Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Equity

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Equity
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023
Equity [Abstract]  
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Yorkville Standby Equity Purchase Agreement
On May 10, 2022, the Company entered into the SEPA with Yorkville. Pursuant to the SEPA, the Company could sell to Yorkville up to $250.0 million of its shares of Common Stock, at the Company’s request any time during the 36 months following the execution of the SEPA. Under the SEPA, the Company issued 14.2 million shares of Common Stock to Yorkville for cash proceeds of $32.5 million with a portion of the shares issued as non-cash stock purchase discount under the SEPA. Effective August 26, 2022, the Company terminated the SEPA. At the time of termination, there were no outstanding borrowings, advance notices, shares of Common Stock to be issued or fees due under the SEPA.
At-The-Market Offering Program
On August 8, 2022, the Company entered into an Equity Distribution Agreement (as supplemented by side letters entered into on August 8, 2022 and on October 5, 2022, the “ATM Sales Agreement”) with Evercore Group L.L.C. ("Evercore") and H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC (collectively, the "agents"), to sell shares of Common Stock having an aggregate sales price of up to $200.0 million, from time to time, through an “at-the-market offering” program under which the agents act as sales agents (the “ATM Offering”). The sales are made by any method permitted by law deemed to be an “at-the-market offering” as defined in Rule 415 promulgated under the Securities Act. The Company is not obligated to sell
any shares of Common Stock under the ATM Sales Agreement and may at any time suspend solicitation and offers thereunder.
On October 5, 2022, the Company entered into a Side Letter to the ATM Sales Agreement, pursuant to which, notwithstanding the existence of outstanding balances under the PPA (refer to Note 9) as of October 5, 2022, but only for so long as any portion of such balance is outstanding, the agents agreed to allow the Company to submit orders to sell Common Stock of the Company under the ATM Sales Agreement beginning on October 5, 2022. In addition, pursuant to the Side Letter to the ATM Sales Agreement, during the period from October 5, 2022 until the beginning of the third business day after the Company files its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022: (i) only H.C. Wainwright may be designated as a Designated Manager under the ATM Sales Agreement and receive the entire compensation payable thereunder (equal to 3.0% of the gross proceeds of the shares of Common Stock sold), and (ii) for so long as H.C. Wainwright acts as the sole Designated Manager, H.C. Wainwright agreed to waive the additional fee of 1.5% of the gross proceeds from any sales under the ATM Sales Agreement.
On February 28, 2023, Evercore terminated the ATM Sales Agreement with respect to itself, which became effective on that date.
During the year ended December 31, 2023, the Company sold 1.9 million shares of Common Stock at prices ranging from $0.60 to $0.71 for net proceeds of $1.2 million under the ATM Offering. During the year ended December 31, 2022, the Company sold 36.3 million shares of Common Stock at prices ranging from $1.20 to $1.85 for net proceeds of $49.3 million under the ATM Offering and compensation paid to the agents for the period was $1.5 million.

Other Issuances of Equity

On February 5, 2023, the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement ("RDO SPA") with certain investors. The RDO SPA provided for the sale and issuance by the Company of 50.0 million shares of the Company's Common Stock, together with warrants to purchase up to 50.0 million shares of Common Stock (the “RDO SPA Warrants”) at a combined purchase price of $1.05 per share and accompanying warrants. The total net proceeds from the transaction was $49.4 million.

On February 5, 2023, the Company also issued warrants to purchase 2.0 million shares of our Common Stock (the “Placement Agent Warrants”) to our placement agent as part of the compensation payable for acting as our exclusive placement agent in connection with the RDO SPA. The Placement Agent Warrants had the same terms as the warrants issued under the RDO SPA. These warrants are equity classified and were measured at fair value on the issuance date. As of December 31, 2023, $1.6 million is reflected on the Consolidated Statement of Stockholders' Equity as it relates to the issuance of these warrants.

The Company entered into other equity agreements, including the Yorkville PPA and Convertible Debentures discussed in Note 9, the PIPEs discussed in Note 13, and warrants issued to various parties discussed in Note 16.
Authorized Shares Amendment
On October 5, 2023, at the October Special Meeting, the Company’s stockholders approved an amendment to Paragraph A of Article IV of the Company’s Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to increase the Company’s number of shares of authorized Common Stock from 1.0 billion shares to 2.0 billion shares and the corresponding increase in the total number of authorized share of capital stock the Company may issue from 1.01 billion to 2.01 billion shares.
Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement

On September 29, 2023, the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement (the "Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement") with an institutional investor (the "Preferred Stock Purchaser") in connection with the issuance, sale and delivery by the Company of an aggregate of 45,000 shares (the "Preferred Shares") of the Company’s 7.5% Series B Cumulative Perpetual Redeemable Preferred Stock, par value 0.0001 per share (the "Preferred Stock") and a stated value of $1000 per share, which is convertible into shares of the Company’s Common Stock, and pursuant to which the Company issued warrants to purchase approximately 23.0 million shares of Common Stock (the "Preferred Warrants"), for a total purchase price of $45.0 million. On October 12, 2023, the Company closed the sale of the Preferred Shares and the Preferred Warrants to the Preferred Stock Purchaser and filed the certificate of designation for the Preferred Stock (the "Certificate of Designation"). The transaction is initially recognized on the settlement date of October 12, 2023. Refer to Note 16, Warrants, for further information on the Preferred Warrants.
The Preferred Stock is convertible into shares of Common Stock at an initial conversion price of approximately $0.5612 per common share (“Conversion Price”), which is equal to 120% of the average Common Stock price of the Company for the ten consecutive trading days immediately preceding the closing of the transaction. The Conversion Price is subject to customary anti-dilution and price protective adjustments. The holders have the ability to exercise the conversion rights at any time, or upon a Change of Control event (as defined in the Series B Certificate of Designation). The Preferred Stock does not provide the holder with any voting rights. As of December 31, 2023, no conversion of the Preferred Stock has occurred.

Upon the occurrence of certain contingent events, the Company may, at its option, redeem the Preferred Stock for cash at a redemption price equal to 103% of the Liquidation Preference, plus any accumulated and unpaid dividends. Additionally, on or after October 12, 2028 (“First Reset Date”), the Company may, at its option, redeem the Preferred Stock at any time for cash at a redemption price equal to 103% of the Liquidation Preference plus any accumulated and unpaid dividends. Upon any liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Company, whether voluntary or involuntary, the Preferred Stock Purchaser will be entitled to payment out of the assets of the Company, prior and in preference to holders of Common Stock of the Company, in an amount per share equal to $1,000 (the “Liquidation Preference”) plus any accumulated and unpaid dividends thereon. As of December 31, 2023, the Liquidation Preference of the Preferred Stock was $45.5 million.

Dividends on the Preferred Stock can be paid in either cash or in kind in the form of additional shares of Preferred Stock, at the option of the Company, subject to certain exceptions. The Company will pay dividends whether in cash or in kind at a rate of 7.5% per annum (“Dividend Rate”), subject to certain adjustments and exceptions. On and after the First Reset Date, the Dividend Rate on the Preferred Stock will increase by 1.50% per Payment Period. As of December 31, 2023, the accumulated but not declared or paid dividends on the Preferred Stock were $0.5 million.

Based on an evaluation of the terms of the Preferred Stock, the Company determined that the Preferred Stock is not eligible for permanent equity classification. Under applicable US GAAP, the Company is required to assume cash-settlement of the Preferred Stock in a conversion scenario that requires delivery of shares in excess of the Exchange Cap. Accordingly, the Company presents the Preferred Stock outside of permanent equity (i.e., the Preferred Stock is presented in mezzanine equity).

The Company determined that cash settlement or redemption of the Preferred Stock is unlikely; therefore, the Preferred Stock is not currently redeemable or probable of becoming redeemable. As a result of the increasing rate dividend described above, the Company uses the interest method to accrete the carrying value of the Preferred Stock from its initial recognized value to its expected settlement value on the expected redemption date.