Stock Options

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2019

Share-based Payment Arrangement [Abstract]

Stock Options

12. Stock Options

The Board of Directors adopted the Park Place Energy Corp. 2013 Long-Term Incentive Equity Plan (the “Incentive Plan” or “2013 Plan”) effective as of October 29, 2013. The Incentive Plan permits grants of stock options (including incentive stock options and nonqualified stock options), stock appreciation rights, restricted stock awards, and other stock-based awards.

The Incentive Plan authorizes the following types of awards:

● incentive stock options and nonqualified stock options to purchase Common Stock at a set price per share;

● stock appreciation rights (“SARs”) to receive upon exercise Common Stock or cash equal to the appreciation in value of a share of Common Stock;

● restricted stock, which are shares of Common Stock granted subject to a restriction period and/or a condition which, if not satisfied, may result in the complete or partial forfeiture of the shares;

● other stock-based awards, which provide for awards denominated in or payable in, valued in whole or in part by reference to, or otherwise based on or related to, shares of Common Stock of the Company, which may include performance shares or options and restricted stock units which provide for shares to be issued or cash to be paid upon the lapse of predetermined restrictions.

Under the 2013 Plan, the maximum number of shares of authorized stock that may be delivered is 10% of the total number of shares of common stock issued and outstanding of the Company as determined on the applicable date of grant of an award under the 2013 Plan. Under the 2013 Plan, the exercise price of each option (or other stock-based award) shall not be less than the market price of the Company’s stock as calculated immediately preceding the day of the grant. The vesting schedule for each option or other stock-based award shall be specified by the Board of Directors at the time of grant. The maximum term of options or other stock-based award granted is ten years or such lesser time as determined by the Board of Directors at the time of grant.

A continuity of the Company’s outstanding stock options for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 is presented below:

	Number of options			Weighted average exercise price
Outstanding, December 31, 2018		4,565,000		$	0.13
Granted		3,800,000			0.13
Expired		(115,000	)		0.10
Outstanding, September 30, 2019		8,250,000		$	0.13

At September 30, 2019, the Company had the following outstanding stock options:

Number		Exercise Price		Expiry Date	Number Vested
	100,000	$	0.19	March 14, 2020		100,000
	900,000	$	0.18	March 26, 2021		900,000
	1,000,000	$	0.12	September 15, 2022		1,000,000
	2,450,000	$	0.12	October 24, 2023		2,450,000
	3,800,000	$	0.12	September 19, 2024		3,800,000
	8,250,000					8,250,000

As of September 30, 2019, all stock options have fully vested. The weighted average remaining contractual life of outstanding stock options is 4.03 years (December 31, 2018: 3.87). The aggregate intrinsic value of the stock options at September 30, 2019 is $Nil (December 31, 2018: $Nil).

For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, there were $379,225 in stock-based compensation and $58,500 related to restricted stock units (RSUs). Per the terms of the RSU agreements, all of the RSUs awarded vest on the date of grant, September 20, 2019, and a total of 585,000 RSUs are to be issued. Each RSU consists of one common share of the Company. The total value of RSUs included in ‘stock to be issued’ is $58,500. As a result, the RSUs are recognized immediately. There was no compensation expense related to stock options and restricted stock units recognized during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018. At September 30, 2019, the Company has no unrecognized compensation expense related to stock options and restricted stock units. At September 30, 2019, no RSUs remain.

The fair value of stock-based compensation is calculated using the Black-Scholes model with the following assumptions:

	2019
Grant date		September 20, 2019
Stock price		0.10
Exercise price		0.125
Expected life in years		5
Annualized volatility		278	%
Annual rate of quarterly dividends		0	%
Discount rate – bond equivalent yield		1.61	%