Equity
 12 Months Ended
Jul. 31, 2014
Equity [Abstract]  
Equity

Note 5—Equity

 

Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock

The rights of holders of shares of Class A common stock and Class B common stock are identical except for certain voting and conversion rights and restrictions on transferability. Shares of Class A common stock and Class B common stock receive identical dividends per share when and if declared by the Company’s Board of Directors. In addition, shares of Class A common stock and Class B common stock have identical and equal priority rights per share in liquidation. The Class A common stock and Class B common stock do not have any other contractual participation rights. Shares of Class A common stock are entitled to three votes per share and shares of Class B common stock are entitled to one-tenth of a vote per share. Each share of Class A common stock may be converted into one share of Class B common stock, at any time, at the option of the holder. Shares of Class A common stock are subject to certain limitations on transferability that do not apply to shares of Class B common stock.

 

Class B common stock activity for fiscal 2014 was as follows:

 

1.The Company issued 311,226 shares to officers, directors and consultants as compensation.  See Note 6 for a further discussion.

 

2.The Company issued 9,000 shares for the conversion of deferred stock units.

 

3.The Company issued 3,065 shares for the exercise of stock options and received proceeds of $17,000.

 

4.The Company retired 3,550 shares issued to former employees of IDT. 

 

Preferred Stock

The Company’s Board of Directors has the authority to fix the price, rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions, including voting rights, of shares of the Company’s Preferred Stock without any further vote or action by the stockholders.

 

Dividend

The Company does not anticipate paying dividends on its common stock until it achieves sustainable profitability (after satisfying all of its operational needs, including payments to the Former SPSI CEO) and retains certain minimum cash reserves. Following that time, we will retain sufficient cash to provide for investment in growth opportunities and provide for the creation of long-term stockholder value, particularly through development of the SPSI business and possibly the acquisition of complementary businesses or assets.  However, we do not intend to retain earnings beyond those needs and beyond what we believe we can effectively deploy, and we expect that such additional resources would be returned to stockholders via distributions or other means.  The payment of dividends in any specific period will be at the sole discretion of the Company’s Board of Directors.