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STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2013
STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY [Abstract]  
STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY

NOTE 13. STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY

 

Subscription Agreements

 

On February 2, 2012, Net Element entered into a Subscription Agreement with one of its directors, Felix Vulis, pursuant to which Mr. Vulis purchased from the Company for $100,000: (i) 16,667 shares of common stock of the Company; (ii) a three-year warrant to purchase up to an additional 16,667 shares of common stock of the Company with an exercise price of $10 per share; (iii) a three-year warrant to purchase up to an additional 16,667 shares of common stock of the Company with an exercise price of $20 per share; and (iv) a three-year warrant to purchase up to an additional 16,667 shares of common stock of the Company with an exercise price of $40 per share. These warrants were cancelled on October 2, 2012 pursuant to the Merger Agreement with Net Element. The price of the Company's stock was $13.60 on the date of grant and the Company recorded a corresponding compensation charge of $806,667.

 

On February 23, 2012, Net Element entered into a Subscription Agreement pursuant to which it sold 333,333 newly issued shares of common stock of the Company to Kenges Rakishev for an aggregate purchase price of $2,000,000, or $6.00 per share. In connection with this Subscription Agreement, the Company recorded a corresponding compensation charge for $1,333,333 to recognize the difference between $6.00 per share and the market price of the stock on February 23, 2012 of $10.00 per share.

  

The corresponding shares of common stock, cash paid and compensation charge related to these agreements during the quarter ended March, 31 2012 is as follows:

 

Name   Shares     Cash     Compensation Charge  
Felix Vulis     16,667     $ 100,000     $ 806,667  
Kenges Rakishev     333,333     $ 2,000,000     $ 1,333,333  

 

Other

 

During December 2012, the Company's Board of Directors authorized, and the Company announced on December 10, 2012, a plan permitting the repurchase by the Company of up to $2.5 million of issued and outstanding shares of the Company's common stock in open market or privately negotiated transactions during the 24-month period ending December 10, 2014. For the quarter ended March 31, 2013, the Company repurchased 167,220 shares of its common stock for $472,696 or an average of $2.83 per share including 137,207 shares that were repurchased by the Company in a private transaction outside the parameter of the publicly announced repurchase plan (also see Note 18).