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Subsequent Events
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2014
Subsequent Events [Abstract]  
Subsequent Events
11.
Subsequent Events
 
On October 1, 2014 the Company entered into a Revenue Sharing and Note Purchase Agreement (the “Fortress Agreement”) with affiliates of Fortress Investment Group, LLC (“Fortress”), including a Note Purchaser (as defined below) who also serves as collateral agent (the “Collateral Agent”) and a Revenue Participant (as defined below). Pursuant to the Fortress Agreement, the Company issued an aggregate of $11,000,000 in original principal amount of senior secured notes (the “Fortress Notes”) to the purchasers identified in the Fortress Agreement (the “Note Purchasers”). As a result of the issuance of the Fortress Notes and the sale of the Fortress Shares (as defined below), after the payment of all purchaser-related fees and expenses relating to the issuance of the Fortress Notes and Fortress Shares, the Company received net proceeds of $10,415,121. The Company used the net proceeds to pay off the Secured Convertible Notes and the FRB Note and for general working capital purposes. The unpaid principal amount of the Fortress Notes bears cash interest equal to LIBOR plus 7%. In addition, a 3% per annum paid-in-kind (“PIK”) interest will be paid by increasing the principal amount of the Fortress Notes by the amount of such interest. The PIK interest shall be treated as principal of the Fortress Note for all purposes of interest accrual or calculation of any premium payment.
 
The principal of the Fortress Notes and all unpaid interest thereon or other amounts owing hereunder shall be paid in full in cash by the Company on September 30, 2017 (the “Maturity Date”). The Company may prepay the Fortress Notes in whole or in part, generally without penalty or premium, except that any optional prepayments of the Fortress Notes prior to October 1, 2015 will be accompanied by a prepayment premium equal to 5% of the principal amount prepaid.
 
Upon receipt of any revenues generated from the monetization of the Patents (the “Monetization Revenue”) from the patents identified in the Fortress Agreement (the “Patents”), the Company is required to apply, towards its obligations pursuant to the Fortress Notes, 86% of the difference between (a) any revenues generated from the Monetization Revenue less (b) any litigation or licensing related third party expenses (including fees paid to the original patent owners) reasonably incurred by the Company to earn Monetization Revenue, subject to certain limits (such difference defined as “Monetization Net Revenues”). If Monetization Net Revenue is applied to outstanding principal of the Fortress Notes (defined as “Mandatory Prepayments”), such Mandatory Prepayments are not subject to the prepayment premium described above. To the extent that any obligations under the Fortress Notes are past due, including if such payments are past due as a result of an Acceleration of the Fortress Notes or certain conditions of breach or alleged breach have occurred, the percentage will increase from 86% to 100%.
 
In addition to the Mandatory Prepayments, beginning on the last business day of October 2015, the Company shall make monthly amortization payments (the “Amortization Payments”) in an amount equal to (x) the then outstanding principal amount divided by (y) the number of months left until the Maturity Date.
 
In connection with the execution of the Fortress Agreement, on October 1, 2014, the Company paid to the Note Purchasers a structuring fee equal to $385,000. Upon the earlier of the date on which the all obligations of the Fortress Notes are paid in full, or become due the Company will pay to the Note Purchasers a termination fee equal to $770,000.
  
Pursuant to the Fortress Agreement, the Company granted to the purchasers identified in the Fortress Agreement (“Revenue Participants”) a right to receive a portion of the Company’s Monetization Revenues totaling $5,500,000 (unless the Revenue Participants have not received $5,500,000 by the Maturity Date, in which case the Revenue Participants have a right to receive a portion of Monetization Revenues totaling $8,250,000) (the “Revenue Stream”). The Revenue Participants will not receive any portion of the Revenue Stream until all obligations under the Fortress Notes are paid in full. Following payment in full of the Fortress Notes, the Company will pay to the Revenue Participants their proportionate share of the Monetization Net Revenues. The Revenue Participant’s proportionate share is equal to (a) 46% of Monetization Net Revenues until $2,750,000 has been paid to the Revenue Participants, (b) 31% of Monetization Net Revenues until the next $2,750,000 has been paid to the Revenue Participants and (c) 6% of Monetization Net Revenues until the next $2,750,000 has been paid to the Revenue Participants if (a) and (b) have not been fully paid by the Maturity Date. All Revenue Stream Payments will be payable on a monthly basis in arrears. The rights of the Revenue Participants to the Revenue Stream are secured by all of the Company’s current patent assets and the Cash Collateral Account, in each case junior in priority to the rights of the Note Purchasers.
 
The Fortress Agreement contemplates the issuance of up to an additional $5,000,000 in Fortress Notes and additional rights to receive Revenue Stream Payments (collectively, the “Additional Advances”). If the Company makes an offer to issue Additional Advances, and if the Purchasers agree, in their sole discretion, to acquire such Additional Advances, the Fortress Agreement will be amended to reflect the economic and other terms and conditions of such Additional Advances. In particular, it is contemplated that to the extent that such Additional Advances occur, the additional Fortress Notes and participation in the Monetization Revenues will have substantially the same economic terms as those issued as of October 1, 2014.
 
As part of the Fortress Agreement, the Company and the Collateral Agent entered into a Patent License Agreement (the “Patent License Agreement”), under which the Company agreed to grant to the Collateral Agent a non-exclusive, royalty-free, and worldwide license to certain of its Patents (the “Licensed Patents”), which can only be used by the Collateral Agent following an occurrence and during the continuance of an event of default of the Fortress Agreement. When the Fortress Notes and Revenue Stream are paid in full, the Patent License Agreement will terminate.
 
As part of the transaction, the Company granted the Note Purchaser and Revenue Participant a first priority security interest in all of the Company’s currently owned patent assets and all proceeds thereof, as well as a general security interest in all of the assets of the Company and its subsidiaries. The Note Purchaser and Revenue Participant do not have a security interest in any future patent purchases by the Company.
 
Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.
 
In connection with the execution of the Fortress Agreement, the Company issued 500,000 shares of its common stock at $2.00 per share to the Revenue Participant for an aggregate purchase price of $1,000,000. The Fortress Shares were issued pursuant to a subscription agreement dated October 1, 2014.
 
In addition, on October 1, 2014, the Company issued an aggregate of 1,804,030 shares of its common stock to the holders of its Secured Convertible Notes, who otherwise had the right to convert the existing notes into common stock of the Company until July 2018, as consideration for a waiver from such Secured Convertible Note holders in order for the Company to prepay the remaining outstanding principal and interest on the Secured Convertible Notes. Immediately following the issuance of the shares and the prepayment of the Secured Convertible Notes, the Secured Convertible Notes were deemed paid in full.  As a result of the termination of the Secured Convertible Notes, the Company eliminated the option of the Secured Convertible Notes holders to convert their debt into  1,508,162 new shares of Company common stock. Further, as a result of this prepayment to the Secured Convertible Notes holders and the termination of the Existing Notes, $3,500,000 previously held in a cash collateral account in connection with the Existing Notes will be released to the Company.
  
In connection with the closing of the transactions contemplated by the Fortress Agreement, the Company paid a closing fee of $330,000 and issued a 5 year warrant for the purchase of 247,500 shares of the Company’s common stock at $2.00 per share to National Securities Corporation, who acted as advisor to the Company with respect to the transaction.
 
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As a result of the Fortress Agreement and pursuant to the terms of a Share Purchase Agreement, dated September 23, 2014, by and among the Company and Joseph W. Beyers, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, the Company is required to return $300,000 in cash previously prepaid by Mr. Beyers in connection with Mr. Beyers’ contingent purchase of up to 233,640 shares of the Company’s common stock. As a result of the Company concluding the Fortress Agreement within the specified time limit, the Company will not issue any securities as a result of the Share Purchase Agreement.
 
As a result of the issuance of the Fortress Shares, the conversion price for the Series B Preferred Stock was reduced from $2.14 to $2.00. The conversion price will be further reduced (and the holders of Series B Preferred Stock will be entitled to receive additional shares of common stock upon conversion) if and when the Company issues or sells any shares of common stock for a consideration per share less than the current threshold price (currently $2.00).
 
On October 3, 2014, the Company repaid the $500,000 FRB Note in full. The FRB Note, would have matured on November 1, 2014. The note was included in short-term notes payable as of September 30, 2014.