Note 5 - Share Capital

Authorized: Unlimited common shares. The shares have no par value.

The Company’s common shares are voting and dividend-paying. The following is a summary of the common share issuances for the three months ended March 31, 2024:

The following is a summary of the common share issuances for the three months ended March 31, 2023:

On December 31, 2021, the Board approved the Company’s Amended and Restated Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “Omnibus Incentive Plan”) dated October 15, 2018, whereas, the Company may award stock options or RSUs (the "Awards") to board members, officers, employees or consultants of the Company. The Omnibus Incentive Plan authorizes the issuance of up to 20% of the number of outstanding shares of common stock of the Company,

Awards generally vest over a three year period and the estimated fair value of the Awards at issuance is recognized as compensation expense over the related vesting period.

Stock Options

The Company's stock options are currently held by two former officers of the Company which have fully vested on July 10, 2023. Share-based compensation expense related to stock options for the three months ended March 31, 2024 was $Nil (March 31, 2023 - less than $0.1 million), and is presented in selling, general and administrative expenses on the unaudited interim condensed consolidated statements of operations.

The Company used the Black-Scholes option pricing model to estimate the fair value of the options at the grant date using the following assumptions:

The expected volatility was estimated by using the historical volatility of the Company. The expected life in years represents the period of time that options granted are expected to be outstanding. In accordance with SAB Topic 14, the Company uses the simplified method for estimating the expected term. The Company believes the use of the simplified method is appropriate due to the employee stock options qualifying as “plain-vanilla” options under the criteria established by SAB Topic 14. The risk-free rate was based on the United States bond yield rate at the time of grant of the award. Expected annual rate of dividends is based on the fact that the Company has never paid cash dividends and does not expect to pay any cash dividends in the foreseeable future.

There was no stock option activity for the three months ended March 31, 2024 and the year ended December 31, 2023.

Restricted Stock Units

On December 31, 2021, the Board approved a long-term incentive program, pursuant to which, on July 26, 2022, the Company issued certain employees of the Company and its subsidiaries, RSUs, under the Omnibus Incentive Plan. RSUs represent a right to receive a single common share that is both non-transferable and forfeitable until certain conditions are satisfied.

On December 31, 2021 and June 23, 2022, the Board approved the allocation of 363,921 and 26,881 RSUs, respectively, to Board members, directors, officers, and key employees of the Company. The RSUs granted by the Company vest upon the satisfaction of both a service-based condition of three years and a liquidity condition, the latter of which was not satisfied until the closing of the Recapitalization Transaction. As the liquidity condition was not satisfied until the closing of the Recapitalization Transaction, in prior periods, the Company had not recorded any expense related to the grant of RSUs. Share-based compensation expense in relation to the RSUs is recognized using the graded vesting method, in which compensation costs for each vesting tranche is recognized ratably from the service inception date to the vesting date for that tranche. The fair value of the RSUs is determined using the Company’s closing stock price on the grant date.

Certain RSU recipients were also holders of the Original Awards, which were cancelled upon closing the Recapitalization Transaction. The RSUs granted to these employees have been treated as replacement awards (the “Replacement RSUs”) and are accounted for as a modification to the Original Awards. As the fair value of the Original Awards was $Nil on the modification dates, the incremental compensation cost recognized is equal to the fair value of the Replacement RSUs on the modification date, which shall be recognized over the remaining requisite service period.

On May 17, 2023, the Board awarded 25,977 RSUs to employees and one Board member. Of the RSUs awarded, 5,587 were fully vested on issuance and 20,391 shall vest over a period of one to three years. The fair value of RSUs is determined on the grant date and is amortized over the vesting period on a straight-line basis.

On June 27, 2023, the Board awarded 12,950 RSUs to an employee. The RSUs shall vest over a period of three years. The fair value of RSUs is determined on the grant date and is amortized over the vesting period on a straight-line basis.

On August 31, 2023, the Board awarded 207,194 RSUs to two officers. The RSUs shall vest over a period of three years. The fair value of RSUs is determined on the grant date and is amortized over the vesting period on a straight-line basis.

On October 20, 2023, the Board awarded 15,487 RSUs to Robert Galvin, a former officer of the Company, for compensation owed. The fair value of the RSUs was determined on the grant date and became fully vested as of January 4, 2024 per the October Separation Agreement.

On November 15, 2023, the Board awarded 42,604 RSUs to four Board members, and an officer. The RSUs shall vest over a period of one to three years. The fair value of the RSUs is determined on the grant date and is amortized over the vesting period on a straight-line basis.

There was no RSUs awarded during the three months ended March 31, 2024.

During the three months ended March 31, 2024, the Company recognized $0.4 million of share-based compensation expense associated with the RSUs (March 31, 2023—$1.5 million). Share-based compensation expense is presented in selling, general and administrative expenses on the unaudited interim condensed consolidated statements of operations.

As of March 31, 2024, there was approximately $4.2 million of total unrecognized compensation cost related to unvested RSUs which is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average service period of 2.13 years.