Quarterly report pursuant to sections 13 or 15(d)

5. Stock Options and warrants

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5. Stock Options and warrants
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2013
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Additional Disclosures [Abstract]  
Note 5. Stock Options and warrants

5. Stock options and warrants

 

The Company periodically issues stock options and warrants to employees and non-employees in capital raising transactions, for services and for financing costs. Options vest and expire according to terms established at the grant date.

 

Options 

 

The Company sometimes issues stock options to employees, directors and consultants under the 2004 Stock Option Plan (the Plan). The Company could issue options under the Plan to acquire up to 5,000,000 shares of common stock. In February 2006, the board approved an amendment to the Plan (approved by the Shareholders in May 2006), increasing the authorized shares by 2,000,000 shares to 7,000,000 shares. At June 30, 2013, 2,750,442 were available to be granted under the Plan. Prior to 2004, the Company granted 3,250,000 options outside the Plan to officers of the Company.

 

The following table summarizes certain information about the Company’s stock purchase options from January 1, 2013 to June 30, 2013:

 

Options   Shares     Weighted-
Average
Exercise
Price
    Weighted-
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Term
    Aggregate
Intrinsic
Value
 
Outstanding at January 1, 2013     27,278,098     $ 0.27                  
Granted                            
Exercised     (30,000   $ 0.30                  
Forfeited or expired                            
Outstanding at June 30, 2013     27,248,098     $ 0.27       7.6     $ 22,681,207  
Vested and exercisable at June 30, 2013     5,648,098     $ 0.34       7.6     $ 1,916,388  

  

The weighted average exercise prices, remaining contractual lives for options granted, exercisable, and expected to vest under the Plan as of June 30, 2013 were as follows:

 

      Outstanding Options     Exercisable Options  
Option
Exercise Price Per Share
    Shares     Life
(Years)
    Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
    Shares    

Weighted

Average

Exercise

Price

 
$ 0.21 - $ 0.99       27,166,679       7.6     $ 0.27       5,566,679     $ 0.32  
$ 1.00 - $ 1.99       81,419       2.3       1.36       81,419       1.26  
          27,248,098       7.6     $ 0.27       5,648,098     $ 0.34  

  

The Company’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Chief Financial Officer (CFO), holders of options to purchase shares of common stock in the aggregate of 22,700,000 shares, each signed a declaration providing additional restriction on conditions under which they could exercise vested options to purchase stock. Specifically, the CEO and CFO are restricted from exercising options (“Restricted Options”) until the Company has authorized additional shares in its articles of incorporation such that the execution of the Restricted Options could not cause outstanding shares to exceed the current authorized shares on a fully diluted basis. In the absence of this restriction, the total exercisable shares as of June 30, 2013 would be 13,688,098.

 

During the six months ended June 30, 2013, the Company amortized $870,369 of compensation cost based on the vesting of the options granted to employees in prior periods. Future unamortized compensation expense on the outstanding options at June 30, 2013 is $4,310,665.

 

Warrants

 

In March 2013, pursuant to a settlement of debt agreement, the Company granted a consultant a warrant to purchase 150,000 shares of its common stock with an exercise price of $0.30 per share, vesting immediately and expiring in two years from grant date (see Note 8, below). The fair value of the warrant amounted to $129,622 using the Black-Scholes Merton valuation model with the following average assumptions: risk-free interest rate of 0.26%; dividend yield of 0%; volatility of 132%; and an expected life of two years.

 

During the period ended June 30, 2013, the Company recognized amortization expense of $52,631 based upon vesting of the warrants granted to an employee and a consultant in prior year.

 

The following table summarizes certain information about the Company’s stock purchase warrants from January 1, 2013 to June 30, 2013:

 

Warrants   Shares     Weighted-
Average
Exercise
Price
    Weighted-
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Term
    Aggregate
Intrinsic
Value
 
Outstanding at January 1, 2013     42,205,507     $ 0.31                  
Granted     150,000       0.30                  
Exercised     (19,907,130 )     0.29                  
Forfeited or expired     (958,723 )     0.35                  
Outstanding at June 30, 2013     21,489,654     $ 0.32       2.0     $ 18,752,321  
Vested and exercisable at June 30, 2013     20,206,320     $ 0.32       1.6     $ 17,781,988  

 

        Outstanding Warrants     Exercisable Warrants  
Warrant
Exercise Price Per Share
    Shares     Life
(Years)
    Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
    Shares    

Weighted

Average

Exercise

Price

 
$ 0.25 - $ 0.99       20,989,654       2.0     $ 0.30       19,706,320     $ 0.30  
$ 1.00 - $ 1.99       500,000       1.0       1.00       500,000       1.00  
          21,489,654       2.0     $ 0.32       20,206,320     $ 0.32  

 

Future unamortized compensation expense on the outstanding warrants at June 30, 2013 is approximately $227,584.