Note 4. Stock Options | Long Term Incentive Plan On October 23, 2001, the Board adopted our Long Term Incentive Plan ("LTIP"). The Board is responsible for the administration of this LTIP, and is the approval authority for all option grant awards under this plan. Subject to the express provisions of the LTIP, the Board shall have full authority and sole and absolute discretion to interpret and amend this LTIP, to prescribe, amend and rescind rules and regulations relating to it, and to make all other determinations which it believes to be necessary or advisable in administering this LTIP. On October 22, 2006, our Board adopted the Amended and Restated LTIP. This plan expires on October 21, 2016. The maximum number of shares of common stock as to which awards may be granted under this plan, subject to subsequent amendments, is 18,200,000 shares (updated to reflect the 4% dividend issued during the first quarter of 2009). The common stock issued upon exercise of options or on grant of stock awards may be shares previously authorized but not yet issued or shares which have been issued and reacquired by the Company as treasury stock. The Board may increase the maximum number of shares of common stock as to which awards may be granted at such time as it deems advisable. The following tables summarize information about stock options issued to employees and Directors during the 2 years ended December 31, 2015: Shares Exercise price per share Weighted-average exercise price Aggregate intrinsic value Outstanding at December 31, 2013 9,489,120 $0.09-0.50 $ 0.41 - Granted 30,276,000 $0.05-0.15 $ 0.10 - Cancelled (7,070,400 ) $0.09-0.50 $ 0.39 - Expired (2,220,000 ) $0.18-0.48 $ 0.46 - Outstanding at December 31, 2014 30,474,720 $0.05-0.50 $ 0.10 $ 404,337 Expired (168,720 ) $0.10-0.50 $ 0.37 Outstanding at December 31, 2015 30,306,000 $0.05-0.17 $ 0.10 $ - Options exercisable at December 31, 2015 29,639,333 $0.05-0.17 $ 0.10 Options exercisable at December 31, 2014 27,641,386 $0.05-0.50 $ 0.10 The following table summarizes information about employee stock options outstanding at December 31, 2015: Options outstanding Options exercisable Exercise price range Number outstanding at December 31, 2015 Weighted-average remaining contractual life (years) Weighted-average exercise price Number exercisable at December 31, 2015 Weighted-average exercise price $0.05 - $0.10 15,286,000 3 $ 0.05 14,619,333 $ 0.05 $0.11 - $0.17 15,020,000 3 $ 0.15 15,020,000 $ 0.15 30,306,000 3 $ 0.10 29,639,333 $ 0.10 The following table summarizes information about employee stock options outstanding at December 31, 2014: Options outstanding Options exercisable Exercise price range Number outstanding at December 31, 2014 Weighted-average remaining contractual life (years) Weighted-average exercise price Number exercisable at December 31, 2014 Weighted-average exercise price $0.05 - $0.25 30,348,880 4 $ 0.10 27,515,546 $ 0.10 $0.26 - $0.50 125,840 1 $ 0.44 125,840 $ 0.44 30,474,720 4 $ 0.10 27,641,386 $ 0.10 The following table summarizes information about stock options issued to non-employees during the 2 years ended December 31, 2015: Shares Exercise price per share Weighted-average exercise price Aggregate intrinsic value Outstanding at December 31, 2013 4,137,599 $0.25-0.50 $ 0.46 - Granted 5,730,000 $0.05-0.25 $ 0.18 - Cancelled (1,907,000 ) $0.10-0.48 $ 0.37 - Expired (2,535,599 ) $0.25-0.50 - - Outstanding at December 31, 2014 5,425,000 $0.05-0.25 $ 0.19 $ 8,700 Outstanding at December 31, 2015 5,425,000 $0.05-0.25 $ 0.19 $ - Options exercisable at December 31, 2015 5,425,000 $0.05-0.25 $ 0.19 Options exercisable at December 31, 2014 5,425,000 $0.05-0.25 $ 0.19 Stock option expense recorded in 2015 and 2014 is as follows: Year Ended December 31, 2015 Year Ended December 31, 2014 Awards to employees/Directors $ 148,767 $ 2,492,541 Awards to non-employees - 428,550 Total stock option expense $ 148,767 $ 2,921,091 Employee and Director Awards We did not grant any stock options to employees or Directors for Director-related services during 2015. 168,720 fully vested options previously granted to employees and Directors (in their capacity as Directors) expired during 2015. During 2014, we issued 22,651,200 options to employees and 7,624,800 options to Directors for Director-related services. These option grants were issued in conjunction with the cancellation of 7,070,400 options that had previously been issued to employees and Directors. We calculated the fair value of the to-be cancelled options on the cancellation date and netted the fair value against the fair value of the new grant options. The cancellation of these options resulted in $36,446 of stock option expense reversal. In addition, 2,220,000 fully vested options previously granted to employees and Directors (in their capacity as Directors) expired during 2014. The following table provides the primary assumptions used to value employee and Director non-cash stock-based compensation for the years indicated: Year Ended December 31, 2015 Year Ended December 31, 2014 Weighted-average fair value of options granted NA $ 0.09 Weighted-average assumptions: Risk-free interest rate NA 0.67 Dividend yield NA - Expected volatility NA 1.92 Expected option life (years) NA 5 As of December 31, 2015, there was $903 of total unrecognized compensation cost related to outstanding options granted to employees and Directors. As of December 31, 2014, there was $149,671 of total unrecognized compensation cost related to outstanding options granted to employees and Directors. Non-employee awards We did not grant any stock options to non-employees during 2015. During 2014, we granted 5,730,000 stock options to non-employees. During 2014, we also cancelled 1,907,000 stock options previously granted to non-employees, resulting in $3,653 of stock option expense reversal. 2,535,599 fully vested options previously granted to non-employees expired in 2014. We did not receive proceeds for stock options exercised during 2015 or 2014, as no options were exercised. Services performed by non-employees who were granted options include product/distribution consulting, technology consulting, investor relations and legal services. The weighted-average fair value for such options that have had a fair value calculation applied (NA for 2015 and $0.08 for 2014) was estimated at the date of grant using a Black-Scholes option pricing model. The following weighted-average assumptions were used for the 2014 grants: risk-free interest rate of 0.43%, volatility factor of 2.13, and a weighted-average expected life of the option of approximately 4.40 years. The weighted-average remaining contractual term (in years) of the non-employee options outstanding at December 31, 2015 and 2014 is 1.57 and 2.57, respectively. The aggregate intrinsic value (defined as the excess of the market price of our common stock as of the end of the period over the exercise price of the related stock options) for all stock options (employee, Director and non-employee) outstanding and exercisable as of December 31, 2015 and 2014 was $0 and $413,037 for the respective periods. |