Capital Stock

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Capital Stock

Capital Stock

Preferred Stock

 The Company has authorized 20,500,000 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 $204,000   (“Series B Preferred”).  The remaining authorized preferred shares have not been designated by the Company as of December 31, 2015.  

 On November 19, 2010, the Company filed a Certificate of Withdrawal of the Certificates of Designations of the Series A Preferred Stock (“Series A Preferred”) with the Nevada Secretary of State, as there were no shares of Series A Preferred issued and outstanding after the exchange transaction discussed below. 

 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 a) 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 b) 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 nonassessable shares of Common Stock at a 1:1 conversion rate.

 As of December 31, 2015 and 2014, the Company had 16,676,942 shares of Series B Preferred Stock issued and outstanding with a liquidation preference of $166,769, and convertible into 16,676,942 shares of Common Stock.

Common Stock

 The Company has authorized 150,000,000 shares of its Common Stock, $0.01 par value. The Company had issued and outstanding 69,772,918 and 63,341,163 shares of its Common Stock at December 31, 2015 and 2014.

On January 2, 2015, the Company issued 73,000 shares of Common Stock to the purchaser of a $36,500 note. Additionally, we issued 500,000 shares of Common Stock to certain investors who purchased Bridge Notes during the year ended December 31, 2014, which were previously classified as shares to-be-issued.

In February 2015, the Company agreed to issue Common Stock to two consultants for services rendered under the terms of their respective agreements, although neither consultant had fully completed the obligations of their agreements. An aggregate of 925,003 common shares were issued during the three months ended March 31, 2015.

In February 2015, the Company issued 815,061 shares of Common Stock as payment for accrued interest for the period from July 1, 2014 through December 31, 2014 under certain convertible notes payable.

On February 3, 2015, the Board of Directors granted an aggregate of 2.3 million stock options to its executive management at an exercise price of $0.04 per share.  The options have a five-year term and are fully vested on the date of grant.

In May 2013, the executive management received an aggregate of 1.0 million shares of Common Stock as compensation for the completion of certain objectives. On February 20, 2015, the Board of Directors agreed to cancel these shares, as the Company had failed to meet the specified objectives.  As of September 30, 2015, these shares were still outstanding. 

In June 2015, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized the following issuances of Common Stock: (i) an aggregate total of 286,500 shares issuable to the Bridge Note holders as consideration for the extension of the maturity date of the Bridge Notes to December 31, 2015; (ii) an aggregate total of 1,875,691 shares of Common Stock as payment of accrued but unpaid interest on certain of the Company’s convertible promissory notes; and (iii) an aggregate total of 100,000 shares of Common Stock to certain investors who purchased Bridge Notes in the aggregate principal amount of $50,000 during the three months ended June 30, 2015.

In July 2015, the Company issued an aggregate total of 70,000 shares of Common Stock to the purchaser of a $35,000 Bridge Note.

In September 2015, the Company authorized an aggregate total of 1.5 million shares of Common Stock to its officers and directors as consideration for services rendered to the Company, subject to certain vesting schedules. These shares were issued subsequent to September 30, 2015, and all shares were fully vested as of December 31, 2015. Since the shares fully vested during the year ended December 31, 2015, the Company elected to expense the full amount during the 2015 period, rather than amortizing the amount over multiple periods.