STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2021

NOTE 13

STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION

Pursuant to the merger Brooklyn LLC’s restricted common units 3,427 were replaced with 629,643 restricted common shares. There were no changes to any conditions and requirements to the restricted common shares. The shares vest quarterly till December 31, 2022. Due to the modification of the restricted common units, the fair value immediately after the merger was compared to the fair value of the restricted common units immediately prior to the merger. An expense to the value of $249,905 was recognized in the statement of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2021, which relates to prior periods vesting of restricted common shares.

The Company measures restricted employee stock-based awards at grant-date fair value and records compensation expense on a straight-line basis over the vesting period of the award.

During the three months ended March 31, 2021, 31,296 restricted common shares were vested. As of March 31, 2021, there were 219,069 unvested restricted common stock issued by the Company.

The stock-based compensation expense for three months end March 31, 2021 and 2020 (including prior period vesting expense) was $418,901 and $22,734, respectively. As of March 31, 2021, there was $1,182,970 of unrecognized stock-based compensation expense related to non-vested restricted common shares.