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STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY

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STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2022
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STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
 
NOTE G - STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
 
Common stock

During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, the Company issued no shares and 310,500 shares of its common stock, respectively, upon the exercise of stock options. These option exercises consisted of 50,000, 160,000 and 100,500 shares issued to a member of the board of directors, consultants and employees, respectively.
 
On April 21, 2022 and May 15, 2022, the Company issued 50,000 shares each of its common stock upon the exercise of stock options by two executive officers.
 
Series B Convertible Preferred Stock
 
On November 6, 2007, the Company sold a total of 13,000 shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock (“Series B Shares”) to two investors for an aggregate purchase price of $1.3 million, less offering costs of $9,265. Each share of the Series B Shares has a stated value of $100.
 
The Series B Shares were convertible into shares of the Company’s common stock. As of June 30, 2021, the two holders of the shares of preferred stock tendered notices of conversion, and all of the outstanding shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock were converted into 1,181,819 shares of the Company’s common stock. As a result, effective as of June 30, 2021, the Company had no outstanding Series B Convertible Preferred Stock.
 
Series C Preferred Stock

On February 23, 2022, the Company completed a private placement of an aggregate of 145,000 preferred shares (125,000 and 20,000 shares to ExxonMobil Renewables, an affiliate of ExxonMobil, and the Senior Lenders, respectively) of Series C Preferred Stock and warrants exercisable to purchase an aggregate of 18,547,731 (5,017,008 issued to settle the Warrant Commitment Liability to the Senior Lenders - see Note B) shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $2.25 per share to ExxonMobil Renewables, and 11 other institutional investors (all of whom are also lenders under our existing Senior Credit Facility) respectively, for an aggregate purchase price of $145 million and the settlement of the Warrant Commitment Liability (see Note B). A
s a result of the difference between the $20 million received by the Company from the Senior Lenders for the purchase of the Series C Preferred Stock and the fair value of the Series C Preferred Stock,
the Company recorded a $9.9 million deemed contribution from the Senior Lenders to Additional paid-in Capital.
 
For the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2022, we did not declare or pay cash distributions to the holders of the Series C Preferred Stock. Included in the carrying value of the Series C preferred Stock was the amount of the cumulative, declared dividends of $5.8 million and $13.5 million, along with the accretion of $1.8 million and $3.5 million for the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2022 respectively. These amounts are recorded as a reduction to Additional Paid-in Capital for the respective periods.