11.Subsequent Events

NASDAQ Notifications

On January 18, 2023, the Company received notice (the “January 18 Letter”) that Nasdaq had determined that as of January 18, 2023, the Company’s securities had a closing bid price of $0.10 or less for ten consecutive trading days triggering application of Listing Rule 5810(c)(3)(A)(iii) which states in part: if during any compliance period specified in Rule 5810(c)(3)(A), a company’s security has a closing bid price of $0.10 or less for ten consecutive trading days, the Listing Qualifications Department shall issue a Staff Delisting Determination under Rule 5810 with respect to that security (the “Low Priced Stocks Rule”). As a result, the Staff determined to delist the Company’s securities from Nasdaq, unless the Company timely requests an appeal of the Staff’s determination to a Hearings Panel (the “Panel”), pursuant to the procedures set forth in the Nasdaq Listing Rule 5800 Series.

The Company requested a hearing before the Panel to appeal the January 18 Letter and to address all outstanding matters, including compliance with the Rule, the Low Priced Stocks Rule and Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(d). While the appeal process is pending, the suspension of trading of the Company’s common stock will be stayed.

On February 13, 2023, the Company received notice (the “February 13 Letter”) from Nasdaq that it had determined that the Company had cured its bid price deficiency and now complies with the Minimum Bid Price Requirement, as the closing bid price of the Company’s common stock was at least $1.00 per share for at least a minimum of 10 consecutive business days. The Company also believes that it is also in compliance with the Low Priced Stocks Rule.

As a result of the February 13 Letter, the Company now only needs to address the matter concerning the December 2022 Offering and Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(d) at a hearing before the Panel.

The Company attended a hearing before the Nasdaq panel on March 9, 2023 and is currently waiting for Nasdaq to render a decision.

Approval of Reverse Stock Split

On January 24, 2023, the Company’s stockholders approved an amendment to the Company’s certificate of incorporation, as amended, to effect a reverse stock split of all outstanding shares of common stock by a ratio in the range of one-for-five to one-for-one hundred, to be determined in the sole discretion of the Board of Directors of the Company. On January 24, 2023, the Company’s Board of Directors approved a one-for-one hundred reverse stock split of all outstanding shares of common stock.

On January 26, 2023, the Company announced that its Board of Directors had approved the Reverse Stock Split and it became effective on that date. The common stock began trading on a split-adjusted basis on January 27, 2023.

11.Subsequent Events, continued

Amendments to 2018 Long-Term Stock Incentive Plan

On January 24, 2023, the Company’s stockholders approved certain amendments to the Company’s 2018 Long-Term Stock Incentive Plan (the “LTIP”) to: (i) increase the annual share limit of common stock that may be issued in any single fiscal year only for the 2023 fiscal year under the LTIP from 8% of the shares of common stock outstanding to 15% of the shares of Common Stock outstanding (which amount equates to the maximum amount that may be issued in the aggregate under the LTIP),; and (ii) permit immediately quarterly calculations based on the number of shares of common stock outstanding as of the first trading day of each fiscal quarter, rather than solely as of the first trading day of the fiscal year.

Approval of Transactions Related to August 2022 Purchase Agreement

On January 24, 2023, the Company’s stockholders approved the transactions related to the August Purchase Agreement which included the issuance of 20% or more of the outstanding shares of common stock upon (i) conversion of the Convertible Note, as amended by the New Convertible Note, (ii) exercise of the August Warrant, and (iii) exercise of the Waiver Warrant.

January 2023 Registered Direct Offering and Concurrent Private Placement

On January 31, 2023, the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement (the “January Purchase Agreement”) with certain institutional investors. Under the January Purchase Agreement, the Company agreed to issue and sell to such investors (i) in a registered direct offering, 201,544 shares of common stock and pre-funded warrants to purchase up to 381,762 shares of Common Stock, at an exercise price of $0.0001 per share of Common Stock, and (ii) in a concurrent private placement, common stock purchase warrants (the “Private Placement Warrants”), exercisable for an aggregate of up to 874,959 shares of common stock, at an exercise price of $10.49 per share of common stock.

The Company received gross proceeds of approximately $6.2 million before deducting placement agent fees and other offering expenses payable by the Company.

In connection with the offering, the Company entered into an amendment (the “Amendment”) to the securities purchase agreement, dated as of November 29, 2022, by and between the Company and certain institutional investors (the “November Purchase Agreement”) approved by a certain investor (the “November Investor”) who purchased at least 50.1% in interest of the shares of Common Stock and the pre-funded warrants to purchase shares of Common Stock, if any, based on the initial subscription amounts under the November Purchase Agreement, pursuant to Section 5.5 of the November Purchase Agreement. Pursuant to the Amendment, Section 4.11 of the November Purchase Agreement, which prohibits the Company’s ability to issue shares of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents (as defined in the November Purchase Agreement) or filing any registration statement or amendment or supplement thereto under the Securities Act, until ninety (90) days after the closing date of the transactions contemplated by the November Purchase Agreement, was amended to permit the offering discussed above and the issuance and sale of the securities offered and sold in such offering.

Termination of ATM Program

On January 30, 2023, the Company and Maxim agreed to terminate the 2022 Sales Agreement, effective that day. As of the termination of the 2022 Sales Agreement, the Company had not sold any shares of common stock under the ATM Program.

August 2022 Note Conversions

On February 1, 2023, the holder of the August 2022 Note converted a total principal amount of approximately $708,075 for shares of the Company’s common stock.