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Note 12. Stock Incentive Plan
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Notes  
Note 12. Stock Incentive Plan

NOTE 12.  STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN

 

The Company adopted the Apollo Solar Energy, Inc. Stock Incentive Plan pursuant to which the Company may issue up to 6,675,000 shares of the Company’s common stock.  The plan administrator has the authority, in its sole discretion, to determine the type or types of award including, but not limited to, Incentive Stock Options, Non Qualified Stock Options, Performance Options, Performance Stock Awards, and Restricted Stock Awards.

 

The exercise price of Incentive Stock Options cannot be less than the fair market value of the Common Stock on the date of grant.  The term of Options granted under the plan is established by the plan administrator, or if not established is 10 years.

 

During the year ended December 31, 2010, the Company issued 2,000,000 options to three employees.

 

The Company uses the Black-Scholes option pricing model to calculate the fair value of stock options. The Company recognizes stock-based compensation expense on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period of the award.

 

The key assumptions for the Black-Scholes valuation method include the expected life of the option, stock price volatility, a risk-free interest rate, and dividend yield. Many of these assumptions are judgmental and highly sensitive. Following is a table of the weighted-average Black-Scholes value of our stock option grants, and the key weighted-average assumptions used in the valuation calculations for the options granted.

 

Weighted-average Black-Scholes value

 

 

 

Black-Scholes Assumptions:

 

 

 

   Expected lives

 

3 years

 

   Expected volatility

 

 

40

%

   Risk-free interest rate

 

 

2

%

   Dividend yield

 

 

-

 

 

A summary of options under the Stock Incentive Plan as of December 31, 2014 and 2013, and changes during the years then ended is as following:

 

 

 

 

Shares

 

 

Weighted Average Shares Exercise Price

 

Remaining Contractual Term

 

Average Intrinsic Value

 

Outstanding at January 1, 2013

 

 

2,080,000

 

 

$

3.43

 

 .75 years

 

 

-

 

Granted

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exercised

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Forfeited or expired

 

 

(1,080,000) 

 

 

 

3.4 

 

 

 

 

 

Outstanding at December 31, 2013

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

$

3.5

 

 -

 

 

-

 

Granted

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exercised

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Forfeited or expired

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Outstanding at December 31, 2014

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

$

3.5

 

0

 

 

-

 

 

 

A summary of the status of non-vested options is as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted Average

 

 

 

Shares

 

 

Exercise Price

 

 Nonvested at January 1, 2013

 

 

333,334

 

 

$

3.50

 

 Granted

 

 

-

 

 

 

 

 

 Vested

 

 

 (333,334

)

 

$

3.50

 

 Nonvested at December 31, 2013

 

 

-

 

 

$

-

 

 

No options were exercised during the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013.