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Common Shares and Warrants

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Common Shares and Warrants
3 Months Ended
Nov. 30, 2016
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Common Shares and Warrants

Fiscal 2017 Activity

On October 11, 2016, pursuant to its agreement with Docherty Management Ltd. (Note 17), the Company issued 252,000 restricted common shares with a value of $35,760.

On October 11, 2016, pursuant to the Advisory Agreement (Note 17), the Company issued 750,000 warrants with an exercise price of $0.14 per share and term of five years, in return for consulting services provided in August, September, and October. The Company recognized the fair value of $32,252 from 250,000 of such warrants for services received during the month of August 2016, during the year ended August 31, 2016, and during the three months ended November 30, 2016, further recognized $59,490 for the remaining 500,000 warrants issued in return for consulting services received during the months of September and October 2016.

The Company reached an agreement with a director to settle the outstanding amount pursuant to a marketing agreement (Note 17), through issuance of common shares of the Company. To settle the outstanding amount of $16,000 for four months to October 31, 2016, the Company issued 114,286 shares of its common stock at a value of $0.14 per share, on October 11, 2016. A total of $8,000 of the $16,000 was recognized as consulting fees during the year ended August 31, 2016.

On October 27, 2016, the Company issued 56,250 shares of its common stock in settlement of $9,000, recognized within accounts payable and accrued liabilities as at August 31, 2016.

On November 1, 2016, a total of 55,000 incentive stock options were exercised for proceeds of $12,500.

On November 1, 2016, the Company issued 500,000 warrants to a consultant. Each warrant entitles the consultant to purchase one common share of the Company at a price of $0.31 per share with a term expiring on May 31, 2017. The Company recognized $48,313, representing the fair value of such warrants, during the three months ended November 30, 2016.

During the three months ended November 30, 2016, the Company provided to its warrant holders, an incentive for early exercise of their previously held warrants. Upon exercise of each warrant, in addition to the common shares of the Company, the warrant holders received a second warrant with identical terms to purchase one additional common share of the Company. The Company raised $737,508 from this early exercise warrant incenting program, of which $600,000 were received in December 2016. A total of 3,245,000 warrants were exercised at a weighted average exercise price of $0.23 and the Company issued 3,245,000 common shares as well as 3,245,000 additional warrants to purchase common shares with an exercise price of $0.23 per share, expiring on May 14, 2017. The fair value of these additional warrants was determined to be $298,777.

As at November 30, 2016, Lexaria had 55,011,009 shares issued and outstanding and 13,386,241 warrants issued and outstanding.

A continuity schedule for warrants is presented below:

            Weighted Average  
      Number of     Exercise Price  
      Warrants      $  
  Balance, August 31, 2015   19,840,186     0.23  
  Expired   (13,978,286 )   0.22  
  Issued   6,274,341     0.15  
  Balance, August 31, 2016   12,136,241     0.18  
  Exercised   (3,245,000 )   0.23  
  Issued   4,495,000     0.22  
  Balance, November 30, 2016   13,386,241     0.19  

The fair value of warrants granted during the three months ended November 30, 2016 was estimated as of the date of the grant by using the Black-Scholes option pricing model with the following assumptions:

      November 30  
      2016  
  Expected volatility   137%  
  Risk-free interest rate   0.65% - 0.78%  
  Expected life   0.46 – 0.54 years  
  Dividend yield   0.00%  
  Estimated fair value per warrant $ 0.08  

A summary of warrants outstanding as of November 30, 2016 is presented below:

  # of Warrants Weighted Weighted
    Average Average
    Remaining Exercise Price
    Contractual Life $
  5,500,000 0.45 years 0.23
  361,900 0.45 years 0.18
  500,000 0.50 years 0.31
  758,750 0.79 years 0.15
  290,400 1.03 years 0.27
  1,558,525 1.70 years 0.14
  3,316,666 1.75 years 0.14
  350,000 2.51 years 0.14
  750,000 4.86 years 0.14
  13,386,241 1.25 years 0.19