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Note 9 - Stock Option and Stock Plans
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019
Notes to Financial Statements  
Share-based Payment Arrangement [Text Block]
9
. Stock Option and Stock Plans
 
On
September 26, 2018,
the Company’s Board of Directors adopted the Amarillo Biosciences, Inc.,
2018
Employee Stock Option Plan (the
“2018
-ESOP”). The
2018
-ESOP provides for the grant of Qualified Incentive Stock Options to the Company’s employees. The Board, in its adoption of the
2018
-ESOP, directed the Officers to submit the
2018
-ESOP to the shareholders for ratification and approval at the next scheduled shareholders meeting. Failure of the ratification and approval of the
2018
-ESOP within
one
year of the effective date renders the qualified options to become nonqualified options for purposes of the U.S Internal Revenue Code. The
2018
-ESOP is administered by the Board of Directors of ABI or by a committee of directors appointed by the Board of Directors of ABI (the “Stock Option Committee”) as constituted from time to time. The maximum number of shares of Common Stock which
may
be issued under the
2018
-ESOP is
six million
(
6,000,000
) common stock shares which will be reserved for issuance subject to options.
 
The option price per share of Common Stock deliverable upon the exercise of an Incentive Stock Option is
100%
of the fair market value of a share of Common Stock on the date the Incentive Stock Option is granted. The option price is
$0.38
per share and the options are exercisable during a period of
ten
(
10
) years from the date of grant, where the options vest
20%
annually over
five
(
5
) years, commencing
one
(
1
) year from date of grant. If an option grantee owns or controls over
ten
percent (
10%
) of the outstanding stock, then pursuant to Section
424
(d) of the Code, the option price becomes
110%
of fair market value,
$0.418;
the term of exercise becomes
five
(
5
) years from
ten
(
10
); and the vesting period decreases from
five
(
5
) years to
four
(
4
) years.
 
Since approval of the
“2018
-ESOP” on
September 26, 2018
through the date this document was filed,
no
stockholders meeting has been convened. As a result of the stockholders
not
having ratified the
“2018
-ESOP”, the qualified options automatically became non-qualified options on
September 26, 2019.
All other terms and conditions of the plan remain the same.
 
On
September 26, 2018,
the Company’s Board of Directors adopted the Amarillo Biosciences, Inc.,
2018
Officers, Directors, Employees, and Consultants Nonqualified Stock Option Plan (the
“2018
-NQSOP”). The
2018
-NQSOP provides for the grant of Nonqualified Incentive Stock Options to the Company’s employees. The
2018
-NQSOP is administered by the Board of Directors of ABI or by the Stock Option Committee as constituted from time to time. The maximum number of shares of Common Stock which
may
be issued under the
2018
-NQSOP is
twenty million
(
20,000,000
) common stock shares which will be reserved for issuance subject to options. The option price for the Nonqualified Options is
$0.38
exercisable for a period of
ten
(
10
) years, with a vesting period of
five
(
5
) years at
20%
per year commencing
one
(
1
) year from date of grant. There are
no
changes in terms or conditions for shareholders who own or control over
ten
percent (
10%
) of the outstanding stock.
 
Equity Compensation Plan Information:
 
Stock Plans
1
Issue Date Range
 
Total Shares Authorized
   
Shares
Issued
   
Shares Remaining
 
2008 Stock Incentive Plan
5/23/08 – 10/11/11
   
600,000
     
463,420
     
136,580
 
Amarillo Biosciences, Inc., 2018 Employee Stock Option Plan
2
9/26/18 – 9/26/28
   
6,000,000
     
850,000
     
5,150,000
 
Amarillo Biosciences, Inc., 2018 Officers, Directors, Employees, and Consultants Nonqualified Stock Option Plan
9/26/18 – 9/26/28
   
20,000,000
     
3,807,000
     
16,193,000
 
1
The Board of Directors has approved all stock, stock option and stock warrant issuances.
2
On
September 26, 2019,
all Qualified Options became non-qualified options since the
2018
-ESOP was
not
ratified by the stockholders.
 
Whether qualified or nonqualified, when options are exercised, the ABI Common Stock shares will be issued pursuant to Rule
144A
meaning that the shares cannot be traded or otherwise exchanged for a minimum period of
six
months from issue date.
 
A summary of option activity for the years ended
December 31, 2018
and
December 31, 2019
are presented below.
 
Date
 
Number of
Options
   
Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
   
Weighted
Average
Remaining Contractual
Term
(in years)
   
Aggregate
Intrinsic
Value
 
Balance December 31, 2017
   
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
 
Granted
   
4,945,000
    $
0.38
     
-
     
-
 
Exercised
   
-
     
-
   
 
-
     
-
 
Expired or Forfeited
   
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
 
Balance December 31, 2018
   
4,945,000
    $
0.38
   
9
     
-
 
Granted
   
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
 
Exercised
   
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
 
Forfeited
   
288,000
    $
0.38
     
-
     
-
 
Balance December 31, 2019
   
4,657,000
    $
.038
   
8
     
-
 
Total vested December 31, 2019
   
1,217,375
    $
.038
   
8
     
-
 
* There is
one
stock owner over
10%
currently holding
500,000
qualified options. The exercise price for this option-holder would be
$0.418
with an exercise period of
5
years and a vesting period of
4
years at
25%
per year.
 
The Company used the Black-Scholes option pricing model to value the option awards with the following assumptions applied: (
1
) Volatility –
276%;
(
2
) Term –
5
years was chosen although the full option term is
10
years to be more commensurate with the
5
-year vesting portion of the plan; (
3
) Discount –
2.96%
 
As of
December 31, 2019,
there
$1,308,932
in unrecognized option expense that will be recognized over the next
3.75
years.
 
Directors, officers, employees and consultants did
not
exercise any options in
2019
or
2018.