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Accrued Expenses

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Accrued Expenses
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2017
Payables and Accruals [Abstract]  
Accrued Expenses

4. ACCRUED EXPENSES

 

SUMMARY

 

Accrued expenses consist of the following:

 

    June 30, 2017     December 31, 2016  
    (unaudited)        
Registration rights penalty   $ 11,677     $ 967,928  
Accrued consulting fees     98,843       184,800  
Accrued host fees     1,500,218       1,308,897  
Accrued professional, board and other fees     1,472,286       1,381,399  
Accrued wages     740,000       241,466  
Accrued commissions     721,607       445,000  
Warranty payable     226,000       338,000  
Accrued taxes payable     558,339       511,902  
Accrued payroll taxes payable     368,133       122,069  
Warrants payable     270,392       155,412  
Accrued issuable equity     2,051,123       862,377  
Accrued interest expense     173,881       273,838  
Accrued lease termination costs     300,000       -  
Accrued settlement reserve costs     525,588       -  
Dividend payable     790,900       1,150,100  
Other accrued expenses     103,229       12,788  
Total accrued expenses   $ 9,912,216     $ 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. On November 7, 2016, the Company filed a registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933 but, as of June 30, 2017, the registration statement had not been declared effective by the SEC. 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 investment banking fees, professional fees, bonuses, board of director fees, network fees, installation costs and other miscellaneous fees. As of June 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, accrued investment banking fees were $860,183, which were payable in cash.

 

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 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.

 

ACCRUED COMMISSIONS

 

See Note 8 – Related Parties for additional details.

 

WARRANTY PAYABLE

 

The Company provides a limited product warranty against defects in materials and workmanship for its Blink 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 six months ended June 30, 2017, the change in reserve was approximately $22,500. Warranty expenses for the three and six months ended June 30, 2017 were $45,531 and $64,678, respectively. Warranty expenses for the three and six months ended June 30, 2016 were $121,246 and $192,362, respectively.

 

ACCRUED ISSUABLE EQUITY

 

In connection with the issuance of a convertible note payable in 2016, the Company is obligated to issue to the purchaser shares of common stock equal to 48% of the consideration paid by the purchaser. The Company must issue such shares on the earlier of (i) the fifth (5th) trading day after the pricing of the public offering (defined as a public offering of the Company’s securities to raise gross proceeds of at least $20,000,000) and (ii) May 15, 2017. As of June 30, 2017, the purchaser paid aggregate consideration of $1,805,100 to the Company but the Company has not yet issued the common stock to the purchaser. As a result, the Company accrued the remaining $1,200,048 obligation which represents the fair value of the share obligation. See Note 5 – Notes Payable – Convertible and Other Notes for additional details.

 

Separately, during the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Company issued an aggregate of 575,144 shares of common stock in partial satisfaction of certain liabilities.

 

See Note 8 – Related Parties – Employment Agreement for details related to replacement of expired warrants.

 

See Note 10 – Subsequent Events – Stock Warrant for details associated with the issuance of warrants in satisfaction of a liability to issue certain equity awards to the Company’s Chief Executive Officer which, as of June 30, 2017, was $191,931.

 

RELEASE OF LIABILITY

 

On March 24, 2017, the Company was released from a $23,928 liability pursuant to a professional service agreement, such that it recognized a gain on forgiveness of accounts payable of $23,928 during the six months ended June 30, 2017. See Note 9 – Commitments and Contingencies – Litigation and Disputes for additional information.

 

ACCRUED LEASE TERMINATION COSTS

 

See Note 9 – Commitments and Contingencies – Operating Lease for additional details.