Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

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FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2024
Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract]  
FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

NOTE 4 – FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

 

The Company calculates the fair value of the Company’s assets and liabilities that qualify as financial instruments and includes additional information in the notes to the consolidated financial statements when the fair value is different than the carrying value of these financial instruments. The estimated fair value of other receivables, prepaid expenses and other current assets, other assets, accounts payable, accrued expenses, and payables to licensor approximate their carrying amounts due to the relatively short maturity of these instruments.

 

U.S. GAAP defines fair value as the exchange price that would be received for an asset or paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) in the principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. This guidance establishes a three-level fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs used to measure fair value. The hierarchy requires entities to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs. The three levels of inputs used to measure fair value are as follows:

 

  Level 1 - Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.
     
  Level 2 - Observable inputs other than quoted prices included in Level 1, such as quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets; quoted prices for identical or similar assets and liabilities in markets that are not active; or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data.
     
  Level 3 - Unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activity and that are significant to the fair value of the assets and liabilities. This includes certain pricing models, discounted cash flow methodologies and similar valuation techniques that use significant unobservable inputs.

 

The Company has segregated all financial assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis (at least annually) into the most appropriate level within the fair value hierarchy based on the inputs used to determine the fair value at the measurement date in the table below.

 

 

The following table provides a summary of financial assets measured at fair value on a recurring and non-recurring basis as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023 (in thousands):

 

Description   Fair Value at March 31, 2024     Level 1     Level 2     Level 3  
                         
Recurring Assets                                
Cash equivalents                                
Money market fund   $ 17,558     $ 17,558     $     $  
Short-term investments                                
U.S. treasury securities     36,832       36,832              
U.S. federal agency securities     7,954             7,954        
Total assets measured at fair value   $ 62,344     $ 54,390     $ 7,954     $  
                                 
Liabilities                                
Payable to licensor   $ 4,691     $     $     $ 4,691  
Derivative liabilities     1,005                   1,005  
Warrant liabilities     48,690                   48,690  
Total liabilities measured at fair value   $ 54,386     $     $     $ 54,386  

 

Description   Fair Value at December 31, 2023     Level 1     Level 2     Level 3  
                         
Recurring Assets                                
Cash equivalents                                
Money market fund   $ 1,034     $ 1,034     $     $  
Short-term investments                                
U.S. treasury securities     8,393       8,393              
U.S. federal agency securities     29,360             29,360        
Total assets measured at fair value   $ 38,787     $ 9,427     $ 29,360     $  
                                 
Liabilities                                
Payable to licensor   $ 4,580     $     $     $ 4,580  
Warrant liabilities     31,352                   31,352  
Total liabilities measured at fair value   $ 35,932     $     $     $ 35,932  

 

Warrant Liabilities

 

As of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, the Company had the following outstanding warrant liabilities:

 

    March 31, 2024     December 31, 2023  
             
Warrants issued as part of the 2021 Public Offering, expiration date December 2026, exercise price of $9.75 per share     1,788,000       1,788,000  
Warrants issued as part of the 2022 Private Placement, expiration date November 2027, exercise price $4.75 per share     7,609,879       7,609,879  
Warrants issued as part of the 2024 loan agreement, expiration date January 2029, exercise price equal to the lesser of (i) $4.75 and (ii) the price per share of the Company’s next bona fide round of equity financing before September 30, 2024     505,263        

 

 

For the warrants issued as part of the 2024 loan agreement, the Company utilized the exercise price of $4.75, which is the only known price at March 31, 2024, to calculate the number of warrants in the table above. The Company included the calculated warrants of 505,263 and nil for the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively, in the table above.

 

The common stock warrants related to the 2021 Public Offering and the 2022 Private Placement are not indexed to the Company’s own stock and therefore have been classified as liabilities at their estimated fair value. The common stock warrants related to the Loan Agreement were determined to be liability classified under ASC 815 as the common stock warrants do not include an explicit share limit and the number of shares issuable under the warrant agreements are variable based on the exercise price. Changes in the estimated fair value of the warrant liabilities is recorded as changes in fair value of warrant liabilities in the consolidated statement of operations and comprehensive loss.

 

The following table provides a summary of the activity on the warrant liabilities (in thousands):

 

         
Warrant liabilities as of December 31, 2023   $ 31,352  
Fair value of warrants issued in connection with Loan Agreement     220  
Loss recognized in earnings from change in fair value     17,118  
Warrant liabilities as of March 31, 2024   $ 48,690  

 

The warrant liabilities are valued using significant inputs not observable in the market. Accordingly, the warrant liability is measured at fair value on a recurring basis using unobservable inputs and are classified as Level 3 inputs within the fair value hierarchy. Fair value measurements categorized within Level 3 are sensitive to changes in the assumptions or methodology used to determine fair value and such changes could result in a significant increase or decrease in the fair value. The Company’s valuation of the common stock warrants utilized the Black-Scholes option-pricing model, which incorporated assumptions and estimates to value the common stock warrants. The Company assessed these assumptions and estimates at the end of each reporting period.

 

    March 31, 2024     December 31, 2023  
             
Common share price   $ 7.25     $ 5.01  
Expected term (years)     2.714.77       2.963.84  
Risk-free interest rate (%)     4.12% – 4.34%       3.84% – 3.92%  
Volatility (%)     100.00% - 103.15%       100%  
Expected dividend yield (%)     0%       0%  

 

Derivative Liabilities

 

The Conversion Right embedded within the Loan Agreement (see Note 8 below) required bifurcation as certain adjustments to the conversion price were not indexed to the Company’s own stock and therefore the Conversion Right was recorded as a derivative liability. The derivative liability is remeasured at each reporting period with the change in fair value recorded to changes in fair value of warrants and derivative liabilities in the condensed consolidated statement of operations until the derivative is exercised, expired, reclassified, or otherwise settled.

 

The following table provides a summary of the activity on the derivative liabilities (in thousands):

 

         
Derivative liabilities as of December 31, 2023   $  
Fair value of derivatives issued in connection with Loan Agreement     822  
Loss recognized in earnings from change in fair value     183  
Derivative liabilities as of March 31, 2024   $ 1,005  

 

The derivative liabilities are valued using significant inputs not observable in the market. Accordingly, the derivative liability is measured at fair value on a recurring basis using unobservable inputs and are classified as Level 3 inputs within the fair value hierarchy. Fair value measurements categorized within Level 3 are sensitive to changes in the assumptions or methodology used to determine fair value and such changes could result in a significant increase or decrease in the fair value. The Company’s valuation of the derivatives utilized the Monte Carlo simulation model, which incorporated assumptions and estimates to value the derivatives. The Company assessed these assumptions and estimates at the end of each reporting period.

  

    March 31, 2024     December 31, 2023  
             
Common share price   $ 7.25        
Expected term (years)     3.25        
Risk-free interest rate (%)     4.27%        
Volatility (%)     89.70%