Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Stockholders' Equity

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Stockholders' Equity
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2015
Equity [Abstract]  
Stockholders' Equity
  7. Stockholders’ Equity

 

Authorized Shares

 

At the Annual Meeting of the Company’s stockholders on June 4, 2015 (the “2015 Annual Meeting”), the Company’s stockholders approved an amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to increase the number of authorized shares of the Company’s common stock to 200,000,000 shares.

 

Common Stock Warrants Requiring Liability Accounting

 

The net-cash settlement and down round provisions contained in warrants issued in a January 2013 financing transaction require derivative liability accounting treatment. Likewise, a down round provision contained in the terms of warrants issued by the Company in a July 2012 financing transaction also requires derivative liability accounting treatment. The fair value of all such warrants was calculated using the Monte Carlo simulation valuation method.

 

Assumptions used in calculating the fair value of the warrants at June 30, 2015 are noted below:

         
Dividend yield     0%  
Expected volatility     38%  
Risk free interest rates     0.642% - 0.745%  
Expected remaining term (in years)     2.01 - 2.57  

 

In addition to the assumptions above, the Company also takes into consideration whether it would participate in another round of equity financing and, if so, what the Company estimates the price would be for a share of its common stock at that time.

 

The fair values and the changes in fair values of the warrants accounted for as a derivative liability is reflected below:

         
Fair value at December 31, 2014   $ 2,198,162  
Loss on change in fair value     969,106  
Fair value at June 30, 2015   $ 3,167,268  

 

Stock Incentive Plans

 

The Company has various share-based compensation plans and share-based compensatory contracts (collectively, the “Plans”). The Plans provide for the granting of share-based awards, such as incentive and non-qualified stock options, to employees, directors, consultants and advisors, and certain of the Plans provide for cash-based awards. Awards may be subject to a vesting schedule as set forth in individual award agreements.

 

In June 2013, the Company’s stockholders approved the 2013 Incentive Compensation Plan, and at the 2015 Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders approved the adoption of the MRI Interventions, Inc. Amended and Restated 2013 Incentive Compensation Plan (the “Amended 2013 Plan”). The material change effected in the Amended 2013 Plan was to increase the number of shares of the Company’s common stock available for awards thereunder by 5,000,000 shares, resulting in a total of 6,250,000 shares of the Company’s common stock being reserved for issuance under the Amended 2013 Plan. Of this amount, grants of 988,167 shares were outstanding as of June 30, 2015. Accordingly, 5,261,833 shares remained available for grants under the Amended 2013 Plan as of June 30, 2015.

 

In December 2013, the Company’s board of directors approved the 2013 Non-Employee Director Equity Incentive Plan (the “Director Equity Plan”). A total of 570,000 shares of the Company’s common stock are reserved for issuance under the Director Equity Plan. The shares reserved for issuance under the Director Equity Plan are intended to be used for stock options granted pursuant to the terms of the Company’s Non-Employee Director Compensation Plan (the “Director Compensation Plan”). As of June 30, 2015, awards for 435,000 shares had been issued under the Director Equity Plan. Accordingly, 155,000 shares remained available for awards under the Director Equity Plan as of June 30, 2015. Should option grants pursuant to the Director Compensation Plan exceed the amount of shares available under the Director Equity Plan, the Company expects to continue granting such options under the terms of the Amended 2013 Plan described above.

  

As further discussed in Note 4, the Company, in April and May 2015, recorded $492,926 of share-based compensation expense, classified as restructuring costs in the accompanying 2015 condensed consolidated statements of operations, related to the modification of the terms of options held by certain former officers. In addition, effective April 1, 2015, a member of the Company’s Board of Directors resigned. In recognition of the director’s contributions to the Company, the Company’s Board of Directors accelerated the vesting of two stock options previously awarded to the director and extended the exercise period through April 1, 2017 for all vested options held by the director. Prior to such extension, the exercise period under the options’ original terms was three months subsequent to the date the individual ceased to be a director of the Company. The Company revalued the director’s stock option based on the modified terms described above and recorded share-based compensation expense of $12,005.

 

Activity under all of the Company’s equity compensation plans during the six months ended June 30, 2015 is summarized below:

           
    Shares   Weighted -
Average Exercise
Price
 
Outstanding at December 31, 2014     10,343,309   $ 1.36  
Granted     662,500     1.04  
Forfeited     (653,500 )   1.43  
Outstanding at June 30, 2015     10,352,309   $ 1.34  

 

The estimated grant date fair values of options granted during the six months ended June 30, 2015 were calculated using the Black-Scholes valuation model, based on the following assumptions:

         
Dividend yield     0%  
Expected volatility     46.7% to 48.8%  
Risk free interest rates     1.48% to 1.75%  
Expected lives (in years)     6.0  

 

The Company records share-based compensation expense on a straight-line basis over the related vesting period. For the periods indicated below, share-based compensation expense, which includes the expense associated with the modification of option terms discussed above and in Note 4, related to options was:

 

         
Three Months Ended June 30,
2015   2014
     774,417        184,162

 

         
Six Months Ended June 30,
2015   2014
 

1,135,042

       363,908

 

As of June 30, 2015, there was unrecognized compensation expense of $1,709,687 related to outstanding stock options, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of approximately 2.14 years.

 

Warrants

 

Warrants have generally been issued for terms of up to five years. Common stock warrant activity for the six months ended June 30, 2015 was as follows:

               
    Shares   Weighted -
Average Exercise
Price
 
Outstanding at December 31, 2014     20,759,136   $ 0.91  
Issued     35,000     1.00  
Terminated     (25,444 )     8.00  
Outstanding at June 30, 2015     20,768,692     0.90