Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

ISSUANCE OF EQUITY INTERESTS

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ISSUANCE OF EQUITY INTERESTS
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2021
ISSUANCE OF EQUITY INTERESTS  
ISSUANCE OF EQUITY INTERESTS

NOTE 6 – ISSUANCE OF EQUITY INTERESTS

The Company consummated two private placement equity offerings in 2018 in a total of four closings. These offerings were consummated at $1.00 per share and $1.50 per share, respectively, and both included 50% warrant coverage. Thereafter, on March 29, 2019, the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement for the private placement of the Company’s Class A Membership Interests and warrants to purchase its Class A Membership Interests, at a purchase price of $2.00 per unit. Each unit is comprised of one Class A Membership Interest and a warrant to purchase one-half of the total Class A Membership Interests purchased. The Company issued and sold an aggregate of 277,000 units, comprised of 277,000 Class A Membership Interests and warrants to purchase up to 138,500 additional Class A Membership Interests for gross proceeds of $554,000. Each warrant, exercisable for 10 years from March 29, 2019, has an exercise price of $2.00 per Class A Membership Interest.

On August 8, 2019, the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement for the private placement of the Company’s Class A Membership Interests and warrants to purchase its Class A Membership Interests, at a purchase

price of $2.00 per unit. Each unit is comprised of one Class A Membership Interest and a warrant to purchase one-half of the total Class A Membership Interests purchased. The Company issued and sold an aggregate of 1,248,750 units, comprised of 1,248,750 Class A Membership Interests and warrants to purchase up to 624,375 additional Class A Membership Interests for gross proceeds of $2,497,500. Each warrant, exercisable for 10 years from August 8, 2019, has an exercise price of $2.00 per Class A Membership Interest.

On October 18, 2019, the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement for the private placement of the Company’s Class A Membership Interests and warrants to purchase its Class A Membership Interests, at a purchase price of $2.00 per unit. Each unit is comprised of one Class A Membership Interest and a warrant to purchase one-half of the total Class A Membership Interests purchased. The Company issued and sold an aggregate of 483,501 units, comprised of 483,501 Class A Membership Interests and warrants to purchase up to 241,751 additional Class A Membership Interests for gross proceeds of $967,000. Each warrant, exercisable for 10 years from October 18, 2019, has an exercise price of $2.00 per Class A Membership Interest.

On January 6, 2020, the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement for the private placement of the Company’s Class A Membership Interests and warrants to purchase its Class A Membership Interests, at a purchase price of $2.50 per unit. Each unit is comprised of one Class A Membership Interest and a warrant to purchase one-fourth of the total Class A Membership Interests purchased. The Company issued and sold an aggregate of 182,002 units, comprised of 182,002 Class A Membership Interests and warrants to purchase up to 45,501 additional Class A Membership Interests for gross proceeds of $455,005. The proceeds were received in 2019 and were recorded as advanced receipts of equity subscriptions. Each warrant, exercisable for 10 years from January 6, 2020, has an exercise price of $2.50 per Class A Membership Interest.

On July 20, 2020, the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement for the private placement of the Company’s Class A Membership Interests at a purchase price of $3.25 per unit. The Company issued and sold an aggregate of 533,900 Class A Membership Interests for gross proceeds of $1,735,175. There were no warrants included in this private placement.

On October 16, 2020, the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement for the private placement of the Company’s Class A Membership Interests at a purchase price of $3.25 per unit. The Company issued and sold an aggregate of 705,727 Class A Membership Interests for gross proceeds of $2,293,613. There were no warrants included in this private placement.

On June 23, 2021, Acurx Pharmaceuticals, LLC was converted into a corporation and renamed Acurx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. The Company’s certificate of incorporation authorizes 200,000,000 shares of common stock of which 10,215,792 were outstanding as of December 31, 2021.

On June 29, 2021, the Company completed an IPO issuing 2,875,000 shares of common stock at a price of $6.00 per share, resulting in net cash proceeds of approximately $14.8 million, with cash issuance costs of approximately $2.4 million. The outstanding Class A and Class B Membership Interests were converted to shares of common stock pursuant to a conversion ratio of one-for-two of the Membership Interests outstanding, resulting in the conversion of 14,082,318 Class A and Class B Membership Interests into 7,041,208 shares of common stock. Warrants to purchase Class A Membership Interests were converted to warrants to purchase common stock at the same one-for two conversion ratio, resulting in 1,437,577 warrants to purchase common stock with a weighted average exercise price of $2.88.

In connection with the IPO, the Company issued 150,000 warrants to the underwriter. Each warrant is exercisable for 4.5 years from December 21, 2021 at an exercise price of $7.50 per share. The Company used the Black-Scholes model to calculate the value of the warrants with an estimated fair value of $618,000. The inputs utilized in the calculation were as follows: four and a half-year term, 0.79% risk-free rate, stock price at grant date of $6.26, and a 94% volatility utilizing comparable companies. This amount was recorded as both an increase to additional paid-in capital and as a non-cash issuance cost of the offering.