STOCK OPTIONS | NOTE 9 – STOCK OPTIONS During 1999, the Board of Directors (“Board”) of the Company adopted, with the approval of the stockholders, a stock option plan. In 2000, the Board superseded that plan and created a new stock option plan, pursuant to which the Board was authorized to grant options to purchase up to 1.5 million shares of Common Stock (the “2000 Plan”). On December 17, 2003, the Board, with approval of the stockholders, superseded the 2000 Plan and created the 2003 Stock Option Plan (the “2003 Plan”). Under the 2003 Plan the Company is authorized to grant options to purchase up to 18,000,000 shares of Common Stock to the Company’s employees, officers, directors, consultants, and other agents and advisors. The Plan is intended to permit stock options granted to employees under the Plan to qualify as incentive stock options under Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (“Incentive Stock Options”). All options granted under the 2003 Plan, which are not intended to qualify as Incentive Stock Options, are deemed to be non-qualified options (“Non-Statutory Stock Options”). As of June 30, 2016, options to purchase 298,530 shares of Common Stock have been issued and are unexercised, and 4,067,631 shares are available for grants under the 2003 Plan. During 2013, our Board adopted a new omnibus incentive compensation plan that was ratified by the shareholders at the 2013 annual meeting, (the “2013 Plan”) which serves as the successor incentive compensation plan to the 2003 Plan. Under the 2013 Plan, the Company is authorized to grant awards of stock options, restricted stock, restricted stock units and other stock-based awards of up to an aggregate of 20,000,000 shares of Common Stock. The 2013 Plan is intended to permit stock options granted to employees under the 2013 Plan to qualify as incentive stock options. All options granted under the 2013 Plan, which are not intended to qualify as Incentive Stock Options, are deemed to be Non-Statutory Stock Options. As of June 30, 2016, under the 2013 Plan grants of restricted stock and options to purchase 535,000 shares of Common Stock have been issued and are unvested or unexercised, and 19,465,000 shares of Common Stock remain available for grants under the 2013 Plan. The 2013 Plan is administered by a committee of the Board (“Compensation Committee”) which determines the persons to whom awards will be granted, the number of awards to be granted and the specific terms of each grant, including the vesting thereof, subject to the provisions of the plan. In connection with Incentive Stock Options, the exercise price of each option may not be less than 100% of the fair market value of the Common Stock on the date of the grant (or 110% of the fair market value in the case of a grantee holding more than 10% of the outstanding stock of the Company). The aggregate fair market value (determined at the time of the grant) of stock for which an employee may exercise Incentive Stock Options under all plans of the company shall not exceed $1,000,000 per calendar year. If any employee shall have the right to exercise any options in excess of $100,000 during any calendar year, the options in excess of $100,000 shall be deemed to be Non-Statutory Stock Options, including prices, duration, transferability and limitations on exercise. The Company issued Non-Statutory Stock Options pursuant to contractual agreements with non-employees. Options granted under the agreements are expensed when the related service or product is provided. Determining the appropriate fair value of stock-based awards requires the input of subjective assumptions. The Company uses the Black-Scholes option pricing model to value its stock option awards. The assumptions used in calculating the fair value represent management’s best estimates and involve inherent uncertainties and judgments. On June 11, 2015, the Company issued options to purchase an aggregate of 1,225,000 shares of the Company’s Common Stock (104,125,000 shares of Common Stock pre-reverse split stock) at an exercise price of $0.85 per share, with a term of five years, to three employees and two members of the Board. The fair value of options issued was $993,083. These options were valued using the Black-Scholes option pricing model to calculate the grant-date fair value of the options, with the following assumptions: no dividend yield, expected volatility of 176.6%, risk-free interest rate of 1.74% to 1.75% and expected option life of five years. The options are being expensed over the vesting terms for the employees and over the board members’ remaining service terms as that is shorter than the vesting terms. On February 29, 2016, the Company issued options to purchase an aggregate of 100,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $0.57 per share, with a term of five years, to the Chairman of the Board. The fair value of options issued was $53,731. These options were valued using the Black-Scholes option pricing model to calculate the grant-date fair value of the options, with the following assumptions: no dividend yield, expected volatility of 202.9%, risk-free interest rate of 1.22% and expected option life of five years. The options are being expensed over the Board Chairman’s remaining service terms as that is shorter than the vesting terms. On March 10, 2016, the Company issued options to purchase 150,000 shares of the Company’s Common Stock at an exercise price of $0.56 per share, with a term of five years, to an employee. The fair value of options issued was $82,113. These options were valued using the Black-Scholes option pricing model to calculate the grant-date fair value of the options, with the following assumptions: no dividend yield, expected volatility of 202.9%, risk-free interest rate of 1.45% and expected option life of five years. The options are being expensed over the vesting terms for the employee. On March 24, 2016, the Company issued options to purchase 50,000 shares of Common Stock at an exercise price of $0.43 per share, with a term of five years, to a consultant, which vest immediately. The fair value of options issued was $21,068. These options were valued using the Black-Scholes option pricing model to calculate the grant-date fair value of the options, with the following assumptions: no dividend yield, expected volatility of 203.1%, risk-free interest rate of 1.39% and expected option life of five years. The options were expensed immediately. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2016 the Company expensed $427,223 and $763,050 and for the three and six months ended June 30, 2015, the Company expensed $88,928 and $34,093 with respect to the options. Options Outstanding Weighted - Average Remaining Aggregate Weighted- Contractual Intrinsic Number of Average Term Value Shares Exercise Price (in years) (in 000's) (1) Balance December 31, 2015 2,157,353 $ 1.80 5.0 Expired/Cancelled (431,250 ) $ 0.58 Granted 300,000 $ 0.55 5.0 Balance June 30, 2016 2,026,103 $ 1.80 4.6 $ - Exercisable at June 30, 2016 1,126,102 $ 1.92 5.0 $ - Exercisable at June 30, 2016 and expected to vest thereafter 2,026,103 $ 1.80 4.5 $ - (1) The aggregate intrinsic value is calculated as the difference between the exercise price of the underlying awards and the closing stock price of $0.09 for our Common Stock on June 30, 2016. As of June 30, 2016 there was $1,038,621 of unrecognized compensation cost related to outstanding stock options. This amount is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 2.2 years. To the extent the actual forfeiture rate is different from what the Company has estimated, stock-based compensation related to these awards will be different from the Company’s expectations. The difference between the stock options exercisable at June 30, 2016 and the stock options exercisable and expected to vest relates to management’s estimate of options expected to vest in the future. The following table summarizes the activities for our warrants for the six months ended June 30, 2016: Warrants Outstanding Weighted - Average Remaining Aggregate Weighted- Contractual Intrinsic Number of Average Term Value Shares Exercise Price in years) (in 000's) (1) Balance December 31, 2015 1,414,893 $ 9.67 4.8 Expired (2,941 ) $ 0.85 Granted 3,187,500 $ 0.39 Balance June 30, 2016 4,599,452 $ 3.24 3.2 $ 8 Exercisable at June 30, 2016 4,599,452 $ 3.24 3.2 $ 8 (1) The aggregate intrinsic value is calculated as the difference between the exercise price of the underlying warrants and the closing stock price of $0.09 for our Common Stock on June 30, 2016. All warrants were vested on the date of grant. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2016, the Company expensed $49,885 relative to the warrants in addition to previous income or expense related to the warrant liability and for the three and six months ended June 30, 2015, the Company expensed $0 relative to the warrants in addition to previous income or expense related to the warrant liability. |