Related Party Transactions

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

Related Party Transactions [Abstract]

Related Party Transactions

16. Related Party Transactions

As discussed in Note 10, the Company has an outstanding note payable to the Ardinger Family Partnership, Ltd., an entity controlled by its largest stockholder, Mr. H.T. Ardinger, Jr.

On December 27, 2011, ViewCast entered into the Subscription Agreements with the Investors for the purchase of private placement units consisting of an aggregate 6,618,068 shares of Common Stock and Warrants to purchase 6,618,068 shares of Common Stock for an aggregate purchase price of $745,000, of which $425,000 was received in December 2011 and the remaining $320,000 was received in January 2012. The purchase price per private placement unit was $0.1125707, which was the weighted average closing price for the five trading days immediately prior to December 27, 2011. Pursuant to the Subscription Agreements, the Warrants are exercisable into shares of Common Stock at an exercise price of $0.1238 per share of Common Stock which was 110% of the weighted average closing price for the five trading days immediately prior to December 27, 2011. The Warrants will expire on December 31, 2014.

The following Investors have a relationship to the Company and subscribed for the following number of shares of Common Stock and Warrants exercisable into the same number of shares of Common Stock:

David W. Brandenburg RIRA – 888,331 shares

Diana L. Brandenburg RIRA – 888,331 shares

John C. Hammock – 888,331 shares

Laurie L. Latham – 888,331 shares

Lance E. Ouellette – 888,331 shares

Christina K. Hanger – 222,083 shares

George C. Platt – 177,667 shares

Messrs. Brandenburg, Hammock, Ouellette and Platt and Ms. Hanger are directors of the Company, Mr. Hammock is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company and Ms. Latham is the Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President of Finance and Administration of the Company. They acquired the shares of Common Stock on the same terms as the other five Investors. Mr. Ouellette is the stepson of H.T. Ardinger, Jr., a principal stockholder of the Company. There are no additional material relationships between the Company and the Investors aside from entering into the Subscription Agreements. Each of the Investors was an “accredited investor” at the time of their investment as defined under Rule 501 promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and the shares of Common Stock and the Warrants were issued pursuant to Rule 506 promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act.