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Stock Based Compensation
12 Months Ended
Feb. 29, 2020
Notes to Financial Statements  
Stock Based Compensation

NOTE 4: STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION

 

The Company adopted ASC 718, “Share Based Payments.” which requires companies to expense the value of employee stock options and similar awards.

 

During fiscal 2020, the Company granted options to acquire 17,500 shares to employees exercisable at prices ranging from $2.10 to $2.65, options to acquire 20,000 shares to the non-employee members of the board of directors with an exercise price of $2.65 and options for 200,000 shares to an officer and director exercisable at prices of ranging from $2.45 to $2.65. The options granted to employees and directors vest over three years and expire in ten years. The options granted to the officer vested upon grant and expire in ten years. The options granted by the Company during fiscal 2020 had a combined weighted average grant date fair value of $0.34 per share.

 

During fiscal 2019, the Company granted options to acquire 35,000 shares to employees exercisable at prices from $2.47 to $2.55 and options for 20,000 shares to a member of the board of directors with an exercise price of $3.00. The options vest annually over three years and expire in ten years. The fiscal 2019 options had a weighted average grant date fair value of $0.90 per share.

 

The weighted-average fair value of options has been estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes options-pricing model. The weighted-average Black-Scholes assumptions are as follows:

 

   Fiscal Year Ended 
   February 29,
2020
   February 28,
2019
 
Expected life   1 - 8 years    8 years 
Risk free interest rate   1.58% - 2.05%    2.47% - 2.98% 
Expected volatility   27.46% - 32.24%    24.82% - 28.24% 
Expected dividend yield   0%    0% 

 

In computing the impact, the fair value of each option is estimated on the date of grant based on the Black-Scholes options-pricing model utilizing certain assumptions for a risk-free interest rate; volatility; and expected remaining lives of the awards. The assumptions used in calculating the fair value of share-based payment awards represent management’s best estimates, but these estimates involve inherent uncertainties and the application of management judgment. As a result, if factors change and the Company uses different assumptions, the Company’s stock-based compensation expense could be materially different in the future. In addition, the Company is required to estimate the expected forfeiture rate and only recognize expense for those shares expected to vest. In estimating the Company’s forfeiture rate, the Company analyzed its historical forfeiture rate, the remaining lives of unvested options, and the number of vested options as a percentage of total options outstanding. If the Company’s actual forfeiture rate is materially different from its estimate, or if the Company reevaluates the forfeiture rate in the future, the stock-based compensation expense could be significantly different from what the Company has recorded in the current period.

 

For the years ended February 29, 2020 and February 28, 2019, net income and earnings per share reflect the actual deduction for stock-based compensation expense. The impact of applying ASC 718 was $90,305 and $30,548 in additional compensation expense for the years then ended, respectively. Such amount is included in general and administrative expenses on the statement of operations. The expense for stock-based compensation is a non-cash expense item.