9.Shareholders’ Equity (Deficit)

 

AxoGen, Inc. Classes of Stock

 

AxoGen, Inc.’s authorized capital stock consists of 50,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share. The authorized capital stock is divisible into the classes and series, has the designation, voting rights, and other rights and preferences and is subject to the restrictions that the AxoGen Board of Directors may establish from time to time. Unless otherwise designated by the AxoGen Board of Directors, all shares are common stock. AxoGen has not designated any shares other than common stock.

 

Public Offering

 

On February 5, 2015, AxoGen entered into an underwriting agreement with Wedbush Securities Inc., as underwriter (the “Wedbush”), in connection with the offering, issuance and sale of 4,728,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share, at a price to the public of $2.75 per share (the “February 2015 Offering”).  The Company also granted to Wedbush a 30-day option to purchase up to an aggregate of 709,200 additional shares of common stock to cover over-allotments, if any.

 

On February 13, 2015, the February 2015 Offering was completed with the sale of 5,437,200 shares of common stock, which included the full exercise of the over-allotment option, at $2.75 per share, resulting in gross proceeds to AxoGen from the February 2015 Offering of approximately $15.0 million, before deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and other estimated offering expenses payable by AxoGen estimated at approximately $1.4 million. The shares of common stock were listed on the NASDAQ Capital Market.  The February 2015 Offering was made pursuant to the Company’s effective shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-195588) previously filed with the SEC on April 30, 2014, and pursuant to the prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus describing the terms of the February 2015 Offering, dated February 5, 2015.

 

On August 26, 2015, the Company entered into the Purchase Agreement with EW Healthcare Partners L.P. (formerly Essex Woodlands Fund IX, L.P.)(“Essex”) for the purchase of 4,861,111 shares of common stock at a public offering price of $3.60 per share, raising approximately $17.5 million in gross proceeds (the “August 2015 Offering”).  The expenses directly related to the August 2015 Offering were approximately $300,000 and were paid as of December 31, 2015.  Those expenses include the Company’s legal and accounting fees, printing expenses, transfer agent fees and miscellaneous fees and costs related to the August 2015 Offering.  The Company provided certain demand and “piggy-back” registration rights in connection with that sale of common stock. The August 2015 Offering was made pursuant to the Company’s effective shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-195588) previously filed with the SEC on April 30, 2014 and pursuant to the prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus describing the terms of the August 2015 Offering, dated August 26, 2015.

 

On October 7, 2016, AxoGen entered into an underwriting agreement with JMP Securities LLC, as representative of the several underwriters (collectively, the “2016 Offering Underwriters”), to issue and sell 2,333,334 shares of the Company’s common stock in an underwritten registered public offering (the “2016 Offering”) at an offering price of $7.50 per share.  Pursuant to the underwriting agreement, the Company also granted the 2016 Offering Underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 350,000 shares of common stock, which the underwriters exercised in full on October 7, 2016.  Five of the Company’s directors and officers purchased an aggregate of approximately 32,666 Shares in the 2016 Offering and such purchases were made on the same terms and conditions as purchases by the public in the 2016 Offering. The 2016 Offering closed on October 13, 2016, and the Company received net proceeds of approximately $18.67 million from the sale of 2,683,334 shares of common stock, which included the additional 350,000 shares of common stock, after deducting the underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses.  The 2016 Offering was pursuant to a prospectus supplement dated October 7, 2016, which was filed with the SEC in connection with the Company’s shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-207829) that was filed with the SEC on November 5, 2015 and declared effective on December 11, 2015 and the related prospectus dated December 11, 2015.

 

On November 16, 2017, AxoGen entered into a certain underwriting agreement (the “Leerink Underwriting Agreement”) with Leerink Partners LLC, as representative of the several underwriters named therein (collectively, the “2017 Offering Underwriters”) and Essex, pursuant to which (i) the Company agreed to issue and sell 700,000 shares of the Company’s common stock pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-207829), filed with the SEC on November 5, 2015, and declared effective by the SEC on December 11, 2015, and the prospectus contained therein, as supplemented by the prospectus supplement dated November 16, 2017, and (ii) Essex agreed to sell 1,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-220770), filed with the SEC on October 2, 2017, and declared effective by the SEC on October 11, 2017, and the prospectus contained therein, as supplemented by the Prospectus Supplement, in an underwritten registered public offering at an offering price of  $21.00 per share.  The Company and Essex granted the 2017 Offering Underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an aggregate of 255,000 additional shares of common stock, at the public offering price, less the underwriting discounts and commissions, which was exercised in full on November 16, 2017.  The Company received net proceeds of approximately $15.65 million after deducting the underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses.  The Company intends to use the net proceeds of this offering for general working capital purposes; however, the Company’s management will retain broad discretion over the allocation of the net proceeds.