(8) STOCK OPTIONS

On April 1, 2013, the Company granted a 5,000 share stock option to a former director, Jini Suttner. Ms. Suttner was a founder and a director of ANEW LIFE and was designated as a director of Sundance Strategies on the closing of the ANEW LIFE Merger on March 29, 2013, but resigned on April 1, 2013. The stock option was granted as compensation for her service, in conjunction with its planned adoption of a stock option or similar plan to be adopted in the near future for the benefit of employees, officers and directors that will outline the terms and conditions of the stock option, not, however, to have any effect on the grant date, the exercise price or vesting that have been approved. The stock option has an exercise price of $0.77 per share, which vested immediately, and a contractual term of five years.

The Company valued these options using the Black-Scholes option pricing model applying the simplified method for the expected term under the following assumptions: $1.0294 market price, $0.77 exercise price, 2.5 years expected life, 73% expected volatility, 0.30% risk free rate.

On April 5, 2013, the Company issued 1,700,000 stock options to certain officers, employees, members of the Board of Directors of the Company and in conjunction with its planned adoption of a stock option or similar plan to be adopted in the near future for the benefit of employees, officers and directors, not, however, to have any effect on the grant date, the exercise price or vesting that have been approved. The stock options have an exercise price of $0.77 per share. All options have a contractual term of five years.

The 1,500,000 stock options vest in several tranches, wherein 937,500 vested on the grant date, and the remaining 562,500 stock options vest in equal tranches of 187,500 stock options on the grant date anniversary for the following three years. The Company valued the 1,500,000 options using the Black-Scholes option pricing model applying the simplified method under the following assumptions: $1.0294 market price, $0.77 exercise price, 3.5 years expected life, 68% volatility, .51% risk free rate.

The 200,000 stock options granted, 50,000 vested as of the grant date, and the remaining 150,000 stock options vesting in equal tranches on the grant date anniversary for the following three years. The Company valued the 200,000 options using the Black-Scholes option pricing model applying the simplified method under the following assumptions: $1.0294 market price, $0.77 exercise price, 3.5 years expected life, 68% volatility, .51% risk free rate.

On April 5, 2013, the Company also issued 80,000 stock options to non-employees which vest immediately. The Company records the stock-based compensation awards issued to non-employees and other external entities for goods and services at either the fair market value of the goods received or services rendered or the instruments issued in exchange for such services, whichever is more readily determinable, using the measurement date guidelines enumerated in FASB ASC 505-50-30. The Company valued the 80,000 options using the Black-Scholes option pricing model under the following assumptions: $1.0294 market price, $0.77 exercise price, 5 years expected life, 79% volatility, .68% risk free rate.

The Company has recorded stock-based compensation expense of $625,782 related to these options for the three months ended June 30, 2013.


Date Issued	Number of Options	Weighted Average Exercise Price		Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value		Remaining Contractual Term	Intrinsic Value
Balance March 31, 2013	-	$	-	$	-	-	$	-
Granted	1,785,000		0.77		0.96	4.80		463,029
Exercised	-		-		-	-		-
Cancelled/Expired	-		-		-	-		-
Outstanding as of June 30, 2013	1,785,000	$	0.77	$	0.96	4.80	$	7,550,550
Exercisable	1,072,500	$	0.77	$	0.96	4.80	$	4,536,675

The remaining $409,016 will be recognized ratably over the weighted average service period of three years.