8. STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY | Common Stock: Pursuant to a Certificate of Amendment to our Certificate of Incorporation filed with the State of Delaware and effective as of December 8, 2014, the Company (effected a reverse stock split of all the outstanding shares of our common stock at an exchange ratio of one for twenty (1:20) and changed the number our authorized shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, from 90,000,000 to 60,000,000 while maintaining the number of authorized shares of preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share, at 10,000,000. As a result, the 45,853,585 shares of common stock outstanding at December 7, 2014 had been reduced to 2,292,945 shares of common stock (taking into account the rounding up of fractional share interests). Preferred Stock: The Company is authorized to issue 10,000,000 shares of $0.01 par value preferred stock. The Company may issue any class of preferred shares in series. The board of directors has the authority to establish and designate series and to fix the number of shares included in each such series. Series 2 Convertible Preferred Stock: Each Series 2 preferred share is convertible into two shares of common stock at the option of the holder. Each Series 2 preferred share also includes one warrant to purchase two common shares for $5.00. The warrants are exercisable over a three-year period. In the event of the liquidation of the Company, holders of Series 2 preferred stock would be entitled to receive $5.00 per share, plus any unpaid dividends declared on the Series 2 preferred stock from the funds remaining after the Company's creditors, including directors, have been paid. There have been no dividends declared. During November 1997, 172,000 shares of Series 2 preferred stock were converted into 344,000 shares of the Company's common stock. As of June 30, 2016, there are 5,000 shares issued, which are convertible into 2 common shares. There are no warrants outstanding that have been issued in connection with these preferred shares. Series 3 Convertible Preferred Stock: Each share automatically converts on March 2, 2000 into either (a) one (1) share of the Company's common stock if the average closing price of the common stock during the ten trading days immediately prior to March 1, 2000 is equal to or greater than sixty-six cents ($0.66) per share, or (b) one and one-half (1 1/2) shares of common stock if the average closing price of the common stock during the ten trading days immediately prior March 1, 2000 is less than sixty-six cents ($0.66) per share. Series 5 Convertible Preferred Stock: The shares are collectively convertible to common stock of the Company on March 5, 2004, in an amount equal to the greater of a.)290,000 shares divided by the ten day closing price, prior to the date of acquisition of IPS, of the Company's common stock as quoted on the national exchange and not to exceed twenty million shares, or b.) six million shares. |