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RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

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RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
9 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2015
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
  7. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

 

On October 8, 2013, the Board granted to the Company’s two executive officers and two senior managers (collectively, the “Managers”) options to purchase shares of its Common Stock pursuant to the 2012 Option Plan at an exercise price of $0.25 per share as follows: George Carpenter 435,000 shares, Paul Buck 470,000 shares, Stewart Navarre 385,000 shares and Brian MacDonald 310,000. These options vested pro-rata over 12 months starting from the date of grant. Pursuant to the Employment Compensation Forfeiture and Exchange Agreement dated December 16, 2013, the Managers agreed to forego a portion of their salaries in fiscal year 2014 as follows: George Carpenter $98,000, Paul Buck $106,500, Stewart Navarre $83,600 and Brian MacDonald $66,700. These Managers were paid out of the salaries earned and accrued during fiscal years 2012 and 2013. The accruals to be paid out were equivalent to the fiscal year 2014 salaries that each of the Managers agreed to forego in lieu of receiving options to purchase shares.

 

On March 28, 2015, the Company entered into a separate termination agreement with each of Equity Dynamics, Inc. ("EDI") and SAIL Capital Partners ("SAIL"), in each case to immediately terminate the respective November 28, 2012 governance agreement (collectively, the "Governance Agreements") that the Company had entered into with each of EDI and SAIL (collectively, the "Termination Agreements"). EDI is an entity owned by John Pappajohn, a director of the Company, and SAIL is one of the Company's principal stockholders of which former director, Walter Schindler, is the managing partner. Pursuant to the Governance Agreements, the Company had agreed, subject to providing required notice to stockholders, to appoint four individuals nominated by EDI and three individuals nominated by SAIL to the Company's Board of Directors, and to create vacancies for that purpose, if necessary. In addition, at each meeting of stockholders of the Company at which directors were nominated and elected, the Company had agreed to nominate for election the four designees of EDI and the three designees of SAIL, and further had agreed to take all necessary action to support such election, and to oppose any challenges to such designees. The Governance Agreements also restricted the Company's ability to increase the number of directors to more than seven without the consent of EDI and SAIL. Pursuant to the Termination Agreements, the Governance Agreements were terminated in their entirety as of March 28, 2015, and are of no further force or effect.

 

Transactions with John Pappajohn, Director

 

On September 22, 2014, March 18, 2015 and June 2, 2015, Mr. Pappajohn purchased three September 2014 Notes for $200,000, $100,000 and $100,000 respectively. The September 2014 Notes are convertible into shares of Common Stock (i) automatically upon the closing of a qualified offering of no less than $5 million at a conversion price equal to the lesser of $0.25 or 70% of the lowest cost of Common Stock offered by the Company, but in no event less than $0.10 per share or (ii) voluntarily within 15 days of maturity at the lesser of a conversion price equal to $0.25 or the lowest cost of Common Stock offered by the Company, but in no event less than $0.10 per share.

 

Transactions with Robert J. Follman, Director

 

The Trust of Robert J. Follman and Carole A. Follman, dated August 14, 1979 (the “Follman Trust”), of which our Director Mr. Follman is a trustee, has made multiple additional investments pursuant to a series of subscription agreements all of which were the result of private placements of unregistered stock at $0.25 per share. All individual transactions were in tranches of $100,000 for the purchase of 400,000 shares and the Company received gross cash proceeds of $100,000 on each occasion. Since October 1, 2013, transactions occurred on the following dates: January 17, February 14 and July 8 of 2014. In aggregate the Follman Trust has purchased 1,200,000 shares at $0.25 per share for $300,000 gross cash proceeds to the Company.

 

On March 17, 2015, the Trust of Robert J. Follman and Carole A. Follman, dated August 14, 1979 (the “Follman Trust”), of which our Director Mr. Follman is a trustee, purchased a September 2014 Note for $100,000. The September 2014 Notes are convertible into shares of Common Stock (i) automatically upon the closing of a qualified offering of no less than $5 million at a conversion price equal to the lesser of $0.25 or 70% of the lowest cost of Common Stock offered by the Company, but in no event less than $0.10 per share or (ii) voluntarily within 15 days of maturity at the lesser of a conversion price equal to $0.25 or the lowest cost of Common Stock offered by the Company, but in no event less than $0.10 per share.

 

Transactions with George Carpenter, Chief Executive Officer

 

On September 25, 2013, the Board approved a consulting agreement effective May 1, 2013, for marketing services provided by Decision Calculus Associates, an entity operated by Mr. Carpenter’s spouse, Jill Carpenter. For the period from May 1, 2013 through to February 28, 2015, we have paid $210,000 to Decision Calculus Associates and have an accounts payable balance of a further $10,000.

 

On January 28, 2014, Mr. and Mrs. Carpenter invested $50,000 for 200,000 shares of Common Stock at $0.25 per share pursuant to a subscription agreement for which the Company received gross cash proceeds of $50,000.

 

On July 11, 2014, Mr. and Mrs. Carpenter invested $12,500 for 50,000 shares of Common Stock at $0.25 per share pursuant to a subscription agreement for which the Company received gross cash proceeds of $12,500.

 

Transactions with Paul Buck, Chief Financial Officer

 

On February 12, 2014, Mr. Buck invested $25,000 for 100,000 shares of Common Stock at $0.25 per share pursuant to a subscription agreement for which the Company received gross cash proceeds of $25,000.

 

On July 8, 2014, Mr. Buck invested $12,500 for 50,000 shares of Common Stock at $0.25 per share pursuant to a subscription agreement for which the Company received gross cash proceeds of $12,500.

 

Transactions with the SAIL Capital Partners and SAIL Holdings, Greater than 5% Stockholders

 

Mr. Schindler who served as a Director from November 29, 2012 through June 11, 2015 and is the Managing Partner of SAIL Capital Partners which is a greater than 5% shareholder of the Company and is the general partner of all the SAIL entities except for SAIL Holding, LLC, which is controlled directly by Mr. Schindler.

 

On July 11, 2014, SAIL Pre-Exit Acceleration fund, L.P, an entity managed by Mr. Schindler, entered into a subscription agreement to purchase 40,000 shares of Common Stock at $0.25 per share for which the Company received gross cash proceeds of $10,000.

 

On January 5, 2015, we entered into a three-month long consulting engagement with Dr. Eric Warner, Managing Partner, Europe, Middle East & Africa, Sail Capital Partners Ltd. The objectives of the engagement include the establishment of a revenue-generating licensing agreement in the United Kingdom (U.K.) and initiation a pilot study of our PEER Online technology. Dr. Warner has been paid $10,000 per month for a total of $30,000. On January 8, 2015, the Board granted Dr. Warner an option to purchase 250,000 shares of Common Stock with an exercise price of $0.25 per share; the option vesting is conditioned on the execution of a licensing agreement and a PEER Online pilot study. The fair value of the option, which was determined using the Black-Scholes model, was $28,300 and was expensed over the term of the engagement.

 

Transactions with Tierney Family Trust, Greater than 5% Stockholder

 

Mr. Tierney, who resigned from the Board on May 22, 2015, had served on the Board since February 2013 and has served as Chairman of the Board since March 2013. Mr. Tierney is a trustee of the Thomas T. and Elizabeth C. Tierney Family Trust (the “Tierney Family Trust”) which is a greater than 5% stockholder.

 

The Tierney Family Trust has made multiple investments pursuant to a series of subscription agreements all of which were the result of private placements of unregistered stock at $0.25 per share. All individual transactions were in tranches of $100,000 for the purchase of 400,000 shares and the Company received gross cash proceeds of $100,000 on each occasion. Since October 1, 2013, transactions occurred on the following dates: January 13, February 12 and July 8, of 2014. In aggregate the Tierney Family Trust has purchased 1,200,000 shares at $0.25 per share for $300,000 gross cash proceeds to the Company.

 

On September 22, 2014, January 8, 2015, March 17, 2015 and June 3, 2015, the Tierney Family Trust purchased five September 2014 Notes for $200,000, $100,000, $115,000 and $100,000 respectively for an aggregate total of $415,000. The September 2014 Notes are convertible into shares of Common Stock (i) automatically upon the closing of a qualified offering of no less than $5 million at a conversion price equal to the lesser of $0.25 or 70% of the lowest cost of Common Stock offered by the Company, but in no event less than $0.10 per share or (ii) voluntarily within 15 days of maturity at the lesser of a conversion price equal to $0.25 or the lowest cost of Common Stock offered by the Company, but in no event less than $0.10 per share.

 

Transactions with Mark and Jill Oman, Greater than 5% Stockholder

 

On September 22, 2014, Oman Ventures LLC, of which Mr. Oman, a greater than 5% stockholder is the President, purchased $200,000 of September 2014 Notes which are convertible into shares of Common Stock (i) automatically upon the closing of a qualified offering of no less than $5 million at a conversion price equal to the lesser of $0.25 or 70% of the lowest cost of Common Stock offered by the Company, but in no event less than $0.10 per share or (ii) voluntarily within 15 days of maturity at the lesser of a conversion price equal to $0.25 or the lowest cost of Common Stock offered by the Company, but in no event less than $0.10 per share.