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NOTE 10 - EMPLOYEE EQUITY INCENTIVE PLANS
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2017
Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract]  
Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Text Block]
NOTE 10 – EMPLOYEE EQUITY INCENTIVE PLANS

The Company’s shareholders approved our 2014 Plan in June 2014, our 2015 Plan in December 2015, our 2016 Equity Incentive Plan (“2016 Plan”) in October 2016 and our 2017 Equity Incentive Plan in December 2016 (“2017 Plan”, together with the 2014 Plan, 2015 Plan and 2016 Plan, the “Plans”). The Plans are identical, except for number of shares reserved for issuance under each. As of June 30, 2017, the Company had granted an aggregate of 37,950,282 securities under the plans, with 2,150,149 available for future issuances.

The Plans provide for the grant of incentive stock options to our employees and our parent and subsidiary corporations’ employees, and for the grant of non-statutory stock options, stock bonus awards, restricted stock awards, performance stock awards and other forms of stock compensation to our employees, including officers, consultants and directors. Our Plans also provide that the grant of performance stock awards may be paid out in cash as determined by the Committee.

 During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Company granted options to purchase 2,854,000 shares of common stock for ten years. The fair value of $2,054,521, was determined using the Black-Scholes Option Pricing Model, assuming approximately 1.81% to 2.35% risk-free interest, 0% dividend yield, 103.66% to 110.16% volatility, and expected life of five to ten years and will be charged to operations over the vesting terms of the options.

The summary terms of the issuances are as follows:

Exercise
   
Number of
 
Vesting
Price
   
Options
 
Terms
$
0.50
     
80,000
 
Immediately
 
0.50
     
100,000
 
Quarterly over one year
 
0.50
     
605,000
 
Quarterly over two years
 
0.81
     
5,000
 
 Immediately
 
0.82
     
150,000
 
Quarterly over two years
 
0.85
     
150,000
 
Quarterly over one year
 
0.87
     
125,000
 
Immediately
 
0.89
     
425,000
 
Monthly over one year
 
0.89
     
90,000
 
Quarterly over two years
 
0.95
     
400,000
 
Quarterly over two years
 
0.98
     
24,000
 
Monthly over two years
 
1.05
     
50,000
 
Immediately
 
1.05
     
95,000
 
Monthly over two years
 
1.05
     
60,000
 
Monthly over one year
 
1.06
     
60,000
 
Monthly over one year
 
1.07
     
110,000
 
Monthly over one year
 
1.07
     
325,000
 
Monthly over two years
 
0.83
     
2,854,000
 
 

On June 21, 2017, the Company re-priced 12,268,157 previously granted employee and service provider options with exercise prices from $0.77 to $1.07 to $0.50 per share.  In addition, the Company accelerated vesting of 5,000,000 of the re-priced options to fully vesting.  As a result, the Company charged $2,680,888 to operations during the six months ended June 30, 2017.  The change in fair value was determined using Black-Scholes Option Pricing Model, assuming approximately 2.00% to 2.16% risk-free interest, 0% dividend yield, 103.32% volatility, and expected life from 8.48 to 9.75 years

Stock options outstanding and exercisable on June 30, 2017 are as follows:

Exercise
   
Number of
   
Remaining Life
   
Number of
 
Price
   
Options
   
In Years
   
Options Exercisable
 
$
0.10
     
1,500,000
     
6.93
     
1,250,000
 
 
0.50
     
13,602,163
     
9.20
     
10,311,295
 
 
0.51
     
2,041,779
     
9.27
     
1,761,779
 
 
0.60
     
105,000
     
7.78
     
105,000
 
         
17,248,942
     
9.00
     
13,428,074
 

A summary of the stock option activity for the six months ended June 30, 2017:

 
             
Weighted-Average
       
 
       
Weighted-Average
   
Remaining
   
Aggregate
 
 
 
Shares
   
Exercise Price
   
Contractual Term
   
Intrinsic Value
 
Outstanding at December 31, 2016
   
14,824,158
     
0.52
     
9.37
   
$
4,566,717
 
Grants
   
2,854,000
     
0.50
     
9.71
     
 
Exercised
   
(79,214
)
   
0.50
     
8.80
         
Forfeiture/Canceled
   
(350,002
)
 
$
0.50
     
8.80
     
 
Outstanding at
 June 30, 2017
   
17,248,942
   
$
0.47
     
9.00
   
$
1,740,227
 
Exercisable a
t June 30, 2017
   
13,428,074
   
$
0.46
     
8.90
   
$
1,384,354
 

The aggregate intrinsic value of outstanding stock options was based on options with an exercise price less than the Company’s common stock price of $0.5677 as of June 30, 2017, which would have been received by the option holders had those option holders exercised their options as of that date.

Option valuation models require the input of highly subjective assumptions. The fair value of stock-based payment awards was estimated using the Black-Scholes option model with a volatility figure derived from an index of historical stock prices of comparable entities until sufficient data exists to estimate the volatility using the Company’s own historical stock prices. Management determined this assumption to be a more accurate indicator of value. The Company accounts for the expected life of options based on the contractual life of options for non-employees.

The fair value of all options vesting during the six months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016 of $2,848,205 and $1,330,984, respectively.  Unrecognized compensation expense of $1,860,378 at June 30, 2017 will be expensed in future periods.