FORM 4 |
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 |
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
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2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
BION ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES INC [ BNET ] |
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
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3. Date of Earliest Transaction
(Month/Day/Year) 11/07/2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed
(Month/Day/Year) |
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
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Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned | ||||||||||
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1. Title of Security (Instr. 3) | 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) | 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) | 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) | 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) | 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) | 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) | 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) | |||
Code | V | Amount | (A) or (D) | Price |
Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) | |||||||||||||||
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1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3) | 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security | 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) | 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) | 4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) | 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) | 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) | 7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4) | 8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5) | 9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4) | 10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) | 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) | ||||
Code | V | (A) | (D) | Date Exercisable | Expiration Date | Title | Amount or Number of Shares | ||||||||
Options (Right to Buy)(1) | $0.75 | 11/07/2017 | 11/07/2017 | A | 190,000 | 11/17/2017 | 12/31/2020 | Common Stock | 190,000 | $0.05 | 190,000 | D | |||
Convertible Deferred Compensation | $0.72 | 11/07/2017 | J | 144,507 | (2) | (2) | Common Stock | 144,507 | (2) | 0 | D | ||||
January 2015 Convertible Note Warrants | $1 | 11/07/2017 | A | 210,635 | (4) | (4) | Common Stock | 421,270 | (4) | 421,270 | D | ||||
January 2015 Convertible Note | $0.5 | 11/30/2017 | J | 2,798 | (2) | (4) | Common Stock | 842,540 | (4) | 835,852 | D | ||||
January 2015 Convertible Note(3) | $1.5 | 11/30/2017 | J | 211,334 | (2) | (4) | Warrants | 421,270 | (4) | 421,270 | D |
Explanation of Responses: |
1. Each of which options includes a potential future 90% exercise bonus "exercise bonus" (See Notes 9&10, Financial Statements, Form 10-Q for quarter ended 9/30/17 |
2. This report reflects the cancellation (effective November 7, 2017) (per agreements reached between October 14 - Nov 6, 2017) of $121,386 of accrued convertible deferred compensation (including November 2017 accrual) which was convertible into 144,507 shares of common stock at November 7, 2017 (see Notes 5&10 Financial Statements Form 10-Q for quarter ended 9/30/17 (Note that, per item 12, Form 10 - k (for year ended June 30 2017) $120,269 of convertible deferred compensation was convertible into 133,164 shares at August 15, 2017. This category of security's amount has varied with the addition of accrued deferred compensation and has fluctuated in number as the market-based conversion price has varied by formula. New accruals will commence during December 2017 with the same variables in place. |
3. The number of warrants included in Units to be received in conversion of existing "January 2015 Convertible Note" (as defined in Form 10-Q Financial Statements, Note 7 and other SEC filings) has increased from 1/4 to 1/2 per Unit which change increased potential warrants to be received in the event of conversion of Mr. Schafer's "January 2015 Convertible Note" by 210,635 at November 7, 2017 including interest accruals through November 30, 2017 (with future increase due to subsequent interest accruals). The Potential future "exercise bonus" for these warrants (and all other options and warrants owned by Mr. Schafer (and his donees)/assignees) was increased to 75% from 50%. See Notes 7, 9 & 10 Financial Statements Form 10Q for quarter ended 9/30/17. |
4. Outstanding "January 2015 Convertible Note" (as defined in Form 10-Q Financial Statements, Note 7 and other SEC filings) has a balance (principal plus accrued interest) of approximately $421,270 as of November 30, 2017. The note is convertible at $.50 per unit into units consisting of 1 share of common stock and 1/2 warrant ((842,540 Units consisting of 842,540 shares of common stock and 421,270 warrants, in aggregate). See Note 3 above. (See Notes 7, 9 & 10 Financial Statements, Form 10 - Q for quarter ended 9/30/17. The number of Units will increase as interest accrues. |
/s/ Edward T. Schafer | 12/22/2017 | |
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