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STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2015
Stockholders' Equity Note [Abstract]  
STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
8. STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

 

Preferred Stock

 

As of September 30, 2015, there were 335,273 shares of the Company’s 6% Convertible Exchangeable Preferred Stock (“Preferred Stock”) issued and outstanding at an issue price of $10.00 per share. Dividends on the Preferred Stock are cumulative from the date of original issuance at the annual rate of 6% of the liquidation preference of the Preferred Stock, payable quarterly on the first day of February, May, August and November, commencing February 1, 2005. Any dividends must be declared by the Company’s Board and must come from funds that are legally available for dividend payments. The Preferred Stock has a liquidation preference of $10.00 per share, plus accrued and unpaid dividends.

 

The Preferred Stock is convertible at the option of the holder at any time into the Company’s shares of common stock at a conversion rate of approximately 0.06079 shares of common stock for each share of Preferred Stock based on a price of $164.50. The Company has reserved 20,381 shares of common stock for issuance upon conversion of the remaining shares of Preferred Stock outstanding on September 30, 2015. The shares of previously-converted Preferred Stock have been retired, cancelled and restored to the status of authorized but unissued shares of preferred stock, subject to reissuance by the Board of Directors as shares of Preferred Stock of one or more series.

 

The Company may automatically convert the Preferred Stock into common stock if the closing price of the Company’s common stock has exceeded $246.75, which is 150% of the conversion price of the Preferred Stock, for at least 20 trading days during any 30-day trading period, ending within five trading days prior to notice of automatic conversion.

 

The Certificate of Designations governing the Preferred Stock provides that if the Company fails to pay dividends on its Preferred Stock for six quarterly periods, holders of Preferred Stock are entitled to nominate and elect two directors to the Board of Directors. This right accrued to the holders of Preferred Stock as of August 2, 2010 and two directors were nominated and elected at the annual meeting held on May 24, 2011.

 

The Preferred Stock has no maturity date and no voting rights prior to conversion into common stock, except under limited circumstances.

 

The Company may, at its option, redeem the Preferred Stock in whole or in part, out of funds legally available at the redemption price of $10.00 per share.

 

The Preferred Stock is exchangeable, in whole but not in part, at the option of the Company on any dividend payment date beginning on November 1, 2005 (the “Exchange Date”) for the Company’s 6% Convertible Subordinated Debentures (“Debentures”) at the rate of $10.00 principal amount of Debentures for each share of Preferred Stock. The Debentures, if issued, will mature 25 years after the Exchange Date and have terms substantially similar to those of the Preferred Stock. No such exchanges have taken place to date.

 

On May 22, 2015, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the Company declared a quarterly cash dividend in the amount of $0.15 per share on the Company’s Preferred Stock. The cash dividend was paid on August 1, 2015 to the holders of record of the Preferred Stock as of the close of business on July 17, 2015.

 

Common Stock

 

July 2015 Controlled Equity OfferingSM

 

On July 10, 2015, the Company entered into a Controlled Equity OfferingSM Sales Agreement (the “Agreement”) with Cantor under which the Company may, from time to time, sell shares of its common stock having an aggregate offering price of up to $8.35 million through Cantor. Under the Agreement, Cantor may sell the Shares by methods deemed to be an “at-the-market” offering as defined in Rule 415 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). The Company will pay Cantor a commission of up to 3.0% of the gross sales price per share sold. The Company is not obligated to make any sales under the Agreement. The Company has not made any sales under the Agreement as of September 30, 2015.

 

March 2015 Public Offering

 

On March 9, 2015, the Company completed a public offering of 10,000,000 shares of its common stock at a price to the public of $1.00 per share for proceeds, net of certain fees and expenses, of approximately $9.2 million.

 

November 2013 Stock Purchase Agreement

 

On November 14, 2013, the Company entered into a common stock Purchase Agreement with Aspire (the “Purchase Agreement”). Upon execution of the Purchase Agreement, Aspire purchased 511,509 shares of common stock for an aggregate purchase price of $2.0 million. Under the terms of the Purchase Agreement, Aspire has committed to purchase up to an additional 3,042,038 shares from time to time as directed by the Company or, in certain instances, as agreed to by both parties, over the next two years at prices derived from the market prices on or near the date of each sale. However, such commitment is limited to an additional $18.0 million of share purchases. In consideration for entering into the Purchase Agreement, concurrent with the execution of the Purchase Agreement, the Company issued 166,105 shares of the Company’s common stock to Aspire in lieu of a commitment fee. The fair value of these shares has been recorded as a component of other assets and will continue to be remeasured each reporting period, until the agreement is exhausted or expired, with gains or losses reported in the consolidated statements of operations. During the nine months ended September 30, 2015, the Company sold 1,100,000 shares to Aspire under the Purchase Agreement for proceeds of  $1.2 million.

 

On July 8, 2015, the Company sold all remaining 314,424 shares of common stock that were subject to its agreement with Aspire at $0.70 per share. All of the available shares under the Aspire Agreement have now been sold and the Aspire Agreement has automatically terminated by its terms.

 

Common Stock Warrants

 

The following table summarizes information about warrants outstanding at September 30, 2015:

 

Issued in Connection With   Expiration
Date		     Common
Shares
Issuable		     Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price		  
October 2010 stock issuance     2015       594,513     $ 13.44  
July 2011 stock issuance     2016       544,117     $ 9.52  
Total             1,138,630     $ 11.57  

 

There were no exercises of warrants during the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2015. Warrants for 202,499 shares of common stock, issued in connection with the January 2010 stock issuance, expired during the nine months ended September 30, 2015.