10.         Shareholders’ Equity

Authorized capital shares

DiaMedica has authorized share capital of an unlimited number of voting common 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 six months ended June 30, 2024

On June 25, 2024, we entered into securities purchase agreements with accredited investors, pursuant to which we agreed to issue and sell an aggregate 4,720,000 common shares at a purchase price of $2.50 per share in a private placement. As a result of the offering, which closed on June 28, 2024, we received gross proceeds of $11.8 million, which resulted in net proceeds to us of approximately $11.7 million, after deducting the offering expenses.

In connection with the June 2024 private placement, we entered into a registration rights agreement (Registration Rights Agreement) with the investors pursuant to which we agreed to file with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) a registration statement registering the resale of the shares sold in the June 2024 private placement (Resale Registration Statement). The Resale Registration Statement was filed with the SEC on July 10, 2024 and declared effective by the SEC on July 18, 2024. Under the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement, we agreed to keep the Resale Registration Statement effective at all times until the shares are no longer considered “Registrable Securities” under the Registration Rights Agreement and if we fail to keep the 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 six months ended June 30, 2024, 11,832 common shares were issued upon the vesting and settlement of restricted stock units and 2,750 common shares were issued upon the exercise of common stock options for gross proceeds of $7 thousand.

Equity issued during the six months ended June 30, 2023

On April 10, 2023, in conjunction with his appointment as Chief Business Officer of DiaMedica, Mr. David Wambeke purchased 468,750 of DiaMedica’s common shares at an aggregate purchase price of $750,000 or $1.60 per share.

On June 21, 2023, we entered into securities purchase agreements with accredited investors, pursuant to which we agreed to issue and sell an aggregate 11,011,406 common shares at a purchase price of $3.40 per share, or $3.91 per share in the case of our participating directors and officers, in a private placement. As a result of the offering, which closed on June 23, 2023, we received gross proceeds of $37.5 million, which resulted in net proceeds to us of approximately $36.1 million, after deducting the offering expenses.

In connection with the June 2023 private placement, we entered into a registration rights agreement (Registration Rights Agreement) with the investors pursuant to which we agreed to file with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) a registration statement registering the resale of the shares sold in the June 2023 private placement (Resale Registration Statement). The Resale Registration Statement was filed with the SEC on June 30, 2023 and declared effective by the SEC on July 7, 2023. Under the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement, we agreed to keep the Resale Registration Statement effective at all times until the shares are no longer considered “Registrable Securities” under the Registration Rights Agreement and if we fail to keep the 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 six months ended June 30, 2023, 17,621 common shares were issued in settlement of deferred share units and 8,578 common shares were issued upon the vesting and settlement of restricted stock units.

Shares reserved

Common shares reserved for future issuance are as follows: