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Equity Transactions
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2017
Equity [Abstract]  
Equity Transactions

6.  Equity Transactions

Preferred Stock Offering

On September 29, 2017, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement with several investors for the issuance and sale (the “Offering”) of 5,500 shares of the Company’s newly designated Series B 10% Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Series B Preferred Stock”) at a stated value of $1,000 per share, for a total purchase price of $5.5 million.  The Series B Preferred Stock is convertible into the Company’s Common Stock at a conversion price of $1.14 per share, which was the closing bid price of the Common Stock on September 28, 2017, or 4,824,562 shares of Common Stock in the aggregate. The holders of Series B Preferred Stock are entitled to receive cumulative dividends out of funds legally available thereof at a rate of ten percent (10%) per annum, payable (i) when and as declared by the Board of Directors, in quarterly installments on March 1, June 1, September 1 and December 1, (ii) upon conversion into Common Stock with respect the Series B Preferred Stock being converted, and (iii) upon redemption of the Series B Preferred Stock by the Company.

In the event that the trading price of the Company’s Common Stock for 20 consecutive trading days (as determined in the Certificate of Designation) exceeds 400% of the then effective Conversion Price of the Series B Preferred Stock (initially set at $1.14), the Company may force conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock into shares of Common Stock or elect to redeem the Series B Preferred Stock for cash. In addition, upon the occurrence of certain triggering events, each holder of Series B Preferred Stock will have the right to require the Company to redeem such holder’s shares for cash equal to the stated value plus accrued and unpaid dividends and liquidated damages, costs, expenses and other amounts due in respect of the Series B Preferred Stock, and with respect to certain other triggering events, each holder will have the right to increase the dividend rate on such holder’s Series B Preferred Stock to twelve percent (12%) while such triggering event is continuing.

In the Offering, the Company raised gross cash proceeds of $2.7 million, and exchanged outstanding indebtedness with a principal amount of $2.8 million owed to Smith (both long and short-term debt) and $0.1 million owed to Arno.  The Offering raised net cash proceeds of $2.5 million (after deducting the placement agent fee and expenses of the Offering). The Company intends to use the net cash proceeds from the Offering for working capital purposes.   In connection with the Offering, the Company granted customary registration rights to investors with respect to the resale of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Series B Convertible Preferred Stock.

Common Stock Offering

On May 16, 2017, the Company entered into subscription agreements with four accredited investors in a private placement pursuant to which the Company issued and sold to such investors an aggregate of 85,000 shares of its unregistered common stock at a price per share of $1.10. 

On May 17, 2017, the Company completed a registered direct offering of 2,077,000 shares of its common stock, which realized gross proceeds of $2.3 million before deducting transaction fees and other expenses. Offering costs related to the transaction totaled $0.2 million, comprised of $0.1 million of transaction fees and $0.1 million of legal and other expenses, resulting in net proceeds of $2.1 million. The Company engaged Sutter Securities Incorporated (“Sutter”) and Chardan Capital Markets, LLC (“Chardan”) as co-placement agents in connection with the offering, and under the terms of the engagement paid the placement agents a cash placement fee and issued to the placement agents warrants to purchase shares of Common Stock equal to 5% of the number of shares sold through each of them, without duplication, at an exercise price per share equal to $1.21 (Sutter) and $1.155 (Chardan). The warrants have a term of five years and will be exercisable beginning on November 18, 2017.

Warrants

On September 2, 2016, the Company entered into a Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement with the Investors, pursuant to which the Company issued and sold to the Investors in a private placement senior subordinated promissory notes in the aggregate principal amount of $4.0 million and five-year warrants to purchase an aggregate of 1,700,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $2.74 per share, which expires five years from the date of issuance. The Company completed the transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement and issued the Notes and Warrants on September 6, 2016. The terms of the warrants provide that if the Company sells or issues shares of common stock with an exercise price less than $2.74 per share, the exercise price shall be adjusted accordingly to the terms set forth in the Agreement, as discussed in greater detail in the following paragraph. We assessed the warrants and concluded that they should be recorded as equity.

Since the issuance of the warrants to the Investors (the “Smith Warrant” and the “Unterberg Warrant”) on September 6, 2016, there have been five triggering events, causing the warrants to be repriced from the original exercise price of $2.74: Common Stock offerings in May 2017 for $1.10 and $1.05, the issuance of warrants to Sutter and Chardan with exercise prices of $1.21 and $1.155, respectively, all resulting in a charge of $3,000, and the Series B Preferred Stock issuance with a conversion price of $1.14 in September 2017, resulting in a charge of $41,000.  The triggering event charges were recorded to Stockholders’ Equity in the applicable period. Upon application of the triggering events above, the exercise price of the Unterberg Warrant was adjusted to $2.14 and the exercise price of the Smith Warrant was adjusted to $2.38, which is also the agreed upon floor for the Smith Warrants.

The Company issued warrants to purchase shares of Common Stock to the placement agents engaged in connection with a registered direct offering completed on May 17, 2017. See the prior section under the heading “Common Stock Offering” for additional details regarding the warrants issued to the placement agents in connection with that offering.

See also Note 15 for equity transactions that occurred subsequent to December 31, 2017.