Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Warrants

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Warrants
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Warrants and Rights Note Disclosure [Abstract]  
Warrants Disclosure [Text Block]
Note 11 — Warrants
 
During the year ended December 31, 2014, warrant holders exercised 94,376 warrants on a cashless basis and received 65,552 shares of common stock and 28,824 shares were used to cover the exercise price. In addition, a warrant holder exercised 1,438 warrants and paid the exercise price in cash. The Company received $4,972 in net cash proceeds for the exercise of warrants during 2014.
 
During the year ended December 31, 2013, the Company issued 107,875 warrants to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock to various promissory note holders with an exercise price of $3.47626. The warrants became exercisable upon the closing of the Company’s IPO. The warrants were valued at approximately $379,000 using the Black-Scholes option pricing model and the Company recorded a debt discount of $251,800 upon issuance of the warrants based on their relative fair value in accordance with ASC 470-20-25-2.
 
During the year ended December 31, 2013, the Company issued a warrant for the purchase of 84,000 shares of the Company’s common stock for consulting services, with an exercise price of $6.25. The warrant shares vest in increments of 4,000 warrant shares at the end of each month beginning with November 2013 and ending with October 2014 with the remainder vesting in increments of 3,000 warrant shares at the end of each month beginning with November 2014 and ending with October 2015. Upon termination of the consulting agreement by either party, all unvested warrant shares are terminated. The warrant was valued at approximately $237,719 using the Black-Scholes option pricing model. For the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013, the Company recorded $130,179 and $22,640, respectively, in expense related to vested warrant shares.
 
During the year ended December 31, 2013, the Company issued a warrant for the purchase of 345,000 shares of the Company’s common stock to MDB Capital Group LLC, for its services as Managing Underwriter of the Company’s IPO, with an exercise price of $6.25. The warrants became exercisable 180 days after November 21, 2013. The warrant was valued at $1,682,877 using the Black-Scholes option pricing model.
 
During the year ended December 31, 2013, the State of Texas exercised its right to purchase 301,273 shares of the Company’s common stock via a cashless exercise at an exercise price of $0.001 whereby it received 301,213 shares and a cash payment of $3.59 for a fractional share. The Company recorded a charge of $404,000 to interest expense upon the cashless exercise of the right to purchase in accordance with ASC 470-20-25-2 as the final number of shares was calculated based on the IPO price. These shares are shown in the Summary of Warrant Activity as “Change in Estimate”.
 
The shares underlying the warrants have not been registered.
 
The assumptions used in the Black-Scholes model are as follows:
 
 
For the year ended December 31, 2013
Risk-free interest rate
0.83% – 1.35%
Expected dividend yield
0%
Expected lives
3.6 – 5 years
Expected volatility
90%
 
A summary of the Company’s warrant activity and related information is as follows:
 
 
2014
2013
Warrants
Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
Warrants
Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
Outstanding at January 1
1,659,922
$
4.3552
1,179,956
$
3.5367
Granted
536,875
$
5.6927
Change in Estimate
244,364
$
0.0010
Exercised
(95,814
)
$
2.2725
(301,273
)
$
0.0010
Forfeited/Expired
Outstanding at December 31
1,564,108
$
4.4828
1,659,922
$
4.3552
 
Warrants to purchase 30,000 shares were unvested at December 31, 2014.