Stock Based Compensation

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

Notes to Financial Statements

Stock Based Compensation

10. STOCK BASED COMPENSATION

During the periods ended September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010 the Company granted restricted stock to independent contractors and consultants.

Restricted Stock Grants

Our 1999 Restricted Share Plan terminated automatically pursuant to the terms of its agreement on March 1, 2009.

Our 2000 Restricted Share Plan terminated automatically pursuant to the terms of its agreement on March 15, 2010.

On April 2, 2010 the Company adopted its 2010 Equity Incentive Plan. Reserved for equity issuances under the Equity Incentive Plan are 50,000,000 shares of our common stock. No equity issuances have been made from the 2010 Equity Incentive Plan.

On June 1, 2010 the Company adopted its 2010 Service Provider Stock Compensation Plan. Reserved for equity issuances under the Service Provider Stock Compensation Plan are 50,000,000 shares of our common stock. No equity issuances were made during the reporting period from the 2010 Service Provider Stock Compensation Plan.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and the year ended December 31, 2010, the Company issued the following compensatory shares outside of its existing Stock Option and Restricted Share Plans at the discretion of the Board of Directors:

	2011				2010
	Number of		Expense		Number of		Expense
	Shares		Recognized		Shares		Recognized
Officers and employees		7,000,000	$	46,200		500,000	$	15,000
Independent contractors and consultants		11,459,100		57,150		10,919,810		184,095
Total		18,459,100	$	103,350		11,419,810	$	199,095

Independent contractors and consultants’ expense was based on the estimated value of services rendered or the value of the common stock issued, if more appropriate.

Stock Options and Warrants

Our 1999 Employee Stock Option Plan terminated automatically pursuant to the terms of its agreement on March 1, 2009. Footnote 10 in our Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009 should have reported that 1,346 stock options (adjusted for the stock split in 2008) were expired as of March 1, 2009. Instead, the stock option table in Footnote 10 incorrectly reported these options as being outstanding at December 31, 2009.

On April 2, 2010, the Company adopted its 2010 Equity Incentive Plan, which authorized, among other forms of incentives, the issuance of stock options. Reserved for equity issuances under the 2010 Equity Incentive Plan are 50,000,000 shares of our common stock. No equity issuances have been made from the 2010 Equity Incentive Plan. Stock options, which may be tax qualified and non-qualified, are exercisable for a period of up to ten years at prices at or above market prices as established on the date of the grant.