Stock-based Compensation | 6. Stock-based Compensation 2015 Equity Incentive Plan The Company has 629,489 5 Awards may be granted under the 2015 Equity Incentive Plan to the Company’s employees, including officers, director or consultants, and its present or future affiliated entities. While the Company may grant incentive stock options only to employees, it may grant non-statutory stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock purchase rights or bonuses, restricted stock units, performance shares, performance units and cash-based awards or other stock based awards to any eligible participant. The 2015 Equity Incentive Plan is administered by the Company’s compensation committee. Subject to the provisions of the 2015 Equity Incentive Plan, the compensation committee determines, in its discretion, the persons to whom, and the times at which, awards are granted, as well as the size, terms and conditions of each award. All awards are evidenced by a written agreement between the Company and the holder of the award. The compensation committee has the authority to construe and interpret the terms of the 2015 Equity Incentive Plan and awards granted under the 2015 Equity Incentive Plan. A summary of stock option activity for the three months ended March 31, 2024 is presented below: Schedule of Stock Option Activity Subject to Exercise Number of Weighted Weighted Aggregate Outstanding as of December 31, 2023 34,310 $ 236.70 8.62 $ - Granted – 2024 45,515 3.72 3.41 - Forfeited/Expired – 2024 (5,674 ) 54.24 7.94 - Exercised – 2024 - - - - Outstanding as of March 31, 2024 74,151 $ 107.65 5.12 $ - Options vested and exercisable at March 31, 2024 59,419 $ 133.13 4.21 $ - As of March 31, 2024, the Company had outstanding stock options as follows: Schedule of Outstanding Stock Options Date Issued Exercise Price Number of Expiration date August 2015 $ 9,540.00 174 December 27, 2025 September 2015 $ 9,540.00 36 December 27, 2025 November 2015 $ 9,540.00 205 December 27, 2025 December 2015 $ 9,540.00 12 December 27, 2025 January 2016 $ 9,540.00 213 January 9, 2026 May 2016 $ 12,300.00 45 May 26, 2026 September 2016 $ 12,300.00 21 May 31, 2026 January 2017 $ 12,300.00 10 January 1, 2027 January 2018 $ 11,820.00 8 January 1, 2028 January 2019 $ 564.00 92 January 1, 2029 October 2021 $ 1,260.00 207 October 26, 2031 January 2022 $ 844.80 111 January 1, 2032 August 2022 $ 387.26 462 August 23, 2032 January 2023 $ 57.60 237 January 25, 2025 September 2023 $ 5.12 26,803 September 12, 2033 January 2024 $ 4.68 8,015 January 8, 2034 January 2024 $ 3.61 37,500 January 17, 2026 Total outstanding options at March 31, 2024 74,151 Based on a fair value of $ 2.15 During the three months ended March 31, 2024, 8,015 34,039 52,681 44,764 37,500 77,400 In January 2024, options exercisable into 5,674 The Company utilized the Black-Scholes option-pricing model. The assumptions used for the three months ended March 31, 2024 are as follows: Schedule of Assumptions Using Black-Scholes Option Pricing Mode March 31, 2024 Risk free interest rate 3.97 % Expected Volatility 137.91 % Expected life (in years) 5.58 Expected dividend yield 0 % The expected volatility is a measure of the amount by which the Company stock price is expected to fluctuate during the expected term of options granted. The Company determines the expected volatility based upon the historical volatility of our common stock since listing on The Nasdaq Capital Market. The Company does not believe that the future volatility of its common stock over an option’s expected term is likely to differ significantly from the past. The risk-free interest rate used in the calculations is based on the implied yield available on U.S. Treasury issues with an equivalent term approximating the expected life of the options as calculated using the simplified method. The expected life of the options used was based on the contractual life of the option granted. Stock-based compensation is a non-cash expense because the Company settles these obligations by issuing shares of its common stock from its authorized shares instead of settling such obligations with cash payments. As of March 31, 2024, total unrecognized compensation cost related to unvested stock options was $ 24,253 0.06 |