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Note 4 - Convertible Promissory Note
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2020
Notes to Financial Statements  
Debt Disclosure [Text Block]
4.
     
CONVERTIBLE PROMISSORY NOTE
 
On
January 29, 2019,
the Company agreed to issue and sell an unsecured note payable to an accredited investor (the “Accredited Investor”) for an aggregate of
$800,000
face value (the
“January 2019
Note”) that, after
six
months, is convertible into shares of the Company's common stock at a conversion price equal to the lower of (a)
$1.80
per share or (
2
)
90%
of the closing sale price of the Company’s common stock on the date of conversion (subject to a floor conversion price of
$0.50
).
 
The
January 2019
Note bears interest at the rate of
twenty-four
percent (
24%
) per annum and is payable quarterly in arrears. Unless sooner converted in the manner described below, all principal under the
January 2019
Note, together with all accrued and unpaid interest thereupon, will be due and payable
eighteen
(
18
) months from the date of the issuance of the
January 2019
Note. The
January 2019
Note
may
be prepaid without penalty at any time after it becomes convertible (at which time the holder will have the right to convert it before prepayment thereof).
 
On the date that is
six
months after the issuance of the
January 2019
Note, and for so long thereafter as any principal and accrued but unpaid interest under the
January 2019
Note remains outstanding, the holder of the
January 2019
Note
may
convert such holder’s
January 2019
Note, in whole or in part, into a number of shares of the Company’s common stock equal to (i) the principal amount being converted, together with any accrued or unpaid interest thereon, divided by (ii) the conversion price in effect at the time of conversion. The
January 2019
Note has customary conversion blockers at
4.99%
and
9.99%
unless otherwise agreed to by the Company and the holder. It was concluded that the conversion option was beneficial. Accordingly, the Company recorded a debt discount in the amount of
$800,000,
upon stockholder approval of the conversion feature, which occurred on
May 30, 2019.
The discount represented the fair value of the incremental shares up to the proceeds received from the convertible note.
 
The
January 2019
Note contains customary events of default, including the suspension or failure of the Company’s common stock to be traded on a trading platform, the Company’s failure to pay interest or principal when due, or if the Company files for bankruptcy or takes some other similar action for the benefit of creditors. In the event of any default under the
January 2019
Note, the holder
may
accelerate all outstanding interest and principal due on the
January 2019
Note.
 
On
July 23, 2019,
the Company entered into Amendment
No.
1
to the
January 2019
Note (“Amended Note”). Under the terms of the amendment, the maturity date of the
January 2019
Note was extended from
July 29, 2020
to
July 31, 2022.
All other terms of the
January 2019
Note remain the same. The Amended Note was accounted for as an extinguishment of the
January 2019
Note as the change in the fair value of the embedded conversion option featured in the
January 2019
Note immediately before and after the amendment exceeded
10%
of the carrying amount of the
January 2019
Note. Accordingly, the Company recorded a loss on the constructive extinguishment of this debt in the amount of
$840,000
for the year ended
December 31, 2019.
The fair value of the Amended Note, which amounted to
$1,473,000
was recorded as a liability. The Company also evaluated the conversion option embedded in the Amended Note and determined it was beneficial. Accordingly, the Company recorded a debt discount in the amount of
$556,000
on the Amended Note for the year ended
December 31, 2019.
The Company amortized
$77,000
of the debt discount for the
January 2019
Note to interest expense for the year ended
December 31, 2019.
The Company utilized a Monte Carlo simulation model to determine the fair value of the Amended Note.
 
The key assumptions used in the simulation model were:
 
Stock price at date of issuance
  $
3.05
 
Exercise price
(1)
  $
1.80
 
Risk-free interest rate
   
1.8
%
Expected dividend yield
   
--
 
Expected term (in years)
   
3.02
 
Expected volatility
   
93
%
 

 
(
1
)
For the exercise price, the model inputs also accounted for the fair value protection under the Amended Note, which allows for the holder to convert at the lower of
$1.80
share or
90%
of the listed price of the stock on the day of conversion, whichever is lower (subject to a floor of
$0.50
).
 
During the
three
months ended
March 31, 2020,
the holder converted a portion of the face value of the note into shares of common stock. In total,
$180,000
was converted into
100,000
shares of common stock. Additionally, the unamortized premium for the portion of the note that was converted of
$22,000
was recorded to interest income during the
three
months ended
March 31, 2020.
 
On
July 23, 2019,
the Company entered into a private placement with the Accredited Investor, pursuant to which the Company issued and sold to such investor an unsecured convertible promissory note in the original principal amount of
$1,000,000
(the
“July 2019
Note”). After
six
months and subject to the receipt of stockholder approval of the conversion feature of the
July 2019
Note, such note is convertible into shares of the Company's common stock at a conversion price equal to the lower of (a)
$1.80
per share or (b)
90%
of the closing sale price of the Company’s common stock on the date of conversion (subject to a floor conversion price of
$0.50
). The
July 2019
Note bears interest at the rate of
twenty-four
percent (
24%
) per annum and is payable quarterly in arrears. Unless sooner converted in the manner described below, all principal under the
July 2019
Note, together with all accrued and unpaid interest thereupon, will be due and payable
three
years from the date of the issuance on
July 31, 2022.
However, if stockholder approval of the conversion feature of the
July 2019
Note is
not
obtained at the Company’s
2020
annual meeting of stockholders, the maturity date will accelerate to the date that is
fourteen
days after the next annual meeting.
 
The
July 2019
Note
may
be prepaid without penalty at any time after it becomes convertible (at which time the holder will have the right to convert it before prepayment thereof). On the date that is
six
months after the issuance of the
July 2019
Note and after receiving stockholder approval of the conversion feature described above, the holder
may
convert the
July 2019
Note, in whole or in part, into a number of shares of the Company’s common stock equal to (i) the principal amount being converted, together with any accrued or unpaid interest thereon, divided by (ii) the conversion price in effect at the time of conversion. The Company has accounted for the
July 2019
Note as a debt instrument until the conversion feature is approved by the Company’s stockholders. If approved, the Company will account for the conversion feature at the time of its effectiveness if approved.