Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Note 11 - Shareholders' Equity

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Note 11 - Shareholders' Equity
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2022
Notes to Financial Statements  
Stockholders' Equity Note Disclosure [Text Block]

11.

Shareholders Equity

 

Authorized capital stock

 

DiaMedica has authorized share capital of an unlimited number of common voting shares and the shares do not have a stated par value. Common shareholders are entitled to receive dividends as declared by the Company, if any, and are entitled to one vote per share at the Company’s annual general meeting and any extraordinary or special general meeting.

 

Equity issued during the year ended December 31, 2022

 

During the year ended December 31, 2022, we did not issue any common shares or other equity securities, other than stock options and deferred stock units.

 

Equity issued during the year ended December 31, 2021

 

On September 26, 2021, we issued and sold in a private placement an aggregate 7,653,060 common shares at a purchase price of $3.92 per share to ten accredited investors resulting in gross proceeds of $30.0 million and net proceeds to us of $29.8 million, after deducting offering expenses. Under the terms of the registration rights agreed to in this private placement, we agreed to keep a resale registration statement effective at all times until the shares are no longer considered “Registrable Securities” under the agreed upon registration rights and if we fail to keep a resale registration statement effective, subject to certain permitted exceptions, we will be required to pay liquidated damages to the investors in an amount of up to 10% of the invested capital, excluding interest. We also agreed, among other things, to indemnify the selling holders under the Resale Registration Statement from certain liabilities and to pay all fees and expenses incident to our performance of or compliance with the Registration Rights Agreement.

 

During the year ended December 31, 2021, 40,000 common shares were issued upon the exercise of options for gross proceeds of $244,000 and no warrants were exercised and 3,850 common shares were issued upon the settlement of deferred stock units.

 

Shares reserved

 

Common shares reserved for future issuance are as follows:

   

December 31, 2022

 

Employee and non-employee stock options

    2,782,248  

Common shares issuable upon settlement of deferred stock units

    134,402  

Common shares issuable under common share purchase warrants

    265,000  

Shares available for grant under the Amended and Restated 2019 Omnibus Incentive Plan

    2,005,260  

Shares available for grant under the 2021 Employment Inducement Incentive Plan

    535,000  

Total

    5,721,910