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Note 7 - Preferred Stock
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Notes to Financial Statements  
Preferred Stock [Text Block]
7.        Preferred Stock
 
Series B Convertible Preferred Stock
 
As of March 31, 2015, there are 100 shares of our Series B Convertible Preferred Stock outstanding, convertible into 285,714 shares of our common stock. During the three months ended March 31, 2015, there were no conversions or other transactions involving our Series B Convertible Preferred Stock.
 
Series C Convertible Preferred Stock
 
Our Certificate of Incorporation authorizes us to issue up to 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock, $.01 par value. In February 2015, we established from the authorized preferred stock a series of preferred stock, consisting of 3,000 shares of Series C Convertible Preferred Stock, $1,000 stated value (“Series C Preferred Shares”) and entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (“SPA”) whereby we issued to two institutional investors (“Purchasers”) the Series C Preferred Shares for gross proceeds of $3.0 million. Net proceeds to the Company from this transaction, after deduction of placement agent fees and other expenses, were approximately $2.7 million.
 
The Series C Preferred Shares may be converted at any time at the option of the Purchasers into shares of our common stock at an initial conversion price of $0.18 per share (“Conversion Price”), for an aggregate total of 16,666,666 shares of our common stock (“Conversion Shares”). The Series C Preferred Shares have a liquidation preference equal to the initial purchase price, have no voting rights, and are not entitled to a dividend.
The Series C Preferred Shares contains price adjustment provisions, which may, under certain circumstances, reduce the conversion price on several future dates, including the effective date of the registration statement covering resale of the common stock subject to the Series C Preferred Shares, according to a formula based on the then-current market price for our common stock.
 
Pursuant to the terms of the SPA, we issued to each Purchaser Series D, E and F Warrants (collectively, the “Investor Warrants”), each to purchase up to a number of shares of our common stock equal to 100% of the Conversion Shares underlying the Series C Preferred Shares (up to 16,666,666 shares in the aggregate for each of the three series of warrants, or 49,999,998 shares in total). The Series D Warrants have an initial exercise price of $0.22 per share, are exercisable immediately, and have a term of exercise equal to five years from the date of issuance. The Series E Warrants have an initial exercise price of $0.18 per share, are exercisable immediately, and have a term of exercise equal to one year from the date of issuance. The Series F Warrants have an initial exercise price of $0.22 per share and have a term of exercise equal to five years from the date of issuance, but only vest and become exercisable upon, and in proportion to, the exercise of the one-year Series E Warrants.
We also issued to our placement agent warrants (“Placement Agent Warrants”) to acquire 1,333,333 shares of our Common Stock with terms substantially the same as the Series D Warrants.
The Investor Warrants and Placement Agent Warrants contain anti-dilution and price adjustment provisions, which may, under certain circumstances, (i) reduce the exercise price on several future dates, including the effective date of the registration statement covering resale of the shares subject to the warrants, according to a formula based on the then-current market price for our common stock and (ii) reduce the exercise price to match if we sell or grant options to purchase, including rights to reprice, our common stock or common stock equivalents at a price lower than the exercise price of the warrants, or if we announce plans to do so. The number of shares subject to warrants will not increase due to such reductions in exercise price.
 
In connection with the sale of the Series C Preferred Shares, we entered into a Registration Rights Agreement (“RRA”) with the Purchasers, pursuant to which we filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on March 20, 2015. It was declared effective by the SEC on April 8, 2015, which triggered the price adjustment provisions of the Series C Preferred Shares and the related warrants. As of that date, the conversion price of the Series C Preferred Shares was reduced to $0.142, the exercise price of the Series D and Series F Warrants was reduced to $0.1704, and the exercise price of the Series E Warrants and Placement Agent Warrants was reduced to $0.142.
 
Accounting Treatment and Allocation of Proceeds
. We first assessed the Series C Preferred Shares under ASC Topic 480, “
Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity
” (“ASC 480”) and determined such preferred stock not to be a liability under ASC 480. We next assessed the preferred stock under ASC Topic 815. “
Derivatives and Hedging
” (“ASC 815”). The preferred stock contains an embedded feature allowing an optional conversion by the holder into common stock which meets the definition of a derivative. However, we believe that the preferred stock is an “equity host” (as described by ASC 815) for purposes of assessing the embedded derivative for potential bifurcation and determined that the optional conversion feature is clearly and closely associated to the preferred stock host; we therefore determined that the embedded derivative does not require bifurcation and separate recognition under ASC 815. We then assessed the preferred stock under ASC Topic 470, “
Debt
” (“ASC 470”), and determined there to be no beneficial conversion feature (“BCF”) requiring recognition at the issuance date. We also assessed the warrants issued in connection with the financing under ASC 815 and determined that they do not initially meet the definition of a derivative, but will require evaluation on an on-going basis.
 
The following is a summary of the allocation of the net proceeds from the preferred stock financing:
 
Net proceeds after transaction costs
  $ 2,679,809  
Less: Fair value of warrants (recorded to Additional Paid-in Capital)
    (1,695,868 )
Recorded value of Series C Preferred Shares at March 31, 2015
  $ 983,941