Quarterly report [Sections 13 or 15(d)]

2017 AND 2021 STOCK INCENTIVE PLANS

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2017 AND 2021 STOCK INCENTIVE PLANS
3 Months Ended
Jan. 31, 2025
Equity [Abstract]  
2017 AND 2021 STOCK INCENTIVE PLANS

NOTE 14 – 2017 AND 2021 STOCK INCENTIVE PLANS

 

2017 and 2021 Stock Incentive Plan (together “SIPs”)

 

On December 6, 2017, the Board of Directors adopted the 2017 Stock Incentive Plan (the “2017 Plan”). The purpose of the Plan is to advance the interests of the Company and its stockholders by enabling the Company and its subsidiaries to attract and retain qualified individuals through opportunities for equity participation in the Company, and to reward those individuals who contribute to the Company’s achievement of its economic objectives. The Plan was adopted subject to stockholders’ approval and was approved by Stockholders at the Company’s Annual General Meeting held on July 24, 2018 and provides for a maximum of 913,612 to be issued under this Plan. On July 12, 2021 a second plan was adopted by the Board of Directors (2021 Plan). The 2021 Plan is identical to the 2017 Plan in all material respects except that the maximum number of shares allocated for issuance is 1,000,000.

 

The shares allocated for issuance under the SIPs may, at the election of the Compensation Committee, be either treasury shares or shares authorized but unissued, and, if treasury shares are used, all references in the SIPs to the issuance of shares will, for corporate law purposes, be deemed to mean the transfer of shares from treasury.

 

Pursuant to the terms of the 2017 Plan, during the three months ended January 31, 2025, the Company granted 11,880 restricted stock awards. There were no forfeitures or treasury stock created. During the three months ended January 31, 2025 there were 49,503 options exercised on a cashless basis, pursuant to which 23,317 shares of common stock were issued and 26,186 were returned to the plan

 

As of January 31, 2025, there were 1,380,792 shares available for future issuance under the 2017 and 2021 Plans.

 

The total stock compensation expense during the three months ended January 31, 2025 and 2024 was $100,145 (of which $81,400 constituted unregistered stock which was issued outside of the SIPs) and $77,076 respectively (Item 2 discusses this more fully).

 

 

CODA OCTOPUS GROUP, INC.

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

January 31, 2025 and October 31, 2024