Note 8 - Stockholders' Equity |
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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 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 December 31, 2025 and 2024, the treasury shares were held by the Company.
Preferred Stock
The Company is authorized to issue up to million shares of preferred stock without further shareholder approval; the rights, preferences and privileges of which would be determined at the time of issuance. shares have been issued as of December 31, 2025 and 2024.
Stock-Based Compensation
Ironstone recognized stock-based compensation expense of $66,183 during the year ended December 31, 2025. As of December 31, 2025, Ironstone had an aggregate of $66,909 of stock-based compensation remaining to be amortized to expense over the remaining requisite service period of the underlying options. Ironstone currently expects this stock-based compensation balance to be amortized as follows: $63,884 in 2026 and $3,025 in 2027.
Stock Option Plans
On April 29, 2021 the Company revised its 2013 Equity Incentive Plan. As of December 31, 2025, an additional 225,000 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 years and expire 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.
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.
For the year ended December 31, 2025 the Company recorded share-based compensation expense related to stock options in the amount of $66,183.
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