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Note 14 - Stock Based Compensation
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2018
Notes to Financial Statements  
Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Text Block]
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– STOCK BASED COMPENSATION
 
 
Adoption of Equity Compensation Plan
 
On
November 29, 2017,
the Board adopted the
2017
Equity Compensation Plan (the “Plan”) providing for the granting of options to purchase shares of common stock, restricted stock awards and other stock-based awards to directors, officers, employees, advisors and consultants. The Company reserved
20,000,000
shares of common stock for issuance under the Plan. The Plan is intended to provide equity incentives to persons retained by our Company.
 
Employment Agreements
 
On
November 30, 2017,
employment agreements were entered into with
four
key members of management:
 
Under the Employment Agreement with Bahige (Bill) Chaaban, President of the Company, Mr. Chaaban will receive compensation in the form of a base annual salary of
$31,200
and a grant of
8,750,000
shares of restricted stock of the Company, of which
7,400,000
vested immediately and the remaining vesting ratably each month over the next
36
months.
 
Under the Employment Agreement with Joseph Byrne, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, Mr. Byrne will receive compensation in the form of a base annual salary of
$31,200
and a grant of
1,250,000
shares of restricted stock of the Company, of which
325,000
vested immediately and the remaining vesting ratably each month over the next
36
months.
 
Under the Employment Agreement with Richard Boswell, Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, Mr. Boswell will receive compensation in the form of a base annual salary of
$31,200
and a grant of
4,500,000
shares of restricted stock of the Company, of which
4,140,000
vested immediately and the remaining vesting ratably each month over the next
36
months.
 
Under the Employment Agreement with Brian Payne, Vice President of the Company, Mr. Payne will receive compensation in the form of a base annual salary of
$31,200
and a grant of
750,000
shares of restricted stock of the Company, of which
300,000
vested immediately and the remaining vesting ratably each month over the next
36
months.
 
Equity Compensation Grants
 
On
November 30, 2017,
the Company granted a
one
-time equity award (“Equity Award”) of
20,000
restricted shares of the Company’s common stock pursuant to a Restricted Stock Agreement, to each of the following executives and directors of the Company: Bahige “Bill” Chaaban, Chairman of the Board and President of the Company; Joseph Byrne, Chief Executive Officer and Director; Richard Boswell, Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Director; Brian Payne, Vice President and Director; Donald Strilchuck, Director; Harold Aubrey de Lavenu, Director; Alex Tarrabain, Director; and Ameen Ferris, Director. The Equity Awards vested immediately.
 
In addition, as part of this
one
-time equity award, Donald Strilchuck, Director, received an additional
1,000,000
restricted shares of the Company's common stock for security consulting services, of which
550,000
vested immediately and the remaining vesting ratably each month over the next
36
months. Other individuals received a total of
1,870,000
restricted shares of the Company's common stock for consulting services performed, of which
1,330,000
vested immediately and the remaining vesting ratably each month over the next
36
months. The expense related to the restricted stock awarded to non-employees for services rendered was recognized on the grant date.
 
Restricted Stock Awards
 
The grant-date fair value of the restricted shares noted in the employment agreements and equity compensation grants sections above was
$11,333,600.
The grant-date fair value is calculated utilizing an enterprise valuation model as of the date the awards are granted. During
2017,
14,317,500
of these shares vested, with the remaining restricted stock units of
3,962,500
shares vesting pro-rata over the requisite service period, which is generally
three
years from the grant-date. During the
three
-months ended
March 31, 2018,
an additional
337,500
of these shares vested. Non-vested restricted stock awards participate in dividends and recipients are entitled to vote these restricted shares during the vesting period.
 
Compensation expense recognized in connection with the restricted stock awards was
$167,400
for the
three
-months ended
March 31, 2018.
 
Restricted stock award activity for the
three
-months ended
March 31, 2018
is as follows:
 
   
Number of
Shares
   
Weighted-
Average Grant
Date Fair Value
per Share
   
Weighted-
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Term
(Years)
 
Non-vested at December 31, 2017
   
3,962,500
    $
0.62
     
2.92
 
Granted
   
-
     
-
     
 
 
Vested
   
(337,500
)   $
0.62
     
 
 
Forfeited
   
-
     
-
     
 
 
Non-vested at March 31, 2018
   
3,625,000
    $
0.62
     
2.75
 
 
The fair value of the restricted stock grants was based on the valuation of a
third
-party specialist. Unrecognized compensation expense related to restricted stock amounted to approximately
$1,801,100
as of
March 31, 2018.
This expense will be recognized over the vesting period of the respective awards.