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Long-Term Incentive Plan
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019
Long-Term Incentive Plan  
Long-Term Incentive Plan

Note 12. Long-Term Incentive Plan

On June 11, 2019, Midwest’s Board of Directors approved the Midwest Holding Inc. Long-Term Incentive Plan. The purposes of this Long-Term Incentive Plan (“LTIP”) is to create incentives which are designed to motivate participants to put forth maximum effort toward the success and growth of Midwest Holding Inc. (“Company”) and to enable the Company to attract and retain experienced individuals who by their position, ability and diligence are able to make important contributions to the Company’s success. Toward these objectives, this Plan provides for the grant of Options, Restricted Stock Awards, Restricted Stock Units, SARs, Performance Units, Performance Bonuses, Stock Awards and Other Incentive Awards to Eligible Employees and the grant of Nonqualified Stock Options, Restricted Stock Awards, Restricted Stock Units, SARs, Performance Units, Stock Awards and Other Incentive Awards to Consultants and Eligible Directors, subject to the conditions set forth in this Plan. All awards are required to be established, approved and/or granted by Midwest’s Board of Directors (“Board”).

On July 19, 2019,  the Company granted stock options for 8,950,000 shares at an exercisable conversion price of $0.05 per share with one-third exercisable after July 17, 2021 and two-thirds exercisable after July 17, 2023. The fair market value of the shares was approximately $0.016 a share at grant date.

The Company’s management team considered the stock options as compensation. Using the Black-Scholes Model we determined the consideration should be $143,200.  The factors we used to determine the consideration were the following:  the weighted average fair market value at grant date of $0.016 a share, exercise price of $0.05 a share, time to maturity of 10 years, annual risk-free interest rate of 1.84% based upon the 10 year U.S. Treasury rate at grant date, and a 200% volatility based on the change in price of the stock between the decision and grant date, the amount of shares and the closely held nature of the stock before the grant.  As of December 31, 2019, we have amortized the consideration over the two and four year vesting tranches for an expense and additional paid in capital of $21,745.  No options have vested or been forfeited as of December 31, 2019.