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Shareholders' Equity
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2017
Shareholders' Equity [Abstract]  
SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
10.SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

 

For the year ended December 31, 2017

 

The Company issued a total of 500,250 shares of common stock during the year ended December 31, 2017, as described below:

 

On April 24, 2017, the holder of Series A preferred stock converted a total of 100,100 shares of Series A for an aggregate of 250,250 shares of restricted common stock in accordance with their conversion rights which includes a blocker with respect to individual ownership percentages.

 

On August 3, 2017, the Company entered into an amendment to the August 24, 2014 Independent Contractor Agreements it entered into with Dr. Philip Frost and Steven Rubin who serve as members of the Company’s Strategic Advisory Board (the “SAB Amendments”). The SAB Amendments extend the term of the agreements from May 1, 2017 until April 30, 2018 and provide for the following equity based compensation: (a) for Dr. Frost, a warrant to purchase 2,000,000 shares of the Company’s Common Stock (the “Frost Warrant”) and an award of 150,000 shares of the Company’s unregistered restricted Common Stock and (b) for Mr. Rubin, an award of 100,000 shares of the Company’s unregistered restricted Common Stock. The restricted stock vests upon the occurrence of a change of control (as defined in the SAB Amendments). The Warrant has a term of five years and exercise price of $1.00 per share subject to proportional adjustment in the event of stock splits, stock dividends and similar corporate events. The Company recognized $155,001 expense for the pro rata portion of shares earned by the two members during the twelve months ended December 31, 2017, amortizing the expense over the 12 months of the service agreement regardless of the vesting condition.

 

As of December 31, 2017, the Company had unamortized stock compensation of $77,500 for non-employees.

 

For the year ended December 31, 2016

 

The Company issued a total of 3,556,635 shares of common stock during the year ended December 31, 2016, as described below:

 

The Company issued 2,500 shares of common stock pursuant to conversions of an aggregate of 1,000 shares of Series A preferred stock.

 

The Company issued 183,468 shares of common stock pursuant to conversions of an aggregate of 73,387 shares of Series C preferred stock.

 

The Company issued 50,000 shares of common stock pursuant to conversions of an aggregate of 2,000,000 shares of Series D preferred stock.

 

The Company issued 50,000 shares of common stock pursuant to conversions of an aggregate of 1,999,998 shares of Series F preferred stock.

 

The Company issued 50,000 shares of common stock pursuant to conversions of an aggregate of 2,000,000 shares of Series G preferred stock.

 

The Company issued 50,000 shares of common stock to AFI, as discussed above in Note 5 – Intangible Assets, after all milestones had been met as a requirement of the terms of the Escrow Agreement because the value of the escrowed shares fell below $1,400,000 and triggered a “make whole” provision. A gain of $11,000 was recognized since the fair value of $150,500 on the date of issuance was less than the original accrual.

 

The Company issued 100,000 shares of common stock with monthly vesting provisions to a newly-appointed director, Lt. Gen. Michael T. Flynn, for 24 months of services. Lt. Gen. Flynn could earn a pro rata portion of the shares, calculated based on the twenty-four-month vesting schedule. Lt. General Flynn resigned as a director on December 31, 2016 due to his appointment as National Security Advisor to President Donald Trump. Lt. General Flynn forfeited 66,667 unvested shares and disclaimed 33,333 vested shares. The Company recorded $97,000 in stock based compensation related to General Flynn’s board service which could not be reversed upon his disclaimer due to ASC 718-20-35-3 which stipulated that once an award vested, the compensation cost could not be reversed.

 

The Company issued an aggregate of 1,150,000 shares of common stock outside of the 2015 Equity Plan to Jay Nussbaum, Felicia Hess, Daniyel Erdberg, Kendall Carpenter, and Kevin Hess pursuant to Stock Award Agreements. The shares will vest upon consummation of a significant equity and/or debt financing at least equal to the November 2015 financing which raised $3,725,000 provided that the holder remains engaged by the Company through the vesting date. Stock based compensation of $3,346,615 was recognized during the year ended December 31, 2016 as the shares became fully vested on September 29, 2016 by resolution of the Board of Directors that the issuance of the Convertible Promissory Notes Series 2016 due October 1, 2017 qualified as such a significant financing.

 

In September 2016, the Company issued 1,339,000 shares of restricted common stock outside of the 2015 Equity Plan to employees Jay Nussbaum, Felicia Hess, Daniyel Erdberg, Kendall Carpenter, Mike Silverman and Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn pursuant to Stock Award Agreements. The shares will vest upon consummation of a significant equity and/or debt financing of at least $5,000,000 provided that the holder remains engaged by the Company through the vesting date. Lt. Gen. Flynn resigned as a director on December 31, 2016 due to his appointment as National Security Advisor to President Donald Trump. Lt. Gen. Flynn forfeited 25,000 unvested shares. The Company did not recognize any expense for the 25,000 cancelled Flynn shares for the year ended December 31, 2016. The Company recognized $970,067 stock based compensation during the six months ended June 30, 2017 and $508,940 in stock based compensation during the twelve months ended December 31, 2016. On that same date, the Company issued 35,000 shares of common stock outside the 2015 Equity Plan with the same conditions to Reginald Brown pursuant to Stock Aware Agreement for consulting services. The Company recognized $11,065 stock based compensation during the twelve months ended December 31, 2016. As of August 3, 2017, the Company does not believe the vesting conditions are probable of being achieved, and as such, no stock-based compensation expense is expected to be recognized in connection with the September 2016 shares.  Consequently, previously recorded stock based compensation of $1,488,596 was reversed during the nine months ended September 30, 2017.

 

On August 3, 2017, these awards were modified so that the restrictions set forth in the RSA lapse upon the earlier of (i) consummation of a significant equity and/or debt financing from which the Company receives gross proceeds of at least $7,000,000 or (ii) a change in control (as defined in the RSA Amendment), provided that, in either case, the holder remains engaged by the Company through the date of such event. The Company does not believe the modified vesting conditions are probably of being achieved, and as such, no stock-based compensation expense has been recorded. The Company will reassess whether achievement of the vesting conditions is probable at each reporting date. If it is probable, stock-based compensation will be recognized.

 

The Company issued 150,000 shares of common stock with monthly vesting provisions to Strategic Advisory Board members, Dr. Philip Frost and Steven Rubin, for 12 months of services. The advisors can earn a pro rata portion of the shares, calculated based on the twelve-month vesting period, in the event the service agreements are terminated prior to the expiration date as described in the agreements. The Company recognized a total of $29,500 and $284,000 expense for the pro rata portion of shares earned by the two members during the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively.

 

The Company issued 25,000 shares of common stock to a member of the Strategic Advisory Board for services which were immediately vested and recorded at the fair market value of $82,722.

 

On September 29, 2016, the Company issued 496,667 shares of common stock to twelve investors, including 406,666 shares to four affiliate investors that were party to the November 2015 private placement, pursuant to the purchase agreement for such private placement. These investors purchased stock at $5.00 per share and under the purchase agreement received twelve months of price protection. The Convertible Promissory Notes Series 2016 due October 1, 2017 included a $3.00 per share conversion factor, thereby triggering the price protection feature. The value of the shares that were issued, based upon the closing stock price on the date of issuance, was $1,641,484 and was treated as a deemed dividend.

 

On June 1, 2015, the Company issued 50,000 shares of common stock with monthly vesting provisions to the Chairman of the Board for twenty-four months services pursuant to a Director Agreement. The Chairman can earn a pro rata portion of the shares, calculated on a twenty-four month vesting period, in the event the Chairman relinquishes his position and board seat prior to the expiration date of the Director Agreement. The Company recognized a total of $112,500 and $270,000 expense for the pro rata portion of shares earned by the Chairman during 2017 and 2016, respectively.

 

On September 4, 2015, the Company issued 450,000 shares of common stock to four management employees and one director pursuant to stock award agreements. The vesting condition of the shares was for consummation of a $4,000,000 equity or debt financing provided that the holder remains engaged by the Company through the vesting date. On February 4, 2016, the Board deemed that vesting had occurred. Stock based compensation of $604,440 was recognized in 2016.