Stockholders' equity

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2015

Stockholders' equity:

Stockholders' equity

Note 12 - Stockholders’ equity

Common Stock

The Company was incorporated in California in 1994 and had a total of 400,000,000 shares of Common Stock, no par value, authorized at December 31, 2014.  Effective September 24, 2015, Mentor was redomiciled as a Delaware corporation.  Prior to the effective date of the merger between Mentor and Mentor Delaware, Mentor Delaware reduced the number of its authorized shares of Common Stock from 400,000,000 to 75,000,000, $0.0001 par value.  There has been no change to the number of outstanding shares or warrants.  The holders of Common Stock are entitled to one vote per share on all matters submitted to a vote of the stockholders. During 2007, the Company effected a 1,000 to 1 reverse stock split on its outstanding common stock, under the authority of the Plan, and subsequent to receiving 84% shareholder approval and Board of Directors approval. During September 2008, the Company announced a stock repurchase plan which allowed for a total of 12.5% of the Company’s shares outstanding at that time to be repurchased during future periods. All shares under the 2008 repurchase plan were repurchased as of January 2014.

At the time Mentor was redomiciled as a Delaware corporation, the common stock was adjusted to $0.0001 per share par value and $7,859,275 of the common stock previously reported at no par value was reclassified to additional paid in capital. Additional paid in capital is referred to as surplus under Delaware law.

Common Stock (continued)

On August 8, 2014, the Company announced that it was initiating the repurchase of approximately 2% of the Company’s shares outstanding at that time.  As of September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, 44,748 and 21,848 shares have been repurchased and retired, respectively.

Preferred Stock

The Company had 100,000,000, no par, preferred shares authorized at December 31, 2014.  Following redomicile of Mentor as a corporation under the laws of the State of Delaware, Mentor has 5,000,000, $0.0001 par, preferred shares authorized at September 30, 2015.  No preferred shared are issued or outstanding.