Stockholders' Equity Note Disclosure [Text Block] |
3. Common Stock
Our authorized common stock consists of 60,000,000 shares of common stock with a par value of $.001. The following summarizes our common stock activity for the period from August 22, 2008 (inception) to the completion of the reverse merger on March 30, 2010:
| · | Upon formation on August 22, 2008, Youchange, Inc. issued 1,000,000 of its common shares to its founder and Chief Executive Officer, Jeffrey Rassás, in exchange for $1,000. |
| · | During fiscal 2010, Youchange, Inc. issued an additional 4,000,000 of its common shares to unrelated entities in exchange for $4,000 (except for 40,000 of these shares, which were issued to an officer / director). |
| · | During fiscal 2010, Youchange, Inc. issued 1,500,000 shares of its common stock to Mr. Rassás in exchange for certain intangible assets related to the youchange.com domain. This transaction was valued at $2,500. Although it may require renewal from time-to-time, this intangible asset has an indefinite life and accordingly is not being amortized. |
| · | During fiscal 2010, Youchange, Inc. issued 683,197 shares of its common stock upon conversion of $500,000 in convertible notes plus $13,681 of unpaid accrued interest. |
As described in more detail above, on March 30, 2010, BSFG acquired all 7,183,197 of the issued and outstanding common shares of Youchange, Inc. from Youchange, Inc. shareholders in exchange for 21,549,591 shares of BSFG Common Stock. Youchange, Inc. shareholders received three shares of BSFG Common Stock for each share of Youchange, Inc.
In conjunction with the reverse merger, the Company issued 1,456,000 shares of its common stock as partial compensation for the purchase of the BSFG. The shares were valued at $0.34 per share, which was the closing stock price on March 30, 2010. The total fair value of these common shares of $495,040 was expensed as an acquisition cost.
As a result of the reverse merger there were a total of 35,405,588 shares of our common stock issued and outstanding immediately following the transaction, of which the former Youchange, Inc. shareholders held 61%. For accounting purposes, Youchange, Inc. is the acquirer in the reverse merger transaction.
During fiscal 2011, we issued common shares for the following transactions:
| · | During July 2010, we entered into a one-year consulting agreement with Naser Ahmad through NOMA Enterprises, LLC to provide services as Chief Technology Officer of Youchange, Inc., and issued 333,333 shares of our common stock as compensation for such services. The term of this agreement is from January 1, 2010 to December 31, 2010. As of June 30, 2010, we had accrued $60,000 of compensation expense, which was paid by way of the issuance of one half of these shares. We recognized the remaining $33,333 of expense during July 2010 for the 333,333 total shares issued, which was recorded as professional fees. The consulting agreement has not been renewed as of the date of this filing; however, Mr. Ahmad has continued to provide services to the Company on a month-to-month basis for $10,000 per month, and we issued an additional 142,528 common shares during June 2011 as compensation for the six months ended June 30, 2011. |
| · | During July 2010, we entered into a licensing agreement with a strategic partner for access to a database for pricing of used consumer electronic goods. We issued 193,322 shares of common stock upon the execution of this agreement and were required to pay $35,000 over the first year of the agreement, and under the original terms, were required to pay $63,000 over the second year of the agreement and issue additional common shares valued at $30,000 as payment for the second year of the agreement. After the one year anniversary of this agreement, we have agreed to terminate the provisions and terms of the second year and negotiate a new agreement that is more conducive to the current economic status and needs of the Company. Until such time as the new terms have been reached, the strategic partner has agreed to continue providing access to the pricing database. We expensed $54,130 as general and administrative expense for the issuance of the 193,322 shares of common stock during July 2010. |
| · | During December 2010, we entered into a one year consulting agreement with Mary Juetten, through Protect your Intellectual Property (PIP), LLC to provide services as Chief Operating Officer of Youchange, Inc. The term of this agreement is from October 1, 2010 to September 30, 2011. During fiscal 2011, we issued a total of 625,625 shares of our common stock as compensation for services and recognized $160,250 of expense for the issuance of these shares, which was recorded as professional fees. Additionally, we recognized expense of approximately $18,000 for cash-based consideration paid to Ms. Juetten’s for her services as Chief Operating Officer of Youchange, Inc, which is also recorded as professional fees. During the first quarter of fiscal 2012, Ms. Juetten resigned from her position with the Company. |
| · | During March 2011, we raised $250,000 through the sale of 1,000,000 common shares in a private placement transaction with an accredited investor at a sales price of $0.25 per common share. |
| · | During June 2011, we issued 28,506 common shares to Richard Papworth, our Chief Financial Officer for services rendered. We expensed $12,000 as professional fees for the issuance of these shares. |
| · | During fiscal 2011, we issued 615,886 common shares upon conversion of principal and interest previously outstanding on convertible notes payable. These transactions are discussed in more detail in Note 6. |
| · | During fiscal 2011, we also issued 81,439 common shares in exchange for other professional services. We expensed $29,022 as general and administrative expense for the issuance of these shares. |
During the first three months of fiscal 2012, we issued common shares for the following transactions:
| · | During the first three months of fiscal 2012, we issued 86,097 common shares to an entity controlled by Naser Ahmad, the Chief Technology Officer of Youchange, Inc. We expensed $30,000 as professional fees for the issuance of these shares. |
| · | During the first three months of fiscal 2012, we issued 17,219 common shares to Richard Papworth, our Chief Financial Officer for services rendered. We expensed $6,000 as professional fees for the issuance of these shares. |
| · | During July 2011, we issued 436,337 common shares upon conversion of principal and interest previously outstanding on convertible notes payable, of which 103,296 was with a related party. These transactions are discussed in more detail in Note 6. |
| · | During the first three months of fiscal 2012, we also issued 39,725 common shares in exchange for other professional services. We expensed approximately $10,000 as professional fees and approximately $3,000 as marketing expense for the issuance of these shares. |
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