NOTE 7 — DEBT (continued)
Paycheck Protection Program
On May 6, 2020, the Company received loan proceeds in the amount of approximately $694,000 under the Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”). On March 13, 2021, the Company received proceeds in the amount of approximately $698,000 from a second PPP loan. The PPP, established as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”), provides for loans to qualifying businesses for amounts up to 2.5 times of the average monthly payroll expenses of the qualifying business. The loans and accrued interest are forgivable as long as the borrower uses the loan proceeds for eligible purposes, including payroll, benefits, rent and utilities, and maintains its payroll levels. The amount of loan forgiveness will be reduced if the borrower terminates employees or reduces salaries during the eight-week period. In May 2021, the Company received notification from the Small Business Administration that the first loan in the amount of $694,000, including accrued interest, has been fully forgiven.
Any unforgiven portion of a PPP loan is payable over two years at an interest rate of 1%, with a deferral of payments for the first six months. The Company used the proceeds for purposes consistent with the PPP. In April 2022, the Company received notice that on March 23, 2022, its second PPP loan in the amount of $698,000 plus accrued interest has been fully forgiven and is paid in full.
NOTE 8 — STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
In 2019, the Company adopted the 2019 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “Plan”). The Plan, as amended, provides for the issuance of stock-based awards to employees. As of December 31, 2021, the Plan provides for the issuance of up to 750,000 stock-based awards. There are 600,000 stock-based awards available to grant under the Plan at March 31, 2022.
In July 2020, the Company, through a Private Placement, issued 666,667 shares of stock for total gross proceeds of $887,000. Net proceeds of $784,000 were received after deducting offering costs of $103,000. In conjunction with the private placement, warrants for 50,000 shares were issued to Boustead Securities, LLC.
In July 2021, MiT Inc. entered into an Exchange Agreement with MiT LLC pursuant to which MiT Inc. agreed to exchange membership units for 2,350,000 shares of Common Stock representing 41.4% of the equity as of such date on a fully diluted basis for no consideration. The shares were exchanged as part of the Exchange Agreement with the Company as described in Note 1.
In July 2021, the Company granted options to non-employee directors to purchase an aggregate of 150,000 shares of its common stock at an exercise price of $3.00 per share. The options vest one year from the date of grant, expire ten years from the date of grant and had an aggregate grant date fair value of $244,200, which will be recognized ratably over the vesting period. These options, which were the only options granted during the nine months ended March 31, 2022, had a grant-date fair value of $1.63 per share. The Company recognized compensation expense for stock option awards of approximately $60,000 and $178,000 during the three and nine month periods ended March 31, 2022, respectively. None of the these potentially dilutive securities were included in the computation of diluted earnings per share as their impact would be anti-dilutive.
At March 31, 2022, there was $66,000 of total unrecognized compensation cost related to nonvested stock option awards that is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of three months.
During the nine months ended March 31, 2022, warrant holders exercised 139,611 warrants on a cashless basis.
NOTE 9 — RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
In July 2021, the Company provided a discretionary $50,000 payment to the Company’s CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors for personal guarantees provided in conjunction with financing Company debt. See Note 6.