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Note 17 - Preferred Stock and Warrants

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Note 17 - Preferred Stock and Warrants
12 Months Ended
Mar. 27, 2021
Notes to Financial Statements  
Preferred Stock [Text Block]
Note
17.
Preferred Stock and Warrants
 
Series E Senior Convertible Voting Perpetual Preferred Stock
 
Holders of Series E Shares are entitled to receive, when, and if declared by the Company's Board of Directors, cumulative preferential dividends, payable semiannual in cash at a rate per annum equal to
6.0%
of the initial purchase price of
$25.00
per share or in-kind (at the Company's election) through the issuance of shares of the Company's common stock, based on the
10
day volume weighted average price of the common stock. The deemed dividend is reflected on the face of the Consolidated Statements of Operations as an increase in net loss or a decrease in net income to arrive at net income/(loss) attributable to common shareholders.
 
During the
2019
fiscal year, the Company issued and sold an additional
56,200
Series E Shares for the price of
$25.00
per share, resulting in gross proceeds of
$1,405,000.
Net proceeds from sales of Series E Shares during the
2019
fiscal year were approximately
$1.2
million after fees and expenses of approximately
$212,000.
Placement agent fees incurred in connection with the transaction were
5%
of gross proceeds or approximately
$56,875
in cash, plus warrants to purchase
5%
of the number of common shares into which the Series E shares can be converted (
6.67
shares) at an exercise price of
$3.75
per share.
 
The Company completed a private exchange offer on
November 7, 2019,
issuing an aggregate of
896,636
shares of common stock in exchange for
88,600
shares of Series E Preferred Stock and the dividends accrued thereon. The shares of common stock to be issued in the exchange were issued in reliance on the exemption from registration set forth in Section
3
(a)(
9
) of the Securities Act of
1933,
as amended, though other exemptions
may
be available.
 
The table below presents information as of 
March 27, 2021 
and
March 28, 2020:
 
Preferred Stock
 
Designated
   
Shares
   
Shares
   
Liquidation
 
 
 
Shares
   
Issued
   
Outstanding
   
Preference
 
Series B
   
10,000
     
9,997
     
9,245
    $
2,136
 
Series C
   
3,500
     
3,425
     
3,425
     
500
 
Series D
   
6,000
     
5,112
     
5,112
     
731
 
Series E
   
100,000
     
100,000
     
9,200
     
345
 
Total
   
119,500
     
118,534
     
26,982
    $
3,712