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9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2022
Equity [Abstract]  
Equity NOTE 10 – EQUITY

Convertible Preferred Stock and Warrants

On June 28, 2021, the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement (“SPA”) in which, subsequent to the closing of the merger, the Company would authorize the issuance and sale of 25,000 restricted shares of Series A Preferred Stock, par value $1.00 per share (“Convertible Preferred Stock”), to certain investors in a private offering (“PIPE Investors”).  On September 15, 2021, the Company amended the SPA to issue 32,000 restricted shares of Convertible Preferred Stock, to the PIPE Investors for $32.0 million in cash.  This Convertible Preferred Stock is convertible into underlying shares of the Company’s common stock at any time after the issuance date at the option of the PIPE Investors, subject to certain restrictions, and has a liquidation preference over the Company’s common stock.  The Convertible Preferred Stock may be converted by the Company to common stock upon meeting certain market conditions, of which none had been met as of September 30, 2022, and may be redeemed by the Company for cash upon delivery of written notice for a redemption price as defined in the SPA.  The PIPE investors in the Convertible Preferred Stock were granted certain registration rights as set forth in the SPA.  Holders of the Convertible Preferred Stock have no voting rights and no dividend preference over common stock. 

Concurrent with the amendment, the Company entered into warrant agreements with the PIPE Investors to purchase common stock (the “Warrant Agreement”), whereby the Company would issue 2,352,936 warrants (“PIPE Warrants”) to purchase restricted shares of the Company’s common stock for cash or in a cashless exercise.  These PIPE Warrants have an exercise price of $13.60 with a five-year term, commencing on the date of issuance. 

These Convertible Preferred Stock and PIPE Warrants were issued on March 28, 2022 upon the consummation of the merger.  As of September 30, 2022, there were 3,000,000 shares of Convertible Preferred Stock authorized and 32,000 shares of Convertible Preferred Stock issued and outstanding.  No PIPE Warrants were exercised prior to September 30, 2022. All 2,352,936 PIPE Warrants remain outstanding as of September 30, 2022. 

The proceeds from the issuance of Convertible Preferred Stock were allocated between the Convertible Preferred Stock and PIPE Warrants using a relative fair value method. As of March 28, 2022, the fair value of the Convertible Preferred Stock was estimated at $756.06 per share with a total fair value recognized in the condensed consolidated financial statements of approximately $24.2 million.  The fair value of the PIPE Warrants was estimated at $3.32 per share with a total fair value of approximately $7.8 million.  The Company utilized a Monte Carlo simulation to determine the fair value of these instruments, which included the following significant assumptions: the expected volatility, risk-free rate, expected annual dividend yield, and expected conversion dates.  The Convertible Preferred Stock is reported as part of permanent equity in the condensed consolidated balance sheet and condensed consolidated statement of stockholders’ equity as of September 30, 2022. The PIPE Warrants were determined to be equity-classified and the fair value of $7.8 million was recognized in additional paid-in capital as of September 30, 2022.  In addition, approximately $2.0 million and $0.7 million of offering costs were recorded as a reduction to the carrying values of the Convertible Preferred Stock and PIPE Warrants, respectively.