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Stockholders' Equity
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2014
Stockholders' Equity [Abstract]  
Stockholders' Equity

Note 4 – Stockholders’ Equity

 

On March 31, 2014, the Company sold, pursuant to a securities purchase agreement, an aggregate of 1,500 shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, with a stated value of $1,500,000 that are convertible into shares of the Company’s common stock at a conversion price of $0.20 in stated value per share (7,500,000 shares of common stock), and five-year warrants, which vested in full upon issuance, to purchase up to 11,250,000 additional shares of common stock at a purchase price of $0.25 per share to 8 institutional investors. Stock offering costs for the private placement amounted to $100,000. Each share of Preferred Stock is entitled to cash interest payments of 9% of the stated value per year, payable quarterly. The Preferred Stock is voluntarily and mandatorily convertible into shares of common stock pursuant to the provisions of the securities purchase agreement, with any shares of Preferred Stock outstanding on March 31, 2017 automatically converting into common stock. The investors received rights of first refusal and rights of participation in future financings of the Company until March 31, 2015. In addition, the investors received most favored nation protections on the terms and conditions of the warrants and preferred stock so long as such securities remain outstanding. Additionally, until September 30, 2015, each investor has the right to invest an amount equal to the amount invested by such investor in the above-referenced transaction in preferred stock of Arista Power on substantially similar terms. The Preferred Stock and warrants have customary anti-dilution protections and registration rights including a “full ratchet” anti-dilution adjustment provision. The warrants associated with this transaction were valued at their date of issue utilizing the Black-Scholes option pricing model, which amounted to $2,868,750.  The difference between the warrants valuation of $2,878,560 and the net proceeds received by the Company of $1,400,000 results in a deemed dividend of $1,468,750, which has been charged to additional paid-in-capital, as the Company has no retained earnings from which to declare a dividend.

 

On March 31, 2014, in conjunction with the full ratchet and anti-dilution provisions of the July and August 2013 private placement of common stock, shareholders were awarded an additional 1,255,000 shares of common stock and 612,000 warrants to purchase common stock for $0.25 per share, and the exercise price for the 3,060,000 warrants outstanding that were associated with this transaction were reduced from $0.30 to $0.25 per share.