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Note 13 - Capital Stock
12 Months Ended
Jul. 31, 2020
Notes to Financial Statements  
Stockholders' Equity Note Disclosure [Text Block]
NOTE
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CAPITAL STOCK
 
Equity Financing
 
Subsequent to
July 31, 2020,
we completed the
September 2020
Offering of
12,500,000
units at a price of
$1.20
for gross proceeds of
$15,000,000.
Each unit was comprised of
one
share of our Company and
one
-half of
one
share purchase warrant, and each whole warrant entitles its holder to acquire
one
share at an exercise price of
$1.80
per share, exercisable immediately upon issuance and expiring
24
months from the date of issuance. In connection with the
September 2020
Offering, we also issued compensation share purchase warrants to agents as part of share issuance costs to purchase
583,333
shares of our Company exercisable at an exercise price of
$1.80
per share and expiring
24
months from the date of issuance.
 
On
October 3, 2018,
we completed a public offering of
12,613,049
units at a price of
$1.60
per unit for gross proceeds of
$20,180,878
(the
“October 2018
Offering”). Each unit was comprised of
one
share of the Company and
one
-half of
one
share purchase warrant and each whole warrant entitles its holder to acquire
one
share at an exercise price of
$2.05
per share, exercisable immediately upon issuance and expiring
30
months from the date of issuance. In connection with the
October 2018
Offering, we also issued compensation share purchase warrants to agents as part of share issuance costs to purchase
756,782
shares of our Company, exercisable at an exercise price of
$2.05
per share and expiring
30
months from the date of issuance.
 
The shares were valued at the Company's closing price of
$1.54
per share at
October 3, 2018.
The share purchase warrants were valued using the Black-Scholes option pricing model with the following assumptions:
 
Expected Risk Free Interest Rate
   
2.90
%
Expected Annual Volatility
   
63.30
%
Expected Contractual Life in Years
   
2.50
 
Expected Annual Dividend Yield
   
0.00
%
 
The net proceeds from the
October 2018
Offering were allocated to the fair values of the shares and share purchase warrants as presented below:
 
Fair Value of Shares
  $
19,424,095
 
Fair Value of Share Purchase Warrants
   
3,094,693
 
Total Fair Value Before Allocation to Net Proceeds
  $
22,518,788
 
         
Gross Proceeds
  $
20,180,878
 
Share Issuance Costs - Cash
   
(1,211,667
)
Net Cash Proceeds Received
  $
18,969,211
 
         
Relative Fair Value Allocation to:
 
 
 
 
Shares
  $
16,362,327
 
Share Purchase Warrants
   
2,606,884
 
    $
18,969,211
 
 
Share Transactions
 
During Fiscal
2019,
we entered into a Securities Exchange Agreement (the “Securities Exchange Agreement”) with Pacific Roads Resources Funds (“PRRF”), who we acquired the Reno Creek Project from and who collectively owned
11,000,000
outstanding warrants (“PRRF Warrants”) of the Company. Pursuant to the Securities Exchange Agreement, PRRF exchanged their collective
11,000,000
outstanding PRRF Warrants for an aggregate of
750,000
shares of the Company with a fair value of
$1.33
per share.   The PRRF Warrants, with an exercise price of
$2.30
and expiry date of
August 9, 2022,
were valued at
$0.45
per share using the Barrier Option Pricing Model at the date of issuance on
August 9, 2017,
in connection with the acquisition of the Reno Creek Project. The difference of
$4,950,000
between the carrying value of the PRRF Warrants and fair value of the shares of
$997,500
was recorded as additional paid in capital and had
no
impact on our Company's Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss.
 
Share Purchase Warrants
 
During Fiscal
2019,
we received cash proceeds totaling
$4,822,357
from the exercise of
3,999,881
share purchase warrants at a weighted average exercise price of
$1.21
per share.
 
A continuity schedule of outstanding share purchase warrants as at
July 31, 2020,
and the changes during the periods, is as follows:
 
   
Number of
Warrants
   
Weighted Average
Exercise Price
 
Balance, July 31, 2017
   
19,676,560
    $
1.78
 
Issued
   
11,358,728
     
2.30
 
Exercised
   
(61,799
)    
1.20
 
Expired
   
(50,000
)    
1.95
 
Balance, July 31, 2018
   
30,923,489
     
1.97
 
Issued
   
7,063,253
     
2.05
 
Exercised
   
(3,999,881
)    
1.21
 
Expired
   
(3,542,951
)    
2.13
 
Exchanged for shares pursuant to Securities Exchange Agreement
   
(11,000,000
)    
2.30
 
Balance, July 31, 2019
   
19,443,910
     
1.94
 
Issued
   
300,000
     
1.38
 
Expired
   
(12,021,929
)    
1.87
 
Balance, July 31, 2020
 
 
7,721,981
   
$
2.03
 
 
A summary of share purchase warrants outstanding and exercisable as at
July 31, 2020
are as follows:
 
 
Weighted Average
Exercise Price
   
Number of Warrants
Outstanding
   
Weighted Average
Remaining Contractual
Life (Years)
 
Expiry Date
  $ 1.25      
150,000
     
0.40
 
December 23, 2020
    1.50      
150,000
     
0.40
 
December 23, 2020
    2.05      
7,063,253
     
0.67
 
April 3, 2021
    2.30      
308,728
     
2.02
 
August 9, 2022
    1.64      
50,000
     
2.80
 
May 21, 2023
  $ 2.03      
7,721,981
     
0.73
 
 
 
Stock Options
 
At
July 31, 2020,
we had
one
stock option plan, the
2020
Stock Incentive Plan (the
“2020
Plan”), which superseded and replaced the Company's
2019
Stock Incentive Plan (collectively the “Stock Incentive Plan”), such that
no
further shares are issuable under the prior plan.
 
During Fiscal
2020,
we granted stock options under the Stock Incentive Plan to certain of our directors, officers, employees and consultants to purchase an aggregate of
4,838,900
(Fiscal
2019:
2,006,350;
Fiscal
2018:
4,083,000
) shares of the Company, which are subject to a
24
month vesting provision whereby, at the end of each of the
first
three
and
six
months after the grant date,
12.5%
of the total stock options become exercisable, and whereby at the end of each of the
12,
18
and
24
months after the grant date,
25%
of the total stock options become exercisable. In addition, we granted performance stock options (the “Performance Stock Options”) under the Stock Incentive Plan to certain of our directors and officers to purchase an aggregate of
1,325,000
shares of the Company. The Performance Stock Options are subject to a
three
year vesting provision whereby
one
-
third
of the total Performance Stock Options become exercisable at the end of each of the first,
second
and
third
year after the date of grant. The stock options including the Performance Stock Options granted in Fiscal
2020
and Fiscal
2019
have a term of
10
years, whereas the options granted during Fiscal
2018
have a term of
five
years.
 
The fair value of these stock options was estimated at the date of grant, using the Black-Scholes Option Valuation Model, with the following weighted average assumptions:
 
   
Year Ended July 31,
 
   
2020
   
2019
   
2018
 
Expected Risk Free Interest Rate
 
 
0.40
%
   
1.86
%    
2.24
%
Expected Volatility
 
 
60.48
%
   
65.62
%    
67.60
%
Expected Life in Years
 
 
4.9
     
4.9
     
3.1
 
Expected Dividend Yield
 
 
0
%
   
0
%    
0
%
Weighted-Average Grant Date Fair Value
 
$
0.45
    $
0.53
    $
0.68
 
 
A continuity schedule of outstanding stock options at
July 31, 2020,
and the changes during the periods, is as follows:
 
   
Number of Stock Options
   
Weighted Average Exercise Price
 
Balance, July 31, 2017
   
12,260,500
    $
1.33
 
Granted
   
4,083,000
     
1.40
 
Exercised
   
(1,365,625
)    
0.70
 
Forfeited
   
(66,250
)    
1.24
 
Balance, July 31, 2018
   
14,911,625
     
1.41
 
Granted
   
2,006,350
     
0.97
 
Exercised
   
(259,625
)    
1.12
 
Cancelled/Forfeited
   
(910,000
)    
2.41
 
Expired
   
(10,000
)    
1.50
 
Balance, July 31, 2019
   
15,738,350
     
1.30
 
Granted
   
6,163,900
     
0.95
 
Cancelled/Forfeited
   
(179,344
)    
1.02
 
Expired
   
(6,208,156
)    
1.39
 
Balance, July 31, 2020
   
15,514,750
    $
1.13
 
 
The table below sets forth the number of shares issued and cash received upon exercise of the stock options:
 
   
Year Ended July 31,
 
   
2020
   
2019
   
2018
 
Number of Shares Issued Upon Exercise of Options
 
 
-
     
125,879
     
1,094,589
 
Number of Options Exercised on Forfeiture Basis
 
 
-
     
193,375
     
580,625
 
Number of Net Shares Issued
 
 
-
     
59,629
     
309,589
 
Number of Options Exercised on Cash Basis
 
 
-
     
66,250
     
785,000
 
Cash Received from Exercise of Stock Options
 
$
-
    $
72,363
    $
530,050
 
Total Intrinsic Value of Options Exercised
 
$
-
    $
134,174
    $
1,049,694
 
 
A continuity schedule of outstanding unvested stock options at
July 31, 2020,
and the changes during the periods, is as follows:
 
   
Number of Unvested Stock Options
   
Weighted Average
Grant-Date Fair Value
 
Balance, July 31, 2017
   
765,750
    $
0.58
 
Granted
   
4,083,000
     
0.68
 
Vested
   
(1,303,000
)    
0.65
 
Forfeited
   
(66,250
)    
0.62
 
Balance, July 31, 2018
   
3,479,500
     
0.68
 
Granted
   
2,006,350
     
0.53
 
Vested
   
(2,055,250
)    
0.68
 
Forfeited
   
(120,000
)    
0.67
 
Balance, July 31, 2019
   
3,310,600
     
0.59
 
Granted
   
6,163,900
     
0.45
 
Vested
   
(2,590,154
)    
0.60
 
Cancelled/Forfeited
   
(86,875
)    
0.43
 
Balance, July 31, 2020
   
6,797,471
    $
0.46
 
 
At
July 31, 2020,
the aggregate intrinsic value of all outstanding stock options granted was estimated at
$391,508
(vested:
$95,261
and unvested:
$296,247
). At
July 31, 2020,
the unrecognized compensation cost related to unvested stock options was
$2,500,153
expected to be recognized over
1.31
years.
 
A summary of stock options outstanding and exercisable at
July 31, 2020
is as follows:
 
     
Options Outstanding
   
Options Exercisable
 
Range of
Exercise
Prices
Outstanding
at
July 31, 2020
   
Weighted
Average
Exercise Price
   
Weighted Average
Remaining
Contractual Term
(Years)
   
Exercisable at
July 31, 2020
   
Weighted
Average
Exercise Price
   
Weighted Average
Remaining
Contractual Term
(Years)
 
$0.80
to
$0.99
 
8,169,500
    $
0.92
     
7.64
     
2,843,279
    $
0.94
     
4.03
 
$1.00
to
$1.49
 
5,005,000
     
1.19
     
3.81
     
3,533,750
     
1.22
     
1.47
 
$1.50
to
$3.28
 
2,340,250
     
1.75
     
2.59
     
2,340,250
     
1.75
     
2.59
 
 
 
 
 
15,514,750
    $
1.13
     
5.64
     
8,717,279
    $
1.27
     
2.61
 
 
Restricted Stock Units
 
During Fiscal
2020,
the Company granted an aggregate of
1,305,000
RSUs with a fair value of
$0.91
per RSU, determined using the share price at the date of grant, to certain directors and officers of the Company under the Stock Incentive Plan. These RSUs have a vesting period of
three
years from the grant date, whereby
one
-half of the RSUs will vest at the end of the
first
year, and
one
-
third
of the remaining
one
-half will vest at the end of each of the first,
second
and
third
year, respectively, from the date of grant.
 
During Fiscal
2019,
the Company granted an aggregate of
465,000
RSUs with a fair value of
$0.9421
per RSU, determined using the share price at the date of grant, to certain directors and officers of the Company under the Stock Incentive Plan. These RSUs have a vesting period of
three
years from the grant date such that
one
-
third
of the RSUs will vest at the end of each of the first,
second
and
third
year, respectively, from the date of grant.
 
A summary of outstanding unvested RSUs at
July 31, 2020
is as follows:
 
Grant Date
 
Number of Restricted
Stock Units
   
Grant Date
Fair Value
   
Remaining Life (Years)
   
Aggregate
Intrinsic Value
 
July 30, 2019
   
310,000
    $
0.94
     
2.00
    $
8,649
 
July 16, 2020
   
1,305,000
     
0.91
     
2.96
     
78,300
 
     
1,615,000
    $
0.92
     
2.77
    $
86,949
 
 
A continuity schedule of outstanding RSUs at
July 31, 2020,
and the changes during the periods, is as follows:
 
   
Number of Restricted Stock Units
   
Weighted Average
Grant Date Fair Value
 
Balance, July 31, 2018
   
-
    $
-
 
Granted
   
465,000
     
0.94
 
Balance, July 31, 2019
   
465,000
     
0.94
 
Granted
   
1,305,000
     
0.91
 
Vested
   
(155,000
)    
0.94
 
Balance, July 31, 2020
   
1,615,000
    $
0.92
 
 
During Fiscal
2020,
stock-based compensation relating to the RSUs totaled
$310,127
(Fiscal
2019:
$Nil;
Fiscal
2018:
$Nil
). During Fiscal
2020,
155,000
RSUs were vested resulting in
105,844
net RSU shares being issued with
49,156
RSUs forfeited as payments for payroll withholding amounts. At
July 31, 2020,
outstanding unvested RSUs totaled
1,615,000
(
July 31, 2019:
465,000
), and unrecognized compensation costs relating to unvested RSUs totaled
$1,315,500,
which is expected to be recognized over a period of approximately
1.48
years.
 
Performance Based Restricted Stock Units
 
During Fiscal
2019,
the Company granted
445,000
target PRSUs (the “Target PRSUs”) and allocated up to an additional
445,000
PRSUs (the “Additional PRSUs”, and together with the Target PRSUs, the “PRSUs”) to the Company's executive officers. These PRSUs vest based on certain performance goals measured on the Company's share price relative to the Global
X
Uranium ETF share price on each anniversary from the grant date over the next
three
years (the “Performance Period”). The PRSUs will vest based on
three
(
3
)
one
-year relative Total Shareholder Return's (“TSR”) (stock price appreciation) and
one
(
1
)
three
-year relative TSR from the grant date of the PRSUs (each such measurement period being a “Measurement Period”). Each Measurement Period will be equally weighted
25%
as to the number of PRSUs that
may
vest for such Measurement Period. Depending on the TSR performance, the percentage eligible to vest at the end of each Measurement Period would range from
0%
to
200%
of the Target PRSUs for that Measurement Period. The vested PRSUs will accrue annually and will
not
settle until the end of the Performance Period. Each vested PRSU converts into
one
common share of the Company at the end of the
three
years Performance Period with
no
cash settlement alternatives. The PRSUs carry neither rights to dividends nor voting rights. The Company accounts for the PRSU as an equity-settled plan.
 
These PRSUs have a market condition considered in the determination of the fair value such that the ultimate number of PRSUs that vest will be determined by the Company's share performance relative to the Global
X
Uranium ETF share price on each anniversary from the grant date over the Performance Period. The fair value of the Target PRSUs was estimated at
$1.15
per Target PRSU at the date of grant using the Monte Carlo simulation model with the following principal assumptions:
 
Expected Risk Free Interest Rate
 
 1.99%
to
2.20%
Expected Volatility
 
 56.74%
to
61.75%
Expected Dividend Yield
 
 
0%
 
Expected Life in Years
 
 
3
 
Correlation
 
 
57.10%
 
 
On
July 30, 2020,
90,001
of PRSUs vested based on UEC's share performance then relative to the Global
X
Uranium ETF. As a result,
90,001
underlying shares were accrued and recorded as share issuance obligations on our Consolidated Balance Sheets.
 
During Fiscal
2020,
stock-based compensation related to amortization of Target PRSUs totaled
$272,658
(Fiscal
2019:
$Nil;
Fiscal
2018:
$Nil
). At
July 31, 2020,
outstanding unvested Target PRSUs totaled
333,750
(
July 31, 2019:
445,000
) and unrecognized compensation costs relating to unvested Target PRSUs totaled
$239,352,
which is expected to be recognized over a period of approximately
2.0
years.
 
Stock
-
Based Compensation
 
A summary of stock-based compensation expense for Fiscal
2020,
Fiscal
2019
and Fiscal
2018
is as follows:
  
   
Year Ended July 31,
 
   
2020
   
2019
   
2018
 
Stock-Based Compensation for Consultants
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Common stock issued for consulting services
 
$
539,552
    $
644,307
    $
740,640
 
Amortization of stock option expenses
 
 
240,912
     
153,549
     
582,842
 
   
 
780,464
     
797,856
     
1,323,482
 
Stock-Based Compensation for Management
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Common stock issued to management
 
 
225,217
     
269,688
     
702,505
 
Amortization of stock option expenses
 
 
644,516
     
516,266
     
284,556
 
Amortization of RSU & PRSU expenses
 
 
582,785
     
-
     
-
 
   
 
1,452,518
     
785,954
     
987,061
 
Stock-Based Compensation for Employees
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Common stock issued to employees
 
 
635,414
     
674,488
     
773,899
 
Amortization of stock option expenses
 
 
640,011
     
689,743
     
547,231
 
   
 
1,275,425
     
1,364,231
     
1,321,130
 
                         
Settlement of share issuance obligation
 
 
(15,189
)
   
-
     
(127,615
)
   
$
3,493,218
    $
2,948,041
    $
3,504,058
 
 
During Fiscal
2020,
we issued
188,914
shares with a fair value of
$171,911
as settlement of share issuance obligations of
$187,100
relating to the Fiscal
2019
share bonuses under our Stock Incentive Plan. During Fiscal
2018,
we issued
398,839
shares with a fair value of
$510,527
as settlement of share issuance obligations of
$638,142
relating to the Fiscal
2017
share bonuses under our Stock Incentive Plan.