Stockholders' Equity | 9. Stockholders’ Equity Preferred Stock Our authorized preferred stock includes 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock with a par value of $0.001, of which no shares have been issued or are outstanding. Common Stock – Our authorized common stock includes 200,000,000 shares of common stock with a par value of $0.001, of which 118,678,225 and 111,788,225 shares were issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015, respectively. During the three months ended March 31, 2016, we issued shares of common stock as follows: Common Stock Shares Amount Sale of common stock and warrants, net of issuance costs of $452,300 6,890,000 $ 2,889,350 6,890,000 $ 2,889,350 · Sale of Common Stock and Warrants – o On March 30, 2016, we issued 6,890,000 shares of our common stock, together with warrants to purchase 3,445,000 shares of our common stock, at a price per share and warrant of $0.485. We also issued the underwriters warrants to purchase 723,450 shares of our common stock. The warrants may be exercised for a period of five years at an initial exercise price of $0.485 per share, subject to adjustment for certain dilutive events. We also granted the underwriters a 30-day option to acquire up to 1,033,500 additional shares of common stock and/or additional warrants to purchase up to 516,750 shares of common stock solely to cover over-allotments, with the underwriters receiving additional warrants to purchase 108,518 shares of our common stock if they exercised the over-allotment option. The underwriters did not exercise the over-allotment option. Warrants – During the three months ended March 31, 2016, we issued warrants to purchase 4,168,450 shares and no holders exercised warrants. During the three months ended March 31, 2015, we did not issue any warrants and a third party forfeited 1,200,000 contingent warrants. Due to the uncertainty of attaining any of the performance conditions, we had not recognized any additional expense for the non-vested warrants. As these warrants related to internally developed software, we did not capitalize any costs or recognize any expense for the three months ended March 31, 2015. At March 31, 2016, we had outstanding exercisable warrants to purchase 15,959,450 shares of common stock. The following table summarizes the warrants issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2016: Warrants Issued and Outstanding as of March 31, 2016 Date of Exercise Shares of Description Issuance Expiration Price Common Stock Exercisable warrants Warrants 04/18/2014 04/01/2017 $ 2.00 1,441,000 Warrant 05/07/2014 05/07/2017 $ 2.65 200,000 Warrant 05/28/2014 10/31/2016 $ 4.31 450,000 Warrants 09/24/2014 09/24/2019 $ 2.50 9,000,000 Warrants 10/20/2014 10/20/2019 $ 2.50 700,000 Warrants 3/30/2016 03/30/2021 $ 0.485 4,168,450 Total warrants issued and outstanding 15,959,450 Employee Stock Purchase Plan – On September 17, 2014, our stockholders approved the Quest Resource Holding Corporation 2014 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “ESPP”). We recorded expense of $9,206 and $9,726 related to the ESPP during the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively. Stock Options – The following table summarizes the stock option activity for the three month period ended March 31, 2016: Stock Options Weighted- Exercise Average Number Price Per Exercise Price of Shares Share Per Share Outstanding at December 31, 2015 5,943,908 $ 0.78 — 3.75 $ 2.04 Granted 2,166,000 $ 0.55 — 0.68 $ 0.68 Canceled/Forfeited (1,246,252 ) $ 0.79 — 3.75 $ 1.64 Outstanding at March 31, 2016 6,863,656 $ 0.55 — 3.75 $ 1.60 For the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015, we recorded $21,809 and nil, respectively, of stock-based compensation within “Selling, general, and administrative expenses” in our condensed consolidated statements of operations for services provided by a consultant. |