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RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2021
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS  
11. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

11. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

 

Pursuant to a written consulting agreement, dated May 31, 2013 and amended effective November 1, 2016, William E. Beifuss, Jr., our current President, Chief Executive Officer and Acting Chief Financial Officer is to receive fees of $10,000 per month. The Company accrued compensation expense to Mr. Beifuss of $120,000 for each of the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019. Fees payable to Mr. Beifuss of $60,000 and $80,000 are included in accounts payable – related party as of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively.

 

On December 22, 2020, the Company issued non-qualified stock options to purchase up to a total of 205,000,000 shares of our common stock to four officers, directors, and consultants of the Company. The options vest 1/36th per month and are exercisable on a cash or cashless basis for a period of five years from the date of grant at an exercise price of $0.017 per share. Of these non-qualified stock options, Mr. Beifuss received 25,000,000 and Byron Elton, Chairman of the Board of Directors, received 5,000,000.

 

As discussed in Note 7, in November 2019, the Company issued to Mr. Beifuss 1,000 shares of Series D Preferred Stock for services valued at $15,000 by an independent valuation firm. The shares were automatically redeemed in January 2020, 45 days after the effective date of the related Series D Preferred Stock Certificate.

 

As discussed in Note 7, effective February 26, 2020, Mr. Beifuss converted 1,100 shares of Series B Preferred Stock into 9,777,778 shares of the Company’s common stock. Mr. Beifuss previously acquired the shares of Series B Preferred Stock from a lender in a private transaction. The transaction was recorded at the par value of the common stock.