Stockholders' equity

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2017

Stockholders' equity:

Stockholders' equity

Note 13 - 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, at $0.0001 par value. There was no change to the number of outstanding shares or warrants from redomiciling in Delaware. The holders of Common Stock are entitled to one vote per share on all matters submitted to a vote of the stockholders.

On August 8, 2014, the Company announced that it was initiating the repurchase of approximately 2% of the Company’s common shares outstanding at that time. As of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, 44,748 and 44,748 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 value, preferred shares authorized effective September 24, 2015. No preferred shared are issued or outstanding.