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Note 6 - Warrants
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019
Notes to Financial Statements  
Warrants [Text Block]
Note
6.
Warrants
 
We have certain warrants outstanding to purchase our common stock, at various prices, as described in the following table:
 
   
Warrants
outstanding
   
Exercise  
price per share  
   
Weighted
a
verage
p
rice per
share
   
Aggregate
intrinsic
value
(1)
 
Balance, December 31, 2017
   
22,104,817
   
$0.25
1.00
    $
0.45
     
--
 
Granted
   
7,451,013
   
 0.25
0.48
     
0.29
     
 
 
Expired
   
(2,683,400
)
 
 
0.40
 
     
0.40
     
 
 
Balance, December 31, 2018
   
26,872,430
   
$0.25
1.00
    $
0.43
     
--
 
Granted
   
24,490,687
   
 0.25
0.48
     
0.29
     
 
 
Exercised
   
(7,544,456
)
 
 
0.30
 
     
0.30
     
 
 
Expired
   
(587,500
)
 
 
0.40
 
     
0.40
     
 
 
Balance, December 31, 2019
   
43,231,161
   
$0.25
1.00
    $
0.43
     
--
 
(
1
) – Aggregate intrinsic value based on closing common stock price of
$0.22
at
December 31, 2019.
 
Warrants issued as part of debt extension and extinguishment
 
On
March 5, 2019,
we executed amendments extending the maturity dates of notes issued to Vernal Bay and Chappy Bean (see Note
4,
subsection titled “
Notes payable, mature
August 12
and
16,
2020
(previously due
September 6, 2019)
”)
.
As consideration for this extension, we agreed to reduce the exercise price from
$0.25
to
$0.20
per share, and increase the number of shares purchasable by the warrants from
1,987,500
to
2,484,375.
In doing so, the maximum investment amount under each warrant remained the same.
 
In conjunction with the refinance of the Vernal and Chappy Bean notes in
August 2019,
Vernal received a warrant to purchase
2,095,588
shares of our common stock, expiring in
five
years, and which
may
be exercised at
$0.25
per share, and Chappy Bean received a warrant to purchase
330,882
shares of our common stock under the same terms.
 
Warrants issued as part of line of credit extinguishment
 
In
July
and
August 2019,
we issued warrants to purchase an aggregate
1,130,515
shares of our common stock to
three
line of credit holders who had agreed to convert their line of credit into an amended and restated note plus a warrant (see Note
4,
“Line of credit, due on demand”). The warrant expires in
five
years and
may
be exercised at
$0.25
per share.
 
Warrants issued as part of 
2018
OID extinguishment
 
On
September 12
and
September 16, 2019,
the holders of a convertible note in the aggregate principal amount of
$100,000,
agreed to satisfy the note through the issuance of an amended and restated convertible promissory note due in
12
months,
September 12
and
September 16, 2020,
including a
25%
original issue discount (see Note
4
) and a warrant to purchase
551,471
shares of our common stock. The warrant expires in
five
years and
may
be exercised at
$0.25
per share.
 
Warrants issued as consent for variable rate debt waiver
 
On
January 7
and
January 31, 2019,
Lincoln Park Capital Fund, LLC agreed to waive the provisions of the Purchase Agreement dated
August 25, 2017,
prohibiting variable rate transactions. As consideration for the waivers, we issued to Lincoln Park a warrant to purchase
300,000
shares of our common stock at
$0.25
per share, expiring
five
years from the date of grant. The fair value of these warrants totaled
$54,000
and was recorded as a discount on note payable on our consolidated balance sheet and will amortize to interest expense in
2019
over the term of the notes. (See Note
4
)
 
Warrants issued concurrently with the Nine-month OID notes
 
In conjunction with the issuance of our
nine
-month OID notes (see Note
4
), we issued each investor a warrant to purchase common stock for
$0.25
per share, expiring
5
years from the date of issuance. During the
three
months ended
March 31, 2019,
we issued warrants to purchase
637,500
shares of our common stock to the
three
investors. The fair value of these warrants totaled
$89,000
and was recorded as a discount on note payable on our consolidated balance sheet and will amortize to interest expense over the term of the notes. On
June 7, 2019,
we reduced the conversion prices of the notes from
$0.25
to
$0.17,
and this resulted in an increase in the number of warrants purchasable by the investors by
300,000
to
937,500,
which resulted our recording the fair value of
$84,000,
which is recorded as a deemed dividend.
 
Warrants Issued concurrently with Twelve-month OID notes
 
During the year ended
December 31, 2019,
we issued warrants to purchase
12,325,370
shares of our common stock to purchasers of our Twelve-month OID Notes (see Note
4
). The warrants allow the holder to purchase common stock for
$0.25
per share, expiring
5
years from the date of issuance. The number of shares purchasable under each warrant was equal to the
75%
of the principal balance of the investor’s note, divided by
$0.17
(thus, for example, a
$300,000
investment would yield a note with principal balance of
$375,000,
and a warrant allowing for the purchase of up to
1,654,412
shares). The fair value and BCF of these warrants totaled
$2,240,000
and was recorded as a discount on note payable on our consolidated balance sheet and will amortize to interest expense over the term of the notes.
 
Warrants Issued concurrently with the Convertible Note due
August 9, 2021
 
In conjunction with an
August 2019
investment and the issuance of a convertible note due
August 9, 2021 (
see Note
4
), we issued an investor a warrant to purchase
1,200,000
shares of our common stock for
$0.30
per share, expiring
5
years from the date of issuance. The fair value and BCF of these warrants totaled
$198,000
and was recorded as a discount on note payable on our consolidated balance sheet and will amortize to interest expense over the term of the note.
 
Warrants issued concurrently with promissory notes
 
In conjunction with a
$225,000
investment in
October 2018
and note issued in the principal amount of
$300,000
(see Note
4,
Convertible note payable, matures
January 11, 2019
”), we issued a stock purchase warrant allowing for the purchase of up to an aggregate
1,000,000
shares of our common stock for
$0.25
per share, expiring
October 12, 2023.
The relative fair value of this warrant totaled
$225,000
and was recorded as a discount on our convertible notes and will be amortized to interest expense through the
January 11, 2019
maturity of the note.
 
We
may
“call” the warrant if the closing price of our common stock equals or exceeds
$0.50
for
ten
consecutive trading days and the shares underlying the warrant are subject to an effective registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission. If we call the warrant, the holder has
30
days to exercise its rights to purchase shares under the warrant or forever forfeit such rights.
 
On
September 19, 2018,
pursuant to the terms of the convertible notes payable due
January 5, 2019 (
see Note
4,
Convertible Note
s
, mature
January 5, 2019
”), we issued warrants to purchase up to an aggregate
1,387,500
shares of our common stock at an exercise price of
$0.25
per share. These warrants expire
September 19, 2023.
We
may
“call” the warrants if the closing price of our common stock equals or exceeds
$2.50
for
10
consecutive trading days and the shares underlying the warrant are subject to an effective registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission. If we call the warrants, each investor would have
30
days to exercise its rights to purchase shares under the warrant or forever forfeit such rights.
 
The relative fair value of these warrants resulted in
$217,000
recorded as a discount on our consolidated balance sheet in the period issued. The discount will amortize to interest expense through the maturity date of the convertible notes.
 
On
September 12, 2018,
Vista Capital agreed to extend the maturity date of its note dated
December 18, 2017 (
See Note
4,
Convertible Note, matures
April 15, 2019 (
Vista Capital)
”).  Pursuant to our amendment of the Note extending the maturity date, we issued Vista Capital a warrant to purchase
1,812,000
shares of our common stock at
$0.25
per share. This warrant expires
September 12, 2023. 
The fair value of this warrant resulted in
$488,000
of loss on extinguishment of debt in
2018.
 
On
March 8, 2018,
we issued a warrant to purchase up to
150,000
shares of our common stock (subject to vesting) at an exercise price of
$0.35
per share to the holder of a note of the same date in the principal amount of
$50,000
(see Note
4,
Note payable, matures
March 8,
202
3
(or on demand)
”). The warrant expires
February 28, 2023.
At the end of each month,
6,250
shares vest as long as the note payable is outstanding. At
December 31, 2018,
56,250
shares had vested. The fair value the warrant totaled
$7,000
and was recorded as interest expense.
 
Reduction of Warrant Exercise Price
 
In
May 2018,
certain holders of outstanding warrants to purchase common stock received in prior unit offerings paid us cash in exchange for a reduction of the exercise price in their warrant(s). In the aggregate, we received
$149,000
from holders of
37
warrants which allow for the purchase of an aggregate
4,326,358
shares of our common stock. Exercise prices of these warrants were reduced to
$0.30.
Management determined that the appropriate accounting treatment for the reduction in the exercise price of the warrants was a capital transaction rather than a contract modification treatment analogous to changes in stock option contracts. As such, the fair value was equal to the cash received totaling
$149,000.
 
Warrants Issued Concurrently with Spring
2018
Unit Offering
 
During
2018,
pursuant to the terms of our Spring
2018
Unit Offering (see Note
5,
Convertible Note, matures
April 20, 2021 (
Spring
2018
Unit Offering)
”), we issued a warrant to purchase up to
333,333
shares of our common stock at an exercise price of
$0.48
per share to the investor in the Spring
2018
Offering. The warrant expires
April 20, 2023. 
The relative fair value of the warrant resulted in
$49,000
recorded as a discount on our convertible notes on our consolidated balance sheet in the period issued. Subsequent to the issuance of this warrant, the unit price for this offering was reduced, and as a result, the Company was obligated to increase the number of shares available for purchase under the warrant from
333,333
to
400,000.
The exercise price of the warrant was concurrently reduced. The fair value of this warrant resulted in
$17,000
recorded as interest expense during the year ended
December 31, 2018.
 
The Company
may
“call” the warrants issued in the Spring
2018
Offering, requiring the holder to exercise their warrant within
30
days or forever lose the rights to do so, if the following conditions have been met: (i) the shares of common stock underlying the warrants are registered with the SEC and (ii) the Company’s common stock closes for
10
consecutive trading days at or above
two
times the exercise price.
 
Warrants Issued Concurrently with Line of Credit Offering
 
During
2018,
pursuant to the terms of our Line of Credit (see Note
5,
Line of Credit, matures
September 1, 2019
”), we issued warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of
430,000
shares of our common stock. Of this amount
390,000
shares of our common stock are at an exercise price of
$0.35
per share and
40,000
shares are at an exercise price of
$0.25
per share. These warrants expire
March 1, 2023.
The relative fair value of these warrants resulted in
$98,000
recorded as a discount on our convertible notes payable and line of credit on our consolidated balance sheet in the period issued.
 
The Company
may
“call” these warrants, requiring the holder to exercise their warrants within
30
days or forever lose the rights to do so, if the following conditions have been met: (i) the shares of common stock underlying the warrants are registered with the SEC and (ii) the Company’s common stock closes for
10
consecutive trading days at or above
two
times the exercise price.
 
Warrants Issued to Summer
2017
Unit Offering Investors
 
Pursuant to the terms of our Summer
2017
Unit Offering (see Note
5
), we issued warrants to purchase an aggregate
1,246,906
shares of our common stock, at an exercise price of
$0.65
per share. These warrants expire
June 20, 2022.
The relative fair value of these warrants resulted in
$524,000
recorded as a long-term discount on our convertible notes.
 
The offering documents assured the investors that in the event a subsequent pricing supplement offered a lower conversion or exercise price, prior investors would be given those favorable terms. On
December 29, 2017,
we issued a
second
pricing supplement, lowering the conversion price to
$0.394.
As a result of this reduction, we notified each investor of the decrease in conversion price, and increased the number of warrant shares available to each investor. In the aggregate, the number of warrant shares increased by
82,283,
such that the warrants, in the aggregate, allow for the purchase of
1,329,189
shares. The relative fair value of these additional warrants resulted in
$32,000
recorded as a long-term discount on our convertible notes.
 
On
February 12, 2018,
we issued a
third
pricing supplement, lowering the unit price to
$0.30.
As a result of this reduction, the number of shares purchasable pursuant to warrants issued to prior investors increased by an aggregate
416,478
shares. Additionally, during the
three
months ended
March 31, 2018,
we accepted
two
final investments in the aggregate amount of
$80,000,
pursuant to the
third
pricing supplement, and issued these investors warrants to purchase an aggregate
266,667
shares. The relative fair value of these warrants, including the increase in purchasable shares, resulted in
$103,000
recorded as a discount on our consolidated balance sheet in the period issued.
 
Warrants Issued to One-Year Noteholders
 
In conjunction with
three
separate investments of
one
-year convertible notes, we issued warrants to purchase an aggregate
1,200,000
shares. Each of these warrants contained provisions that required a reduction to the exercise price and increase to the number of warrant shares in the event that we sold our common stock at a lower price than the exercise price (subject to some exceptions). During the year ended
December 31, 2018,
we adjusted downward the warrant exercise price to
$0.25,
resulting in a fair value totaling
$297,000,
recorded as a deemed dividend in our statement of stockholders’ equity. During the year ended
December 31, 2019,
we adjusted downward the warrant exercise price
three
times to
$0.12,
resulting in an increase of
2,595,406
warrants available for exercise. The increase in warrants resulted in a fair value totaling
$342,000,
recorded as a deemed dividend in our statement of stockholders’ equity. 
 
Exercise of Warrants
 
During the year ended
December 31, 2019,
we issued
7,544,456
shares of our common stock from the exercise of outstanding stock purchase warrants and in exchange we received proceeds totaling
$560,000.
 
On
June 24, 2019,
Vista Capital exercised its stock purchase warrant issued
September 12, 2018,
electing to utilize the cashless exercise feature in the warrant. The cashless exercise formula required the issuance of
2,877,790
shares of common stock. The increase of
2,520,780
available shares under the warrant was the result of the downward adjustment of the exercise price (pursuant to price protection features in the warrant), resulting in a fair value totaling
$355,000,
which is recorded as a deemed dividend in our statement of stockholders’ equity.
 
Fair Value – Interest Expense
 
To determine interest expense related to our outstanding warrants issued in conjunction with debt offerings, the fair value of each award grant is estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option pricing model and the relative fair values are amortized over the life of the warrant. For the determination of expense of warrants issued for services, extinguishment of debt and settlement management also uses the option-pricing model. The principal assumptions we used in applying this model were as follows:
 
   
2018   
   
2019   
 
Risk free interest rate
 
 2.54
3.00%
 
 
 1.42
2.13%
 
Expected volatility
 
 105
127%
 
 
 101
110%
 
Expected dividend yield
 
 
 
   
 
 
 
Forfeiture rate
 
 
 
   
 
 
 
Expected life in years
 
 3
5
   
 1
5
 
 
The risk-free interest rate is based on U.S. Treasury yields in effect at the time of grant. Expected volatilities are based on historical volatility of our common stock. The expected life in years is based on the contract term of the warrant.