Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Accrued Expenses

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Accrued Expenses
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2017
Payables and Accruals [Abstract]  
Accrued Expenses

6. ACCRUED EXPENSES

 

SUMMARY

 

Accrued expenses consist of the following:

 

    December 31,  
    2017     2016  
             
Registration rights penalty   $ -     $ 967,928  
Accrued consulting fees     -       184,800  
Accrued host fees     1,657,663       1,308,897  
Accrued professional, board and other fees     2,683,557       1,381,399  
Accrued wages     1,016,563       241,466  
Accrued commissions     883,763       445,000  
Warranty payable     171,000       338,000  
Accrued taxes payable     551,190       511,902  
Accrued payroll taxes payable     632,078       122,069  
Warrants payable     1,154,120       155,412  
Accrued issuable equity     1,785,786       862,377  
Accrued interest expense     347,027       273,838  
Accrued lease termination costs     300,000       -  
Accrued settlement reserve costs     12,980,588       -  
Dividend payable     1,892,800       1,150,100  
Other accrued expenses     19,115       12,788  
Total accrued expenses   $ 26,075,250     $ 7,955,976  

 

REGISTRATION RIGHTS PENALTY

 

In connection with the sale of the Company’s Series C Convertible Preferred Stock, the Company granted the purchasers certain registration rights. The registration rights agreements entered into with the Series C Convertible Preferred Stock purchasers provide that the Company has to pay liquidated damages equal to 1% of all Series C subscription amounts received on the date the Series C resale registration statement was due to be filed pursuant to such registration rights agreements. The Company is required to pay such penalty each month thereafter until the resale registration statement is filed and once filed the Company has 30 days for the registration statement to be deemed effective otherwise the penalty resumes each month until the terms are met. The maximum liquidated damages amount is 10% of all Series C subscription amounts received. Failure to pay such liquidated damages results in interest on such damages at a rate of 18% per annum becoming due. On May 9, 2017, the Company issued 12,455 shares of Series C Convertible Preferred Stock in satisfaction of $1,245,500 of liabilities associated with the Company’s registration rights penalty.

  

ACCRUED PROFESSIONAL, BOARD AND OTHER FEES

 

Accrued professional, board and other fees consist of the following:

 

    December 31,  
    2017     2016  
             
Investment banking fees   $ 860,183     $ 860,183  
Legal fees related to public offering     436,715       -  
Professional fees     684,673       142,900  
Board fees     608,945       296,845  
Other     93,041       81,471  
Total accrued professional, board and other fees   $ 2,683,557     $ 1,381,399  

 

On June 8, 2017, the Board approved aggregate compensation of $490,173 (compromised of $344,311 to be paid in cash and $145,862 to be paid in units consisting of shares of the Company’s common stock and warrants (with each such warrant having an exercise price equal to the price per unit of the units sold in the public offering) at a 20% discount to the price per unit sold in the public offering to be paid to members of the Board based on the accrued amounts owed to such Board members as of March 31, 2017. The compensation will be paid by the third business day following: (i) a public offering of the Company’s securities; and (ii) the listing of the Company’s shares of common stock on the NASDAQ or other national securities exchange. Subsequent to December 31, 2017, the Company had paid $344,311 in cash and had issued the units.

 

ACCRUED COMMISSIONS

 

See Note 13 – Related Parties for additional details.

 

WARRANTY PAYABLE

 

The Company provides a limited product warranty against defects in materials and workmanship for its Blink Network residential and commercial chargers, ranging in length from one to two years. The Company accrues for estimated warranty costs at the time of revenue recognition and records the expense of such accrued liabilities as a component of cost of sales. Estimated warranty costs are based on historical product data and anticipated future costs. Should actual cost to repair and failure rates differ significantly from estimates, the impact of these unforeseen costs would be recorded as a change in estimate in the period identified. For the year ended December 31, 2017, the change in reserve was approximately $131,000. Warranty (benefit) expenses for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016 were $(35,755) and $118,978, respectively.

 

ACCRUED TAXES PAYABLE

 

See Note 14 – Commitments and Contingencies for additional details.

 

ACCRUED ISSUABLE EQUITY

 

During the year ended December 31, 2017, the Company issued an aggregate of 11,503 shares of common stock in partial satisfaction of certain liabilities.

 

During the year ended December 31, 2017, the Company accrued $55,046 in connection with replacement warrants to purchase 15,000 shares of common stock issuable to the Executive Chairman.

 

On September 26, 2017, the Company entered into agreements with certain warrant holders to exchange warrants to purchase an aggregate of 726,504 shares of common stock with an approximate value on the date of exchange of $1.5 million for an aggregate of 710,841 shares of common stock with an approximate value on the date the parties agreed to the exchange of $8.0 million. As a result, the Company recorded a loss on inducement expense of approximately $6.5 million during the year ended December 31, 2017 related to the exchange. Between November 27, 2017 and December 1, 2017, the Company issued the 710,841 shares of common stock with an aggregate issuance date fair value of approximately $4.2 million. As a result of the change in the share price of the common stock in between the date the parties agreed to the exchange and the date the Company issued the shares, the Company recorded the change of approximately $3.8 million within change in fair value of warrant liability on the consolidated statement of operations during the year ended December 31, 2017.

 

See Note 10 – Fair Value Measurement, Note 8 – Notes Payable and Note 13– Related Parties for additional details.

 

ACCRUED LEASE TERMINATION COSTS

 

See Note 14 – Commitments and Contingencies for additional details.

 

ACCRUED SETTLEMENT RESERVE COSTS

 

See Note 8 – Notes Payable and Note 14 – Commitments and Contingencies.