Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Stockholders' Equity

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Stockholders' Equity
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016
Equity [Abstract]  
Stockholders' Equity

12. STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

 

The Company had 45,000,000 shares of its $0.0001 par value common stock authorized at both December 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015. The Company had 21,394,247 and 21,337,247 shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015, respectively.

 

The Company has 5,000,000 shares of its no par value preferred stock authorized at both December 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015.

 

Beginning in December 2016, the Company conducted a rights offering of units, each unit consisting of one share of 9% Redeemable Series 1 Preferred Stock (“Series 1 Preferred”) and one Series 1 Warrant (“Series 1 Warrant”) to purchase 10 shares of common stock. Holders of the Series 1 Preferred are entitled to receive cumulative dividends out of legally available funds at the rate of 9% of the purchase price per year for a term of seven years, payable quarterly on the last day of March, June, September and December in each year in cash or registered common stock. Shares of common stock issued as dividends will be issued at a 10% discount to the five-day volume weighted average price per share of common stock prior to the date of issuance. Dividends will be paid prior to any dividend to the holders of common stock. The Series 1 Preferred in non-voting and has a liquidation preference of $13.50 per share, equal to its purchase price. Chanticleer is required to redeem the outstanding Series 1 Preferred at the expiration of the seven-year term.. The redemption price for any shares of Series 1 Preferred will be an amount equal to the $13.50 purchase price per share plus any accrued but unpaid dividends to the date fixed for redemption.

 

As of December 31, 2016, 19,050 shares of preferred stock were issued pursuant to the Preferred Stock Units rights offering. In addition, 43,826 additional shares were issued following in February 2016 for a total of 62,876 issued and outstanding as the date of this report (See Note 16 Subsequent Events).

 

In connection with the payment of past due interest on its $5 million note payable, the Company issued 562,900 shares of its common stock to the lender. Concurrently, the Company entered into a put agreement with Florida Mezzanine Fund during 2016 which provides the lender the right to require the Company to repurchase those shares at a price of $0.62 cents per share. This put right originally expired in January 2017 and was subsequently extended to March 31, 2017, and may conceivably be extended beyond that date in connection with ongoing discussion with the lender. The shares subject to the repurchase obligation have been reflected as a redeemable temporary equity on the accompanying consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2016.

 

Options and Warrants

 

The Company’s shareholders have approved the Chanticleer Holdings, Inc. 2014 Stock Incentive Plan (the “2014 Plan”), authorizing the issuance of options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock awards and units, performance shares and units, phantom stock and other stock-based and dividend equivalent awards. Pursuant to the approved 2014 Plan, 4,000,000 shares have been approved for grant.

 

As of December 31, 2016, the Company had issued 325,340 restricted and unrestricted shares on a cumulative basis under the plan pursuant to compensatory arrangements with employees, board members and outside consultants. No employee stock options have been issued or are outstanding as of December 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015. The Company issued 150,000 restricted stock units to employees during 2016. Approximately 3,674,660 shares remained available for grant in the future.

 

The Company also has issued warrants to investors in connection with financing transactions. Fair value of any warrant issuances is valued utilizing the Black-Scholes model. The model includes subjective input assumptions that can materially affect the fair value estimates. The expected stock price volatility for the Company’s warrants was determined by the historical volatilities for industry peers and used an average of those volatilities.

 

A summary of the warrant activity during the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015 is presented below:

 

    Number of Warrants     Weighted Average Exercise Price     Weighted Average Remaining Life  
                   
Outstanding January 1, 2016     9,506,304     $ 4.93       1.5  
Granted     190,500       1.35       7.0  
Exercised     -       -          
Forfeited     (474,772 )     (2.63 )     -  
Outstanding December 31, 2016     9,222,032     $ 4.98       1.7  
                         
Exercisable December 31, 2016     9,222,032     $ 4.98       1.7  

 

Exercise Price   Outstanding Number of Warrants     Weighted Average Remaining Life in Years     Exerciseable Number of Warrants  
                   
                   
> $4.00     7,439,631       1.5       7,439,631  
$3.00-$3.99     499,901       2.6       499,901  
$2.00-$2.99     779,500       3.1       779,500  
$1.00-$1.99     503,000       4.3       503,000  
      9,222,032               9,222,032