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Stock Options

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2021

14. STOCK OPTIONS

On October 30, 2020, the Company issued an aggregate of 545,182 shares of common stock in lieu of unpaid salaries of certain employees and unpaid consulting fees under the 2016 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended, at a conversion price of $2 per share; the total amount of converted salaries and consulting fees was $1,090,361. On November 21, 2020, the Company has entered into acknowledgement agreements and stock option purchase agreements with these employees and consultant; pursuant to which the Company granted stock options to purchase 545,182 shares of the Company’s common stock in lieu of common stock. The options were vested at the grant date and become exercisable for 10 years from the grant date.

Options issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2020, and their activities during the year then ended are as follows:

					Weighted-
			Weighted-		Average
			Average		Contractual
	Number of		Exercise		Life		Aggregate
	Underlying Shares		Price Per Share		Remaining in Years		Intrinsic Value
Outstanding as of January 1, 2020		-	$	-			$
Granted		545,182		2.00		9.89		616,056
Forfeited		-		-
Outstanding as of December 31, 2020		545,182		2.00		9.89	$	616,056
Exercisable as of December 31, 2020		545,182		2.00		9.89	$	616,056
Vested and expected to vest		545,182	$	2.00		9.89	$	616,056

The fair value of stock options granted for the year ended December 31, 2020 was calculated using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model applying the following assumptions:

	Year ended
	December 31, 2020

Risk free interest rate		0.38	%
Expected term (in years)		5.00
Dividend yield		0	%
Expected volatility		89.01	%

The weighted average grant date fair value of options granted during 2020 was $3.13. There are 2,812,949 options available for grant under the 2016 Equity Incentive Plan as of December 31, 2020. Compensation costs associated with the Company’s stock options are recognized, based on the grant-date fair values of these options over vesting period. Accordingly, the Company recognized stock-based compensation expense of $0 for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively. As of June 30, 2021, there were no unvested options.