STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY | NOTE 2 – STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY Our Director Compensation plan calls for the issuance of 6,250 shares of common stock per quarter to each Independent Director. In connection with this plan, we issued 18,750 shares in each of the quarters ended March 31, 2017, June 30, 2017 and September 30, 2017, valued at $15,375, $19,312, and $23,250, respectively. In connection with the same plan, we issued 12,500 shares in each of the quarters ended March 31, 2016, June 30, 2016, and September 30, 2016, valued at $13,125, $14,375, and $13,750, respectively. As described in greater detail in Note 4, related party transactions, in the quarter ended March 31, 2016, we made a one-time payment of $720,415 to our previous CEO in lieu of issuing shares owed to him from prior years. A portion of this payment, $357,415, was for 295,384 shares of common stock reflected in stock payable at December 31, 2015. We also redeemed 500,000 shares of common stock held by this same previous CEO in the quarter ended June 30, 2017 at a price of $0.78 per share for a total payment of $390,000. We issued 50,000 shares of common stock in the quarter ended June 30, 2016 related to shares that were previously reflected in common stock payable. In addition, we issued 69,519 shares of common stock during the nine months ended September 30, 2016 in connection with the cashless exercise of previous option grants that were approaching expiration. We issued 100,000 shares of common stock in connection with the settlement of litigation in the quarter ended June 30, 2016. In the quarter ended September 30, 2016, we issued 384,118 shares of common stock to an unrelated party in a private transaction and received proceeds of $449,500. These proceeds were used to redeem 384,118 shares of common stock payable owed to our Senior Vice President of Sales for $449,500 in lieu of issuing the shares, which were previously reflected in stock payable. |