Stock-based Compensation | Note 3 - Stock-based Compensation On June 19, 2019, our stockholders approved, and we adopted the Processa Pharmaceuticals Inc. 2019 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan (the “2019 Plan”). The 2019 Plan allows us, under the direction of our Board of Directors or a committee thereof, to make grants of stock options, restricted and unrestricted stock and other stock-based awards to employees, including our executive officers, consultants and directors. The 2019 Plan provides for the aggregate issuance of 6,000,000 467,735 Stock Compensation Expense We recorded stock-based compensation expense for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022 as follows: Schedule of Stock-based Compensation Expense 2023 2022 2023 2022 Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended 2023 2022 2023 2022 Research and development $ 76,626 $ 1,067,613 $ 286,152 $ 1,945,113 General and administrative 66,268 2,146,202 517,369 4,106,968 Total $ 142,894 $ 3,213,815 $ 803,521 $ 6,052,081 During the nine months ended September 30, 2023, we also recorded an expense of $ 1.3 Stock Options During the nine months ended September 30, 2023, stock options to purchase 36,885 141,611 18.22 2.4 years. Restricted Stock Awards Activity with respect to our Restricted Stock Awards (RSAs) during the nine months ended September 30, 2023 was as follows: Schedule of Restricted Stock Awards (“RSAs”) Activity Number of Weighted- Outstanding at January 1, 2023 61,888 $ 4.72 Granted 215,000 0.73 Forfeited (25,000 ) 6.65 Cancelled (26,118 ) 1.72 Issued (150,770 ) 1.35 Outstanding and unvested at September 30, 2023 75,000 $ 0.46 On January 1, 2023, we granted RSAs totaling 90,000 26,118 On July 14, 2023 , 125,000 50,000 resignation 25,000 73,000 At September 30, 2023, unrecognized stock-based compensation expense of $ 30,000 for RSAs representing 75,000 shares of common stock is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 0.41 years. The weighted-average grant-date fair value of RSAs granted during the nine months ended September 30, 2022 was $ 7.74 . Restricted Stock Units Activity with respect to our Restricted Stock Units (“RSUs”) during the nine months ended September 30, 2023 was as follows: Schedule of Restricted Stock Units (“RSUs”) Activity Number of Weighted- Outstanding at January 1, 2023 2,713,977 $ 3.69 Granted 2,273,328 0.72 Forfeited (144,478 ) 1.48 Cancelled (335,960 ) 3.57 Outstanding at September 30, 2023 4,506,867 2.30 Vested and unissued 2,291,923 3.58 Unvested at September 30, 2023 2,214,944 $ 0.97 On August 8, 2023, Mr. George Ng was appointed as our Chief Executive Officer and as a Board Director. In addition to cash compensation, the Compensation Committee awarded 800,000 400,000 400,000 200,000 10,000,000 200,000 10,000,000 436,043 38,000 At September 30, 2023, unrecognized stock-based compensation expense of $ 1.1 1.4 441,000 3.11 Holders of our vested RSUs have our promise to issue shares of our common stock upon meeting the distribution restrictions contained in their Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement. The distribution restrictions are different (longer) than the vesting schedule, imposing an additional restriction on the holder. Unlike RSAs, while certain employees may hold fully vested RSUs, the individual does not hold any shares or have any rights of a shareholder until the distribution restrictions are met. Upon distribution to the employee, each RSU converts into one share of our common stock. The RSUs contain dividend equivalent rights. Warrants During the nine months ended September 30, 2023, we granted warrants to purchase a total of 3,160,130 . The warrants were issued and exercisable on April 17, 2023 with an exercise price of $ 1.02 1,310,875 3,366,480 shares with a weighted average exercise price of $ 1.61 2.3 years. At September 30, 2023, we did not have any unrecognized stock-based compensation expense related to our granted stock purchase warrants. |