Equity Compensation Plan | Note 7 – Equity Compensation Plan On June 18, 2019, the Board of Directors and a majority of the Company’s shareholders, respectively, approved the 2019 Equity Compensation Plan (the “2019 Plan”). Under the 2019 Plan, 1,326,000 On March 11, 2020, the Company granted the following 10 965,850 321,950 The grant was reduced to 500,000 options, including 375,000 options and 125,000 options respectively under the two categories, due to limitations under the 2019 Plan. The terms of the 125,000 performance based options were established in the quarter ended September 30, 2020. The terms of the performance based options were met during the quarter ended March 31, 2021. On May 26, 2020, the Board of Directors and a majority of the Company’s shareholders approved an amendment to the 2019 Plan to (i) increase the number of shares of common stock authorized for issuance under the 2019 Plan by 1,174,000 shares, such that a total of 2,500,000 shares of common stock are now authorized for issuance under the 2019 Plan; (ii) increase the maximum aggregate number of shares, options and/or other awards that may be granted to any one person during any calendar year from 500,000 to 1,300,000; and (iii) clarify the availability of cashless exercise as a form of consideration. On July 16, 2020, the Company granted the following 10 1.50 600,000 200,000 On September 16, 2020, the Board of Directors and a majority of the Company’s shareholders approved an amendment to the 2019 Plan to increase the number of shares of common stock authorized for issuance under the 2019 Plan from 2,500,000 4,600,000 On September 22, 2020, the Company granted a 10 1,637,410 1.50 From June 1 to June 22, 2021, the Company granted five and 10 388,246 2.90 3.93 On September 22, 2021, upon the resignation of our then Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, a total of 1,911,160 unvested options that he received on September 25, 2019, March 11, 2020, July 16, 2020 and September 22, 2020 were forfeited as of such da te. On such date, the Company also provided the acceleration of 25,000 The stock option activity from January 1, 2021 through September 30, 2021 is as follows: Schedule of stock option activity Shares Weighted-Average Exercise Weighted-Average Remaining Balance, January 1, 2021 3,257,410 $ 1.50 9.0 Options granted 388,246 3.69 9.4 Options exercised (45,625 ) 1.50 — Options converted — — — Options forfeited or expired (1,911,160 ) 1.50 — Balance, September 30, 2021 1,688,871 $ 2.00 7.5 Vested shares at September 30, 2021 983,667 1.50 8.1 The Company has estimated the fair value of all stock option awards as of the date of grant by applying the Black-Scholes option-pricing model. In applying the Black-Scholes option pricing model, the Company used the following assumptions for 2021 and 2020 issuances: Schedule of Valuation Assumptions Risk-free interest rate 1.1 % 1.75 % Expected term 7.5 10 Expected volatility 81 % 78 % Expected dividends 0 0.00 % Grant date fair value of common stock $ 2.45 /share $ 1.50 /share During the nine months ended September 30, 2021, the Company recognized stock-based compensation expense related to stock options of approximately $ 1,123,000 1,023,000 69,000 31,000 329,000 198,000 70,000 61,000 During the three months ended September 30, 2021, the Company recognized stock-based compensation expense related to stock options of approximately $ 221,000 192,000 27,000 2,000 180,000 101,000 36,000 43,000 As of September 30, 2021, there was unamortized stock-based compensation of approximately $ 1,300,000 1.7 547,000 413,000 |