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Stockholders' Equity
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2024
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The Company’s certificate of incorporation, adopted on December 16, 2020, authorizes the issuance of two classes of stock: 43,000,000 shares of common stock and 2,000,000 shares of preferred stock, each with a par value of $0.0001 per share.

At-the-market Offering

On July 14, 2023, the Company entered into a Capital on DemandTM Sales Agreement (the “Sales Agreement”) with JonesTrading Institutional Services LLC (“JonesTrading”) relating to shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share. In accordance with the terms of the Sales Agreement, the Company could offer and sell shares of common stock having an aggregate offering price of up to $6,700,000 from time to time through JonesTrading, acting as sales agent or principal, in which is commonly referred to as an “at-the-market” (“ATM”) program. On August 14, 2023, the Company announced a halt to sales under the Sales Agreement and on September 18, 2023, the Company announced the termination of the Sales Agreement with JonesTrading effective September 28, 2023.  Before the termination of the Sales Agreement, the Company sold 641,873 shares of common stock under the ATM program at a weighted-average gross sales price of approximately $2.11 per share and raised $1,355,090 of gross proceeds. The total commissions and related legal and accounting fees were approximately $198,650, and the Company received net proceeds of approximately $1,156,440.

Public Offering

On May 19, 2024, the Company entered into an agreement with Maxim Group LLC as placement agent in connection with the issuance and sale by the Company in a public offering of 8,500,000 shares of its common stock at a public offering price of $0.20 per share (the “Offering”), pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-263700).  The Offering closed on May 22, 2024, and the gross proceeds from the Offering were $1,700,000. The net proceeds of the Offering were $1,382,170 after deducting placement agent fees and offering expenses payable by the Company.