STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY | NOTE 4 STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY Preferred Stock We are authorized to issue 50,000,000 of preferred stock, par value $0.001, of which 200,000 shares were designated as Series 1 Preferred Stock. Our board of directors, without further stockholder approval, may issue preferred stock in one or more series from time to time and fix or alter the designations, relative rights, priorities, preferences, qualifications, limitations and restrictions of the shares of each series. The rights, preferences, limitations and restrictions of different series of preferred stock may differ with respect to dividend rates, amounts payable on liquidation, voting rights, conversion rights, redemption provisions, sinking fund provisions and other matters. Our board of directors may authorize the issuance of preferred stock, which ranks senior to our common stock for the payment of dividends and the distribution of assets on liquidation. In addition, our board of directors can fix limitations and restrictions, if any, upon the payment of dividends on both classes of our common stock to be effective while any shares of preferred stock are outstanding. On August 16, 2013, our Board of Directors approved a Certificate of Designations, Rights and Preferences pursuant to which it designated a series consisting of 200,000 shares of its blank check preferred stock as Series 1 Preferred Stock. The designations, rights and preferences of the Series 1 Preferred Stock are as follows: · each share has a stated and liquidation value of $0.001 per share, · the shares do not pay any dividends, except as may be declared by our Board of Directors, and are not redeemable, · the shares do not have any voting rights, except as may be provided under Delaware law, · each share is convertible into 10 shares of our Class A common stock, subject to customary anti-dilution provisions in the event of stock splits, recapitalizations and similar corporate events, and · the number of shares of Series 1 Preferred Stock, as well as the number of shares of Class A common stock issued upon a conversion of shares of Series 1 Preferred Stock, that a holder may sell, transfer, assign, hypothecate or otherwise dispose of (collectively or severally, a "Disposition") at any one time shall be limited to an amount which is pari passu to any Disposition of Class A common stock by either Christopher Miglino and/or Erin DeRuggiero, executive officers and directors of our company. Notwithstanding anything contained in the designations, the holder of Series 1 Preferred Stock is not obligated to make any Dispositions of Series 1 Preferred Stock or Class A common stock issued upon the conversion of Series 1 Preferred Stock. Following the conversion of the remaining shares of our Series 1 Preferred Stock during 2015 into shares of our Class A common stock, in February 2016, we filed a Certificate of Elimination with the Secretary of State of Delaware returning all shares of previously designated Series 1 Preferred Stock to our blank check preferred stock. No shares of Series 1 Preferred Stock were outstanding at December 31, 2016. Common Stock We are authorized to issue an aggregate of 259,000,000 shares of common stock. Our certificate of incorporation provides that we will have two classes of common stock: Class A common stock (authorized 250,000,000 shares, par value $0.001), which has one vote per share, and Class B common stock (authorized 9,000,000 shares, par value $0.001), which has ten votes per share. Any holder of Class B common stock may convert his or her shares at any time into shares of Class A common stock on a share-for-share basis. Otherwise the rights of the two classes of common stock are identical. There were no shares of Class B common stock outstanding at December 31, 2017 or 2016, respectively. On February 23, 2016, our Board of Directors approved the adoption of our 2016 Equity Compensation Plan (the 2016 During January 2016 and February 2016, we received aggregate proceeds of $500,000 from the sale of 100,000 shares of our Class A common stock. During January 2016, we issued 256,754 shares of Class A common stock, valued at $2,400,000, to Richard Steel as partial payment of the first year Earn Out Consideration. Refer to Note 2 regarding a further description of the Earn Out Consideration. During February 2016, we issued 6,786 shares of Class A common stock, valued at $47,500, to members of our board of directors for services. We also issued 10,000 shares of Class A common stock, valued at $70,000, to an employee as compensation which we expensed in 2014 and 2015. On February 23, 2016, we issued an aggregate of 10,000 shares of our Class A common stock, valued at $70,000, as partial compensation for services under the terms of a consulting agreement. On August 16, 2016, we issued 3,077 shares of our Class A common stock, valued at $20,000, to a new member of our board of directors for services. On September 22, 2016, we issued 23 shares of our Class A common stock which resulted from rounding up to whole shares related to the reverse stock split. On September 30, 2016, we sold an aggregate of 665,000 units of our securities to fourteen accredited investors in a private placement exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, in reliance on exemptions provided by Section 4(a)(2) and Rule 506(b) of Regulation D. The units were sold at a purchase price of $5.00 per unit resulting in gross proceeds to us of $3,325,000. Each unit consisted of one share of our Class A common stock and one three year Class A Common Stock Purchase Warrant (Purchase Warrants) to purchase 0.5 shares of our Class A common stock at an exercise price of $7.50 per share. We agreed to file a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission within 90 days after the final closing in this offering registering for resale the shares of our Class A common stock issuable upon the exercise of the Purchase Warrants included in the units sold in this offering, together with the shares of our Class A common stock underlying the Purchase Warrants. If we fail to timely file this resale registration, or at any time thereafter that the prospectus contained in the effective resale registration is not available for the issuance of the shares to the holder upon the exercise of the Purchase Warrants for a period of at least 60 days following the delivery by us of a suspension notice, then the Purchase Warrants are exercisable on a cashless basis. T.R. Winston & Company, LLC, a broker-dealer, acted as placement agent for us in this offering. We paid the placement agent commissions totaling $266,000 and agreed to issue it Purchase Warrants to purchase 53,200 shares of our Class A common stock at an exercise price of $7.50 per share. We also paid compensation for services provided by Noble Financial Capital Markets in the amount of $180,000 regarding their assistance in this transaction. T.R. Winston & Company, LLC has reallocated a portion of the commissions and Purchase Warrants to a selected dealer member of the selling group. We also agreed to pay T.R. Winston & Company, LLC a fee of On October 31, 2016, the Company sold an aggregate of 255,000 units of its securities to nine accredited investors in a private placement exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, in reliance on exemptions provided by Section 4(a)(2) and Rule 506(b) of Regulation D. The units were sold at a purchase price of $5.00 per unit resulting in gross proceeds to us of $1,275,000. This was the final closing of a private placement commenced in September 2016. Each unit consisted of one share of our Class A common stock and one three year Class A Common Stock Purchase Warrant to purchase 0.5 shares of our Class A common stock at an exercise price of $7.50 per share. We agreed to file a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission within 90 days after the final closing in this offering registering for resale the shares of our Class A common stock issuable upon the exercise of the warrants included in the units sold in this offering, together with the shares of our Class A common stock underlying the Placement Agent Warrants. If we fail to timely file this resale registration, or at any time thereafter that the prospectus contained in the effective resale registration is not available for the issuance of the shares to the holder upon the exercise of the warrant for a period of at least 60 days following the delivery by us of a suspension notice, then the warrants are exercisable on a cashless basis. T.R. Winston & Company, LLC, a broker-dealer, acted as placement agent for us in this offering and received 22,392 units in lieu of a cash placement agent commission totaling $109,956 and reimbursement of certain expenses. We also agreed to issue it three year warrants (Placement Agent Warrants) to purchase 15,200 shares of our Class A common stock at an exercise price of $7.50 per share. T.R. Winston & Company, LLC also reallocated a portion of the gross placement agent commissions and Placement Agent Warrants to a selected dealer member of the selling group resulting in the payment by us of a cash commission of $2,000 and the issuance of an additional 400 Placement Agent Warrants. We also agreed to pay T.R. Winston & Company, LLC a fee of 4% of the proceeds we may receive upon the exercise of the warrants included in the units. We are using the net proceeds for general working capital. On January 4, 2017, the Company entered a definitive securities purchase agreement with two fundamental institutional investors (the Investors) for the purchase and sale of an aggregate of: (i) 761,905 shares of the Companys Class A common stock; and (ii) five-year Series B Warrants (the Series B Warrants) representing the right to acquire up an additional 380,953 shares of our Class A common stock at an exercise price of $7.00 per share. The shares of our Class A common stock and the Series B Warrants were sold in a registered direct offering and we received gross proceeds of $3,980,001. Simultaneously we conducted a private placement with the same Investors for no additional consideration of Series A Warrants (the Series A Warrants) representing the right to acquire up to an additional 380,953 shares of our Class A common stock at an exercise price of $6.70 per share. The Series A Warrants are exercisable for five years commencing 6 months from the date of closing of the private sale of the Series A Warrants to the Investors. The exercise price of the Series A Warrants is subject to full ratchet adjustment in certain circumstances, subject to a floor price of $1.20 per share. The adjustment provisions under the terms of the Series A Warrants will be extinguished at such time as our Class A common stock trades at or above $10.00 per share for 20 consecutive trading days, subject to the satisfaction of certain equity conditions. In addition, if there is no effective registration statement covering the shares issuable upon the exercise of the Series A Warrants, the warrants are exercisable on a cashless basis. If we fail to timely deliver the shares underlying the warrants, we will be subject to certain buy-in provisions. As a result of the sale of the Debentures, the exercise price of the Series A Warrants issued to investors in our January 2017 private offering were reset to $2.245 per share. Beginning 100 days after the issuance date of the Series B Warrants, at any time the market price of our Class A common stock is less than $5.25 per share, the holders had the right to exercise the Series B Warrants on a cashless basis for shares of our Class A common stock calculated pursuant to a formula set forth in the Series B Warrants. We had the right, in lieu of delivery of such shares of our Class A common stock, to pay the holder of the Series B Warrants being exercised on a cashless basis, a specified amount in cash, with a maximum cash payment of $2,500,000. The holders of the Series B Warrants exercised their right in April 2017 and we repurchased the Series B Warrants for $2,500,000. Pursuant to the terms of the warrants, a holder of a warrant will not have the right to exercise any portion of the warrant if the holder (together with its affiliates) would beneficially own in excess of 9.99% of the number of shares of Class A common stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the exercise, as such percentage ownership is determined in accordance with the terms of the warrants; provided that at the election of a holder and notice to us such percentage ownership limitation may be increased or decreased to any other percentage, not to exceed 9.99%; provided that any increase will not be effective until the 61 st In the event of any extraordinary transaction, as described in the warrants and generally including any merger with or into another entity, sale of all or substantially all of our assets, tender offer or exchange offer, or reclassification of our common stock, the holder will have the right to have the warrants and all obligations and rights thereunder assumed by the successor or acquiring corporation. Also, at the election of the holder of each warrant, in the event of an extraordinary transaction, we or any successor entity may be required to repurchase such warrant for an amount of cash equal to the value of the warrant as determined in accordance with the Black Scholes option pricing model and the terms of the warrants. Pursuant to an engagement letter dated December 29, 2016 (the Placement Agent Agreement) by and between the Company and Chardan Capital Markets, Chardan Capital agreed to act as the Companys placement agent in connection with both the registered direct offering and a concurrent private placement. Pursuant to the Placement Agent Agreement, the Company paid Chardan Capital a cash fee equal to $160,000 (4% of the gross proceeds), as well as reimbursement of its expenses related to the offering in the amount of $15,000. In addition, the Company granted Chardan Capital a warrant to purchase 76,190 shares of Class A common stock (the Placement Warrants). The Placement Warrants have an exercise price of $6.50 per share and are exercisable for 5.5 years commencing six months from the issuance date. The shares underlying the Placement Warrants were included in a resale registration statement on Form S-3 that was declared effective by the SEC in June 2017. The net proceeds to the Company from the offering, after deducting placement agent fees and estimated offering expenses, were $3,830,000. The proceeds of the offering were used to satisfy the outstanding notes issued under the terms of the Financing Agreement. In connection with the January 2017 capital raise, Victory Park Management, LLC agreed not to exercise the put right under the Financing Warrant prior to May 20, 2017. Victory Park Management, LLC exercised the put right on May 22, 2017. We had had 45 days to satisfy this obligation which remains unpaid. On October 27, 2017, the Company satisfied this obligation in full utilizing a portion of net proceeds from a second debenture financing. The Class A shares of common stock and Series B Warrants were sold and issued pursuant to the Prospectus Supplement, dated January 4, 2017, to the Prospectus included in the Companys Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-214644) filed with the SEC on November 16, 2016 and declared effective on November 28, 2016. In connection with an advisory agreement with kathy ireland Worldwide LLC ("kiWW"), the Company issued affiliates and designees of kiWW 100,000 shares of its Class A common stock valued at $678,000 on January 2, 2017. In January 2017, we issued 3,858 shares of our Class A common stock valued at $12,500 to Mr. Derek J. Ferguson upon his appointment to our board of directors and the audit committee of the board. He is an accredited investor and the issuance was exempt from registration under the Securities Act pursuant to an exemption provided by Section 4(a)(2) of that act. In February 2017, the Company issued Mr. Steven Antebi 150,000 shares of our Class A common stock valued at $540,000 as compensation for services under the terms of a consulting agreement. He is a principal stockholder of the Company. In March 2017, we issued 51,667 shares of Class A common stock for vested stock awards. In March 2017, we issued 6,510 shares of our Class A common stock valued at $12,500 to Mr. Robert Jordan upon his appointment to our board of directors and the audit committee of the board. He is an accredited investor and the issuance was exempt from registration under the Securities Act pursuant to an exemption provided by Section 4(a)(2) of that act. In August 2017, we issued 200,000 shares in conjunction with our acquisition of certain intellectual property assets from Leapfrog Media Trading, Inc. In September 2017, we issued 7,813 shares to a new member of our board of directors. Between September 2017 and January 2018, we issued an aggregate of 225,000 shares of Class A common stock valued at $1,137,650 as consideration for media and marketing services. In October 2017, we issued 70,409 shares of our Class A common stock to Joseph P. Hannan, our chief financial officer, pursuant to his October 2017 employment agreement. The shares were issued pursuant to our 2016 equity compensation plan. In October 2017, we entered into securities purchase agreements to sell an aggregate of $5,180,157.78 of our 12.5% secured convertible debentures and issued 863,365 Series A Common Stock Purchase Warrants. The debentures mature on 4/21/2020, bear interest at an annual rate of 12.5%, payable quarterly on January 1, April 1, July 1, and October 1, beginning on January 1, 2018. Pursuant to the greenshoe provision contained in our April 2017 debenture offering, $2,000,000 of debentures were purchased pursuant to the greenshoe provision and the remaining $3,180,157.78 were purchased separately. Of the 863,365 warrants issued, a total of 333,335 were purchased pursuant to the greenshoe provision and 630,030 were purchased separately. The debentures are convertible into shares of our Class A common stock at $3.00 per share, subject to adjustment, and contain anti-dilution protection for subsequent financings and have a conversion price floor of $1.40 per share (pursuant to shareholder vote approving the offering that occurred on December 29, 2017). The warrants have an exercise price of $3.00 per share, subject to adjustment and contain anti-dilution protection for subsequent financings and have an exercise price floor of $1.40 per share. In connection with the offering we issued Chardan Capital Markets 160,000 placement agent warrants, of which: (i) 129,176 have an exercise price of $3.75 and (ii) 54,161 have an exercise price of $4.49 (. We also issued Aspenwood Capital 23,337 placement agent warrants with an exercise price of $3.75. All placement agent warrants have a term of five and a half years (exercisable beginning 6 months after issuance). Stock Awards On September 22, 2015, we granted an aggregate of 44,000 common stock awards to nine employees. The shares will vest ratably over three years on each grant date anniversary. Compensation expense will be recognized over the vesting period. In April 2016, we granted a total of 20,000 shares of our Class A common stock awards to an employee. The shares vest over a two-year period. The fair value of this grant amounted to $166,000 and will be expensed over the vesting period as additional compensation. In October 2016, we granted a total of 100,000 shares of our Class A common stock awards to an employee. The shares vest over a two-year period. The fair value of this grant amounted to $673,500 and will be expensed over the vesting period as additional compensation. On November 14, 2016, the Company entered an Advisory Agreement with kathy ireland Worldwide LLC ("kiWW"). Under the terms of this agreement, which expires on December 31, 2018, the Company engaged kiWW to provide a variety of advisory and consulting services to the Company, including (i) if the Company forms an Advisory Committee of independent, third party brand, marketing and/or consumer product C-level executives, to serve on such committee on terms no less favorable than the highest compensated person on such committee, (ii) as an advisor, hold the non-executive designation of Chief Branding Advisor, (iii) provide reasonable input to the Company on various aspects of corporate branding, and (iv) use good faith efforts to introduce the Company to potential business customers. As compensation for such services, the Company will issue kiWW 100,000 shares valued at $678,000 of its Class A common stock on January 2, 2017 and reimburse kiWW for incurred expenses. Although the shares to be issued are for future services over the term of the agreement, we have recognized the value of these services as an expense during the year ended December 31, 2016. The agreement contains customary confidentiality and indemnification provisions. Awards in the amount of 0 and 35,500 common shares were forfeited during the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively. Stock Options and Warrants In February 2015, we granted 2,400 common stock options to a director. The options vest quarterly over one year. The options have an exercise price of $6.00 per s hare and a term of five years. These options had a grant date fair value of $3.10 per option, determined using the Black-Scholes method based on the following assumptions: (1) risk free interest rate of 0.50%; (2) dividend yield of 0%; (3) volatility factor of the expected market price of our common stock of 99%; and (4) an expected life of the options of 2 years. In August 2015, we granted 40,000 common stock options to an employee. The options vest ratably over three years on each grant date anniversary. Compensation expense will be recognized over the vesting period. The options have an exercise price of $8.25 per s hare and expire three years following the vesting date. These options had a grant date fair value of $3.70 per option, determined using the Black-Scholes method based on the following assumptions: (1) risk free interest rate of 0.625%; (2) dividend yield of 0 %; (3) volatility factor of the expected market price of our common stock of 85%; and (4) an expected life of the options of 2 years. In September 2015, we granted 77,000 common stock options to employees. The options will vest ratably over three years on each grant date anniversary. Compensation expense will be recognized over the vesting period. The options have an exercise price of $8.65 per s hare and expire three years following the vesting date. These options had a grant date fair value of $3.95 per option, determined using the Black-Scholes method based on the following assumptions: (1) risk free interest rate of 0.625 %; (2) dividend yield of 0 %; (3) volatility factor of the expected market price of our common stock of 85%; and (4) an expected life of the options of 2 years. In October 2016, we granted an aggregate of 146,000 stock options to three employees. The options will vest over three years. The options have an exercise price of $7.50 per share and a term of five years. These options had a grant date fair value of $4.98 per option, determined using the Black Scholes method based on the following assumptions: (1) risk free interest rate of 1.125%; (2) dividend yield of 0%; (3) volatility factor of the expected market price of our common stock of 112%; and (4) an expected life of the options of 5 years. During the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016, we recorded compensation expense of $992,732 and $1,200,121, respectively, related to stock based compensation. During the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016, 161,500 options and 47,000 options were forfeited, respectively. On September 19, 2016, the Company extended the expiration date of common stock purchase warrants issued and sold in 2013 to purchase an aggregate of 642,000 shares of its Class A common stock at an exercise price of $5.00 per share from between October 8, 2016 and November 6, 2016 to March 31, 2017, for which, the Company applied ASC 718-20-35-3 modification of equity-classified contracts and therefore the incremental fair value from the modification (the change in the fair value of the instrument before and after the modification) of $274,634 is recognized as an expense in the consolidated statements of operations to the extent the modified instrument has a higher fair value. On November 16, 2016, the Company entered an Investor Relations and Consulting Agreement (Consulting Agreement) with Market Street Investor Relations, LLC (Consultant). The Company engaged the Consultant to provide certain investor relations and public relations services on behalf of the Company as are more fully described in the Consulting Agreement. The term of the Consulting Agreement is for a period of six-months from the effective date and may be extended for an additional six-month term. In lieu of cash payments for the services rendered by the Consultant, the Company issued the Consultant a three year Class A common stock purchase warrant to purchase 400,000 shares of the Companys Class A common stock at an exercise price of $7.50 per share. The warrants vest based on specific milestones described within the Consulting Agreement. The value of the warrants at the date of grant was $1,390,264. At the direction of the Consultant, a warrant to purchase 200,000 shares was issued to the Consultant and a warrant to purchase 200,000 shares was issued to Steve Antebi (a principal stockholder in the Company). The Company also advanced the Consultant $100,000 on the effective date to cover anticipated expenses regarding the services to be performed by the Consultant. The Company is recognizing the value of the services rendered over the term of the Consulting Agreement. Reverse Stock Split On September 20, 2016, the Company completed a reverse stock split. The principal reason for the reverse stock split was to facilitate the up-listing of our Class A common stock to the NASDAQ Capital Market which has a minimum market (bid) price requirement for new applicants of $4.00 per share. After giving effect to the reverse stock split, each five shares of the Company's Class A common stock issued and outstanding, or held as treasury shares, immediately prior to the effective date of the reverse stock split became one share of its Class A common stock on the effective date of the reverse stock split. No fractional shares of Class A common stock were issued to any stockholder and all fractional shares which might otherwise be issuable because of the reverse stock split were rounded up to the nearest whole share. On the effective date of the reverse stock split, all outstanding options and warrants to purchase shares of the Company's Class A common stock were proportionally adjusted based upon the split ratio and became exercisable into one-fifth of the number of shares of the Company's Class A common stock as it was prior to the reverse stock split at an exercise price which is five times the exercise price prior to the reverse stock split. After the effective date of the reverse stock split, each certificate representing shares of pre-reverse stock split Class A common stock was deemed to represent one-fifth of a share of the post-reverse stock split Class A common stock, subject to rounding for fractional shares, and the records of the Company's transfer agent, Transfer Online, Inc., were adjusted to give effect to the reverse stock split. Following the effective date of the reverse stock split, the share certificates representing the pre-reverse stock split Class A common stock continue to be valid for the appropriate number of shares of post-reverse stock split Class A common stock, adjusted for rounding. These consolidated financial statements give retroactive effect to the reverse stock split for all periods presented, unless otherwise specified. On October 13, 2016, the Company's Class A common stock began trading on The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC under the symbol "SRAX." |