STOCK OPTIONS | 11. STOCK OPTIONS The purpose of the Company’s equity incentive plan, is to attract, retain and motivate persons of training, experience and leadership to the Company, including their directors, officers and employees, and to advance the interests of the Company by providing such persons with the opportunity, through share options, to acquire an increased proprietary interest in the Company. On September 1, 2017, the Company granted 81,436 options at $24.15 per share equally to an executive officer and a consultant, who is now the Chairman of the Company. 54,299 options have vested and 50% of the remaining options vest on performance being met and 50% vest annually over 5 years for the CEO, for our Chairman the options vest over 5 years. The grant date fair value was $1,832,304 and $57,259 and $114,519 is the expense for the three and six months ended September 30, 2020 (September 30, 2019 - $133,605 and $190,865). On January 24, 2018, the Company granted 24,267 options at $23.25 per share to employees that vest equally on January 24, 2019, 2020 and 2021. 3,870 options were cancelled for the year ended March 31, 2020 and 2,377 for the six-month period ended September 30, 2020. The grant fair value was $491,036 and $14,490 and $42,044 is the stock compensation expense for the three and six months ended September 30, 2020 (September 30, 2019 - $26,306 and $54,480). On May 31, 2019 169,882 options were issued to employees and directors of the Company with an exercise price of $3.16 per share that vest over 1 year and 6 months, of which one-third immediately vest and one-third vest over each of the next two 6-month periods. The options expire in 7 years. The options were valued using the Black Scholes model and the following inputs were used: expected life of 7 years, expected volatility of 114% and a risk-free rate of 1.59%. The grant fair value was $453,585 and $50,755 of stock compensation was recognized for the three and six months ended September 30, 2020. (September 30, 2019 - $84,601 and $260,995). These options are now fully expensed. On July 26, 2019, 484,612 options were granted to employees and consultants at an exercise price of $3.595. The options were using the Black Scholes model and the following inputs were used: expected life of 7 years, expected volatility of 114% and a risk-free rate of 1.59%. The grant fair value was $1,525,525. 11,461 options were cancelled for the year ended March 31, 2020 and 15,260 were canceled and stock compensation of $269,579 and $424,091 was recognized in the three and six months ended September 30, 2020. (September 30, 2019- $372,923). On September 3, 2019, 5,000 options were granted to an employee at an exercise price of $3.20 which will vest overs six years starting September 3, 2020. The options were valued using the Black Scholes model and the following inputs were used: expected life of 7 years, expected volatility of 114% and a risk-free rate of 1.59%. The grant fair value was $14,010 and $1,168 and $2,335 of stock compensation expense was recognized in the three and six months ended September 30, 2020. During the three and six months ended September 30, 2020, the Company recorded $212,939 and $620,254 in share-based compensation related to the vesting of stock options (September 30, 2019 - $638,219 and $925,976). Number of Options Weighted Average Exercise Price Outstanding March 31, 2019 182,996 37.73 Issued 659,494 3.48 Cancelled (24,311) (19.80) Outstanding March 31, 2020 818,179 10.63 Cancelled (35,173) (41.19) Outstanding September 30, 2020 783,006 9.25 The following is a summary of stock options outstanding and exercisable as of September 30, 2020: Exercise Price ($) Number of Options Expiry Date Exercisable Options 34.500 105 20-Jun-21 105 34.500 6,606 01-Jul-21 6,606 34.500 944 17-Feb-22 944 183.000 2,667 24-Nov-22 2,667 150.000 4,501 14-Dec-22 4,501 142.500 359 28-Mar-23 359 157.500 1,387 28-Mar-23 1,387 105.000 2,667 06-Feb-24 2,667 102.000 1,667 13-Feb-24 1,667 142.500 106 03-Mar-24 106 157.500 408 03-Mar-24 408 142.500 43 14-Mar-24 43 157.500 164 14-Mar-24 164 142.500 264 30-Sep-24 264 157.500 1,109 30-Sep-24 1,019 24.150 81,436 01-Sep-27 54,299 23.250 10,687 24-Jan-25 8,533 9.735 40,000 19-Apr-28 40,000 3.16 165,085 31-May-26 165,085 3.595 457,891 26-July-26 416,732 3.20 5,000 03-Sep-26 1,677 783,006 709,222 The weighted-average remaining contractual term of the outstanding options is 5.86 years (March 31, 2020 – 6.28 years) and for the options that are exercisable the weighted average is 5.83 years (March 31, 2020 – 6.12 years). |