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Note 8 - Stockholders' Equity
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2025
Notes to Financial Statements  
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8. STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY

 

Common Stock

 

The Company has 25,000,000 common equity shares authorized, and a total of 3,472,491 are issued and outstanding, including 745,536 common equity shares held in treasury.

 

On May 27, 2022, William Hambrecht, CEO converted a total of $824,269 of debt and accrued interest for 404,054 shares of Ironstone Properties, Inc. common stock at a price of $2.04 per share.

 

On June 6, 2022 Board of Director member Harold Bradley purchased 121,212 new issue common shares from the Company for a total of $200,000 at a price of $1.65 per share.

 

Treasury Stock

 

On September 15, 2003, the Board of Directors authorized the Company to purchase 745,536 shares of Company common stock at $0.70 per share for an aggregate purchase price of $521,875. The repurchase represented 50.11% of the issued and outstanding shares of the Company. During the year ended December 31, 2008, the Company paid $699 for fractional Treasury shares. As of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the treasury shares are held by the Company.

 

Preferred Stock

 

The Company is authorized to issue up to five million shares of preferred stock without further shareholder approval; the rights, preferences and privileges of which would be determined at the time of issuance. No shares have been issued as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024.

 

Stock Option Plans

 

On April 29, 2021 the Company revised its 2013 Equity Incentive Plan. As of April 29, 2021, an additional 175,000 options were granted under the Plan, with an exercise price of $1.99 per share, which is based on the weighted average price for the trailing six-month average price and an illiquidity discount of 15%. The options vest straight line over three years and expire seven years following the grant date. The options are amortized over the three-year vesting period. The fair value of these options granted under the Plan were estimated using the Black-Scholes model with the following price and assumptions: Stock Price $2.34, Exercise Price $1.99, Time to Maturity 3 years, Risk-free Interest Rate 0.35%, Annualized Volatility 185%. The plan provides for incentive stock options to be granted at times and prices determined by the Company’s Board of Directors. The stock options are to be granted to directors, officers and employees of the Company, as well as certain consultants and other persons providing services to the Company.

 

For the three months ended March 31, 2025 the Company recorded share-based compensation expense related to stock options in the amount of $104,178.

 

On February 5, 2024, 50,000 Stock Options were granted to the Company's Chief Financial Officer Robert Hambrecht at an exercise price of $2.00 per share.

 

Operating Earnings (Loss) Per Share

 

Basic net income (loss) per share is computed by dividing the net income (loss) by the weighted number of shares of common stock outstanding during the period. Diluted net income (loss) per share is computed by dividing the net income (loss) for the period by the weighted average number of common and dilutive potential common shares outstanding during the period, if dilutive. Potentially dilutive common equivalent shares are composed of the incremental common shares issuable upon the exercise of stock options. The following is the computations of the basic and diluted net income per share and from operations and the dilutive common stock equivalents for the periods presented:

 

   

Quarters Ended

 
   

March 31,

2025

   

March 31,

2024

 

Numerator:

               

Net Operating Gain (Loss)

  $ (76,387 )   $ (122,209 )

Denominator:

               

Weighted average shares outstanding - basic

    2,726,955       2,726,955  

Effect of dilutive potential shares

    395,000       345,000  

Shares outstanding - diluted

    3,121,955       3,071,955  
                 

Net loss per share - basic

  $ (0.03 )   $ (0.04 )

Net loss per share - diluted

  $ (0.02 )   $ (0.04 )

 

Comprehensive Earnings (Loss) Per Share

 

Comprehensive earnings include Operating earnings (loss) above, and securities and options investments held mark-to-market gains (loss).

 

   

Quarters Ended

 
   

March 31,

2025

   

March 31,

2024

 

Numerator:

               

Comprehensive Earnings (Loss)

  $ (76,387 )   $ (122,209 )

Denominator:

               

Weighted average shares outstanding - basic

    2,726,955       2,726,955  

Effect of dilutive potential shares

    395,000       345,000  

Shares outstanding - diluted

    3,121,955       3,071,955  
                 

Net loss per share - basic

  $ (0.03 )   $ (0.04 )

Net loss per share - diluted

  $ (0.02 )   $ (0.04 )