NOTE 12 - SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION

Generally accepted accounting principles require share-based payments to employees, including grants of employee stock options, warrants, and common stock to be recognized in the income statement based on their fair values at the date of grant, net of estimated forfeitures.

In total, the Company recorded $476,805 and $416,119 of stock-based compensation for the six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively, including shares to be issued related to consultants and board member stock options and common stock and warrants issued to non-employees. Included in stock subscription payable is accrued stock-based compensation of $1,284,723 and $873,799 at June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively.

The Company used the Black-Scholes option pricing model to estimate the grant-date fair value of option and warrant awards:

In total for the six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, the Company recorded $7,682 and $8,607, respectively, of share-based compensation expense related to employee and Board Members’ stock options. The unrecognized compensation expense as of June 30, 2022 was $3,688 for non-vested share-based awards to be recognized over a period of less than one year.

Options

During 2004, the Board of Directors of the Company adopted a stock option plan (the “Plan”) and authorized up to 4,000,000 shares to be issued under the Plan. In April 2009, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized an increase in the number of shares to be issued under the Plan to 10,000,000 shares and to include the independent Board Members in the Plan in lieu of continuing the previous practice of granting warrants each quarter to independent Board Members for services. At June 30, 2022, there are 2,251,729 shares of common stock available for issuance under the Plan. In 2014, the Board of Directors adopted an additional stock option plan which provides for an additional 5,000,000 shares which are all available as of June 30, 2022. In 2019, the Board of Directors adopted an additional stock option plan with provides for 50,000,000 shares which are all available as of June 30, 2022. The Plan is intended to permit stock options granted to employees to qualify as incentive stock options under Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (“Incentive Stock Options”). All options granted under the Plan that are not intended to qualify as Incentive Stock Options are deemed to be non-qualified options. Stock options are granted at an exercise price equal to the fair market value of the Company’s common stock on the date of grant, typically vest over periods up to 4 years and are typically exercisable up to 10 years.

There were no options granted during the six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively.

The following table summarizes all stock option activity of the Company for the six months ended June 30, 2022:

SCHEDULE OF STOCK OPTION ACTIVITY 

As of June 30, 2022 and 2021, the aggregate intrinsic value of the Company’s outstanding options was minimal. The aggregate intrinsic value will change based on the fair market value of the Company’s common stock.

Warrants

Warrants are issued to third parties as payment for services, debt financing compensation and conversion and in conjunction with the issuance of common stock. The fair value of each common stock warrant issued for services is estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option pricing model.

The following table represents the Company’s warrant activity for the six months ended June 30, 2022:

SCHEDULE OF WARRANT ACTIVITY