Note 8 - Stock Options

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

Notes

Note 8 - Stock Options

Note 8 – Stock Options

The Company had two Employee, Director and Consultant Stock Option Plans that were not terminated as a result of the fiscal 2015 restructuring of the Company and spin-out and have continued as part of the operations as detailed below.

In fiscal 2015, the option pool pertaining to the 2009 Employee, Director and Consultant Stock Option Plan (the “2009 Plan”) was adjusted for a 1 for 101 stock split due to the spin-out and restructuring plan, resulting in an authorized option pool of 18,152. Stock options typically vest over a three-year period and have a life of ten years from the date granted. As of December 31, 2016, there were 3,610 shares available for future awards under this plan.

In fiscal 2015, the option pool pertaining to the 2012 Employee, Director and Consultant Stock Option Plan (the “2012 Plan”) was adjusted for a 1 for 101 stock split due to the spin-out and restructuring plan, resulting in an authorized options pool of 74,257. Stock options typically vest over a three-year period and have a life of ten years from the date granted. As of December 31, 2016, there were 45,673 shares available for future awards under this plan.

 In addition, there are approximately 24,753 in options outstanding that were issued to a former CEO of spin-out Company in fiscal 2014. These options issued are outside of the 2009 and 2012 Plans. 

On June 1, 2016 Jim Driscoll was granted for his position as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Company options to purchase up to 1,000,000 shares of Common Stock outside of the Company’s 2009 and 2012 stock option plans (the “Option Agreement”). These options covered 250,000 shares at an exercise price of $1.00 per share to be granted immediately and three additional tranches of 250,000 shares each at an exercise price of $1.50, $2.00 and $2.50 per share, respectively. The remaining three tranches will vest equally over the next three years with the first fully vesting on May 31, 2017 through May 31, 2019. The term of the options will be for a period of five years and may be exercised at any time as to the vested shares. These options were fully cancelled in conjunction with his resignation as of September 27, 2016.

During the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016, the Company recorded stock compensation expense related to the options granted to Mr. Driscoll of $314,680. The grant-date fair value of options was estimated using the Black-Scholes option pricing model. The per share weighted average fair value of stock options granted for Mr. Driscoll was a range of $1.35-$1.76 and was determined using the following assumptions: expected price volatility is 80.39%, risk-free interest rate of 1.39%, zero expected dividend yield, and 4.0 years expected life of options. The expected term of options granted is based on the simplified method in accordance with Securities and Exchange Commission Staff Accounting Bulletin 107, and represents the period of time that options granted are expected to be outstanding. The Company makes assumptions with respect to expected stock price volatility based on the average historical volatility of peers with similar attributes. In addition, the Company determines the risk free rate by selecting the U.S. Treasury with maturities similar to the expected terms of grants, quoted on an investment basis in effect at the time of grant for that business day. As a result of the cancellation of these warrants, the Company has recovered $314,680 as resulted of the elimination of this reserve.

As of December 31, 2016, unrecognized stock compensation expense related to unvested stock options under all Plans was $0. Total stock compensation expense recorded to selling, general and administrative expenses on the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016 related to the all Plans and options that vested during the period was $0.

A summary of options issued, exercised and cancelled are as follows:

	Shares			Weighted- Average Exercise Price ($)		Weighted- Average Remaining Contractual Term		Aggregate Intrinsic Value ($)
Outstanding at December 31, 2015			67,879	$	21.40		7.17		—
Granted			1,000,000		1.75		5.00		—
Cancelled		(1,000,000)			1.75		5.00		—
Outstanding at December 31, 2016			67,879	$	21.40		6.42		—
Exercisable at December 31, 2016			67,879	$	21.40		6.42		—