Stockholders' Equity

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

Equity [Abstract]

Stockholders' Equity

NOTE 8 – STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

Description of Preferred and Common Stock

The Company is authorized to issue up to a total of 1,820,000,000 shares of capital stock, consisting of 20,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“preferred stock”), 1,300,000,000 shares of Class A Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“Class A common stock”), 400,000,000 shares of Class B Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“Class B common stock”), and 100,000,000 shares of Class Z Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“Class Z common stock”).

Preferred Stock

The preferred stock may be issued in one or more series. The Company’s board of directors are authorized to issue the shares of preferred stock in such series and to fix from time to time before issuance thereof the number of shares to be included in any such series and the designation, powers, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other rights, and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, of such series.

Common Stock – General

The rights of each share of Class A common stock, each share of Class B common stock and each share of Class Z common stock are the same with respect to dividends, distributions and rights upon liquidation.

Class A Common Stock

Holders of the Class A common stock are entitled to one vote per share in the election of directors and other matters submitted to a vote of the stockholders.

Class B Common Stock

Conversion Rights. Shares of Class B common stock can be converted, one-for-one, into shares of Class A common stock at any time at the option of the holder. Shares of Class B common stock will automatically be converted into shares of Class A common stock if the shares of Class B common stock are not owned by the Company’s chief executive officer, his spouse, or their descendants and their spouses, or by entities or trusts wholly-owned by them.

Voting Rights Holders of PEN Class B common stock are entitled to 100 votes per share in the election of directors and other matters submitted to a vote of the stockholders.

Class Z Common Stock

Conversion Rights. Shares of Class Z common stock can be converted, one-for-one, into shares of Class A common stock at any time at the option of the holder. Shares of Class Z common stock will automatically be converted into shares of Class A common stock if the shares of Class Z common stock are not owned by Zeiss or an entity wholly owned by the ultimate parent of Zeiss. In addition, if Zeiss and other permitted holders of shares of Class Z common stock sell or convert more than one-half of the shares of Class Z common stock that are received in the Combination, all shares of Class Z common stock will automatically convert into Class A common stock.

Voting Rights. Holders of PEN Class Z common stock do not vote in the election of directors or otherwise, but they do have the right to designate a director to the PEN Board, have anti-dilution rights described below and have consent rights with respect to certain amendments to PEN’s certificate of incorporation.

Other Rights. The Class Z common stock has anti-dilutive rights that, subject to limited exceptions, permit holders of Class Z common stock to purchase additional shares or equity rights issued by PEN (on the same terms as made available to third parties by PEN) to maintain their economic ownership percentage. The holders of Class Z common stock are also entitled to receive a copy of any notice sent to the holders of Class A common stock or Class B common stock, as and when the notice is sent to such holders.

Issuances of Common Stock

On the Effective Date, the pre-merger shares of Nanoholdings, Inc. were exchanged for an aggregate of 27,670,187 shares of Class A common stock of PEN and 250,698,105 shares of Class B common stock of PEN. Additionally, the Class Z member interests of Nanofilm (the non-controlling interests) were exchanged for 47,273,470 Class Z shares of PEN. The effect of these exchanges is reflected retroactively in the accompanying consolidated financial statements for all periods presented.

Immediately prior to the Effective Date, outstanding convertible notes of Applied Nanotech were converted into common stock, for which an aggregate of 32,379,288 shares of PEN Class A common stock were issued, and 11,164,620 shares of PEN Class A common stock were issued to directors of the Company in payment of accrued fees. PEN also issued 1,500,000 shares of Class A common stock in satisfaction of a note held by the former CFO of the Company. Accordingly, immediately prior the Effective Date, the Company had 203,363,059 PEN Class A shares outstanding. These 203,363,509 Class A common shares are reflected as shares deemed issued as merger consideration in the accompanying consolidated financial statements.

On September 1, 2014, the Company issued 1,200,000 shares of Class A common stock to the former chief financial officer of Applied Nanotech pursuant to a Stock Grant Agreement dated in February 2014. These shares were valued on the measurement date of September 1, 2014 of $0.0686 per shares for a total value of $82,320. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014, in connection with the issuance of these shares, the Company recorded stock- based compensation of $82,320 and $82,320, respectively.

On September 24, 2014, the Company issued 83,610 shares of Class A common stock and 33,444 shares of Class B common stock to directors for services rendered. These shares are valued were valued on the date of grant of September 24 2014 of $0.0598 per shares for a total value of $7,000. .For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014, in connection with the issuance of these shares, the Company recorded stock- based compensation of $7,000 and $7,000, respectively.

Contingently issuable Class A common shares

On August 27, 2014, the Company entered into a Restricted Stock Agreement with Dr. Zvi Yaniv, the former Chief Operating Officer and President, of Applied Nanotech, and a current employee of the Company granting Dr. Yaniv 6,800,000 shares of Class A common stock, subject to forfeiture. All these shares become vested and not subject to forfeiture on the earlier of a change of control of us, Dr. Yaniv’s death, or if more than 180 days after closing, the average trading price of the shares during a measurement period of ten consecutive trading days reaches certain price thresholds. At a $0.10 price, one million of the shares vest, with additional tranches of one million shares vesting if the price reaches $0.15, $0.20, $0.25 and $0.30. The last 1.8 million shares vest at a $0.35 price threshold. Any shares that have not vested five years after the Effective Date will be forfeited. We also entered into a Piggyback Registration Rights Agreement that will allow Dr. Yaniv, subject to other customary terms and conditions, to register shares that are no longer subject to forfeiture if we are registering our shares. Pursuant to ASC 718-10 and related subsections, these shares were valued on the date of grant of August 27, 2014 at $0.0729 per shares for a total value of $492,720. The Company estimates the fair value of the awards with market conditions using a Binomial simulation, which utilizes several assumptions including the risk-free interest rate, the volatility of the Company’s stock and the exercise behavior of award recipients. The grant-date fair value of $492,720 of the awards will be recognized over the requisite service period of 3 years, which represents the derived service period for the stock grant as determined by the Binomial simulation. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014, in connection with the amortization of the fair value of this stock grant, the Company recorded stock- based compensation of $13,770 and $13,770, respectively.

In connection with a Stock Grant Agreement with the former chief financial officer of Applied Nanotech dated in February 18, 2014, the Company shall issue 1,200,000 shares of Class A common stock on or around February 27, 2015 and 889,580 shares on January 31, 2015. These shares were valued on the date of grant of February 18, 2014 at $0.059 per shares for a total value of $123,285 which is included in accrued expenses on the accompanying consolidated balance sheet.