COMMON STOCK

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

COMMON STOCK [Abstract]

COMMON STOCK

NOTE 7—COMMON STOCK

May 2012 Offering

In May 2012, the Company sold to institutional investors 6,200,000 units, with each unit consisting of one of our common shares and one warrant to purchase one common share, for gross proceeds of approximately $13.14 million, before deducting placement agent fees and estimated offering expenses of $527,000 recorded as cost of capital, in a "registered direct" offering.  The investors purchased the units at a purchase price of $2.12 per unit. The warrants, which represent the right to acquire an aggregate of up to 6,200,000 common shares, are exercisable at any time on or after November 9, 2012 and prior to November 9, 2015 at an exercise price of $2.68 per share, which was 120% of the closing price of our common shares on the NYSE MKT on May 2, 2012.

October 2012 Offering

In October 2012, we sold 14,814,815 units, with each unit consisting of one of our common shares, one Class A Warrant and one Class B Warrant, for gross proceeds of approximately $10.0 million, before deducting placement agent fees and estimated offering expenses of $828,000 recorded as cost of capital, in a "registered direct" public offering.  The investors purchased the units at a purchase price of $0.675 per unit. The Class A Warrants represent the right to acquire one-half common share per warrant, or an aggregate of up to 7,407,407 common shares for a period of six months at an exercise price of $0.81 per share.  The Class B Warrants represent the right to acquire one-half common share per warrant, or an aggregate of up to 7,407,407 common shares for a period of three years at an exercise price of $0.90 per share.