Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Stockholders' Equity

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Stockholders' Equity
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2018
Equity [Abstract]  
Stockholders' Equity Note Disclosure [Text Block]
Note 6 — Stockholders’ Equity
 
Awards to Fortress
 
Pursuant to the Company’s Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation for the annual stock dividend that was due on February 17, 2018, the Company issued 273,837 shares of common stock to Fortress, which equaled to 2.5% of the fully diluted outstanding equity of Avenue at the time of issuance for the annual stock dividend. On June 13, 2018, the Company’s Stockholders adopted an amendment to the Company’s Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation amending the payment date going forward to January 1 of each year.
 
Equity Incentive Plan
 
The Company has in effect the 2015 Incentive Plan (“2015 Incentive Plan”). The 2015 Incentive Plan was adopted in January 2015 by our stockholders. Under the 2015 Incentive Plan, the compensation committee of the Company’s board of directors is authorized to grant stock-based awards to directors, officers, employees and consultants. The plan authorizes grants to issue up to 2,000,000 shares of authorized but unissued common stock and expires 10 years from adoption and limits the term of each option to no more than 10 years from the date of grant.
 
Restricted Stock Units and Restricted Stock Awards
 
The following table summarizes restricted stock unit and award activity for the nine months ended September 30, 2018:
 
 
 
Number of Units

and Awards
 
 
Weighted

Average Grant

Date Fair Value
 
Unvested balance at December 31, 2017
 
 
714,999
 
 
$
5.00
 
Granted
 
 
467,978
 
 
$
3.48
 
Vested
 
 
(61,667
)
 
$
2.49
 
Unvested balance at September 30, 2018
 
 
1,121,310
 
 
$
4.39
 
 
For the three months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017, stock-based compensation expenses associated with the amortization of restricted stock units and restricted stock awards for employees and non-employees were approximately $0.4 million and $0.2 respectively. For the nine months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017, stock-based compensation expenses associated with the amortization of restricted stock units and restricted stock awards for employees and non-employees were approximately $1.0 million and $0.2 million respectively.
 
At September 30, 2018, the Company had unrecognized stock-based compensation expense related to restricted stock units and restricted stock awards of $3.3 million, which is expected to be recognized over the remaining weighted-average vesting period of 2.3 years.
 
Stock Options
 
The following table summarizes stock option award activity for the nine months ended September 30, 2018:
 
 
 
Stock Options
 
 
Weighted

Average Exercise

Price
 
 
Weighted Average

Remaining

Contractual Life

(in years)
 
Outstanding, December 31, 2017
 
 
20,000
 
 
$
6.29
 
 
 
4.63
 
Granted
 
 
-
 
 
 
-
 
 
 
-
 
Outstanding, September 30, 2018
 
 
20,000
 
 
$
6.29
 
 
 
3.88
 
 
Stock Warrants
 
The following table summarizes the warrant activity for the nine months ended September 30, 2018:
 
 
 
Warrants
 
 
Weighted

Average Exercise

Price
 
 
Aggregate

Intrinsic Value

(in thousands)
 
Outstanding, December 31, 2017
 
 
123,413
 
 
$
0.0811
 
 
$
438
 
Exercised
 
 
(15,500
)
 
$
0.0001
 
 
 
-
 
Outstanding, September 30, 2018
 
 
107,913
 
 
$
0.0928
 
 
$
297