Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Stock Options

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Stock Options
3 Months Ended
Nov. 30, 2019
Share-based Payment Arrangement [Abstract]  
Stock Options

13. Stock Options

 

The Company has established its 2007 Equity Incentive Plan, whereby the board of directors may grant up to 412,500 stock options to eligible employees and directors, the 2010 Stock Option Plan whereby the board of directors may, from time to time, grant up to 1,512,500 stock options to officers and employees; the 2014 Stock Option Plan whereby the board of directors may, from time to time, grant up to 2,107,500 stock options to directors, officers, employees, and consultants; and the 2019 Equity Incentive Plan whereby the board of directors may, from time to time, grant up to 7,838,713 stock options to directors, officers, employees, and consultants. Stock options granted must be exercised no later than five years from the date of grant or such lesser period as determined by the Company’s board of directors. The exercise price of an option is equal to or greater than the closing market price of the Company’s common shares on the day preceding the date of grant. The vesting terms of each grant are set by the board of directors.

 

Fiscal 2020 Activity

 

The Company granted in the period ending November 30, 2019:

 

Quantity

 

 

Exercise Price $

 

 

Life (Years)

 

500,000(1)

 

 

 

0.55

 

 

 

5

 

500,000(2)

 

 

 

0.55

 

 

 

5

 

1,000,000

 

 

 

0.55

 

 

 

 

 

            __________

(1)Options granted vest 50,000 on grant and the remainder based on contracted milestones

(2)Options granted vest 250,000 on grant and the remainder based on contracted milestones

 

A continuity schedule for stock options is presented below:

 

 

 

Options

 

 

Weighted

Average Exercise Price

$

 

 

Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term (Years)

 

Aggregate
Intrinsic Value

$

 

Balance August 31, 2018

 

 

4,800,000

 

 

 

0.71

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expired/cancelled

    (1,415,000

)

    0.66    

Exercised

 

 

(430,000 )

 

 

0.15

 

 

 

 

 

 

Granted

 

 

2,048,000

 

 

 

1.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance August 31, 2019

 

 

5,003,000

 

 

 

0.89

 

 

 

 

 

 

Granted

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

 

0.55

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance November 30, 2019 (Outstanding)

 

 

6,003,000  

 

 

0.84

 

 

3.41

 

  931,800

 

Balance November 30, 2019 (Exercisable)

 

 

4,261,341

 

 

 

0.88

 

 

2.94

 

  794,300

 

 

The fair value of options granted was estimated as of the date of the grant by using the Black-Scholes option pricing model with the following assumptions:

 

 

November 30

2019

 

Expected volatility

 

 

96%

 

Risk-free interest rate

 

 

1.66%

 

Expected life

 

 

5 years

 

Dividend yield

 

 

0.00%

 

Estimated fair value per option

$

 

0.39