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Preferred Stock
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2012
Notes to Financial Statements  
Note 9. Preferred Stock

The Company has authorized 25,000,000 shares of preferred stock, of which 20,500,000 is designated as Series B Convertible Preferred Stock, $0.01 par value, with a stated value of approximately $177,000 (“Series B Preferred”). The remaining 4,500,000 authorized preferred shares have not been designated by the Company as of September 30, 2012.

 

Series A-1 Preferred Stock. The Series A-1 Preferred Stock (“Series A-1 Preferred”) ranked prior to the common stock for purposes of liquidation preference, and to all other classes and series of equity securities of the Company that by their terms did not rank senior to the Series A-1 Preferred. Holders of the Series A-1 Preferred shares were entitled to receive, when, as and if declared by the Board of Directors, preferential dividends at the rate of 8% per annum to be paid at the option of the Company, either in cash or by the issuance of additional shares of Series A-1 Preferred. The Company could, at its option, redeem shares of the Series A-1 Preferred, in whole or in part, out of funds legally available, by action of the Board of Directors, at any time after the issuance of such Series A-1 Preferred, at a redemption price equal to the face amount plus all accrued and unpaid dividends on such Series A-1 Preferred. At any time on or after the issuance date, the Series A-1 Preferred may be converted by the holder of any such shares subject to certain limitations into a number of fully paid and nonassessable shares of common stock at a conversion rate of two shares of common stock for each one share of Series A-1 Preferred.

 

In October 2010, the Company entered into certain agreements with certain investors, pursuant to which the Company exchanged substantially all of its equity interest in FluoraPharma and shares of Series B Preferred and in consideration for cash aggregating $789,704, and the termination of certain shares of Series A-1 Preferred with a stated value of approximately $4.45 million (the “Exchange”), including accrued and unpaid dividends of $63,186. Contemporaneously with the consummation of the Exchange, on November 19, 2010, the Company filed a Certificate of Withdrawal of the Certificates of Designations of the Series A Preferred with the Nevada Secretary of State, as no shares or such preferred stock were issued and outstanding following the Exchange.

 

Series B Convertible Preferred Stock. The Company has authorized 20,500,000 shares of Series B Preferred, $0.01 par value. The Series B Preferred ranks prior to the common stock for purposes of liquidation preference, and to all other classes and series of equity securities of the Company that by their terms did not rank senior to the Series B Preferred (“Junior Stock”). Holders of the Series B Preferred are entitled to receive cash dividends, when, as and if declared by the Board of Directors, and they shall be entitled to receive an amount equal to the cash dividend declared on one share of Common Stock multiplied by the number of shares of Common Stock equal to the outstanding shares of Series B Preferred, on an as converted basis. The holders of Series B Preferred have voting rights to vote as a class on matters (i) amending, altering or repealing the provisions of the Series B Preferred so as to adversely affect any right, preference, privilege or voting power of the Series B Preferred; or (ii) to effect any distribution with respect to Junior Stock. At any time, the holders of Series B Preferred may, subject to limitations, elect to convert all or any portion of their Series B Preferred into fully paid non-assessable shares of Common Stock at a 1:1 conversion rate. For the period ending September 30, 2012, there were 20,416,228 shares of Series B Preferred convertible into 20,416,228 shares of common stock.