10.       Stock Option Plan

In December 2017 our board of directors adopted our 2017 Equity Incentive Plan, or the “2017 Plan.” Our stockholders ratified the 2017 Plan in December 2017. The purpose of the 2017 Plan is to encourage ownership in our company by our officers, directors, employees and consultants, and to incentivize and align the interests of the plan participants with the interests of our stockholders. We have reserved 1,100,000 shares of our common stock for issuance under the 2017 Plan. Grants pursuant to the 2017 Plan may be: i) incentive stock options; ii) non-statutory stock options; iii) stock awards, including shares of our common stock and stock units; and iv) stock appreciation rights.

The board of directors or a committee of the board of directors administers the 2017 Plan. Presently, the 2017 Plan is administered by our board of directors. The term of each plan option and the manner in which it may be exercised is determined by the board of directors or a committee of the board of directors, provided that no option may be exercisable more than 10 years after the date of its grant and, in the case of an incentive option granted to an eligible employee owning more than 10% of the common stock, no more than five years after the date of the grant. The terms of grants or any other type of award under the plan are determined by the board of directors or committee of the board of directors at the time of grant. The 2017 Plan provides that the maximum value of any award during any calendar year cannot exceed $1,000,000.

Any option granted under the plan must provide for an exercise price of not less than 100% of the fair market value of the underlying shares on the date of grant, but the exercise price of any ISO granted under the 2017 Plan to an eligible employee owning more than 10% of our outstanding common stock must not be less than 110% of fair market value on the date of the grant. The 2017 Plan further provides that with respect to ISOs the aggregate fair market value of the common stock underlying the options which are exercisable by any plan participant during any calendar year cannot exceed $100,000. Option awards may provide for the exercise by means of cash, consideration received by us under a broker-assisted sale and remittance program, cashless exercise, any other consideration legally permitted, or a combination of the foregoing. The 2017 Plan administrator may also determine the method of payment of the exercise price at the time the option is being exercised. Grants under the 2017 Plan are not transferable. 

Generally, options which are exercisable at the date of the plan participant’s termination from our employment or severance of the relationship with our company must be exercised within three months of the termination date; the plan administrator may extend the exercise period of the option for a separated plan participant providing that the extended date does not go beyond the original expiration date of the option. Similarly, generally options which are exercisable at the date of the plan participant’s disability or death must be exercised within six months of the termination date in the event of the disability of the plan participant or 12 months following the plan participant’s death. In our discretion, any outstanding options held by a plan participant terminated for cause may be immediately canceled.

In the event there is a “change in control” of our company as defined in the 2017 Plan, as determined by the board of directors or the committee, we may in our discretion: i) provide for the assumption or substitution of, or adjustment (including to the number and type of shares and exercise or purchase price applicable) to, each outstanding award; ii) accelerate the vesting of options and terminate any restrictions on stock awards; and/or iii) provide for termination of awards as a result of the change in control on such terms and conditions as it deems appropriate, including providing for the cancellation of awards for a cash or other payment to the participant.

The number of shares of our common stock underlying any outstanding but unexercised option and the exercise price of that option will be proportionally adjusted in the event of a stock split, stock combinations, dividends, and similar corporate events.

On June 14, 2018, pursuant to the employment agreement with Mr. Mannine, more fully described in Note 8, we issued 100,000 stock options with an exercise price of $0.225. Such options fully vest upon the effectiveness of a registration statement on Form S-1. We determined that the options had an initial fair value of $13,221. We estimated the fair value of these options using the Black-Scholes option pricing model, based on the following assumptions: the recent cash offering price of $0.225 as the estimated fair value of the underlying common stock at the valuation measurement date; no dividend yield for all of the years; expected volatility of 45%; risk-free interest rate of 2.2% and an expected life of 10 years. We amortized the fair value over the period from their issuance on June 14, 2018 through December 7, 2018, the date on which the registration statement was declared effective.

As of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the intrinsic value for option outstanding and exercisable is $27,490 and $0, respectively. As of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the share price is $0.49 and $0.22, respectively.

The following table summarizes information about stock options outstanding and exercisable as of as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024:

As of March 31, 2025

As of December 31, 2024