On November 2, 2022, we announced our plans to divest our contract development and manufacturing organization (iBio CDMO, LLC) in order to complete our transformation into an antibody discovery and development company. In conjunction with the divestment, we have commenced, on October 31, 2022 a workforce reduction of approximately 60% of our current staffing levels (a reduction of 69 positions). We substantially completed the employee reduction on January 2, 2023. We expect we may be able to complete a transaction in 2023, although there is no assurance as to when, or for how much, we may be able to sell our CDMO assets. We expect to incur pre-tax charges of approximately $1.7 million for the employee reduction, most of which is expected to be incurred in the second and third quarter of fiscal year 2023. These charges will be substantially settled in cash and almost entirely consist of severance obligations, continuation of salaries and benefits over a 60-day transitional period during which impacted employees remain employed but are not expected to provide active service, and other customary employee benefit payments in connection with an employee reduction. The transition to a focused AI-Biotech business is expected to reduce our monthly burn rate by approximately half, with an approximate range of $2.5-3.0 million per month. Although we expect to decrease burn, our long-term business plan would be to increase R&D and commence clinical trials that could be costly if conducted without a licensing partner.
On November 1, 2022, we announced Mr. Chip Clark was appointed as the Chairman of the Board. On November 2, 2022, we announced we have initiated a search for a new Chief Executive Officer. On December 1, 2022, we announced Mr. Thomas F. Isett, the Chief Executive Officer (the “CEO”) of iBio, Inc., and a member of the Board of Directors (the “Board”), and the Company, agreed for Mr. Isett to resign as a member of the Board and relinquish his duties, rights and obligations as an officer and the CEO, effective immediately. In connection with Mr. Isett’s resignation, we entered into a separation agreement and general release with Mr. Isett effective December 1, 2022.
On December 6, 2022, we entered into an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC (“Wainwright”). Pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, we agreed to sell to Wainwright, in a firm commitment underwritten offering (the “Offering”) (i) 1,530,769 shares of the Company’s Common Stock, (ii) pre-funded warrants (the “Pre-Funded Warrants”) to purchase up to 1,834,616 shares of Common Stock, (iii) Series A Common Stock purchase warrants (the “Series A Warrants”) to purchase up to 3,365,385 shares of Common Stock and (iv) Series B Common Stock purchase warrants (the “Series B Warrants” and together with the Series A Warrants, the “Common Warrants”) to purchase up to 3,365,385 shares of Common Stock. The offering closed on December 9, 2022.
We paid Wainwright an underwriting discount equal to 7.0% of the gross proceeds of the offering, and reimbursed Wainwright for the legal fees and certain expenses of the underwriter. Pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, we granted Wainwright a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 504,807 shares of Common Stock and/or Common Warrants to purchase up to an additional 1,009,614 shares of Common Stock at the public offering price, less the underwriting discounts and commissions, solely to cover over-allotments. Wainwright elected to purchase 504,807 Series A Warrants and 504,807 Series B Warrants.
We also agreed to issue Wainwright warrants (the “Representative’s Warrants”) to purchase a number of shares of Common Stock equal to 6.0% of the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock and Pre-Funded Warrants being offered in the offering. Wainwright received warrants to purchase up to 201,923 shares of Common Stock. We received net proceeds of approximately $2,864,000 after deducting underwriting discounts, commissions and other issuance costs.
On January 17, 2023, we announced the resignation of Mr. Robert Lutz, the Chief Financial and Business Officer, effective February 10, 2023. On January 25, 2023, we announced the Board of Directors appointed Dr. Martin Brenner to the position of Interim Chief Executive Officer, effective January 20, 2023, and Mr. Felipe Duran, to the position of Interim Chief Financial Officer, effective as of February 13, 2023. We are continuing the search for a successor Chief Executive Officer and as such, Dr. Brenner’s position of Interim Chief Executive Officer will end when the Company appoints a successor.
On February 9, 2023, we and Woodforest entered into the Second Amendment to the Credit Agreement and amended the Credit Agreement to: (i) waive any current or prior default of the Liquidity Covenant until a period specified in such amendment which is dependent upon the occurrence of a specific milestone in the Credit Agreement, (ii) in addition to our unrestricted cash, until such period dependent upon the occurrence of a specific milestone in the Credit Agreement, we can account for all amounts owed to us by Fraunhofer as part of our legal settlement with them (see Note 19 – Fraunhofer Settlement for more information) in determining whether we are in compliance with the Liquidity Covenant, (iii) permit us to sell certain equipment located at the Facility, whereby forty percent (40%) of the net proceeds will be paid to Woodforest within ten (10) days following the end of the month of when the sales occurred, and (iv) remove any affirmative obligation on the part of the iBio CDMO to continue conducting its primary business. If we fail to meet the specific milestone in the Credit Agreement, we could be in default of the Credit Agreement.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
The history of significant losses, the negative cash flow from operations, the limited cash resources on hand and the dependence by the Company on its ability to obtain additional financing to fund its operations after the current cash resources are exhausted raises