018, the Company entered into the 2018 Aspire Purchase Agreement, which provides that, upon the terms and subject to the conditions and limitations set forth therein, Aspire Capital is committed to purchase up to an aggregate of $20 million of Common Shares over approximately 30 months. Pursuant to the terms of this agreement, on June 8, 2018, the Company issued 170,261 Common Shares (“Commitment Shares”) to Aspire Capital in consideration for entering into the 2018 Aspire Purchase Agreement. The Company recorded $600 thousand in general and administrative expenses related to the issuance of the Commitment Shares. During the period from January 1, 2019 up to May24, 2019, the date the 2018 Aspire Purchase Agreement was terminated, the Company issued 5,502,433 common shares under the agreement at an average price of $1.82 per share for gross and net proceeds of $10 May24, 2019, the Company raised a total of approximately $11.9 2018 Aspire Purchase Agreement. As of May24, 2019, the Company has issued 6,409,980, the maximum number of shares issuable under this facility without shareholder approval.
On October 27, 2017, the Company entered into the 2017 Aspire Purchase Agreement, which provided that, upon the terms and subject to the conditions and limitations set forth therein, Aspire Capital is committed to purchase up to an aggregate of $15,500,000 of Common Shares over approximately 30 months. During the year ended December 31, 2017, and pursuant to the terms of the Aspire Purchase Agreement, Aspire Capital purchased 357,143 Common Shares for gross proceeds of $500 thousand ($324 thousand net of cash share issue costs) and the Company also issued 321,429 Common Shares to Aspire Capital in consideration for entering into the Aspire Purchase Agreement.During the nine months ended September 30, 2018, the Company issued 5,231,953 common shares under the Aspire Purchase Agreement at an average price of $2.87 per share for gross and net proceeds of approximately $15 million. On a cumulative basis to September 30, 2018, the Company has raised a total of $15.5 million gross proceeds under the Aspire Purchase Agreement, the total amount that was available under the Agreement.
On May 24, 2019, the Company entered into an “At-The-Market” Facility (“ATM”) equity distribution agreement with Piper Jaffray and Canaccord Genuity acting as co-agents. Under the terms of this facility, the Company may, from time to time, sell shares of our common stock having an aggregate offering value of up to $40 million through Piper Jaffray and Cannacord Gennuity on the Nasdaq Capital Market. During the nine months ended September 30, 2019, the Company did not issue any shares under this ATM equity.
On March 27, 2018, the Company entered into an “At-The-Market” Facility (“ATM”) equity distribution agreement with Cantor Fitzgerald acting as sole agent. Under the terms of this facility, the Company may, from time to time, sell shares of our common stock having an aggregate offering value of up to $30 million through Cantor Fitzgerald on the Nasdaq Capital Market. During the nine months ended September 30, 2019, the Company issued 77,349 shares under this ATM equity facility at an average price of $2.37 for gross proceeds of $183 thousand ($178 thousand net of share issue costs). During the nine months ended September 30, 2018, the Company issued 2,017,046 shares under this ATM equity facility at an average price of $3.49 for gross proceeds of $7.0 million ($6.8 million net of share issue costs). Costs associated with the proceeds consisted of a 3% cash commission. On a cumulative basis to September 30, 2019, the Company has raised a total of $11.2 million gross proceeds ($10.9 million net of share issue costs) under the ATM Facility. The Company terminated this agreement on May 24, 2019.
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 outstanding during the
three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2019 and September 30, 2018 has been excluded from the calculation of diluted loss per common share as it would be anti-dilutive. |