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SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2025
Share-Based Payment Arrangement [Abstract]  
SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION

9. SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION

 

In August 2021, Limited adopted the 2021 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan (the “Incentive Plan”). The Incentive Plan provides that the Company may grant Options, Stock Appreciation Rights, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units, and Other Share-Based Awards to selected employees, directors, and independent contractors of the Company.

 

Each Award shall be exercisable at such time or times and subject to such terms and conditions set forth in the Incentive Plan, as shall be determined by the administrator in the applicable award agreement. Total shares authorized by the plan was 2,500,000. Awards under the Incentive Plan are exercisable for up to 10 years from the date of issuance. There are 268,256 remaining available shares to be issued under the Incentive Plan at September 30, 2025. The number of shares of Common Stock that are reserved and available for issuance under the Incentive Plan shall be subject to an annual increase on the first day of each calendar year beginning with the first January 1 following the effective date and ending with the last January 1 during the initial ten-year term of the Plan as defined in Section 4(a) of the Incentive Plan.

 

Options

 

The Company issued 608,500 options during the first quarter of 2025 for employees, directors and non-employees under the Incentive Plan. The options granted had an exercise price of $2.13 and $0.52 and expire on the ten-year anniversary of the grant date.

 

Modification of options

 

On January 3, 2025, the remuneration committee board of directors approved an amendment to 294,500 performance related previously unvested options issued to management, as the refocus of the Company meant that the options would not meet the vesting conditions that were set out. 294,500 replacement options were issued concurrently with time-based vesting conditions, the number of options issued and the exercise price remained the same at $2.13.

 

The fair value of the modified options at the date of modification was determined using the Black-Scholes option pricing model. The fair value of the performance based option charged immediately prior to the modification was $0 (as it was improbable that the vesting conditions would be met), so the incremental fair value is therefore equal to the fair value of the modified award (the value of the modified award compared to its prior zero value) and is recognized over the vesting period of the replacement award.

 

For the nine months ended September 30, 2025, stock option activity for time-based options of the Company is as follows:

 

  

Number of

Time-Based

Share

Options

  

Weighted

Average

Exercise

Price

  

Weighted

Average

Remaining

Contractual

Life (in

years)

  

Aggregate

Intrinsic

Value

 
Outstanding at January 1, 2025   550,711   $1.36    7.87   $7,390 
Issued   608,500    1.56    9.37    251,550 
Exercised   —    —    —    — 
Expired/Forfeited   —    —    —    — 
Outstanding at September 30, 2025   1,159,211   $1.47    8.30   $561,441 
                     
Vested and exercisable September 30, 2025   349,753   $1.52    6.79   $157,091 

 

 

For the nine months ended September 30, 2024, stock option activity for time-based options of the Company is as follows:

 

  

Number of

Time-Based

Share

Options

  

Weighted

Average

Exercise

Price

  

Weighted

Average

Remaining

Contractual

Life (in

years)

  

Aggregate

Intrinsic

Value

 
Outstanding at January 1, 2024   366,615   $1.82    8.14   $15,686 
Issued   201,000    0.49    9.15    — 
Exercised   —    —    —    — 
Expired/Forfeited   (16,904)   1.75    7.42    — 
Outstanding at September 30, 2024   550,711   $1.36    8.13   $— 
                     
Vested and exercisable September 30, 2024   286,086   $1.75    7.42   $— 

 

The Company issued 201,000 options during the first quarter of 2024 for employees, directors and non-employees under the Incentive Plan. The options granted had an exercise price of $0.49 and expire on the ten-year anniversary of the grant date.

 

The fair value of the modified options was determined using the same models and principles as described above.

 

For the nine months ended September 30, 2025, stock option activity for performance-based options of the Company is as follows:

 

  

Number of

Performance-

Based Share

Options

  

Weighted

Average

Exercise

Price

  

Weighted

Average

Remaining

Contractual

Life (in

years)

  

Aggregate

Intrinsic

Value

 
Outstanding at January 1, 2025   894,500   $1.41    8.11   $— 
Issued   —    —    —    — 
Exercised   —    —    —    — 
Expired/Forfeited   (294,500)   (2.13)   (6.45)   — 
Outstanding at September 30, 2025   600,000   $1.06    6.32   $378,000 
                     
Vested and exercisable September 30, 2025   —    —    —    — 

 

For the nine months ended September 30, 2024, stock option activity for performance-based options of the Company are as follows:

 

  

Number of

Performance-

Based Share

Options

  

Weighted

Average

Exercise

Price

  

Weighted

Average

Remaining

Contractual

Life (in

years)

  

Aggregate

Intrinsic

Value

 
Outstanding at January 1, 2024   894,500   $1.41    8.11   $— 
Issued   —    —    —    — 
Exercised   —    —    —    — 
Expired/Forfeited   —    —    —    — 
Outstanding at September 30, 2024   894,500   $1.41    7.36   $— 
                     
Vested and exercisable September 30, 2024   —    —    —    — 

 

 

The aggregate intrinsic value is calculated as the difference between the estimated fair value of the underlying common stock as of September 30, 2025 and the option exercise price.

 

Total share-based compensation was approximately $23,674 and $118,846, respectively, for the three months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively. For the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively, share-based compensation was approximately $65,022 and $50,947, respectively.

 

Total share-based compensation expense is included in General and Administrative expenses on the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations and Other Comprehensive Income.

 

The weighted average grant date fair value for stock options granted durng the nine months ended September 30, 2025 is $0.10. The weighted average grant date fair value for stock options granted during the nine months ended September 30, 2024 is $0.49. The performance-based and time-based stock options are equity-classified.

 

The Company uses the Black-Scholes option pricing model to estimate the fair value of the option awards. The table below summarizes the resulting weighted average inputs used to calculate the estimated fair value of options awarded for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024.

 

   Nine Months Ended September 30, 2025  

Nine Months Ended

September 30, 2024

 
Risk-free interest rate   3.98 to 4.11%   1.80 
Expected dividend yield   —    — 
Expected term   5 years      5 years 
Expected volatility   50.92 to 52.84%   53.43 

 

The risk-free interest rate assumption is determined using the yield currently available on U.S. Treasury zero- coupon issues with a remaining term commensurate with the expected term of the award. The Company has historically been a private company and lacks company-specific historical and implied volatility information. Management has estimated expected volatility based on similar public companies. Expected life of the option represents the period of time options are expected to be outstanding. The estimate for dividend yield is 0% because the Company has not historically paid, and does not intend to pay, a dividend on common stock in the foreseeable future.

 

As of September 30, 2025, there was $474,194 unrecognized compensation expense related to options. $75,640 of this cost is subject to time-based conditions, and is to be recognized over a period of approximately 3.02 years. The remaining $398,555 of unrecognized compensation expense relates to performance-based conditions for unvested options. These costs are expected to be recognized over the required service period once the performance condition has occurred or becomes probable. Compensation costs related to the performance stock options are evaluated at each reporting period and subsequently adjusted for changes in the expected outcomes of the performance conditions.

 

As of September 30, 2024, there was $790,586 unrecognized compensation expense related to options. $97,247 of this cost is subject to time-based conditions, and is to be recognized over a period of approximately 2.8 years. The remaining $693,338 of unrecognized compensation expense relates to performance-based conditions for unvested options. These costs are expected to be recognized over the required service period once the performance condition has occurred or becomes probable. Compensation costs related to the performance stock options are evaluated at each reporting period and subsequently adjusted for changes in the expected outcomes of the performance conditions.

 

Warrants

 

There were no warrants issued during the three months ended September 30, 2025 or 2024.

 

 

For the three months ended September 30, 2025, warrant activity of the Company are as follows:

 

  

Number of

shares

  

Weighted

Average

Exercise

Price

  

Weighted

average

remaining

contractual

life (in years)

  

Aggregate

Intrinsic

Value

 
Outstanding at January 1, 2025   350,000   $1.06    7.07   $— 
Issued   —    —    —    — 
Exercised   —    —    —    — 
Expired/Forfeited   —    —    —    — 
Outstanding at September 30, 2025   350,000   $1.06    6.32   $220,500 

 

For the three months ended September 30, 2024, warrant activity of the Company are as follows:

 

  

Number of

shares

  

Weighted

Average

Exercise

Price

  

Weighted

average

remaining

contractual

life (in years)

  

Aggregate

Intrinsic

Value

 
Outstanding at January 1, 2024   350,000   $1.06    8.07   $— 
Issued   —    —    —    — 
Exercised   —    —    —    — 
Expired/Forfeited   —    —    —    — 
Outstanding at September 30, 2024   350,000   $1.06    7.57   $122,500 
                     
Vested and exercisable September 30, 2024   —    —    —    — 

 

There was no share-based compensation expense recognized during the three months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024 for warrants.

 

As of September 30, 2025 and 2024, there was $232,490 of total performance-based unrecognized compensation costs related to unvested common stock warrants. These costs are expected to be recognized once the performance condition has occurred or becomes probable.