Risks of the Proposed Reverse Stock Split
We cannot assure you that the proposed reverse stock split will increase our stock price or that any increase will be maintained over any significant period of time. The Board of Directors expects that a reverse stock split of our Common Stock will increase the market price of our Common Stock. However, the effect of a reverse stock split upon the market price of our Common Stock cannot be predicted with any certainty, and the history of similar stock splits for companies in like circumstances does not indicate a likelihood that our stock price will be maintained at any higher level. Our own 2016 Reverse Stock Split enabled us to regain compliance with the NASDAQ $1.00 minimum bid price requirement for less than a year and to effectively raise additional capital for period of similarly short duration; however, on December 27, 2016, our stock closed below $1.00 for the first time since the July 2016 Reverse Stock Split and did not closed over $1.00 since that time. On November 6, 2017, the first day on which our common stock traded, post our 1:350 reverse stock split, our closing price per share was $6.69, and on November 16, 2017, our closing price per share was $0.86, and continued to decline from that point and closed at $0.0382 on February 9, 2018. It is possible that the per share price of our Common Stock after the reverse stock split will not rise in proportion to the reduction in the number of shares of our Common Stock outstanding resulting from the reverse stock split, and the market price per post-reverse stock split share may not exceed or remain at any specified level for a sustained period of time, and the reverse stock split may not result in a per share price that would attract brokers and investors who do not trade in lower priced stocks. Even if we effect a reverse stock split, the market price of our Common Stock may decrease due to factors unrelated to the stock split. In any case, the market price of our Common Stock may also be based on other factors which may be unrelated to the number of shares outstanding, including our future performance. If the reverse stock split is consummated and the trading price of the Common Stock declines, the percentage decline as an absolute number and as a percentage of our overall market capitalization may be greater than would occur in the absence of the reverse stock split.
