STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION | 9. STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION The Company’s Stock Option Plan is currently being established in order to enable the Company to attract and retain the services of highly qualified and experienced directors, officers, employees and consultants, and to give such persons an interest in the success of the Company and its subsidiaries. The options and awards will be granted at the discretion of the Board of Directors. The fair value of each option granted is estimated at the time of grant using the Black-Scholes option pricing model. During the year ended December 31, 2015, the Company agreed to grant 2,109,000 common shares to certain employees. Of these common shares, 675,000 vest over 12 months, 750,000 vest over 18 months and the remaining 684,000 vested immediately. These shares were valued at $527,250 based on the current stock price at the date of grant of $0.25 and an estimate forfeiture rate of 56%, of which $385,756 was recorded at March 31, 2016 (December 31, 2015 - $214,947) as additional paid in capital and recorded as stock based compensation on the condensed consolidated interim statements of operations. During the year ended December 31, 2015, 50,000 common shares were issued in accordance with an employment agreement and valued at $12,500. As at March 31, 2016, the Company had 1,194,000 (December 31, 2015 - 704,000) vested share grants. As at March 31, 2016, the number of unvested share grants expected to vest (including the impact of expected forfeitures) was estimated at 1,425,000 (December 31, 2015 – 1,425,000). As at March 31, 2016, the total fair value of future expense to be recorded in subsequent periods (assuming no forfeiture occurs) is $268,994 (December 31, 2015 - $254,802). The weighted average time remaining for these share grants to vest is 0.85 years (December 31, 2015 – 0.86 years). The following table summarizes the stock option activities of the Company: Number of Options Weighted Average Exercise Price Balance, December 31, 2014 3,050,000 $ 0.36 Exercised (600,000 ) 0.30 Options Forfeited (1,300,000 ) 0.35 Balance, December 31, 2015 and March 31, 2016 1,150,000 $ 0.41 The Company’s computation of expected volatility for the periods ended March 31, 2016 is based on the Company’s market close price over the period equal to the expected life of the options. The Company’s computation of expected life reflects actual historical exercise activity and assumptions regarding future exercise activity of unexercised, outstanding options. The Company’s expected dividend yield is 0%, since there is no history of paying dividends and there are no plans to pay dividends. The Company’s risk-free interest rate is the Canadian Treasury Bond rate for the period equal to the expected term. The total number of options outstanding as at March 31, 2016 was 1,150,000 (December 31, 2015 – 1,150,000). As at March 31, 2016, the Company had 1,150,000 (December 31, 2015 – 1,150,000) vested options. As at March 31, 2016, the number of unvested options expected to vest (including the impact of expected forfeitures) had been estimated at nil (December 31, 2015 – nil) with a weighted average contractual life of n/a years (2015 – n/a years) and exercise price of $n/a (2015 - $n/a). The Company recognizes compensation expense for the fair values of stock options using the graded vesting method over the requisite service period for the entire award. The following table presents information relating to stock options outstanding and exercisable at March 31, 2016. Options Outstanding Options Exercisable Number Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Weighted Average Exercise Price Number Weighted Average Exercise Price Weighted Average Remaining Contractual 900,000 0.39 $ 0.25 900,000 $ 0.25 0.39 250,000 2.07 1.00 250,000 1.00 2.07 1,150,000 0.76 $ 0.41 1,150,000 $ 0.41 0.76 The Company recorded $97,658 for share-based compensation expense for the three month period ending March 31, 2016 (2015 - $98,927). |