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Options
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2018
Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract]  
Options

NOTE 7 - OPTIONS

 

The Company maintains a stock option plan under which certain employees and management are awarded option grants based on a combination of performance and tenure. All options may be exercised for a period up to four ½ years following the grant date, after which they expire. Options are vested up to 5 years from the grant date. The Board has authorized the use of 2,000,000 shares for option grants.

 

Stock options were granted during 2018 and 2017 to employees totaling, 560,400 and 263,846 respectively. These options vest over a period of 4 to 5 years, are granted with an exercise price of between $0.41 and $1.02 per share and have a term of 10 years. The last options expire April 2028.

 

Under the Black-Scholes option price model, fair value of the options granted in 2018 and 2017 were $278,358 and $169,100, respectfully.

 

In April 2017, 253,846 options were granted with an exercise price of $0.65 and a term of 10 years from the grant date. The options vest over a period of one and four years.

 

In April 2017, four option grants, totaling 650,000 options, were amended to extend the exercise terms to 10 years from the date of grant. Incremental option expense recognized as a result of the amendment amounted to $69,611.

 

In April 2018, 560,400 options were granted with an exercise price of $0.50 and a term of 10 years from the grant date. The options vest over a period of four to five years.

 

The Company uses the Black-Scholes option pricing model to estimate the fair value of stock-based awards on the date of grant. The following table summarizes the assumptions used to estimate the fair value of stock options granted during the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017:

 

    2018     2017  
Expected dividend yield     0 %     0 %
Weighted-average expected volatility     192-265 %     200 %
Weighted-average risk-free interest rate     2.08-2.73 %     1.92 %
Expected life of warrants     4-5 years       4.74 -7.50 years  

 

Total compensation cost related to stock options was $169,828 and $267,835 for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively. As of December 31, 2018, there was $192,007 of unrecognized compensation costs related to stock options, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 6.98 years. The following table represents stock option activity for the two years ended December 31, 2018:

 

    Number Outstanding     Weighted Average Exercise Price     Contractual Life in Years     Intrinsic Value  
Options Outstanding as of December 31, 2016     1,044,500     $ 0.92       3.38     $                -  
Options Exercisable as of December 31, 2016     584,000     $ 1.05       3.02          
Options granted     263,846       0.64       9.05       -  
Options forfeited     (35,000 )     1.02       8.25       -  
Options expired     (75,000 )     1.13       4.54       -  
                                 
Options Outstanding as of December 31, 2017     1,197,846     $ 0.97       6.96     $ -  
Options Exercisable as of December 31, 2017     781,300     $ 1.02       6.30     $ -  
Options granted     560,400       0.50       9.26          
Options forfeited     (25,400 )     0.46       9.06          
Options expired     -       -       -       -  
                                 
Options Outstanding as of December 31, 2018     1,732,846     $ 1.19       6.98     $ -  
Options Exercisable as of December 31, 2018     1,107,259     $ 0.96       5.91     $ -