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Stockholders' Equity
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2018
Stockholders' Equity Note [Abstract]  
STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY

NOTE 9 – STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY

 

Common Stock

 

In January 2017, the Company issued 1,183,490 shares of common stock pursuant to a conversion of CVLB PR equity contributions of $272,203 into equity of Conversion Labs, Inc. by the noncontrolling interest.

 

In January 2017, the Company issued 217,391 shares of common stock in relation to issuance of a $210,000 note payable.

 

In the first quarter of 2017, the Company commenced an offering to sell up to 4,000,000 shares of common stock at a price of $0.23 per share and warrants to purchase up to 2,000,000 shares of common stock exercisable any time prior to the second anniversary of the issuance. The warrants are paired with the stock on the basis of one warrant for every two shares of stock purchased. During 2017, the Company received subscriptions in the amount of 2,927,156 shares and issued 1,463,578 warrants and proceeds in the amount of $673,246.

 

In March 2017, the Company issued 755,179 shares of common stock for the conversion of the outstanding balance of three notes payable totaling $499,802 (see Note 3).

 

On April 24, 2017, the Company, issued 217,390 shares of common stock pursuant to a stock subscription agreement and the Company issued 108,696 warrants with an exercise price of $0.40 per share for the stated consideration and satisfaction of obligation to pay $50,000 on the 180-day anniversary of the execution of the Sole and Exclusive License, Royalty, and Advisory Agreement dated September 1, 2016 with Pilaris Laboratories, LLC.

 

During the second quarter of 2017 the Company received subscriptions in the amount of 110,000 shares and issued 55,000 warrants and proceeds in the amount of $25,300.

 

On June 1, 2017, the Company entered into an agreement with a consultant to provide services, with a six-month term, and issued 125,000 shares of common stock as compensation. The shares were valued at $45,000 and the Company is recognizing the expense over the term of the agreement. For the year ending December 31, 2018, $45,000 has been expensed and included in compensation and related expenses on the consolidated statement of operations.

 

In July 2017, the Company and JLS Ventures entered into a separate three year incentivized second amendment to a Service Agreement effective July 1, 2017. As compensation, the Company issued 900,000 shares of common stock valued at $432,000. The Company is recognizing the expense over the term of the agreement. For the year ending December 31, 2018, $72,000 has been expensed and included in compensation and related expenses on the consolidated statement of operations.

 

In July 2017, Mark McLaughlin, the Company's former President and Chief Executive Officer, exercised 1,500,000 warrants on a cashless basis and was issued 1,140,000 shares of common stock.

 

In July 2017, Mark McLaughlin exercised 1,000,000 options on a cashless basis and was issued 800,000 shares of common stock.

 

In July 2017, Mark McLaughlin exercised 339,473 options on a cashless basis and was issued 271,579 shares of common stock.

 

In August 2017, the Company issued 100,000 shares of common stock valued at $40,000 to Acorn Management Partners L.L.C. ("Acorn") for financial advisory, strategic business planning and other investor relation services. The Company is recognizing the expense over the term of the agreement. For the year ending December 31, 2018, $40,000 has been expensed and included in compensation and related expenses on the consolidated statement of operations.

 

In August 2017, the Company issued 50,000 shares of common stock valued at $20,000 to BV Global Fulfillment, LLC ("BV Global") for fulfillment services.

 

In November 2017, the Company issued 100,000 shares of common stock valued at $44,000 to an employee as a bonus.

 

In November 2017, the Company issued 135,721 shares of common stock pursuant to a conversion of CVLB PR equity contributions of $31,216 into equity of Conversion Labs, Inc. by the noncontrolling interest.

 

In February 2018, pursuant to the sale of the Company's legacy yeast beta glucan assets to the Company's former CEO, Mr. McLaughlin, 2,000,000 shares of common stock of Mr. McLaughlin's shares were cancelled. 

 

In March 2018, the Company issued 500,000 shares of common stock valued at $120,000 to a consultant. In May 2018, the Company amended the agreement with the consultant whereby the Company rescinded the 500,000 shares of common stock and reissued 250,000 shares of common stock. The 250,000 shares of common stock issued on May 14, 2018, were valued at $62,500. The Company is recognizing the expense at the time of issuance.

 

In May 2018, the Company issued 1,000,000 shares of common stock valued at $230,000 to JLS Ventures, LLC, a company controlled by our CEO, Justin Schreiber, for services. The Company also committed to issue an additional 1,000,000 shares of common stock on January 1, 2019 valued in the aggregate amount of $230,000 if JLS Ventures met the service requirement specified in the agreement. These 2,000,000 shares serve as the compensation for Mr. Schreiber for his services as CEO of the Company. The Company is recognizing the expense for the issuances over the twenty-four-month term of the agreement. For the year ended December 31, 2018, $172,500 has been expensed and included in compensation and related expenses on the consolidated statement of operations.

 

In May 2018, the Company issued 200,000 shares of common stock valued at $56,000 to a consultant for services over a three-month term. The Company is recognizing the expense at the time of issuance. For the year ended December 31, 2018, $56,000 has been expensed and included in compensation and related expenses on the consolidated statement of operations.

 

During the year end December 31, 2018, the Company had convertible note holders convert 1,498,442 shares at a conversion price of $0.23 per share, resulting in a decrease to convertible notes of approximately $344,641 during the year.

 

Noncontrolling Interest

 

During 2017, the Company issued a total of 1,319,211 shares of common stock and 659,606 warrants pursuant to a conversion of CVLB PR equity contributions of $303,418 into equity of Conversion Labs, Inc. by the noncontrolling interest.

 

For the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, the net income (loss) of CVLB PR attributed the Company amounted to $(119,262) and $(12,488), respectively.

 

On May 29, 2018, Conversion Labs PR acquired a 51% interest in LegalSimpli, which operates a marketing-driven software solutions business. For the month of June 2018, the net loss of LegalSimpli was $48,613, of which $5,200 was attributed to the Company. During June 2018, contributions by other members of LegalSimpli resulted an increase in noncontrolling interests of $154,000.

 

Service-Based Stock Options

 

In January 2017, the Company issued 100,000 service-based options valued at $24,109 to Brunilda McLaughlin as additional compensation in an employment agreement. These options have an exercise price of $0.40 per shares, are fully vested, and expire in 10 years.

 

In February 2017, the Company issued 500,000 service-based options valued at $113,522 to a director with an exercise price of $0.20 per share. The options are fully vested and expire in 10 years.

 

In July 2017, the Company issued 75,000 service-based options valued at $20,985 to Brunilda McLaughlin as additional compensation in an employment agreement. These options have an exercise price of $0.35 per shares, are fully vested, and expire in 10 years.

 

In July 2017, the Company issued 300,000 service-based options valued at $83,939 to three directors with an exercise price of $0.35 per share. The options are fully vested and expire in 10 years.

 

In July 2017, the Company issued 125,000 service-based options valued at $49,219 to a consultant with an exercise price of $0.40 per share. The options are fully vested and expire in 5 years.

 

In July 2017, the Company issued Mark McLaughlin a ten-year option to buy 750,000 shares at $0.35 vesting one-third or 250,000 shares upon signing, and 250,000 shares on July 1, 2018 and 250,000 shares on July 1, 2019. Once the options are fully vested, they expire in 10 years. The options vested at December 31, 2018 are valued at $69,949.

 

On October 1, 2017, Michael Borenstein was appointed to our Board of Directors. As a director, Mr. Borenstein received a ten-year, fully-vested option to purchase 100,000 shares of our common stock at a price of $0.35 per share. In addition, Mr. Borenstein received four ten-year options to each purchase 75,000 shares of our common stock at prices of $0.25, $0.25, $0.35, and $0.35 per share, which vest upon the Company earning $4,000,000, $5,000,000, $6,000,000 and $7,000,000 in earnings before income taxes, respectively.

 

In October 2017, the Company entered into a consulting agreement with Mr. Kalkstein and issued him a ten-year option to buy 500,000 shares at $0.40 vesting 30% upon signing, 35% shall vest on the two-year anniversary of this Agreement and 35% shall vest on the three-year anniversary of this Agreement. Once the options are fully vested, they expire in 10 years. The fair value of the options upon issuance was $199,897 to be recognized as an expense over the three-year term of the agreement. For the year ended December 31, 2017 and 2018, $16,658 has been recognized as expense.

 

A Summary of the outstanding service-based options are as follows:

 

Number of  Options 
Balance at December 31, 2016   10,700,273 
Issued   1,600,000 
Exercised   -1,339,473 
      
Balance at December 31, 2017   10,960,800 
Issued   3,400,000 
Expired   -550,000 
Exercised   -40,800 
Balance at December 31, 2018   13,820,000 

 

All outstanding options are exercisable and have a cashless exercise provision, and certain options provide for accelerated vesting provisions and modifications, as defined, if the Company is sold or acquired. The intrinsic value of options outstanding and exercisable at December 31, 2018 and 2017 amounted to $1,210,342 and $704,794, respectively. The intrinsic value of options exercised for years ending December 31, 2018 and 2017 was $267,895 and $54,000, respectively.

 

The significant assumptions used to determine the fair values of options issued, using a Black-Scholes option-pricing model are as follows:

 

Significant assumptions:    
Risk-free interest rate at grant date   0.65% - 2.84 %
Expected stock price volatility   96.56 %-180.45 %
Expected dividend payout   - 
Expected option life-years   3 years 
Weighted average grant date fair value  $0.02 - 0.32 
Forfeiture rate   0.01%

 

The following is a summary of outstanding service-based options at December 31, 2018:

 

Exercise Price   Number of   Weighted Average 
Options   Remaining Contractual Life
$ 0.20 - $0.25   8,120,000   3.8 years
$ 0.30 - $0.35   3,825,000   8.7 years
$ 0.4   1,875,000   5.0 years
  Total   13,820,000    

 

Performance-Based Stock Options

 

Vested

 

In February 2017, the Company granted performance-based options to purchase 250,000 shares of common stock at exercise prices of $0.40. The options expire in 2027 and are exercisable upon the Company achieving annual sales revenue of $5,000,000. The options are valued at $55,439. During 2017, the Company met the performance criteria. The Company recorded stock-based compensation expense of $55,439 for the year ended December 31, 2018, related to these performance-based options.

 

Unvested

 

The Company granted performance-based options to purchase 900,000 shares of common stock at exercise price of $0.80. The options expire at various dates between 2021 and 2027 and are exercisable upon the Company achieving annual sales revenue of $10,000,000. During 2017, these unvested options were cancelled.

 

In July 2017, the Company granted performance-based options to purchase 6,000,000 shares of common stock with an exercise prices of $0.35 per share. The options expire in 10 years and are exercisable upon cash received by Conversion Labs, Inc. from CVLB PR between $4,000,000 and $7,000,000. The aggregate fair value of these performance-based options is $1,688,212.

 

In the third quarter of 2017, the Company granted performance-based options to purchase 3,150,000 shares of common stock with an exercise prices of $0.25 and $0.35 per share. The options expire in 10 years and are exercisable upon the company achieving pre-tax earnings benchmarks between $4,000,000 and $7,000,000. The aggregate fair value of these performance-based options is $910,146.

 

In the fourth quarter of 2017, the Company granted performance-based options to purchase 600,000 shares of common stock with an exercise prices of $0.25 and $0.35 per share. The options expire in 10 years and are exercisable upon the company achieving pre-tax earnings benchmarks between $4,000,000 and $7,000,000. The aggregate fair value of these performance-based options is $242,709.

 

Restricted Stock and Options

 

The Company has entered into two agreements on April 1, 2016 with two consultants of CVLB PR for business development, marketing and sales related services (the "Consultant Agreements"). The consultants are treated as employees for accounting purposes. Upon signing, each consultant was issued 1,000,000 restricted shares of Conversion Labs, Inc. common stock. In addition, each consultant shall receive an additional 150,000 restricted shares of Conversion Labs, Inc. common stock for each $500,000 distributed by CVLB PR to the Company. For each consultant, the amount of shares to be issued by the Company to the consultants shall be capped at 1,500,000 restricted shares when CVLB PR has transferred $5,000,000 to the Company, for a combined capped total of 3,000,000 restricted shares. For the year ended December 31, 2017, 2,300,000 restricted shares of common stock have been issued related to these agreements. The Company valued the shares at their grant date for a value of $0.30 per share for a total of $690,000 to be expensed over the estimated service period. A total of $300,000 and $306,667 was expensed during the year ended December 31, 2018 and 2017.

 

In addition, the Consulting Agreements provided that each consultant shall receive a bonus of an additional 750,000 restricted shares of Conversion Labs, Inc. common stock, plus an option to buy 1,000,000 shares of Conversion Labs, Inc. common stock at $0.20/share (including a cashless exercise feature) when CVLB PR has transferred to the Company at each of the following three (3) thresholds: $1,250,000, $2,000,000 and $3,000,000 for a total of 2,250,000 of restricted shares of Conversion Labs, Inc. common stock and options to purchase up to 3,000,000 shares of Conversion Labs, Inc. common stock at $0.20/share. As of December 31, 2018 no bonus shares have been issued and no options have been granted under this agreement.

 

Warrants

 

The following is a summary of outstanding and exercisable warrants:

 

   Number of   Weighted Average Exercise   Year of 
   Shares   Price   Expiration 
             
Balance at December 31, 2016   1,954,981   $0.19    2017 - 2019 
Issued   2,634,228    0.40    2018 - 2020 
Exercised   -1,500,000    0.12    2017 
                
Balance at December 31, 2017   3,089,119    0.40    2018 - 2020 
Expired   -354,891    0.44    2018 
Issued   2,491,305    0.29    2023 - 2028 
Exercised   -           
Balance at December 31, 2018   5,225,533   $0.35    2019 - 2028 

 

In January 2017, the Company issued 591,745 warrants with an exercise price of $0.40 per share, in relation to an issuance of common stock for the conversion of an equity contribution into CVLB PR by the noncontrolling interest. These warrants are fully vested and expire in two years.

 

In March 2017, the Company issued 402,348 warrants with an exercise price of $0.40 per share, in relation to an issuance of common stock for the conversion of debt. These warrants are fully vested and expire in two years.

 

In the first quarter of 2017, the Company issued 1,408,578 warrants with an exercise price of $0.40 per share, in relation to a sale of common stock. These warrants are fully vested and expire in two years.

 

In April 2017, the Company issued 55,000 warrants with an exercise price of $0.40 per share, in relation to a sale of common stock. These warrants are fully vested and expire in two years.

 

In April 2017, the Company issued 108,696 warrants with an exercise price of $0.40 per share, in relation to an issuance of common stock for conversion of a payable. These warrants are fully vested and expire in three years.

 

In November 2017, the Company issued 67,861 warrants with an exercise price of $0.40 per share, in relation to an issuance of common stock for conversion of an equity contribution into CVLB PR by the noncontrolling interest. These warrants are fully vested and expire in three years.

 

In March 2018, the Company issued 100,000 warrants to purchase shares of common stock with an exercise price of $0.50 per share, in relation to royalty license agreement. These warrants are fully vested and expire in ten years.

 

In May 2018, the Company issued 2,391,305 warrants to purchase shares of common stock with an exercise price of $0.28 per share, in relation to an issuance of convertible notes payable. These warrants are fully vested and expire in five years.

 

Warrants outstanding and exercisable amounted to 5,225,533 and 3,089,119 at December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively. The weighted average exercise price of warrants outstanding at December 31, 2018 and 2017 is $0.35 and $0.40, respectively. The warrants expire at various times between December 2017 and September 2019.

 

On October 25, 2018, the Company's board of directors unanimously decided to amend warrants with a two-year term issued to warrant holders issued between January 2017 and March 2017 with an exercise price of $0.40 per share. The Company amended the warrants to provide for an additional three-year term to warrant holders as consideration for them entering into a call agreement with the Company, so that when the Company's common stock trades above or over $0.75 per share for at least ten consecutive days. The Company has repriced the grant date fair value during 2018 and recognized additional expense as stock-based compensation of approximately $128,000.

 

The fair value of options and warrants granted (or extended) during the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, was estimated on the date of grant (or extension) using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model with the following weighted-average assumptions:

 

    2018    2017 
           
Expected volatility   191% - 196%   125% - 214%
Risk free interest rate   2.44% - 2.58%   1.31% - 2.57%
Expected dividend yield   -    - 
Expected warrant term (in years)   3.0 - 5.0    0.9 - 8.1 
Weighted average grant date fair value  $0.21 – 0.22   $0.12 - 0.45 

 

Stock Based Compensation

 

The total stock-based compensation expense related to Service-Based Stock Options, Performance-Based Stock Options and Warrants issued for service amounted to $834,191and $1,001,679 for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively. Such amounts are included in compensation and related expenses in the consolidated statement of operations.