On January 10, 2014, the Board of Directors of the Company approved and adopted, subject to stockholder approval, which was obtained at the annual stockholders meeting held on November 16, 2014, the Midwest Energy Emissions Corp. 2014 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Equity Plan”). The number of shares of the Company’s Common Stock that may be issued under the Equity Plan is 2,500,000 shares, subject to the adjustment for stock dividends, stock splits, recapitalizations and similar corporate events. Eligible participants under the Equity Plan shall include officers, employees of or consultants to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or any person to whom an offer of employment is extended, or any person who is a non-employee director of the Company. On October 9, 2014, the Board of Directors approved and adopted the First Amendment to the plan, subject to stockholder approval, which was obtained at the annual stockholders meeting held on November 18, 2014, which increased the number of shares issuable under the plan to 7,500,000.

On February 9, 2017, the Board of Directors of the Company adopted the Midwest Energy Emissions Corp. 2017 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2017 Equity Plan”), which was approved by stockholders at the annual stockholders meeting held on June 6, 2017. The 2017 Equity Plan provides for the grant of incentive stock options (subject to applicable stockholder approval), nonqualified stock options, restricted stock awards, stock appreciation rights, restricted share units, performance awards and other type of awards described therein. Eligible recipients under the 2017 Equity Plan include the Company’s officers, directors, employees and consultants of the Company or one of its subsidiaries. The maximum number of shares of common stock that may be issued under the 2017 Equity Plan is 8,000,000. The 2017 Equity Plan will be administered by the Board or one or more committees appointed by the Board. The 2017 Equity Plan replaces the 2014 Equity Plan which was terminated by the Board of Directors on April 28, 2017.

The Company accounts for stock-based compensation awards in accordance with the provisions of ASC 718, which addresses the accounting for employee stock options which requires that the cost of all employee stock options, as well as other equity-based compensation arrangements, be reflected in the consolidated financial statements over the vesting period based on the estimated fair value of the awards. 

A summary of stock option activity for the quarter ended June 30, 2018 is presented below:

The Company utilized the Black-Scholes options pricing model. The significant assumptions utilized for the Black Scholes calculations consist of an expected life of equal to the expiration term of the option, historical volatility of 112.2%, and a risk free interest rate of 3%.

On February 5, 2018, the Company issued nonqualified stock options to acquire 250,000 shares of the Company’s common stock to Rick MacPherson, nonqualified stock options to acquire 150,000 shares of the Company’s common stock to Christopher Greenberg and nonqualified stock options to acquire 108,000 shares of the Company’s common stock to Allan Grantham, each a director of the Company, under the Company’s 2014 Equity Plan. The options granted are exercisable at $0.28 per share, representing the fair market value of the common stock on the date of grant as determined under the 2017 Equity Plan. The options are fully vested and exercisable as of the date of grant and will expire five years thereafter. Based on a Black-Scholes valuation model, these options were valued at $100,887 in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718.

On February 5, 2018, the Company released the restriction on stock options to acquire 750,000 shares of the Company’s common stock issued to Rick MacPherson on August 31, 2016 making them now fully vested and exercisable. Based on a Black-Scholes valuation model, these options were valued at $76,543 in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718.

On February 23, 2018, Company issued nonqualified stock options to acquire 50,000 shares each of the Company’s common stock to John Pavlish, Richard Gross and James Trettel, nonqualified stock options to acquire 25,000 shares each of the Company’s common stock to Nicholas Lentz and Johnny Battle and nonqualified stock options to acquire 15,000 shares each of the Company’s common stock to Gabriel Brooks, Ethan Gaius and Terry Johnson under the Company’s 2017 Equity Plan. The options granted are exercisable at $0.28 per share, representing the fair market value of the common stock on the date of grant as determined under the 2017 Equity Plan. The options are fully vested and exercisable as of the date of grant and will expire five years thereafter. Based on a Black-Scholes valuation model, these options were valued at $51,129 in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718.

On June 8, 2018, the Company granted nonqualified stock options to acquire an aggregate of 27,819 shares of the Company’s common stock under the Company’s 2017 Equity Plan to certain executive officers, employees and others. The options granted are exercisable at $0.29 per share, which is greater than the fair market value of the common stock on the date of grant as determined under the 2017 Equity Plan and represents the fair market value on May 31, 2018. The options are fully vested and exercisable as of the date of grant and will expire five years thereafter. Based on a Black-Scholes valuation model, these options were valued at $4,882 in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718.

On June 30, 2018, the Company granted nonqualified stock options to acquire an aggregate of 61,890 shares of the Company’s common stock under the Company’s 2017 Equity Plan to certain executive officers, employees and others. The options granted are exercisable at $0.21 per share, representing the fair market value of the common stock on the date of grant as determined under the 2017 Equity Plan. The options are fully vested and exercisable as of the date of grant and will expire five years thereafter. Based on a Black-Scholes valuation model, these options were valued at $9,823 in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718.