Note 16: Stock Warrants and Options
As indicated in Note 15, we issued 714,286 warrants in connection with the sale of common stock during the year ended December 31, 2010. Additionally, we issued 266,667 warrants in connection with the sale of common stock during the quarter ended June 30, 2011. We have accounted for these warrants as equity instruments in accordance with EITF 00-19 (ASC 815-40), Accounting for Derivative Financial Instruments Indexed to, and Potentially Settled in, a Companys Own Stock, and as such, will be classified in stockholders equity as they meet the definition of
indexed to the issuers stock in EITF 01-06 (ASC 815-40) The Meaning of Indexed to a Companys Own Stock. The Company has estimated the fair value of the warrants issued in connection with the sale of common stock at $323,128 for the year ended December 31, 2010 and $42,549 for the quarter ended June 30, 2011, respectively using the Black-Scholes option pricing model.
We issued 138,750 and 92,500 stock options to our board members during each of the six months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010 respectively. The warrants were valued at the fair market value of the services performed which resulted in an expense of $12,000 and $8,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010 respectively.
Key assumptions used by us are summarized as follows:
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Warrants issued
year ended
December 31,
2010
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Warrants issued
six months ended
June 30, 2011
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Volatility
|
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165
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%
|
146
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%
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Expected dividend yield
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0.00
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%
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0.00
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%
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Risk-free rate over the estimated expected life of the warrants
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|
1.63
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%
|
0.0066
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%
|
Expected term (in years)
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|
3.0
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|
3.0
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|
The warrants issued have been accounted for as an equity transaction. The cost of the options issued to our board members was classified as operating expenses for the six months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010 respectively.
A summary of changes in share purchase warrants during the six months ended June 30, 2011 is as follows:
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Warrants
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|
Weighted Average
Exercise Price
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|
Outstanding, January 1, 2011
|
|
1,750,715
|
|
$
|
0.40
|
|
Issued
|
|
266,667
|
|
$
|
0.40
|
|
Exercised
|
|
|
|
|
|
Expired
|
|
|
|
|
|
Outstanding, June 30, 2011
|
|
2,017,382
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|
$
|
0 .40
|
|
A summary of changes in stock options during the six months ended June 30, 2011 is as follows:
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Stock
Options
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|
Weighted Average
Exercise Price
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|
Outstanding, January 1, 2011
|
|
291,250
|
|
$
|
0.4325
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|
Issued
|
|
138,750
|
|
$
|
0.3267
|
|
Exercised
|
|
|
|
|
|
Expired
|
|
|
|
|
|
Outstanding, June 30, 2011
|
|
430,000
|
|
$
|
0.3983
|
|