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COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2012
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES [Abstract]  
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
NOTE 10 - COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

The Company will accrue an estimated loss contingency when information is available before the financial statements are issued or are available to be issued indicates that it is probable that an asset had been impaired or a liability had been incurred at the date of the financial statements and the amount of loss can be reasonably estimated.

COMMITMENTS

Material Advisors
On December 30, 2008, the Company entered into a Management Agreement with Material Advisors LLC, a management services company ("Manager").  The Management Agreement has a term ending on December 31, 2010 with automatic renewal for successive one-year periods unless either Manager or Company provides 90 days prior notice of cancellation to the other party or pursuant to the termination provisions of the Management Agreement.  Under the Management Agreement, Manager will perform or engage others, including Andre Zeitoun, a principal of Manager, Chris Carney and Eric Basroon ("Management Personnel"), to perform senior management services including such services as are customarily provided by a chief executive officer but not (unless otherwise agreed) services customarily provided by a chief financial officer.  Pursuant to the Management Agreement, Andre Zeitoun will serve as Company's Chief Executive Officer and will be appointed as a member of the Company's Board of Directors.

The services provided by Manager will include, without limitation, consulting with the Board of Directors of the Company and the Company's management on business and financial matters.  Manager will be paid an annual fee of $1,000,000 per year, payable in equal monthly installments of $83,333.  Manager will be solely responsible for the compensation of the Management Personnel, including Mr. Zeitoun and the Management Personnel will not be entitled to any direct compensation or benefits from the Company (including, in the case of Mr. Zeitoun, for service on the Board).  The Company granted Manager non-qualified stock options to purchase, for $0.70 per share, up to 6,583,277 shares of the Company's common stock.

On February 8, 2011, the Company's Board of Directors extended the management agreement between the Company and Materials Advisors for an additional year.  The extension continues Manager's services through December 31, 2012.  The extension included the option to purchase 2,904,653 shares of the Company's common stock at an exercise price of $0.83.  The vesting of such options will begin January 1, 2012 and will vest equally over the twelve-month period ending December 1, 2012.

As of January 1, 2012, the Company's management agreement with the Manager was amended.  The amendments included: (i) the Company is to be responsible for any employee benefits provided to the members of the Manager; and (ii) the Company is to be solely responsible for all travel, entertainment, office and marketing expenses and all other ordinary and necessary business expenses incurred by the Manager and its members in connection with the services provided under the 2012 Agreement.

On January 17, 2012, the Company's Board of Directors unanimously agreed to pay a performance bonus of $750,000 to the Manager.

Office Lease
On February 24, 2012 the Company entered into an extension of their lease agreement to commence on April 1, 2012.  The lease is to expire on December 31, 2012 with an option to extend the lease through December 31, 2014.  A deposit of $68,958 was paid on March 31, 2012.  The monthly rent will be $11,614 for 2012, $11,963 for 2013, and $12,322 for 2014, if the Company makes the decision to extend the lease for 2013 and 2014.