Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY

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STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2018
Stockholders' Equity Note [Abstract]  
Stockholders' Equity Note Disclosure [Text Block]
NOTE 9 – STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
 
The Company is authorized to issue 150,000,000 common shares, with a par value of $0.001 per share and 50,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock.
 
Common Stock Issued in Public Offering
– In April 2016, the Company closed on an underwritten public offering of 11,500,000 shares of its common stock, including 1,500,000 shares sold pursuant to the full exercise of an over-allotment option, at $5.60 per share for gross proceeds of $64,400,000. Total net proceeds from the offering were $61,063,497, after deducting underwriting commissions and offering expenses payable by the Company of $3,336,503.
 
In December 2016, the Company closed on an underwritten public offering of 7,195,387 shares of its common stock, including 670,387 shares sold pursuant to the partial exercise of an over-allotment option, at $11.50 per share for gross proceeds of $82,746,951. Total net proceeds from the offering were $78,485,787, after deducting underwriting commissions and offering expenses payable by the Company of $4,261,164.
 
In July 2017, the Company closed on an underwritten public offering of 4,977,658 shares of its common stock, including 477,658 shares sold pursuant to the partial exercise of an over-allotment option, at $12.50 per share for gross proceeds of $62,220,725. Total net proceeds from the offering were $59,026,956, after deducting underwriting commissions and offering expenses payable by the Company of $3,193,769.
 
In February 2018, the Company closed on an underwritten public offering of 6,164,000 shares of its common stock, including 804,000 shares sold pursuant to the full exercise of an over-allotment option, at $14.00 per share for gross proceeds of $86,296,000. Total net proceeds from the offering were $81,821,138, after deducting underwriting commissions and offering expenses payable by the Company of $4,474,862.
 
Common stock issued in property acquisition – 
As discussed in Note 3, in December 2018, the Company issued 2,623,948 shares of common stock as consideration for the acquisition of oil and natural gas properties. These shares were valued at $5.80 per share for an aggregate of $11,204,258.
 
Common Stock Issued for option exercises
– During the years ended December 31, 2016, 2017 and 2018, the Company issued 25,734, 133,308 and 153,113 shares of common stock as a result of option exercises, respectively. The following tables present the details of those exercises:
 
 
 
Options
 
 
Exercise
 
 
Shares
 
 
Shares
 
 
Cash paid at
 
 
Stock price on
date
of exercise
 
 
Aggregate value
of
shares retained
 
 
 
exercised
 
 
price ($)
 
 
issued
 
 
retained
 
 
exercise ($)
 
 
($)
 
 
($)
 
2016
 
 
5,000
 
 
$
4.50
 
 
 
5,000
 
 
 
-
 
 
$
22,500
 
 
$
4.72
 
 
$
-
 
 
 
 
20,000
 
 
 
4.50
 
 
 
20,000
 
 
 
-
 
 
 
90,000
 
 
 
7.29
 
 
 
-
 
 
 
 
150
 
 
 
2.00
 
 
 
119
 
 
 
31
 
 
 
-
 
 
 
9.72
 
 
 
300
 
 
 
 
350
 
 
 
2.00
 
 
 
276
 
 
 
74
 
 
 
-
 
 
 
9.46
 
 
 
700
 
 
 
 
400
 
 
 
2.00
 
 
 
339
 
 
 
61
 
 
 
-
 
 
 
13.05
 
 
 
800
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2016 Totals
 
 
25,900
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
25,734
 
 
 
166
 
 
$
112,500
 
 
 
 
 
 
$
1,800
 
2016 Weighted Averages
 
 
 
 
 
$
4.41
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
$
6.93
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Stock price on
 
 
Aggregate value
 
 
 
Options
 
 
Exercise
 
 
Shares
 
 
Shares
 
 
Cash paid at
 
 
date of exercise
 
 
of shares retained
 
 
 
exercised
 
 
price ($)
 
 
issued
 
 
retained
 
 
exercise ($)
 
 
($)
 
 
($)
 
2017
 
 
4,100
 
 
$
2.00
 
 
 
3,491
 
 
 
609
 
 
$
-
 
 
$
13.47
 
 
$
8,200
 
 
 
 
60,000
 
 
 
2.00
 
 
 
50,156
 
 
 
9,844
 
 
 
-
 
 
 
12.19
 
 
 
120,000
 
 
 
 
200
 
 
 
8.00
 
 
 
116
 
 
 
84
 
 
 
-
 
 
 
13.75
 
 
 
1,600
 
 
 
 
1,500
 
 
 
10.89
 
 
 
1,188
 
 
 
312
 
 
 
-
 
 
 
13.75
 
 
 
16,335
 
 
 
 
600
 
 
 
5.25
 
 
 
229
 
 
 
371
 
 
 
-
 
 
 
13.75
 
 
 
3,150
 
 
 
 
20,000
 
 
 
5.50
 
 
 
11,953
 
 
 
8,047
 
 
 
-
 
 
 
13.67
 
 
 
110,000
 
 
 
 
2,000
 
 
 
8.00
 
 
 
830
 
 
 
1,170
 
 
 
-
 
 
 
13.67
 
 
 
16,000
 
 
 
 
2,000
 
 
 
5.25
 
 
 
1,232
 
 
 
768
 
 
 
-
 
 
 
13.67
 
 
 
10,500
 
 
 
 
15,000
 
 
 
2.00
 
 
 
12,875
 
 
 
2,125
 
 
 
-
 
 
 
14.12
 
 
 
30,000
 
 
 
 
60,000
 
 
 
2.00
 
 
 
51,238
 
 
 
8,762
 
 
 
-
 
 
 
13.70
 
 
 
120,000
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2017 Totals
 
 
165,400
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
133,308
 
 
 
32,092
 
 
$
-
 
 
 
 
 
 
$
435,785
 
2017 Weighted Averages
 
 
 
 
 
$
2.63
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
$
13.18
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Stock price on
 
 
Aggregate value
 
 
 
Options
 
 
Exercise
 
 
Shares
 
 
Shares
 
 
Cash paid at
 
 
date of exercise
 
 
of shares retained
 
 
 
exercised
 
 
price ($)
 
 
issued
 
 
retained
 
 
exercise ($)
 
 
($)
 
 
($)
 
2018
 
 
110,000
 
 
$
2.00
 
 
 
90,375
 
 
 
19,625
 
 
$
-
 
 
$
11.21
 
 
$
220,000
 
 
 
 
50,000
 
 
 
2.00
 
 
 
50,000
 
 
 
-
 
 
 
100,000
 
 
 
8.00
 
 
 
-
 
 
 
 
25,000
 
 
 
7.50
 
 
 
9,829
 
 
 
15,171
 
 
 
-
 
 
 
12.36
 
 
$
187,500
 
 
 
 
3,000
 
 
 
8.00
 
 
 
1,059
 
 
 
1,941
 
 
 
-
 
 
 
12.36
 
 
$
24,000
 
 
 
 
3,000
 
 
 
5.25
 
 
 
1,750
 
 
 
1,250
 
 
 
-
 
 
 
12.36
 
 
$
15,750
 
 
 
 
2,000
 
 
 
11.75
 
 
 
100
 
 
 
1,900
 
 
 
-
 
 
 
12.36
 
 
$
23,500
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2018 Totals
 
 
193,000
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
153,113
 
 
 
39,887
 
 
$
100,000
 
 
 
 
 
 
$
470,750
 
2018 Weighted Averages
 
 
 
 
 
$
2.96
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
$
10.58