Common Stock |
6 Months Ended |
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Jun. 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 bears interest at 3% 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 $67,200 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. |