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NOTE 7 – SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
On April 17, 2017, the Company received a staff deficiency letter from The Nasdaq Capital Market (“Nasdaq”) notifying the Company that it is no longer in compliance with the minimum stockholders’ equity requirement for continued listing on the Nasdaq Capital Market. Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(b)(1) requires listed companies to maintain stockholders’ equity of at least $2.5 million. In the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2016, the Company reported stockholders’ equity of $(9,287,142), which is below the minimum stockholders’ equity required for continued listing pursuant to Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(b)(1). Further, as of April 17, 2017, the Company does not meet the alternative compliance standards relating to the market value of listed securities or net income from continuing operations and does not comply with the Nasdaq Listing Rules. This notification has no immediate effect on the Company’s listing on the Nasdaq Capital Market. Nasdaq has provided the Company with 45 calendar days, or until June 1, 2017, to submit a plan to regain compliance with the minimum stockholders’ equity standard. If the Company’s plan to regain compliance is accepted, Nasdaq may grant an extension of up to 180 calendar days from the date of the notification letter to evidence compliance. The Company intends to promptly evaluate various courses of action to regain compliance and to timely submit a plan to Nasdaq to regain compliance with the Nasdaq minimum stockholders’ equity standard. However, there can be no assurance that the Company’s plan will be accepted or that if it is, the Company will be able to regain compliance. If the Company’s plan to regain compliance with the minimum stockholders’ equity standard is not accepted or if it is and the Company does not regain compliance within 180 days from the date of the notification letter or if the Company fails to satisfy another Nasdaq requirement for continued listing, Nasdaq staff could provide notice that the Company’s common stock will become subject to delisting. In such event, Nasdaq rules permit the Company to appeal the decision to reject its proposed compliance plan or any delisting determination to a Nasdaq Hearings Panel.
On April 18, 2017, the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with certain institutional investors for the sale of an aggregate of 3,800,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, at a purchase price of $0.70 per share, and warrants to purchase 2,280,000 shares of common stock, at an exercise price of $0.83 per share, subject to adjustment as provided under the terms of the warrants. The warrants will be exercisable commencing six months from the date of issuance for a period expiring five years after the date six months after the date of issuance. The closing of the sales of the shares and warrants occurred on April 21, 2017.
The shares of common stock will be issued in a registered direct offering pursuant to a prospectus supplement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 19, 2017, in connection with a takedown from the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-198569), which was declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 6, 2015.
Pursuant to a registration rights agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”) entered into between the Company and the investors, the Company agreed to register the resale of the shares of common stock underlying the warrants, on a Form S-1 registration statement to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) within 45 days following the date of the offering (the “Filing Date”) and to cause the registration statement to be declared effective within 75 days following the date of the offering (or in the event of a “full review” by the SEC, the 105th calendar day following the date of the offering).
Pursuant to a placement agency agreement between the Company and Aegis Capital Corp. (“Aegis”), the Company retained Aegis as the exclusive placement agent for the offering of shares and warrants and paid Aegis a fee of $150,733 (equal to 5.67% of the gross proceeds) in connection with the offering. The Company also agreed to issue to Aegis, on the closing date, a warrant (the “Agent’s Warrant”) to purchase 57,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price equal to $0.77 per share. The Agent’s Warrant issued to Aegis will be exercisable commencing upon issuance for a period expiring five years from the effective date of the offering.
On May11, 2017, the Company entered into an agreement (the “Payoff Letter”) with DBD, under which the Company and DBD agreed to a value at which the Company may prepay and terminate all borrowings outstanding with DBD pursuant to the ARRSSPA. As of April 30, 2017, the Company had an outstanding balance of approximately $15,763,240 under these borrowings. Under the Payoff Letter, if payment is made on or prior to August 15, 2017, DBD and Fortress agree to accept (i) $15,763,240, with accrued interest through the date at which the borrowings outstanding are repaid, and (ii) five (5%) percent of the gross revenues received, exclusively from revenue generated from portfolios the Company currently owns, by the Company during the twelve (12) month period following payment of such amount, in satisfaction of all outstanding obligations by the Company to DBD and Fortress. In the event that the Company does not satisfy the terms of the Payoff Letter on or prior to August 15, 2017, the Payoff Letter will terminate and the Company will remain obligated under the current agreements with DBD and Fortress.
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