Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

6. Stockholders' Deficiency

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6. Stockholders' Deficiency
6 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2012
Stockholders Deficiency  
Note 6. Stockholders' Equity

Registered Direct Offering

 

On April 22, 2012, the Company entered into agreements with various investors to issue up to: a) 2,360,001 shares of common stock; b) 1,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock; and c) warrants to purchase up to 3,471,112 shares of common stock. The Company also offered up to 1,111,111 shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock. The Company received approximately $3,124,000 in gross proceeds from the sale of these securities. Net proceeds after deducting the placement agent commissions, legal expenses and other offering expenses, and assuming no exercise of the warrants, was $2,832,000. The Company retained Rodman & Renshaw, LLC as the exclusive placement agent for this offering, and paid them $218,680 in placement agent commissions. Following the close of the transaction, the investor converted 1,000 shares of the Series A Preferred Stock purchased in the transaction into 1,111,111 shares of common stock.

 

In connection with the convertible preferred stock, the Company determined the instrument contained a beneficial conversion feature at the date of issuance. This beneficial conversion feature amounted to $1,062,000 and was recorded as a deemed preferred dividend on the condensed consolidated statement of statement of operations for the six months ended September 30, 2012.

 

The warrants issued with the offering have an initial exercise price of $1.18 per share, are not exercisable for six months from the date of issuance, and have an exercise term of 2.5 years from the date of issuance. Additionally, the common stock purchase warrants contain a net-cash settlement feature which gives the warrant holder the right to net-cash settlement in the event certain transactions occur. Pursuant to the terms of the warrants, if such a transaction occurs the warrant holder will be entitled to a net-cash settlement value calculated using the Black-Scholes valuation model using specific volatility, expected term and risk-free interest rate assumptions, as detailed in the warrants (Note 5).

 

Common Stock Issued to Service Providers

 

On April 24, 2009, the Company entered into an agreement with Advocos LLC, a contract sales organization that serves as part of the Company’s sales force for the sale of wound care products in the United States. Pursuant to the agreement, the Company agreed to pay the contract sales organization a monthly fee and potential bonuses that will be based on achievement of certain levels of sales. Additionally, the Company agreed to issue the contract sales organization shares of common stock as compensation for its services. The Company has determined that the fair value of the common stock was more readily determinable than the fair value of the services rendered. Accordingly, the Company recorded the fair market value of the stock as compensation expense. During the three months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011, the Company issued 26,096 and 24,587 shares of common stock, respectively, in connection with this agreement.  During the three months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011, the Company recorded $20,000 and $44,000 of stock compensation expense related to this agreement, respectively. During the six months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011, the Company issued 100,743 and 49,587 shares of common stock, respectively, in connection with this agreement.  During the six months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011, the Company recorded $112,000 and $92,000 of stock compensation expense related to this agreement, respectively. The expense was recorded as selling, general and administrative expense in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations.

 

On April 1, 2011, the Company entered into an agreement with NetGain Financial, Inc., for providing financial advisory services. Pursuant to the agreement, the Company agreed to pay NetGain Financial common stock as compensation for services provided.  The Company determined that the fair value of the common stock was more readily determinable than the fair value of the services rendered. Accordingly, the Company recorded the fair market value of the stock as compensation expense. During the three months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011, the Company issued 150,000 and 30,000 shares of common stock, respectively, in connection with this agreement.  During the three months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011, the Company recorded $146,000 and $52,000 of stock compensation expense related to this agreement, respectively. During the six months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011, the Company issued 150,000 and 60,000 shares of common stock, respectively, in connection with this agreement.  During the six months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011, the Company recorded $146,000 and $110,000 of stock compensation expense related to this agreement, respectively. The expense was recorded as selling, general and administrative expense in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations.

 

Anti-dilution Adjustments

 

Pursuant to anti-dilution provisions contained in the August 13, 2007 private placement and in the placement agent warrant agreement, for various financing transactions and common stock issuances, the Company is required to adjust the exercise price and the number of warrants held by each warrant holder under these agreements.  Over-time, the exercise price for the warrants has been adjusted from the original exercise price of $9.50 to $3.75.  At September 30, 2012 and March 31, 2012, there were 838,172 and 762,876 warrants outstanding that contain this anti-dilution provision, respectively.  During the three months ended September 30, 2012, the Company reduced the exercise price from $3.76 to $3.75 and issued an additional aggregate of 2,237 warrants as a result of shares issued to service providers. During the six months ended September 30, 2012, the Company reduced the exercise price from $4.32 to $3.75 and issued an additional aggregate of 75,296 warrants as a result of the dilutive effect of the April 22, 2012 registered direct offering and due to shares issued to service providers in a separate transaction. The warrants were classified as derivative liabilities in the September 30, 2012 and March 31, 2012 condensed consolidated balance sheets.