Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

STOCK BASED COMPENSATION AND WARRANTS

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STOCK BASED COMPENSATION AND WARRANTS
6 Months Ended
May 31, 2019
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STOCK BASED COMPENSATION AND WARRANTS

Effective May 31, 2013, the Company adopted an incentive stock option plan (the “2013 Stock Option Plan”) which replaced the prior stock option and stock bonus plans, as ratified by the Company’s shareholders at the Company’s 2015 annual meeting of shareholders. A maximum of 9,379,857 common shares were reserved for issuance under the 2013 Stock Option Plan.

The Board approved a revised stock option plan (the “Revised Stock Option Plan”) and received stockholder approval at the annual meeting held on December 19, 2017, that will increase the number of shares reserved for issuance under the stock option plan from 9,379,857 to 18,993,274.

The material terms of the Revised Stock Option Plan are as follows:

(a) While the shares are listed on the CSE, options may be granted to employees, senior officers, directors and consultants of the Company or a subsidiary of the Company and to corporations wholly owned by such an employee, senior officer, director or consultant.

(b) The maximum number of common shares which can be issued under the Revised Stock Option Plan will be 18,993,274: provided that, so long as the Company is listed on the CSE, this maximum will be reduced to 20% of the issued and outstanding common shares on December 19, 2017.

(c) The term of any option granted under the Revised Stock Option Plan will be fixed by the board of directors at the time such option is granted, provided that options will not be permitted to exceed a term of ten years.

(d) The exercise price of any options granted under the Revised Stock Option Plan will be determined by the board of directors, in its sole discretion, but shall not be less than the closing price of the shares on the stock exchange on the day preceding the day on which the directors grant such options.

(e) While the shares are listed on the CSE, options will be non-assignable and non-transferable.

(f) So long as the shares are listed on the CSE, options on no more than 2% of the issued shares may be granted to any one consultant, or in aggregate to all persons performing investor relations activities, in any 12-month period.

(g) If the option holder ceases to be someone eligible to receive a grant of options under the Revised Stock Option Plan, then that holder’s existing options shall expire on the earlier of (i) the expiry date fixed at the time of the option grant, and (ii) ninety days after the date that the option holder ceases to be eligible to receive a grant of options under the Revised Stock Option Plan.

Year ended November 30, 2018

Warrants

On October 22, 2018, the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement with several accredited investors to sell $1,275,000 of units at a price of $1,000 per unit, consisting of (i) $1,000 10% interest unsecured convertible promissory note, convertible into the Company’s common stock at a conversion price of $0.15 per share and (ii) four thousand warrants each exercisable for one share of common stock at an exercise price of $0.25 per share on or before the five year anniversary of the issuance. The Company issued 5,100,000 warrants. The relative grant date fair value of these warrants was estimated at $524,089 using the Binomial lattice option pricing model and reflected in additional paid-in capital, with the following assumptions:

  Risk free rate   3.05%  
  Expected dividends   0%  
  Expected volatility   159%  
  Expected life   5 years  
  Market price of the Company’s common stock on date of grant of warrants $  0.14  

Stock Options

On March 27, 2017, the board of directors granted options to Dean Thrasher to acquire a total of 1,150,000 common shares. These options were issued at an exercise price of CAD $0.13 ($0.10) per share and vest thirty-three and one-third (33 1/3) percent every six months commencing January 1, 2017, with an expiry term of five years. The Company expensed stock-based compensation expense of $39,046 regarding the vesting of options during the year ended November 30, 2018, leaving a balance of $nil as unvested stock- based compensation expense.

On April 13, 2018, the board of directors granted 1,500,000 options for shares of the Company’s common stock to the Chief Technology officer (“CTO”), Buys, with exercise price of $0.16 and a trigger price of $0.30, $0.50 and $1.00 for each batch of 500,000 options, respectively. The Company’s stock price must close above the trigger price for 20 days in order for the option to be vested. The options shall have a seven-year life from grant date and Buys must remain employed by the Company for three years for the options to vest. The grant date fair value of the options used for the purpose of estimating the stock compensation is estimated using the Binomial Lattice option pricing model with the following assumptions:

  Risk free rate   2.77%  
  Expected dividends   0%  
  Expected forfeiture rate   0%  
  Expected volatility   190%  
  Expected life   7 years  
  Market price of the Company’s common stock on date of grant of options $  0.15  
  Stock-based compensation cost expensed during the year $  10,568  
  Unvested stock-based compensation expense $  40,159  
 

On October 22, 2018, the board of directors granted 400,000 options to directors and 250,000 options to a consultant for a total of 650,000 options. These options were issued at an exercise price of CAD $0.19 ($0.14) per share and vest immediately with an expiry term of five years. The fair value of each option used for the purpose of estimating the stock compensation is estimated using the Black-Scholes option pricing model with the following assumptions:

  Risk free rate   2.00%  
  Expected dividends   0%  
  Expected forfeiture rate   0%  
  Expected volatility   133%  
  Expected life   5 years  
  Market price of the Company’s common stock on date of grant of options $  0.14  
  Stock-based compensation cost expensed during the year $  79,185  
  Unvested stock-based compensation expense $  Nil  

As of November 30, 2018, there was $40,159 of unrecognized expense related to non-vested stock-based compensation arrangements granted.

Six months ended May 31, 2019

Warrants

On December 3, 2018, the Company issued 750,000 warrants each to two consultants (the “incentive warrants”) to purchase common shares of the Company at a strike price equal to the average trading price of the Company on the OTC QB during the 20 business days proceeding such approval. 50% of the incentive warrants vested upon issuance and the balance will vest on December 31, 2019. The incentive warrants shall have a three-year life. These warrants were issued pursuant to the contracts executed with these two consultants. The grant date fair value of each warrant used for the purpose of estimating the stock compensation is estimated using the Black-Scholes option pricing model with the following assumptions:

  Risk free rate   2.00%  
  Expected dividends   0%  
  Expected forfeiture rate   0%  
  Expected volatility   149%  
  Expected life   3 years  
  Market price of the Company’s common stock on date of grant of warrants $  0.16  
  Stock-based compensation cost expensed $  141,835  
  Unvested stock-based compensation expense $  52,255  

On April 22, 2019 and May 20, 2019, the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement with several accredited investors to sell a total of $2,080,265 of units at a price of $1,000 per unit, consisting of (i) $1,000 10% interest unsecured convertible promissory note, convertible into the Company’s common stock at a conversion price of $0.15 per share and (ii) four thousand warrants each exercisable for one share of common stock at an exercise price of $0.25 per share on or before the five year anniversary of the issuance. The Company issued 8,321,058 warrants. The relative grant date fair value of these warrants was estimated at $888,444 using the Binomial lattice option pricing model and reflected in additional paid-in capital, with the following assumptions:

  Risk free rate   2.21-2.39%  
  Expected forfeiture rate   0%  
  Expected dividends   0%  
  Expected volatility   155-156%  
  Expected life   5 years  
  Market price of the Company’s common stock on date of grant of warrants $  0.15  

Stock Options

On April 13, 2018, the board of directors granted 1,500,000 options for shares of the Company’s common stock to Buys, with an exercise price of $0.16 and a trigger price of $0.30, $0.50 and $1.00 for each batch of 500,000 options, respectively. The Company expensed stock-based compensation of $8,454 during the six-month period ended May 31, 2019.

On May 21, 2019, the Company granted 120,000 options to an employee. These options were issued at an exercise price of CAD $0.19 ($0.14) per share and vested immediately with an expiry term of five years. The grant date fair value of each option used for the purpose of estimating the stock compensation is estimated using the Black-Scholes option pricing model with the following assumptions:

  Risk free rate   2.00%  
  Expected dividends   0%  
  Expected forfeiture rate   0%  
  Expected volatility   133%  
  Expected life   5 years  
  Market price of the Company’s common stock on date of grant of options $  0.14  
  Stock-based compensation cost expensed $  14,621  
  Unvested stock-based compensation expense $  Nil  
 
As of May 31, 2019, there was $83,959 of unrecognized expense related to non-vested stock-based compensation arrangements granted.