Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Stockholders' equity

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Stockholders' equity
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016
Stockholders' equity:  
Stockholders' equity

Note 11 - Stockholders’ equity

 

Common Stock

 

The Company was incorporated in California in 1994 and had a total of 400,000,000 shares of Common Stock, no par value, authorized at December 31, 2014. Effective September 24, 2015, Mentor was redomiciled as a Delaware corporation. Prior to the effective date of the merger between Mentor and Mentor Delaware, Mentor Delaware reduced the number of its authorized shares of Common Stock from 400,000,000 to 75,000,000, at $0.0001 par value. There was no change to the number of outstanding shares or warrants from redomiciling in Delaware. The holders of Common Stock are entitled to one vote per share on all matters submitted to a vote of the stockholders.

 

At the time Mentor was redomiciled as a Delaware corporation, the Common Stock was adjusted to $0.0001 per share par value and $7,769,655 of the Common Stock previously reported at no par value was reclassified to additional paid in capital. Additional paid in capital is referred to as surplus under the Delaware General Corporation Law.

 

On August 8, 2014, the Company announced that it was initiating the repurchase of approximately 2% of the Company’s common shares outstanding at that time. As of December 31, 2016 and 2015, 44,748 and 44,748 shares have been repurchased and retired, respectively.

 

Preferred Stock

 

The Company had 100,000,000, no par, preferred shares authorized at December 31, 2014. Following redomicile of Mentor as a corporation under the laws of the State of Delaware, Mentor has 5,000,000, $0.0001 par value, preferred shares authorized effective September 24, 2015. No preferred shared are issued or outstanding.