STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY | NOTE 2 – STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY Our Director Compensation plan calls for the issuance of 6,250 shares of our common stock per quarter to each Independent Director. In connection with this plan, we issued 12,500 shares of our common stock in each of the months of March, July, and September 2016 that were valued at $13,125, $14,375, and $13,750, respectively, based on the fair market value at time of issuance. In January 2015, we issued 12,500 shares of common stock to our Independent Directors in connection with the same compensation plan. Those shares were recorded as stock payable at December 31, 2014. In addition, we issued an additional 12,500 shares each quarter for the quarters ended March 31, June 30, and September 30, 2015. These shares were valued at $16,375, $13,375, and $15,125, respectively, based on the fair market value at the time of issuance. In July 2016, we issued 384,118 shares of common stock to an unrelated party in a private transaction, the proceeds of which were used to redeem shares of common stock payable. We issued 100,000 shares of common stock, valued at $110,000, to Shadron Stastney in connection with the settlement of litigation described in greater detail in Note 5. In February 2015, we entered into a capital markets advisory agreement covering a one-year period, which calls for 90,000 shares of common stock to be issued as compensation. These shares were valued at $112,500 and are being amortized to expense over the period of service. Of these shares, 45,000 were issued in March 2015, and the balance were issued in August 2015. In September 2015, we entered into a new capital markets advisory agreement covering a one year period, which calls for 90,000 shares of common stock to be issued as compensation. The first 45,000 shares were issued in September 2015 and valued at $41,400. These shares were amortized over the six month period ended February, 2016. In September 2015, we entered into a securities purchase agreement pursuant to which we sold 6,011,106 shares of our common stock for $0.7875 per share, or gross proceeds of $4,733,746. The shares were issue to a subsidiary of WPP, the world’s largest marketing services company, as part of a strategic investment by WPP. Placement agents in the offering received commissions and expenses of $387,300, or approximately 8.2% of the gross proceeds. The net proceeds received were $4,346,446. Placement agents also received warrants to purchase up to 240,444 shares of our common stock with an exercise price of $0.7875 per share and a term of 5 years. The warrants were valued at $176,213 and have been recorded as equity issuance costs. In June 2015, we agreed to grant 197,605 fully vested shares of our common stock to two executive officers as bonuses. These shares were not issued, but were recorded as stock payable and could be requested by the officers at any time. A total of 79,042 of these shares were redeemed in cash in February 2016, in lieu of issuing the shares and the remaining 118,563 were redeemed in July 2016. We also issued 50,000 shares of common stock in June 2016 related to shares that were previously reflected in common stock payable. In addition, we issued 69,519 shares during the nine-month period ended September 30, 2016 in connection with the cashless exercise of previous option grants that were approaching expiration. As described in greater detail in Note 4, related party transactions, in February 2016, we made a one-time payment of $720,415 to our previous CEO in lieu of issuing shares owed to him from previous years. A portion of this payment, $357,415, was for 295,384 shares of common stock reflected in stock payable at December 31, 2015. In July 2016, we also made a one-time payment to our Senior Vice President of Sales of $449,500 to redeem 384,188 shares of common stock owing to him from 2014 and 2015 that were reflected in stock payable at December 31, 2015. |