Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION

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SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2023
SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION  
SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION

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SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION

2015 Stock Option Plan

The Company maintains the 2015 Stock Option Plan (“2015 Option Plan”), originally referred to as the 2007 Option Plan. In June 2015, the 2015 Option Plan was amended from a fixed option plan to a rolling share option plan pursuant to which the Company is authorized to grant options of up to 20% of its issued and outstanding Common Shares. Share options granted vest at various rates and have a term not exceeding ten years. As of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the Company had 396,080 options available for grant under the 2015 Option Plan.

The following table summarizes the share options outstanding under the 2015 Option Plan for the three months ended March 31, 2023. There were no options granted, exercised or forfeited during the three months ended March 31, 2023. All amounts are denominated in C$, except year and share amounts:

    

    

    

Weighted

    

 

 

Weighted

 

Average

 

 

 

Average

 

Remaining

 

Number of

 

Exercise

 

Contractual

Aggregate

Share

 

Price Per

 

Term

Intrinsic

Options

Share

 

(years)

Value

Outstanding as of December 31, 2022

 

1,043,025

$

7.53

 

6.1

$

1,183,860

Outstanding as of March 31, 2023

 

1,043,025

 

7.53

 

5.9

1,333,278

Vested and exercisable as of March 31, 2023

 

682,537

$

7.40

 

4.1

$

1,333,278

The aggregate intrinsic value of options outstanding and vested and exercisable is calculated as the difference between the exercise price of the underlying options, and the fair value of the Company’s Common Shares.

Share-based Payment Expense

The following table summarizes total share-based compensation included in the Company’s accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss:

March 31, 

    

2023

    

2022

Research and development

$

38,909

$

62,062

General and administrative

 

93,601

 

62,803

Total share-based compensation

$

132,510

$

124,865

As of March 31, 2023, there was C$2,015,470 of unrecognized share-based compensation related to options outstanding, which is expected to be recognized over weighted-average remaining service period of 3.0 years.