Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Common Stock

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Common Stock
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2016
Equity [Abstract]  
Common Stock

9. Common Stock

One June 30, 2016, the Company closed on a private placement of 9,045,679 shares of its common stock to three accredited investors. The investors in the private placement included current Company shareholders, KFLP and Intrexon, as well as the Company’s Chairman, Dr. Frederick Telling. Approximately $4.667 million was raised of which $2,000,000 is payable under a note payable by the KFLP on or before September 30, 2016. The note accrued interest at 3% per annum. On September 15, 2016, the note payable with the KFLP was amended. Under the terms of the amendment, the KFLP paid $1,000,000 on September 30, 2016 which was first applied to accrued interest and then to the outstanding principal balance. In addition, the amendment extended the maturity date on the remaining balance of the note payable to December 31, 2016 and increased the interest rate on the note payable from 3% per annum to 6% per annum. The purchase price per share of the common stock sold in the private placement was $0.5159, which was the midpoint of the closing quote on the Company’s primary exchange, NYSE MKT, on June 29, 2016 as required by NYSE listing standards. The Company will use the net proceeds, after payment of offering expenses, for the funding of research and development activities related to the Intrexon Exclusive Channel Collaborations and for general corporate purposes.

On February 15, 2016, in connection with and in furtherance of the new equity based award program (see Note 4), the Board approved the award of 40,000 restricted shares of Company common stock to each of the Company’s non-employee directors, under the Company’s 2012 Plan of which a total of 10,000 restricted shares have vested on March 31, 2016 for each non-employee director and the remainder will vest at the end of each calendar quarter in 2016 provided the recipient remains a director through the vesting date. The awards are considered issued and outstanding as of the date of the grant and are eligible to be voted by the recipient. The Company has $33,600 in unrecognized compensation expense relating to these awards that will be recognized pro-rata through the remainder of 2016. In connection with Ms. Koski’s resignation upon the closing of the sale of the consumer probiotic business, 20,000 shares of restricted stock award to Ms. Koski as a director were forfeited back to the Company.