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 ten 10 1.50 965,850 321,950 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 December 31, 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 ten 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 From June 1 to June 22, 2021, the Company granted five and ten year options to purchase 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 25,000 On December 30, 2021, the Company granted five and ten 10 445,000 1.77 On February 9, 2022, subject to the shareholders’ approval, our Board of Directors approved that the aggregate number of shares authorized for issuance as awards under the 2019 Plan shall be 4,600,000 5 On April 26, 2022, the Company granted to the CEO, Mark Davidson an option to purchase 650,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at $1.66 per share. The option will vest at the rate of 25% per year on the anniversary date from the first day of his employment starting from April 1, 2023. The option will be subject to acceleration in vesting in connection with the occurrence of a change of control event during the term of Mr. Davidson’s employment. On November 4, 2022 the Company granted to the Controller, Laura Krauss and option to purchase 75,000 0.85 The stock option activity from January 1, 2021 through December 31, 2022 is as follows: Schedule of stock option activity Shares Weighted-Average Exercise Weighted-Average Remaining Balance, January 1, 2021 3,257,410 1.5 9.1 Options granted (1) 833,246 2.7 6.7 Options exercised (45,625 ) 1.5 — Options expired (735,625 ) — — Options forfeited (1,911,160 ) 1.5 — Balance, December 31, 2021 1,398,246 2.2 6.3 Options granted 725,000 1.58 9.4 Options expired or forfeited (25,000 ) 1.5 — Balance, December 31, 2022 2,098,246 1.98 6.1 Vested shares at December 31, 2022 848,562 1.91 5.3 The following table summarizes the outstanding options at December 31, 2022 by exercise price. Schedule Of Outstanding Options Exercise price Outstanding options Exercisable options $ 0.85 75,000 — $ 1.50 540,000 540,000 $ 1.66 650,000 — $ 1.77 445,000 175,000 $ 2.90 70,246 17,562 $ 3.55 50,000 10,000 $ 3.93 268,000 106,000 2,098,246 848,562 At December 31, 2022, the Company had 2,186,129 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 weighted average assumptions for 2022 and 2021 issuances: Schedule of Valuation Assumptions 2022 2021 Risk-free interest rate 2.9 % 1.2 % Expected term 7.0 7.0 Expected volatility 101.5 % 91 % Expected dividends 0 0 Grant date fair value of common stock 1.58/share 1.91/share During the year ended December 31, 2022, the Company recognized stock-based compensation expense related to stock options of approximately $ 903,000 662,000 229,000 12,000 162,000 During the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company recognized stock-based compensation expense related to stock options of approximately $ 1,160,000 1,043,000 77,000 40,000 As of December 31, 2021, there was unamortized stock-based compensation of approximately $ 1,600,000 3.0 304,000 145,000 |