STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION AND OTHER EQUITY BASED PAYMENTS | Note D - STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION AND OTHER EQUITY BASED PAYMENTS Stock-based expense included in our net loss for the three months ended March 31, 2016 consisted of $21,642 for stock options granted to employees, directors, and consultants. Stock-based expense included in our net loss for the three months ended March 31, 2015 was $17,071 for stock options granted to directors, officers and consultants. As of March 31, 2016, there was $139,971 of unrecognized cost related to stock option grants. The cost is to be recognized over the remaining vesting periods that average approximately 1.5 years. On February 8, 2016, the Company granted options to purchase 5,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock to a group of employees and consultants in recognition of their efforts to lower the Company’s monthly expenditures and compensation and their continuing contributions to the Company. The options vest over a two-year period, have an exercise price of $.03, and expire on February 8, 2026. Within the group of 5,000,000 options, the Company’s Vice President, Mark A. Moore, Ph.D., received an option to purchase 500,000 shares of the Company’s common stock and the Company’s Senior Vice President, Hong Zhang, Ph.D., received an option to purchase 1,250,000 shares of the Company’s common stock. The fair value of each option granted is $0.0219 and was estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes pricing model with the following assumptions: dividend yield at 0%, risk-free interest rate of 1.99%, an expected life of 5 years, and volatility of 96%. The aggregate computed value of these options is $109,271, and this amount will be charged as an expense over the two-year vesting period. Because these options exceed the amount of common shares available if the holders exercise the previously issued outstanding options and warrants, the Company will need to increase the authorized shares of common stock in order to satisfy these options. In the fourth quarter of 2013, the Board of Directors authorized the issuance of Series C Preferred Shares in private placement transactions. As of December 31, 2015, the Company had issued a total of 30,000,000 preferred shares. The Series C Preferred Shares were fully subscribed in the third quarter 2015. The Series C Preferred Shares are accompanied by $0.03 warrants and $0.03 contingency warrants. The contingency warrants were issued during the three months ended March 31, 2016 as a result of the Company not attaining profitability by the end of the first quarter 2016. Because these contingency warrants exceed the amount of common shares available if the holders exercise the previously issued outstanding options and warrants, the Company will need to increase the authorized shares of common stock in order to satisfy these options. Furthermore, the Company has recorded an increase in the common stock warrants liability during the first quarter of 2016. The fair value of each warrant granted is $0.0219 and was estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes pricing model with the following assumptions: dividend yield at 0%, risk-free interest rate of 1.67%, an expected life of 5 years, and volatility of 96%. The aggregate computed value of these warrants is $656,380. During the third quarter of 2015, the Board of Directors authorized the issuance of Common Stock in a private placement of 7,000,000 Common Shares with certain warrant features. As of March 31, 2016, 7,000,000 shares of this offering were sold. During the three month period ended March 31, 2016, the Company sold 3,000,000 of these shares and received $90,000 in proceeds. The Common Shares are accompanied by $0.03 warrants and $0.06 contingency warrants. The contingency warrants were issued during the three months ended March 31, 2016 as a result of the Company not attaining profitability by the end of the first quarter 2016. Because these warrants exceed the amount of common shares available if the holders exercise the previously issued outstanding options and warrants, the Company will need to increase the authorized shares of common stock in order to satisfy these options. Furthermore, the Company has recorded an increase in the common stock warrants liability during the first quarter of 2016. The fair value of each warrant granted is $0.0219 and was estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes pricing model with the following assumptions: dividend yield at 0%, risk-free interest rate of 1.67%, an expected life of 5 years, and volatility of 96%. The aggregate computed value of these warrants is $284,432. As of March 31, 2016, there were 91,750,000 option and warrant shares outstanding with a weighted average exercise price of $0.032. The following schedule summarizes combined stock option and warrant information as of March 31, 2016: Exercise Prices Number Outstanding Weighted- Average Remaining Contractual Life (years) Number Exercisable Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life (years) of Exercisable Options and Warrants $0.027 3,000,000 7.25 2,500,000 7.25 $0.030 72,000,000 9.75 67,000,000 9.75 $0.036 7,750,000 7.50 5,916,668 7.50 $0.040 1,000,000 1.75 1,000,000 1.75 $0.050 1,000,000 1.75 1,000,000 1.75 $0.060 7,000,000 10.00 7,000,000 10.00 Total 91,750,000 84,416,668 The weighted average remaining life of all outstanding warrants and options at March 31, 2016 are 9.75 years. The aggregate intrinsic value of all options and warrants outstanding and exercisable as of March 31, 2016 was $7,500, based on the market closing price of $0.03 on March 31, 2016, less exercise prices. |