RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2013

RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

NOTE 10—RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

Investors in the July 25, 2012 Note offering included two members of Opexa’s Board of Directors and entities affiliated with a third director. Opexa issued an aggregate of $630,000 in principal amount of Notes to the two directors and an entity for which a third director reports beneficial ownership of Opexa securities. In connection with the issuance of such Notes, Opexa also issued warrants to purchase an aggregate of 221,483 shares of common stock. The fair value of the warrants was $356,969. Opexa also determined the Notes contained a beneficial conversation feature with fair value of $230,969. Opexa recorded a total of $587,939 as debt discount associated with the Notes issued to the related parties and amortized $16,044 as interest expense in the consolidated statements of operations for the year ended December 31, 2012.

Entities affiliated with related parties were issued Series K warrants to purchase an aggregate of 65,636 shares of common stock in connection with the January 29, 2013 waiver with respect to the July 2012 Notes.

The Company issued shares of common stock to holders of the July 2012 Notes in payment of accrued interest on July 1, 2013, of which related parties were issued an aggregate of 55,328 shares of common stock.

On September 24, 2013, the July 2012 Notes held by two members of Opexa’s Board of Directors and an entity affiliated with a third director in an aggregate of $647,813 in principal amount and unpaid interest were converted into an aggregate of 339,170 shares of common stock at a conversion price of $1.91, which was the most recent closing market price of the Company’s common stock on the NASDAQ Stock Market when the Company effected such conversion.

Investors in the January 2013 Note offering included one member of Opexa’s Board of Directors who was issued a Note with a principal amount of $100,000 (see Note 9).

The following table provides a summary of the changes in convertible debt – related parties, net of unamortized discount, during 2013:

Balance at December 31, 2012	$	58,105
January 2013 Notes, face value		100,000
Discount on beneficial conversion feature of January 2013 Notes at issuance		(21,820	)
Discount on fair value of Series J warrant liability at issuance		(30,149	)
Repayment of January 23, 2013 Notes		(100,000	)
Conversion of July 25, 2012 Notes into common stock		(630,000	)
Unamortized debt discount closed to loss on debt extinguishment		483,678
Amortization of debt discount to interest expense through December 31, 2013		140,186
Balance at December 31, 2013	$	—

On August 15, 2012, Opexa appointed former director David E. Jorden as its Acting Chief Financial Officer. As a non-employee officer of Opexa, Mr. Jorden received cash compensation of $100,000 per annum for his service. For the period of August 15, 2012 through December 31, 2012, cash compensation totaling $37,500 was earned by Mr. Jorden and is reported in general and administrative expense in the consolidated statements of operations for the year ended December 31, 2012. As of December 31, 2012, cash compensation totaling $8,333 was due to Mr. Jorden and is included in accounts payable in the consolidated balance sheets. For the year ended December 31, 2013, cash compensation totaling $25,000 was earned by Mr. Jorden for his service as Opexa’s Acting Chief Financial Officer for the period of January 1, 2013 through March 29, 2013 and is reported in general and administrative expense in the consolidated statements of operations for the year ended December 31, 2013.