Loss Per Share

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

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Note 5 – Loss Per Share

     The Company is required, in periods in which it has net income, to calculate basic earnings per share (“basic EPS”) using the two-class method. The two-class method is required because the Company’s Class N preferred shares, each of which is convertible to 40 common shares, have the right to receive dividends or dividend equivalents should the Company declare dividends on its common stock. Under the two-class method, earnings for the period are allocated on a pro-rata basis to the common and preferred stockholders. The weighted-average number of common and preferred shares outstanding during the period is then used to calculate basic EPS for each class of shares.

     In periods in which the Company has a net loss, basic loss per share is calculated by dividing the loss attributable to common stockholders by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during the period. The two-class method is not used, because the preferred stock does not participate in losses.

     Options are included in the calculation of diluted earnings per share (“diluted EPS”), since they are assumed to be exercised, except when their effect would be anti-dilutive. For the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively, the Company recorded a net loss and therefore included zero options in its calculation of diluted EPS, since they would be anti-dilutive.