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Shareholders' Equity
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2012
Stockholders' Equity Note [Abstract]  
Stockholders' Equity Note Disclosure [Text Block]

Note 5.

Shareholders’ Equity

In August 2010, the Company’s stock transfer agent mistakenly escheated to the State of Connecticut the 276,250 shares of the Company’s stock owned by Mario J. Gabelli, the Company’s Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer. Those shares represented 9.0415% of the Company’s stock then outstanding. All of those shares were subsequently sold by the State of Connecticut and Mr. Gabelli was unable to recover them. On August 6, 2012, Mr. Gabelli reached a settlement agreement with the transfer agent under which the transfer agent made a payment to the Company of $57,705, the amount required to pay the price of $0.19 per share for 303,710 shares of its stock. That is the number of shares required to return Mr. Gabelli to his previous ownership position of 9.0415% of the Company’s outstanding stock. The Company subsequently issued 303,710 shares of its stock to Mr. Gabelli. With the issuance of such shares, there are 3,359,055 shares of the Company’s stock outstanding. For accounting purposes, the Company recorded the issuance of shares at $0.14 per share, $42,519. The remaining amount of $15,186 was treated as a reimbursement of previously incurred legal expenses relating to the settlement of the erroneous escheatment and has been recognized as Other Income in the enclosed Condensed Statement of Operations.

Effective November 1, 2012, the Company appointed Jonathan P. Evans as its Chief Executive Officer. The Company may negotiate a sale of shares of its common stock to Mr. Evans and may also negotiate some form of equity compensation or participation for him.