Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

STOCK BASED COMPENSATION

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STOCK BASED COMPENSATION
6 Months Ended
May 31, 2012
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STOCK BASED COMPENSATION

   
 

Effective October 30, 2006 the Company adopted the following stock option and stock bonus plans.

   
 

Incentive Stock Option Plan . The Company’s Incentive Stock Option Plan authorizes the issuance of shares of its Common Stock to persons that exercise options granted pursuant to the Plan. Only employees may be granted options pursuant to the Incentive Stock Option Plan. The option exercise price is determined by its directors but cannot be less than the market price of its common stock on the date the option is granted. The Company has reserved 1,000,000 common shares under this plan. No options have been issued under this plan as at May 31, 2012.

   
 

Non-Qualified Stock Option Plan . SDI’s Non-Qualified Stock Option Plan authorizes the issuance of shares of its Common Stock to persons that exercise options granted pursuant to the Plans. SDI’s employees, directors, officers, consultants and advisors are eligible to be granted options pursuant to the Plans, provided however that bona fide services must be rendered by such consultants or advisors and such services must not be in connection with the offer or sale of securities in a capital-raising transaction. By a resolution of the Board of Directors, the Company amended this plan to increase the number of common shares available under this plan from 2,250,000 to 4,500,000 effective October 10, 2007. The Company further amended its Non-Qualified Stock Option Plan to increase the number of Common Shares available under this plan to 5,000,000 and filed an S-8 registration statement on April 10, 2008.

   
 

Stock Bonus Plan . SDI’s Stock Bonus Plan allows for the issuance of shares of common stock to its employees, directors, officers, consultants and advisors. However bona fide services must be rendered by the consultants or advisors and such services must not be in connection with the offer or sale of securities in a capital-raising transaction. The Company has reserved 150,000 common shares under this plan. No options have been issued under this plan as at May 31, 2012.

   
 

Year ended November 30, 2011

   
 

The Company did not issue any options during the year ended November 30, 2011.

   
 

Six months ended May 31, 2012

   
 

On January 4, 2012, the board of directors granted options to three directors to acquire a total of 775,000 common shares, one officer to acquire 20,000 common shares and two consultants to acquire a total of 110,000 common shares. The 905,000 options were issued at an exercise price of $0.13 per share and vest immediately with an expiry term of four years. The fair value of each option used for the purpose of estimating the stock compensation is calculated using the Black-Scholes option pricing model with the following weighted average assumptions:


  Risk free rate 2.00%
  Expected dividends 0%
  Forfeiture rate 0%
  Volatility 206.87%
  Market price of Company’s common stock on date  
  of grant of options $0.13
  Stock-based compensation cost $113,292

As of May 31, 2012 there was $Nil of unrecognized expense related to non-vested stock-based compensation arrangements granted.