Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Common Shares and Warrants

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Common Shares and Warrants
12 Months Ended
Aug. 31, 2016
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Common Shares and Warrants

   
 

Fiscal 2015 Activity

   
 

On July 14, 2014, the Company accepted Mr, Chris Hornung’s resignation with respect to his contract dated, April 24, 2014, whereby the Company had entered into a one year consulting contract with 2342878 Ontario Inc., a wholly owned company by Chris Hornung as Assistant Manager. Upon signing of the contract of acceptance the Company had issued 121,000 common shares valued at $35,200. The Company’s 121,000 restricted common shares that were issued were cancelled and returned back to treasury.

On September 26, 2014, the Company raised gross proceeds of $45,780 for private placement of 335,720 common shares of the Company and 335,720 warrants with exercise price of $0.23 and expiry date of March 26, 2016.

On December 12, 2014, the Company issued 261,903 common shares of the Company at a value of $25,000 in connection with the terms of the ViPova™ agreement (Note 8).

On May 14, 2015, the Company closed a private placement by issuing 5,500,000 units for gross proceeds of $500,000. Each unit consisted of one common share of the Company and one share purchase warrant, exercisable into one further common share at a price of $0.23 per share and expiring on May 14, 2017. A cash finders’ fee for $32,900 was paid to GMP Securities, Mackie Research and Peter Przygoda.; and 361,900 broker warrants with an exercise price of $0.23 for a period of twenty-four months were issued to GMP, Mackie Research and Peter Przygoda. Cash finders’ fee in the amount of $4,899 from Peter Przygoda was returned in August, 2015.

On June 8, 2015, the Company issued 275,000 common shares valued at $47,500 to Ron Keleher and Scott Urquart with respect to agreements signed on April 2, 2015 and May 27, 2015.

On June 11, 2015, 550,000 restricted shares of the Company issued previously in connection with the Company’s joint venture agreement were cancelled as joint venture agreement was terminated.

On August 17, 2015, the Company issued 462,000 common shares of the Company valued at $83,532 to Docherty Management Limited as per the terms of the consulting agreement (Note 17).

As at August 31, 2015, the Company had 43,838,282 shares issued and outstanding and 19,840,186 warrants issued and outstanding.

Fiscal 2016 Activity

On September 16, 2015, the Company’s Board appointed Ted McKechnie as a Director of the Company. Mr. McKechnie was issued 110,000 common shares of the Company valued at $19,000.

On December 10, 2015, Lexaria closed a private placement by issuing 550,000 units for gross proceeds of $90,000. Each unit consisted of one common share of the Company and one half transferable share purchase warrant. Each full warrant is exercisable into one further share at a price of $0.27 per share for a period of 24 months. A cash finders’ fee for $2,520 was paid to Leede Financial Markets Ltd.; and 15,400 broker warrants with an exercise price of $0.27 for a period of twenty-four months were also issued to Leede Financial Markets Ltd. The fair value of these broker warrants was determined to be $2,903.

On December 14, 2015, Lexaria signed an investor relations contract with Radius Consulting Inc. for a fee of $2,500 and 55,000 common shares of Company valued at $9,500.

On April 15, 2016, pursuant to the agreement with Mr. John Docherty (Note 17), the Company issued 210,000 common shares valued at $21,000, for services rendered as the President of the Company.

On April 15, 2016, the Company closed a private placement of 750,000 units at a price of $0.08 per unit for gross proceeds of $60,000. Each unit consisted of one common share of the Company and one non-transferrable share purchase warrant, entitling the holder to purchase one additional common share in the capital of the Company for a period of 18 months at an exercise price of $0.15 per share. The Company also issued 8,750 broker warrants to Haywood Securities Ltd. The broker warrants have a term of 18 months and are each exercisable into one common share of the Company at a price of $0.15. The fair value of these broker warrants was determined to be $805.

On June 6, 2016, the Company closed a private placement of 700,000 units priced at $0.11 per unit for gross proceeds of $77,000. Each unit consisted of one common share of the Company and one-half of a non-transferrable share purchase warrant with each warrant entitling the holder to purchase one additional common share of the Company for a period of three years at an exercise price of $0.14 per share.

On July 28, 2016, pursuant to an agreement, in return for marketing, branding, and investor relations advisory services, the Company issued 250,000 common shares of the Company valued at $0.12 per share (Note 17).

On August 10, 2016, the Company closed a private placement by issuing 1,558,525 units at a price of $0.06 per unit for gross proceeds of $93,512. Each unit consisted of one common share of the Company and one non-transferable share purchase warrant entitling the holder to purchase one additional common share in the capital of the Company for a period of 24 months at an exercise price of $0.14 per share.

On August 31, 2016, the Company completed a private placement by issuing 3,266,666 units at a price of $0.06 per unit for gross proceeds of $196,000, of which $93,500 was collected during September and October 2016. Each unit consisted of one common share of the Company and one transferable share purchase warrant. Each full warrant is exercisable into one further share at a price of $0.14 per share for a period of 24 months. A cash finders’ fee for $1,200 was paid and 50,000 broker warrants with an exercise price of $0.14 for a period of twenty-four months were also issued. The fair value of these broker warrants was determined to be $5,397.

As at August 31, 2016, Lexaria had 51,288,473 common shares issued and outstanding and 12,136,241 warrants issued and outstanding.

A continuity schedule for warrants is presented below:

            Weighted Average  
      Number of     Exercise Price  
      Warrants     $  
  Balance, August 31, 2014   14,250,184     0.23  
  Expired   (607,618 )   0.36  
  Issued   6,197,620     0.23  
  Balance, August 31, 2015   19,840,186     0.23  
  Expired   (13,978,286 )   0.22  
  Issued   6,274,341     0.15  
  Balance, August 31, 2016   12,136,241     0.18  

The fair value of share purchase warrants granted to the brokers was estimated as of the date of the grant by using the Black-Scholes option pricing model with the following assumptions:

  August 31 August 31
  2016 2015
Expected volatility 237% - 240% N/A
Risk-free interest rate 0.74% - 0.95% N/A
Expected life 1.5 – 2 years N/A
Dividend yield 0.00% N/A
Estimated fair value per option $0.09 - $0.19 N/A

A summary of warrants outstanding as of August 31, 2016 is presented below:

# of Warrants Weighted Weighted
  Average Average
  Remaining Exercise Price
  Contractual Life $
5,500,000 0.70 years 0.23
361,900 0.70 years 0.18
758,750 1.04 years 0.15
290,400 1.28 years 0.27
1,558,525 1.95 years 0.14
3,316,666 2.00 years 0.14
350,000 2.76 years 0.14
12,136,241 1.31 years 0.18

 

As at August 31, 2016, the Company was obligated to issue, for the month of August 2016, 250,000 warrants pursuant to marketing, branding and investor relations advisory agreement (Note 17). Such warrants were issued subsequent to the year-end (Note 19). The fair value of such warrants was estimated using the Black-Scholes option pricing model and determined to be $32,252. Assumptions used as inputs to the model were consistent as the ones used for the calculation of stock options granted during the year (Note 12).