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NOTE 9 – OPTIONS AND WARRANTS Stock Option Awards On October 9, 2013, the Company granted a total of 6,000,000 stock options to Steven A. Nickolas and Richard A. Wright ( 3,000,000 stock options to each). The stock options are exercisable at the exercise price of $0.605 per share for a period of ten years from the date of grant. The stock options vest as follows: (i) 1,000,000 upon the date of grant; and (ii) 500,000 per quarter until fully vested. On May 12, 2014, the Company granted a total of 820,000 stock options to employees and consultants. The stock options are exercisable at the exercise price of $0.15 per share for a period of ten years from the date of grant. 502,500 stock options vested upon the date of grant, 116,250 stock options vest on December 31, 2014, 116,250 stock options vest on December 31, 2014 and 85,000 stock options vest on December 31, 2014. On May 12, 2014, the Company granted a total of 1,200,000 stock options Steven A. Nickolas and Richard A. Wright ( 600,000 stock options to each). The stock options are exercisable at the exercise price of $0.165 per share for a period of ten years from the date of grant. 1,200,000 stock options vested upon the date of grant. On May 16, 2014, the Company granted a total of 250,000 stock options to a consultant. The stock options are exercisable at the exercise price of $0.143 per share for a period of ten years from the date of grant. 62,500 stock options vested upon the date of grant, 62,500 stock options vest on December 31, 2014, 62,500 stock options vest on December 31, 2014 and 62,500 stock options vest on December 31, 2014. On May 21, 2014, the Company granted a total of 6,000,000 stock options Steven A. Nickolas and Richard A. Wright ( 3,000,000 stock options to each). The stock options are exercisable at the exercise price of $0.1455 per share for a period of ten years from the date of grant. 3,000,000 stock options vested upon the date of grant and the 3,000,000 stock options will vest on November 21, 2014. On October 31, 2014, the Company amended the 2013 Equity Incentive Plan to, among other things, increase the number of shares of stock of the company available for the grant of awards under the plan from 20,000,000 shares to 35,000,000 shares. On October 31, 2014, the Company reduced the exercise price of an aggregate of 6,000,000 stock options granted on October 9, 2013 to Steven P. Nickolas and Richard A. Wright, our directors and executive officers, to $0.15 per share and extended the exercise date to October 9, 2023. For the period ended December 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013 the Company has recognized compensation expense of $2,218,590 and $1,669,302, respectively, on the stock options granted that vested. The fair value of the unvested shares is $0 as of December 31, 2014. The aggregate intrinsic value of these options was $0 at December 31, 2014. Stock option activity summary covering options is presented in the table below:
Warrants The following is a summary of the status of all of our warrants as of December 31, 2014 and changes during the nine months ended on that date:
The following table summarizes information about stock warrants outstanding and exercisable at December 31, 2014:
Company’s outstanding common stock purchase warrants, whereby the Company agreed to reduce the exercise price of the Existing Warrants to $0.10 per share in consideration for the immediate exercise of the Existing Warrants by the Holders and the Holders are to be issued new common stock purchase warrants of the Company in the form of the Existing Warrants to purchase up to a number of shares of our common stock equal to the number of Existing Warrants exercised by the Holders, provided that the exercise price of the New Warrants will be $0.125 per share, subject to adjustment in the New Warrants. On August 21, 2014, pursuant to the Warrant Amendment Agreement, the Company issued an aggregate of 9,829,455 shares of the Company’s common stock upon exercise of the Existing Warrants at an exercise price of $0.10 per share for aggregate gross proceeds of $982,945. Simultaneously the Company issued 9,829,455 new warrants with a term of 5 years and exercise price of $0.125 per warrant share. The Company record this issuance as Additional-Paid-In-Capital. On October 7, 2014, the Company entered into a warrant amendment agreement with a holder of certain existing outstanding common stock purchase Existing Warrants, whereby the Company agreed to reduce the exercise price of the Existing Warrants to $0.10 per share in consideration for the immediate exercise of the Existing Warrants by the Holder and the Holder is to be issued new common stock purchase warrants of the company in the form of the Existing Warrants to purchase up to a number of shares of our common stock equal to the number of Existing Warrants exercised by the Holder, provided that the exercise price of the New Warrants will be $0.125 per share, subject to adjustment in the New Warrants. On October 7, 2014, pursuant to the Warrant Amendment Agreement, the Company issued an aggregate of 4,699,800 shares of our common stock upon exercise of the Existing Warrants at an exercise price of $0.10 per share for aggregate gross proceeds of $469,980. In addition, the Company issued New Warrants to purchase an aggregate of 4,699,800 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $0.125 per share for a period of two years from the date of issuance. On October 22, 2014, the Company entered into a master lease agreement with Veterans Capital Fund, LLC (the “Lessor”) for the secured lease line of credit financing in an amount not to exceed $600,000. The lease is expected to be secured by three new alkaline generating electrolysis system machines. Our wholly-owned subsidiary, Alkaline 88, LLC, and Water Engineering Solutions, LLC acted as co-lessees. Water Engineering Solutions, LLC is an entity that is controlled and owned by our President, Chief Executive Officer, director and major stockholder, Steven P. Nickolas, and our Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer and director, Richard A. Wright. Pursuant to the master lease agreement, the Lessor agreed to lease to us the equipment described in any equipment schedule signed by us and approved by the Lessor. It is expected that any lease under the master lease agreement will be structured for a three year lease term with fixed monthly lease rental payments based on a monthly lease rate factor of 3.4667% of the Lessor’s capital cost. In connection with the entering into the master lease agreement, the Company paid the Lessor a one-time non-refundable commitment fee of $12,000. Effective as of October 22, 2014, the Company also entered into a warrant agreement with the Lessor, pursuant to which the Company agreed to issue a warrant to purchase 3,600,000 shares of our common stock to the Lessor and/or its affiliates at an exercise price of $0.125 per share for a period of five years. 900,000 shares vested on October 22, 2014, 887,763 shares on October 28, 2014 and 906,970 shares on December 22, 2014 and the remaining 905,267 shares will vest on a pro rata basis according to any mounts the Lessor funds pursuant to any lease schedules under the master lease agreement, provided that if we draws on 90% or more of the total lease line under the master lease agreement, then all such shares will be deemed to be vested. The Company recorded the bifurcated value of $159,532 of the warrants issued as additional paid in capital, the value was determine using a Black-Scholes, a level 3 valuation measure. |