Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

STOCK OPTIONS AND WARRANTS

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STOCK OPTIONS AND WARRANTS
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019
STOCK OPTIONS AND WARRANTS  
Note 14 - STOCK OPTIONS AND WARRANTS

Options

 

On November 13, 2014, our Board of Directors authorized and approved the adoption of the Plan effective November 13, 2014 (2014 Stock Option Plan) under which an aggregate of 20% (290,879 shares) of the issued and outstanding shares may be issued. The plan shall terminate ten years after the plan's adoption by the board of directors. We granted an aggregate 145,000 stock options. As of December 31, 2019, an aggregate total of 145,879 can still be granted under the plan.

 

On June 15, 2016, our board of Directors authorized and approved the adoption of the Equity Incentive Plan effective June 15, 2016 (2016 Equity Incentive Plan) under which an aggregate of 656,250 shares may be issued. The plan shall terminate ten years after the plan's adoption by the board of directors. We granted an aggregate of 330,350 stock options. As of December 31, 2019, an aggregate total of 325,900 options can still be granted under the plan.

 

On May 15, 2018, the Board of Directors approved and adopted the BioCorRx Inc. 2018 Equity Incentive Plan (2018 Stock Option Plan) under which an aggregate of 450,000 shares may be issued. The plan shall terminate ten years after the plan's adoption by the board of directors. The company has granted an aggregate of 347,447 stock options. As of December 31, 2019, an aggregate total of 102,553 can still be granted under the plan.

 

During the year ended December 31, 2019, the Board of Directors approved the grant of 53,280 stock options to consultants valued at $233,111. The term of the options ranges from one to five years, and the vesting period of the options ranges from one to two years.

 

Option valuation models require the input of highly subjective assumptions. The fair value of stock-based payment awards was estimated using the Black-Scholes option model with a volatility figure derived from using the Company's historical stock prices. The Company accounts for the expected life of options based on the contractual life of options for non-employees. For employees, the Company accounts for the expected life of options in accordance with the "simplified" method, which is used for "plain-vanilla" options, as defined in the accounting standards codification. The risk-free interest rate was determined from the implied yields of U.S. Treasury zero-coupon bonds with a remaining life consistent with the expected term of the options.

 

In applying the Black-Scholes option pricing model, the Company used the following assumptions:

 

2019

2018

Risk-free interest rate

2.36% - 2.58%

2.85 %

Expected term (years)

1.00 5.00

5.50

Expected volatility

99.85% - 143.11%

135.18 %

Expected dividends

0.00 0.00

 

The following table summarizes the stock option activity for the year ended December 31, 2019 and 2018:

 

Shares

Weighted-

Average

Exercise

Price

Weighted-

Average

Remaining

Contractual

Term

Aggregate

Intrinsic

Value

Outstanding at January 1, 2018

478,850 $ 4.00 8.9 $ 326,700

Grants

315,000 14.00 5.0 -

Exercised

- - - -

Expired

(2,000 ) 10.00 - -

Outstanding at December 31, 2018

791,850 8.09 7.7 1,188,065

Grants

53,280 6.52 2.5 -

Exercised

- - - -

Expired

(1,500 ) 20.00 - -

Forfeited

(20,833 ) 5.75 - -

Outstanding at December 31, 2019

822,797 $ 8.03 6.5 $ 244,603

Exercisable at December 31, 2019

814,607 $ 8.04 6.6 $ 244,603

 

The aggregate intrinsic value in the preceding tables represents the total pretax intrinsic value, based on options with an exercise price less than the Company's stock price of $2.75 as of December 31, 2019, which would have been received by the option holders had those option holders exercised their options as of that date.

 

The following table presents information related to stock options at December 31, 2019:

 

Options Outstanding

Options Exercisable

Weighted

Weighted

Average

Exercisable

Average

Exercise

Number of

Remaining Life

Number of

Remaining Life

Price

Options

In Years

Options

In Years

$0.01-2.50

330,350

6.5

330,350

6.5

2.51-5.00

35,000

0.6

35,000

0.6

5.01 and up

457,447

7.0

449,257

7.1

822,797

6.5

814,607

6.6

 

The stock-based compensation expense related to option grants was $1,694,653 and $2,349,427 during the year end December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively.

 

As of December 31, 2019, stock-based compensation related to options of $26,999 remains unamortized and is expected to be amortized over the weighted average remaining period of 10.6 months.

 

Warrants

 

The outstanding Warrants contain provisions, often referred to as down-round protection that has led to adjustments of the exercise price and number of underlying warrant shares with respect to future issuances by the Company of its securities, including its common stock or convertible securities or debt securities. On January 1, 2018, the Company adopted ASU 2017-11 by electing the retrospective method to the outstanding financial instruments with a down round feature by means of a cumulative-effect adjustment to the statement of financial position as of the beginning of the fiscal year. Accordingly, the Company reclassified the fair value of the reset provisions embedded in previously issued warrants with embedded anti-dilutive provisions from liability to equity (accumulated deficit) in aggregate of $175,975.

 

The following table summarizes the changes in warrants outstanding and the related prices for the shares of the Company's common stock:

 

Warrants Outstanding

Warrants Exercisable

Exercise Prices

Number Outstanding

Weighted

Average

Remaining

Contractual

Life

(Years)

Weighted

Average

Exercise

Price

Number

Exercisable

Weighted

Average

Remaining

Contractual

Life (Years)

$

20.00

10,000

1.91

$

20

10,000

1.91

100.00

62,500

1.39

100

62,500

1.39

72,500

1.46

$

89.0

72,500

1.46

 

The following table summarizes the warrant activity for the year ended December 31, 2019:

 

Number of

Shares

Weighted

Average

Exercise

Price Per

Share

Outstanding at January 1, 2018

24,300 $ 91.00

Issued

72,500 88.97

Exercised

- -

Expired

(11,550 ) 100.00

Outstanding at December 31, 2018

85,250 $ 79.40

Issued

- -

Exercised

- -

Expired

(12,750 ) 25.00

Outstanding at December 31, 2019

72,500 $ 89.00