Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

17. Stock Options

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17. Stock Options
 3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2023
Share-Based Payment Arrangement [Abstract]  
17. Stock Options

17. Stock Options

 

On November 21, 2022, the Board approved an Amendment to the Plan (“Amendment No. 3”) to increase by 9,000,000 the number of shares that may be granted under the Plan. Amendment No. 3 to the 2018 Plan will increase the number of shares of common stock with respect to which awards may be granted under the 2018 Plan from an aggregate of 7,000,000 shares of Common Stock to 16,000,000 shares of common stock.

 

On December 30, 2022, the Company held its 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders approved amendment 3 to the Company’s 2018 Equity Incentive Plan to increase the number of shares of common stock that the Company will have authority to grant under the plan by an additional 9,000,000 shares of common stock.

 

On February 14, 2023, the Compensation Committee of the Company’s Board granted the Company’s non-executive directors, under the Company’s Stock Incentive Plan; (i) an award of 131,631 stock options to each of Steven Shallcross and Andrea Mandell-Mantello, of which 54,753 vested immediately and the remaining 76,878 vest monthly over a ten month period; and (ii) an award of 154,132 stock options to Paul Sallwasser, of which 77,254 vested immediately and 76,878 vest monthly over a ten month period.

 

The options awarded during the three months ended March 31, 2023 were valued at the date of issuance using a Black-Scholes pricing model.

 

The following assumptions were used in the Black-Scholes model:

 

Assumptions  

Three months ended

March 31, 2023
Exercise price   $     0.89  
Risk free interest rate         3.77 %
Expected life of options     10 years
Expected volatility of underlying stock         200.0 %
Expected dividend rate     0 %

 

A summary of all of the Company’s option activity during the period January 1, 2022 to March 31, 2023 is as follows:

 

Stock Option Activity Number of shares   Exercise price per share   Weighted average exercise price  
Outstanding January 1, 2022     2,766,438     $ 1.84 to 5.10     $ 2.92  
Granted     270,000       0.454 to 2.50       1.67  
Forfeited/cancelled     (652,375 )      1.84 to 2.80       1.85  
Exercised     —         —         —    
Outstanding December 31, 2022     2,384,063     $ 0.454 to 5.10     $ 3.07  
Granted     417,394           0.89       0.89  
Forfeited/cancelled     (60,000 )          2.50       2.50  
Exercised     —         —         —    
Outstanding March 31, 2023     2,741,457     $ 0.454 to 5.10     $ 2.75  

  

 

 

The following tables summarize information about stock options outstanding as of March 31, 2023: 

Stock Options Outstanding  
    Options outstanding   Options exercisable

 

Exercise price

     Number of shares       Weighted average remaining years       Weighted average exercise price       Number of shares       Weighted average exercise price  
$0.45     110,000       9.50               —            
$0.89     417,394       9.88               209,823          
$2.03     659,000       7.51               573,333          
$2.50     100,000       9.00               —            
$2.72     25,000       3.25               25,000          
$2.80     216,250       6.48               189,583          
$2.96     70,313       6.27               70,313          
$3.43     25,000       8.72               9,000          
$4.03     1,020,000       8.26               461,667          
$4.07     25,000       8.30               9,000          
$4.20     25,000       8.09               9,000          
$5.10     48,500       8.46               48,500          
      2,741,457       8.17     $ 2.75       1,605,219     $ 2.72  

  

As of March 31, 2023, there were unvested options to purchase 1,136,238 shares of common stock. Total expected unrecognized compensation cost related to such unvested options is $2,725,920 which is expected to be recognized over a period of 33 months.

 

As of March 31, 2023, there was an aggregate of 2,741,457 options to purchase shares of common stock granted under the Company’s 2018 Equity Incentive Plan, and an aggregate of 9,588,872 restricted shares granted to certain officers employees and directors of the Company with 3,669,671 shares available for future grants.

 

The options outstanding at March 31, 2023 had an intrinsic value of $6,600.