Stock-based Compensation
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2017
Notes to Financial Statements  
Note 4 - Stock-based Compensation

Stock Incentive Plans

 

Under the Co Diagnostics, Inc. 2015 Long-term Incentive Plan (the “2015 Plan”), the board of directors may issue incentive stock options, share equivalents such as restricted stock awards, stock bonus awards, performance shares and restricted stock units to employees and directors and non-qualified stock options to consultants of the company. Options generally expire ten years after being granted. Options granted vest in accordance with the vesting schedule determined by the board of directors, usually ratably over a three-year vesting schedule upon anniversary date of the grant with the first 1/3 vesting on the grant date. Should an employee terminate before the vesting period is completed, the unvested portion of each grant is forfeited. The Company have used the Black-Scholes valuation model to estimate fair value of our stock-based awards, which requires various judgmental assumptions including estimated stock price volatility, forfeiture rates, and expected life. The 2015 Plan reserves an aggregate of 6,000,000 shares. The number of unissued stock options authorized under the 2015 Plan at June 30, 2017 was 5,738,628.

 

Stock Options

 

There were no options granted in the six months ended June 30, 2017. The fair values for the options granted in the six months ended June 30, 2016 were estimated at the date of grant using the Black Scholes option-pricing model with the following weighted average assumptions:

 

    Six Months
Ended
June 30,
2016
 
Risk free interest rate     1.52 %
Expected life (in years)     5.5  
Expected volatility     95.24 %
Expected dividend yield     0.00 %
Stock price   $ 0.638  

 

The weighted average fair value of options granted during the six months ended June 30, 2016 was $0.44 per share.

 

For the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Company recognized $12,396 of stock based compensation expense recorded in our general and administrative department for options vesting which were granted prior to January 1, 2017.

 

For the six months ended June 30, 2016, the Company recognized $48,750 of stock based compensation expense recorded in our general and administrative department of which (i) $39,222 was for options granted to 10 employees and one consultant of the company to purchase an aggregate of 163,641 shares of our common stock and (ii) $9,527 for the vesting of options granted prior to January 1, 2016.

 

The following table summarizes option activity during the six months and year ended June 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively.

 

   

Options

Outstanding

    Weighted Average Exercise Price     Weighted Average Fair Value    

Weighted Average Remaining Contractual

Life (years)

 
                         
Outstanding at January 1, 2016     136,369     $ 0.55     $ 0.44       9.05  
                                 
Options granted     163,641       0.55       0.44       9.05  
Expired     --       --       --       --  
Forfeited options     (38,638 )     0.55       0.44       8.04  
Exercised     --       --       --       --  
                                 
Outstanding at December 31, 2016     261,372     $ 0.55     $ 0.44       8.63  
                                 
Options granted     --       --       --       --  
Expired     --       --       --       --  
Forfeited options     --       --       --       --  
Exercised     --       --       --       --  
                                 
Outstanding at June 30, 2017     261,372     $ 0.55     $ 0.49       8.13  

 

Warrants

 

The Company estimates the fair value of issued warrants on the date of issuance as determined using a Black-Scholes pricing model. The Company amortizes the fair value of issued warrants using a vesting schedule based on the terms and conditions of each associated underlying contract, as earned. The Black-Scholes valuation model requires various judgmental assumptions including the estimated volatility, risk-free interest rate and expected warrant term. In determining the expected volatility our computation is based the stock prices of three comparable companies and is based on a combination of historical and market-based implied volatility. The risk-free interest rate was based on the yield curve of a zero-coupon U.S. Treasury bond on the date the warrant was issued with a maturity equal to the expected term of the warrant.

 

The following table summarizes warrant activity during the six months and year ended June 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively.

 

   

Warrants

Outstanding

    Weighted Average Exercise Price     Weighted Average Fair Value    

Weighted

Average

Remaining Contractual

Life (years)

 
                         
Outstanding at January 1, 2016     9,090       13.75       0.11       4.90  
                                 
Warrants issued     102,039       8.25       0.01       5.00  
Expired     --       --       --       --  
Forfeited warrants     --       --       --       --  
Exercised     --       --       --       --  
                                 
Outstanding at December 31, 2016     111,129     $ 8.70     $ 0.11       4.91  
                                 
Warrants issued     272,727       0.11       0.54       5.00  
Expired     --       --       --       --  
Forfeited warrants     --       --       --       --  
Exercised     --       --       --       --  
                                 
Outstanding at June 30, 2017     383,856     $ 1.58     $ 0.42       4.75  

 

The following table summarizes information about stock options and warrants outstanding at June 30, 2017.

 

    Outstanding     Exercisable  
         

Weighted

Average

Remaining

   

Weighted

Average

         

Weighted

Average

 

Range of

Exercise Prices

 

Number

Outstanding

   

Contractual

Life (years)

   

Exercise

Price

   

Number

Exercisable

   

Exercise

Price

 
$ 0.11-0.55     534,099       6.48     $ 0.33       483,340     $ 0.30  
  5.10-6.00     111,129       4.41       5.17       111,129       5.17  
$ 0.11-6.00     645,228       6.12     $ 1.16       594,469     $ 1.21  

 

Total unrecognized stock-based compensation was $12,389 at June 30, 2017, which the Company expects to recognize over the next year in accordance with vesting provisions.