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Stockholders' Deficiency

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Stockholders' Deficiency
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2017
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Stockholders' Deficiency

7. STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIENCY

 

PREFERRED STOCK

 

Series A Convertible Preferred Stock

 

The Series A Convertible Preferred Stock shall have no liquidation preference so long as the Series C Convertible Preferred Stock shall be outstanding.

 

Series B Convertible Preferred Stock

 

On December 31, 2016, the Company received a notice of redemption from the creditors committee of the ECOtality estate to redeem 2,750 shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock for $275,000. As of September 30, 2017, the redemption amount remained outstanding. The Company has the option to settle the redemption request either by the repayment in cash or by the issuance of shares of common stock.

 

As of September 30, 2017, the liquidation preference for the Series B Convertible Preferred Stock amounted to $825,000.

 

Series C Convertible Preferred Stock

 

During the nine months ended September 30, 2017, the Company issued an aggregate of 70,006 shares of Series C Convertible Preferred Stock in satisfaction of aggregate liabilities of approximately $7,027,000 associated with the Company’s registration rights penalty, public information fee and Series C Convertible Preferred Stock dividends. As of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, the Company recorded a dividend payable liability on the shares of Series C Convertible Preferred Stock of $848,900 and $1,150,100, respectively. See Note 4 – Accrued Expenses.

 

In the event of a liquidation, the Series C Convertible Preferred Stock is also entitled to a liquidation preference equal to the stated value plus any accrued and unpaid dividends, which, as of September 30, 2017, was equal to $22,955,100.

 

See Note 7 – Stockholder’s Deficiency – Exchange of Warrants and Series C Convertible Preferred Stock for details regarding the exchange of Series C Convertible Preferred Stock for common stock.

 

COMMON STOCK

 

Effective August 29, 2017, pursuant to authority granted by the stockholders of the Company, the Company implemented a 1-for-50 reverse split of the Company’s issued and outstanding common stock (the “Reverse Split”). The number of authorized shares remains unchanged. All share and per share information has been retroactively adjusted to reflect the Reverse Split for all periods presented, unless otherwise indicated.

 

During the nine months ended September 30, 2017, the Company issued an aggregate of 21,166 shares of common stock as partial satisfaction of certain liabilities associated with certain professional and other consulting fee agreements.

 

During the nine months ended September 30, 2017, the Company issued 10,000 shares of common stock to a director with an issuance date fair value of $90,000, which was recognized immediately.

 

See Note 7 – Stockholder’s Deficiency – Exchange of Warrants and Series C Convertible Preferred Stock for details regarding the exchange of Warrants and Series C Convertible Preferred Stock for common stock.

 

WARRANT EXERCISE

 

On August 29, 2017, a company in which the Company’s Executive Chairman has a controlling interest exercised warrants to purchase 3,100,000 shares of common stock on a cashless basis and received 2,990,404 shares of common stock. The warrants contained a provision in their agreement such that they were not impacted by the Reverse Split. As a result, since the exercised warrants were previously classified as a derivative liability, the Company recorded a mark-to-market adjustment during the three months ended September 30, 2017 of approximately $43.9 million which was included within change in fair value of warrant liabilities on the condensed consolidated statement of operations.

 

EXCHANGE OF WARRANTS AND SERIES C CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK

 

During the nine months ended September 30, 2017, the Company sent out letters to various holders of warrants and Series C Convertible Preferred Stock that contained an offer for the holder to (i) exchange their existing warrants for common stock of the Company and (ii) exchange their existing Series C Preferred Stock for common stock of the Company. The holders agreed to (i) exchange warrants to purchase an aggregate of 92,176 shares of common stock with an exercise price of $35.00 per share for an aggregate of 90,926 shares of common stock (the “Warrant Exchange”) and (ii) exchange an aggregate of 12,678 shares of Series C Convertible Preferred Stock for common stock based upon a formula defined in the agreement (the “Series C Preferred Stock Exchange”). On August 25, 2017, the Company issued an aggregate of 90,926 shares of common stock in connection with the Warrant Exchange. The Warrant Exchange is effective immediately and the Series C Preferred Stock Exchange is effective upon the closing of the public offering (collectively defined as a public offering of securities to raise up to $20,000,000 and to list the Company’s shares of common stock on the NASDAQ). The Series C Preferred Stock shall be exchanged for common stock using the following formula: the number of shares of Series C Convertible Preferred Stock owned multiplied by a factor of 115 and divided by 80% of the price per share of common stock sold in the in the public offering. Certain holders also agreed to not, without prior written consent of the underwriter, sell or otherwise transfer any shares of common stock or any securities convertible into common stock for a period of 270 days from the effective date of the Series C Preferred Stock Exchange.

 

During the three months ended September 30, 2017, the Company entered into agreements with certain warrant holders to exchange warrants to purchase an aggregate of 180,533 shares of common stock with an approximate value on the date of exchange of $0.6 million for an aggregate of 180,533 shares of common stock with an approximate value on the date of exchange of $3.0 million. As a result, the Company recorded a loss on inducement expense of approximately $2.4 million during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017 related to the exchange.

 

STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION

 

The Company recognized stock-based compensation expense related to preferred stock, common stock, stock options and warrants for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017 of $322,426 and $1,432,832, respectively, and for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 in the amounts of $305,458, and $1,147,496, respectively, which is included within compensation expense on the condensed consolidated statement of operations. As of September 30, 2017, there was $1,358 of unrecognized stock-based compensation expense that will be recognized over the weighted average remaining vesting period of 0.12 years.