Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Stock Options

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Stock Options
9 Months Ended
May 31, 2020
Share-based Payment Arrangement [Abstract]  
Stock Options

13.        Stock Options

 

The Company has established the 2014 Stock Option Plan whereby the board of directors may, from time to time, grant up to 1,997,500 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.

 

During the period ending May 31, 2020 the formerly established 2007 Equity Incentive Plan and the 2010 Stock Option Plan were cancelled. Outstanding options were cancelled and reissued under the 2019 Equity Incentive Plan.

 

The Company granted the following options during the quarter ended May 31, 2020:

 

Quantity

 

 

Exercise Price $

 

 

Life (Years)

 

2,538,000

 

 

 

0.32

 

 

 

5

 

700,000

 

 

 

0.34

 

 

 

5

 

3,238,000(1)

 

 

 

0.32

 

 

 

5

            

(1)  3,092,000 vested on grant, 146,000 vest annually over 2 years until fully vested.

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

Cancelled/expired

    (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

 

 

 

 

 

Cancelled/expired

   

(4,193,000

)    

0.98

         

Exercised

   

(110,000

)    

0.10

         

Granted

 

 

4,848,000

 

 

 

0.39

 

 

 

 

 

Balance May 31, 2020 (Outstanding)

 

 

5,548,000  

 

 

0.40

 

 

4.23

 

  71,000

Balance May 31, 2020 (Exercisable)

 

 

5,282,000

 

 

 

0.39

 

 

4.31

 

  71,000

 

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:
 

 

 

May 31

2020

 

Expected volatility

 

 

95%-96% 

 

Risk-free interest rate

 

 

0.35%—1.68%

 

Expected life

 

 

5 years

 

Dividend yield

 

 

0.00%

 

Estimated fair value per option

 

 

$0.22 - $0.39