Equity

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2022

Equity [Abstract]

Equity

Note 8 – Equity

Authorized Equity

The Company is authorized to issue up to 100,000,000 shares of common stock and 10,000,000 of undesignated preferred stock. No preferred shares have been issued as of the date of this report. Holders of the Company’s common stock are entitled to receive dividends when authorized by the Company’s Board of Directors.

Equity Issuances

On April 25, 2019, the Company raised $1,000,000 by issuing 50,000 Units with each Unit being comprised of one share of its Common Stock and one warrant to purchase one share of its common stock. Each Unit was sold for a price of $20.00 per Unit. The shares of the Company’s common stock and warrants included in the Units, were offered together, but the securities included in the Units are issued separately. The warrants are exercisable at a price of $20.00 per share of common stock, subject to adjustment in certain circumstances, and will expire seven years from the date of issuance.

On November 13, 2020, the Company raised $1,000,000 by issuing 50,000 Units with each Unit being comprised of one share of its Common Stock and one warrant to purchase one share of its common stock. Each Unit was sold for a price of $20.00 per Unit. The shares of the Company’s common stock and warrants included in the Units, were offered together, but the securities included in the Units are issued separately. The warrants are exercisable at a price of $20.00 per share of common stock, subject to adjustment in certain circumstances, and will expire seven years from the date of issuance.

On September 8, 2021, the Company issued and sold, in an underwritten public offering (the “Public Offering”), 1,500,000 Units, with each unit consisting of one share of common stock, and one warrant to purchase one share of common stock (the “Investor Warrants”). As part of the Public Offering, the Company entered into an agreement with the Chief Executive Officer ("CEO") to redeem 112,500 shares of common stock for $100 which was paid to the CEO which was recorded in accounts payable – related party at December 31, 2021. As of December 31, 2021 these shares had been physically returned to the Company's transfer agent and cancelled and the CEO was paid during the three months ended March 31, 2022.

On September 30, 2021, the Company issued and sold as part of the underwriter’s Over-Allotment Option an additional 165,000 Units. The units were sold to the public at the price of $10.00 per unit and generated net proceeds of $13.8 million, net of underwriter discounts and other financing costs incurred since inception. The Investor Warrants issued in the offering entitle the holder to purchase one share of common stock at a price equal to $10.00 for a period of five years.

On September 12, 2022, the Company issued 200,000 shares of common stock at $6.00 per share in accordance with the Redemption Agreement as discussed in Note 7 - Non-Controlling Interests, and recorded the stock at par value of $2,000 with the remaining $1,198,000 to Additional paid in capital.
 

During the nine months ended September 30, 2022, the Company expensed approximately $138,000 of stock issuance costs originally recorded to Deferred Financing Costs for professional fees incurred for filings no longer intended.

Warrants

Investor Warrants may be exercised on a cashless basis if there is no effective registration statement available for the resale of the shares of common stock underlying such warrants. In addition, after 120 days after the Investor Warrants are issued, any Investor Warrant may be exercised on a cashless basis for 10% of the shares of common stock underlying the Investor Warrant if the volume-weighted average trading price of the Company’s shares of common stock on Nasdaq was at any time below the then-effective exercise price of the Investor Warrant for 10 consecutive trading days. During the nine months ended September 30, 2022, 688,330 Investor Warrants were exercised on a cashless basis resulting in the issuance of 68,833 shares of common stock.

In addition, the Company issued to Maxim Group LLC (or its designee) warrants to purchase an aggregate of 149,850 shares of common stock, which is equal to an aggregate of 9% of the number of shares of common stock sold in the Public Offering (the “Representative’s Warrants”). The Representative’s Warrants have an exercise price equal to $12.50, may be exercised on a cashless basis and became exercisable six months following the closing date and until September 2, 2026.

The Company has 1,226,520 warrants outstanding and exercisable as of September 30, 2022, subject to certain circumstances, and which will expire five to seven years from the date of issuance, as follows.

	As of September 30,
Issue Date	2022
April 25, 2019 at an exercise price of $20.00		50,000
November 13, 2020 at an exercise price of $20.00		50,000
September 8, 2021 at an exercise price of $10.00		811,670
September 8, 2021 at an exercise price of $12.50		135,000
September 30, 2021 at an exercise price of $10.00		165,000
September 30, 2021 at an exercise price of $12.50		14,850
		1,226,520

The following is a summary of warrants outstanding as of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021:

	Warrants			Weighted Average Price		Weighted Average Remaining Life
As of December 31, 2021		1,914,850		$	10.72		4.7
Issuances		-			-		-
Exercised		(688,330	)		10.00		-
As of September 30, 2022		1,226,520		$	11.12		4.0
Warrants exercisable	$	1,226,520		$	11.12		4.0

There was no intrinsic value for the warrants as of September 30, 2022 or December 31, 2021.

Stock Compensation

Generation Income Properties, Inc. 2020 Omnibus Incentive Plan

In connection with the Public Offering, the Company's Board of Directors adopted and stockholders approved, the Generation Income Properties, Inc. 2020 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “Omnibus Incentive Plan”), which became effective upon the completion of the Public Offering. The Omnibus Incentive Plan reserves 2.0 million shares of common stock for stock options, stock appreciation rights, performance shares, performance units, shares of common stock, restricted stock, restricted stock units, cash incentive awards, dividend equivalent units, or any other type of award permitted under the Omnibus Incentive Plan. As of September 30, 2022, 76,449 shares had been granted under the Omnibus Incentive Plan.

Restricted Common Shares issued to the Board and Employees

•On July 15, 2019, the board of directors granted 2,500 restricted shares to each of the two independent directors that vest every 12 months on an annual basis over 36 months. The award is valued at $50,000 for each grant and was based on the equity pricing issuance of $20.00 per share. The pro-rated vested share restriction will be removed upon the annual anniversary of the award. The 1,668 and 1,666 restricted shares were issued to the two directors in September 2020 and September 2021, respectively and another 1,666 restricted shares were issued to the two directors in September 2021.

•On February 3, 2020, the board of directors granted 2,500 restricted shares to two new independent directors that vest every 12 months on an annual basis over 36 months. The award is valued at $50,000 for each grant and was based on the equity pricing issuance of $20.00 per share. The pro-rated vested share restrictions will be removed upon the annual anniversary of the award. The 1,666 unrestricted shares were issued to the two directors in February 2021 and another 3,334 restricted shares were issued to the two directors in September 2021.

•On February 3, 2020, the board of directors granted 6,250 restricted shares to its former chief financial officer that will vest every 12 months on an annual basis over 36 months. The award is valued at $125,000 and was based on the equity pricing issuance of $20.00 per share. The pro-rated vested share restrictions will be removed upon the annual anniversary of the award. The 2,083 unrestricted shares were issued to the chief financial officer in February 2021 and another 4,167 restricted shares were issued to the chief financial officer in September 2021. Of the remaining 4,167 restricted shares half were vested upon the anniversary of the award and the remaining shares were vested on the same date in connection with his departure from the company.

•On January 6, 2021, the board granted 14,000 restricted shares to directors, officers and employees effective January 1, 2021 valued at $20.00 per share that vest annually over 3 years. The pro-rated vested share restrictions will be removed upon the annual anniversary of the award. The 14,000 restricted shares were issued to the directors, officers and employees in September 2021.

•On January 6, 2022, the board granted 47,142 restricted shares to directors, officers and employees effective March 1, 2022 valued at $7.00 per share that vest annually over 1 year. The vested share restrictions will be removed upon the first annual anniversary of the award. The 47,142 restricted shares were issued to the directors, officers and employees in March 2022.

•On April 12, 2022, the board granted 357 restricted shares to a non-employee for chaplain services rendered effective April 16, 2022 valued at $7.06 per share that vest over 1 year. The vested share restrictions will be removed upon the first annual anniversary of the award. The 357 restricted shares were issued in April 2022.

The following is a summary of restricted shares for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021:

	2022			2021
Number of Shares Outstanding		23,167			14,582
Restricted Shares Issued		47,499			14,000
Restricted Shares Vested		(10,500	)		(3,749	)
Number of Shares Outstanding		60,166			24,833

The Company recorded stock based compensation expense of $328,913 and $186,636 during the nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively.

Common stock issued for services

Pursuant to an amended employment agreement in which the Company's former chief financial officer waived his right to cash compensation in lieu of being awarded 550 restricted shares of common stock each month until the closing of an initial underwritten public offering, the Company issued the chief financial officer 2,200 shares of stock in March 2021 representing four months of compensation from December 2020 to March 2021.

Common Shareholders Cash Distributions

While the Company is under no obligation to do so, the Company expects to continue to declare and pay distributions to its stockholders for the foreseeable future. The issuance of a distribution will be determined by the Company's board of directors based on the Company's financial condition and such other factors as the Company's board of directors deems relevant. The Company has not established a minimum distribution, and the Company's charter does not require that the Company issue distributions to its stockholders other than as necessary to meet REIT qualification standards.

The following is a summary of distributions to common shareholders and Operating Partnership unit holders for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021:

Authorized Date	Record Date	Per Share/Unit
June 27, 2022	September 15, 2022	$	0.054
June 27, 2022	August 15, 2022	$	0.054
June 27, 2022	July 15, 2022	$	0.054
March 15, 2022	June 15, 2022	$	0.054
March 15, 2022	May 15, 2022	$	0.054
March 15, 2022	April 15, 2022	$	0.054
December 10, 2021	March 15, 2022	$	0.054
December 10, 2021	February 15, 2022	$	0.054
December 10, 2021	January 15, 2022	$	0.054
August 25, 2021	August 31, 2021	$	0.325
February 26, 2021	March 15, 2021	$	0.325

* Through June 2022, the Company's CEO waived his right to receive distributions with respect to the shares held by him as of the completion of the Public Offering.