14. Subsequent Events

M&EC Series B Preferred Stock

The Series B Preferred Stock (the “Series B Preferred Stock”) of the Company’s consolidated subsidiary, M&EC, is non-voting and non-convertible, has a $1.00 liquidation preference per share and may be redeemed at the option and sole discretion of M&EC at any time, and from time to time, from and after one year from the date of issuance of the Series B Preferred Stock for the purchase price of $1.00. Holders of shares of M&EC Series B Preferred Stock are entitled to receive, when, as and if declared by M&EC’s board of directors out of funds legally available for payment, cumulative dividends at the rate per annum of 5% per share on the liquidation preference of $1.00 per share of Series B Preferred Stock. Dividends on the Series B Preferred Stock shall accrue without interest beginning one year from the date of original issuance (June 25, 2001), and shall be payable in cash, if, when, and as declared by M&EC board, quarterly each year commencing on the first dividend due date following the expiration of one year from the date of original issuance. On April 24, 2018, the Company announced a private exchange offer (“Exchange Offer”), to all holders of the M&EC Series B Preferred Stock , to exchange, for every share of Series B Preferred Stock tendered, (a) 0.1050805 shares of newly issued common stock of the Company, par value $.001 per share (“Common Stock”), and (b) cash in lieu of fractional shares of Common Stock that would otherwise be issuable to the tendering holder of Series B Preferred Stock, in an amount equal to such fractional share of Common Stock multiplied by the closing price per share of the Common Stock on the last trading day immediately preceding the expiration date of the Exchange Offer. The Exchange Offer is being made on an all-or-none basis, for all 1,284,730 shares of Series B Preferred Stock outstanding and has an expiration date of May 30, 2018. Assuming all currently outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock are tendered for exchange and not validly withdrawn, the Company would issue an amount of its shares of Common Stock not to exceed 135,000. The Company owns 100% of the voting capital stock of M&EC. If the Exchange Offer is consummated, holders of the M&EC Series B Preferred Stock would forfeit all rights of a holder of Series B Preferred Shares, including the right to receive quarterly cash dividends, and the rights to the cumulative accrued and unpaid dividends with M&EC Series B Preferred Stock in the amount of approximately $1,011,000 as of April 1, 2018. M&EC Board has never declared dividends on the Series B Preferred Stock and our credit facility prohibits the payment of cash dividends without the lender’s consent.

The shares of Company common stock to be issued in exchange for shares of M&EC’s Series B Preferred Stock will be issued pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and, as a result, will be considered restricted securities that have restrictions on transferability.

This discussion as to an exchange offer does not constitute an offer or an invitation by the Company to participate in the exchange offer in any manner.