4. CONVERTIBLE NOTES PAYABLE | 3 Months Ended |
Nov. 30, 2014 |
Notes to Financial Statements | |
4. CONVERTIBLE NOTES PAYABLE | As of November 30, 2014 and August 31, 2014, convertible notes consisted of the following: |
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Convertible Notes – November 30, 2014 | | Principal | | | Discount | | | Balance as of | |
Amount | November 30, |
| 2014 |
2013 Convertible Note Offering (net of $25,000 principal conversion) | | $ | 2,230,000 | | | $ | (144,996 | ) | | $ | 2,085,004 | |
2014 Convertible Note Offering | | | 1,400,000 | | | | –– | | | | 1,400,000 | |
Total convertible notes, net | | $ | 3,630,000 | | | $ | (144,996 | ) | | $ | 3,485,004 | |
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Convertible Notes – August 31, 2014 | | Principal | | | Discount | | | Balance as of | |
Amount | August 31, |
| 2014 |
2013 Convertible Note Offering (net of $25,000 principal conversion) | | $ | 2,230,000 | | | $ | (233,964 | ) | | $ | 1,996,036 | |
2014 Convertible Note Offering | | | 1,400,000 | | | | –– | | | | 1,400,000 | |
Total convertible notes, net | | $ | 3,630,000 | | | $ | (233,964 | ) | | $ | 3,396,036 | |
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2013 Convertible Note Offering |
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On October 30, 2013 the Company sold convertible notes having an aggregate principal amount of $2,255,000 (the “2013 Convertible Notes”), to 22 accredited investors, under the following general terms (the "2013 Convertible Note Offering"): |
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● | the maturity date of the 2013 Convertible Notes is April 30, 2015; | | | | | | | | | | | |
● | the principal amount of the 2013 Convertible Notes is convertible into shares of the Company’s common stock at a price of $1.00 per share; | | | | | | | | | | | |
● | the 2013 Convertible Notes bear interest at 15% per annum payable, at the Company’s election, in cash or shares of its common stock at a rate of $1.25 per share; and | | | | | | | | | | | |
● | the Company also issued stock purchase warrants in connection with the 2013 Convertible Note Offering providing for the purchase of up to 1,127,500 shares of its common stock (1 full share for each $2.00 invested in the 2013 Convertible Notes”) at an exercise price of $1.25 per share for a period of three years (the "Stock Purchase Warrants”). | | | | | | | | | | | |
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During the three months ended November 30, 2014, the Company recognized $83,625 in interest expense relating to the 2013 Convertible Notes. During the three months ended November 30, 2013, the Company paid $176,400 in finders’ fees and recognized $34,704 in interest expense relating to the 2013 Convertible Notes. |
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On June 2, 2014, $25,000 in principal payable on the 2013 Convertible Notes was converted to 25,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at a conversion price of $1.00 per share. |
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2014 Convertible Note Offering |
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During June 2014, the Company sold convertible notes having an aggregate principal amount of $1,400,000 (the “2014 Convertible Notes”), to two accredited investors, and one non-accredited investor, under the following general terms (the “2014 Convertible Note Offering”): |
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● | the maturity date of the 2014 Convertible Notes is December 31, 2014. Subsequent to November 30, 2014, the maturity date of the 2014 Convertible Notes was extended to January 31, 2015 (see Note 7); | | | | | | | | | |
● | at the option of the note holder, the principal amount of the 2014 Convertible Notes was to be convertible into shares of the Company’s common stock at a price per share to be determined in connection with the Company’s planned offering of shares upon migration to a senior stock exchange, less a 10% discount (the “2014 Conversion Right”); | | | | | | | | | |
● | a 6% financing fee on the principal sum of the 2014 Convertible Notes, is payable at the option of the note holder, in shares of the Company’s common stock (the number of which is to be calculated using the closing market price of the Company’s shares at the notes’ maturity date), or in cash of $84,000. | | | | | | | | | |
● | the 2014 Convertible Notes are non-interest bearing so long as they are paid or converted prior to their maturity date. In the event of default, or if a 2014 Convertible Note is not paid, or converted on or within ten (10) days following its maturity date: | | | | | | | | | |
| a. | the note will bear interest at 10% per annum, payable monthly; and | | | | | | | | | | |
| b. | an additional 4% financing fee (the Default Financing Fee) on the then outstanding principal balance of the 2014 Convertible Note(s) shall become due and payable. The Company is obligated to pay the Default Financing Fee in common shares at a conversion price equal to the closing market price of the common shares on the date of an event of default, or at the maturity date, whichever is earliest. | | | | | | | | | | |
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Entities controlled in part or in whole, by the Company’s Chairman and former President acquired $1,000,000 and $350,000 of 2014 Convertible Notes under these terms. |
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During the three months ended November 30, 2014 and 2013, the Company recognized $42,000 and $0 in interest expense relating to the 2014 Convertible Notes, respectively. |