2020, we announced that we had received a notice of allowance from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for a Company patent application covering BPX-01 and BPX-04 (U.S. Patent Application No.: 16/514,459) and the application subsequently issued on January 5, 2021, as US 10,881,672. We are seeking to monetize these assets through a license, co-development, or sale.
The Merger, Reverse Stock Split, and Name Change
On May 18, 2020, BioPharmX completed its business combination with Timber Pharmaceuticals LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Timber Sub”), in accordance with the terms of the Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization, dated as of January 28, 2020 (the “Merger Agreement”), by and among BioPharmX, Timber Sub and BITI Merger, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (“Merger Sub”), as amended by Amendment No. 1 thereto made and entered into as of March 24, 2020 (the “First Amendment”) and Amendment No. 2 thereto made and entered into as of April 27, 2020 (the “Second Amendment”) (the Merger Agreement, as amended by the First Amendment and the Second Amendment, the “Amended Merger Agreement”), pursuant to which Merger Sub merged with and into Timber Sub, with Timber Sub surviving as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (the “Merger”). In connection with, and immediately prior to the completion of, the Merger, BioPharmX effected a reverse stock split of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share, at a ratio of 1-for-12 (the “Reverse Stock Split”). Immediately after completion of the Merger, BioPharmX changed its name to “Timber Pharmaceuticals, Inc.” and the officers and directors of Timber Sub became the officers and directors of the Company.
Under the terms of the Amended Merger Agreement, BioPharmX issued shares of common stock to the holders of common units of Timber Sub. Immediately after the Merger, there were approximately 11,849,031 shares of common stock outstanding (after the Reverse Stock Split). Pursuant to the terms of the Amended Merger Agreement, the former holders of common units of Timber Sub (including the Investors, as defined below, but excluding Value Appreciation Rights of Timber Sub (“VARs”), as defined below) owned in the aggregate approximately 88.5% of the outstanding common stock, with the Company’s stockholders immediately prior to the Merger owning approximately 11.5% of the outstanding common stock. The number of shares of common stock issued to the holders of common units of Timber Sub for each common unit of Timber Sub outstanding immediately prior to the Merger was calculated using an exchange ratio of approximately 629.57 shares of common stock for each Timber Sub unit. In addition, the 584 VARs that were outstanding immediately prior to Merger became denoted and payable in 367,670 shares of common stock at the Effective Time of the Merger (the “Effective Time”). Further, the holder of the 1,819,289 preferred units of Timber Sub outstanding immediately prior to the Merger received 1,819 shares of the newly created convertible Series A preferred stock (the “Series A Preferred Stock”) at the Effective Time.
Private Placement of Common Stock and Warrants
In connection with the Merger Agreement, on March 27, 2020, Timber Sub and BioPharmX entered into a securities purchase agreement (the “Securities Purchase Agreement”), with certain accredited investors (the “Investors”) pursuant to which, among other things, Timber Sub issued to the Investors shares of Timber units immediately prior to the Merger and BioPharmX issued to the Investors warrants to purchase shares of BioPharmX common stock on the tenth trading day following the consummation of the Merger (the “Investor Warrants”) in a private placement transaction for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $25 million (which amount is comprised of (x) a $5 million credit with respect to the Bridge Notes and (y) $20 million in cash from the Investors) (the “Purchase Price”). We issued to the Investors 8,384,764 Series A Warrants to purchase shares of common stock (“Series A Warrants”) and 7,042,175 Series B Warrants to purchase shares of common stock (“Series B Warrants”). The Series A Warrants have a 5-year term and an exercise price of $2.7953, subject to the number of shares and exercise price being reset based on our stock price after the Merger. The Series A Warrants were initially exercisable into 8,384,764 shares of common stock issued to the Investors, subject to certain adjustments. The Series B Warrants had an exercise price per share of $0.001, were exercisable upon issuance and were initially convertible into 7,042,175 shares of common stock in the aggregate.
In addition, pursuant to the terms of the Securities Purchase Agreement, on May 22, 2020, we issued to the Investors warrants to purchase 413,751 shares of common stock (the “Bridge Warrants”) which had an exercise price of $2.2362 per share, which was revised to $0.31 per share as a result of the November 2021 offering.