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Note 6 - Stockholders' Equity
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2011
Stockholders' Equity Note Disclosure [Text Block]
Note 6 – Stockholders’ Equity

Warrants

In 2008, the Company issued warrants to purchase 250,000 and 50,000 unregistered shares of the Company’s common stock at exercise prices of $1.50 and $2.30 per share, respectively. Of these warrants 50,000 were still outstanding as of September 30, 2011. The warrants expire on various dates through November 2011. At September 30, 2011,168,500 of these warrants had expired and 81,500 were exercised.

During March through December 2010, the Company issued warrants to purchase 439,999 unregistered shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $0.75 per share in association with stock subscription agreements. These warrants expire on various dates through December 2013. As of November 14, 2011, none of these warrants were exercised or had expired.

During January through June 2011, the Company issued warrants to purchase 2,000,000 unregistered shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $0.75 per share in association with stock subscription agreements. These warrants expire on various dates through June 2014. As of November14, 2011, none of these warrants were exercised or had expired.

The Company issued warrants on June 3, 2011 to various persons, including affiliates of the Company, for services provided to the Company. These warrants covered the purchase of 1,855,000 unregistered shares of the Company’s stock at an exercise price of $1.05 per share with a five-year term. These share-based payments have been accounted for in accordance with ASC 815-40 using Black Scholes warrant pricing model to determine the fair value of each warrant.

Expenses related to warrants issued for services for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010 were $612,150 and $0, respectively.

A summary of warrants issued, exercised and expired during the nine months ended September 30, 2011 is as follows:

 
 
Shares
 
 
Weighted Average
Exercise Price
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Balance at December 31, 2010
 
 
739,999
 
 
 
1.11
 
Issued
 
 
3,855,000
 
 
 
.89
 
Exercised
 
 
(81,500)
 
 
 
1.50
 
Expired
 
 
(168,500
)
 
 
1.50
 
Balance at September 30, 2011
 
 
4,344,999
 
 
 
0.90
 

The weighted average grant date fair value of warrants issued during the nine month period September 30, 2011 amounted to $1.02 per warrant. The fair value of each warrant granted as compensation for services was determined using the Black-Scholes warrant pricing model and the following assumptions:

 
 
September 30,
2011
Risk free interest rate
  1.59 %
Expected life 
  5.0 years  
Annualized volatility
  131 %
Expected dividends
   

The warrant shares referred to above are unregistered shares of the Company’s stock and are restricted from trading as defined under Rule 144 of the United States Securities Act of 1933.

Private Placement of Common Stock

In the first nine months of  2011, the Company raised $1,500,000 through the private placement of 2,000,000 shares of its common stock to accredited investors at $0.75 per share. Each investor received a three-year warrant to purchase unregistered stock at $0.75 per share for a number of shares of common stock equal to the number of shares purchased by the investor in this offering. On January 31, 2011, the Company entered into a Binding Letter of Intent for European Distribution (the “BLOI”) with Newton Investments BV, a Dutch corporation based in Leeuwarden, Netherlands (“Newton”), as disclosed in Note 8, below. The $1,500,000 referred to above includes a $250,000 investment purchased by a Newton affiliate in conjunction with the Newton BLOI.

Treasury Shares

On April 7, 2011, 4,500,000 shares of the Company’s stock were surrendered to Treasury in exchange for a $200,000 note payable in April 2013. See Note 8 - Commitments.

Preferred Shares

The Company has 50,000,000 shares of authorized, $0.0001 par value preferred stock. At September 30, 2011, no shares had been issued.