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Note 5 - Stock Options and Warrants The Company has one stock-based equity plan at February 28, 2013. Pursuant to the 2004 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended, which was originally adopted by the Company’s shareholders in 2005, the Company was authorized to issue options to purchase up to 7,600,000 shares of the Company’s common stock. On December 12, 2012, the Company’s shareholders approved, at its Annual Meeting, the CytoDyn Inc. 2012 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2012 Plan”), which replaces the 2004 Stock Incentive Plan and provides for the issuance of up to 3,000,000 shares of common stock pursuant to various forms of incentive awards allowed under the 2012 Plan. As of February 28, 2013, the Company had 2,876,710 shares available for future stock option grants under the 2012 Plan. During the nine months ended February 28, 2013, the Company granted a total of 148,290 common stock options to directors with exercise prices ranging from $1.40 to $1.55 per share. With respect to two option awards covering 23,290 shares, approximately one-half of such awards vest in approximately three month from grant date and the balance vest approximately six months from grant date, while 125,000 options vest in quarterly increments over one year and have an expiration date of five years from the date of grant. The average grant date fair value related to these options was $.89 per share. During the nine months ended February 28, 2013, the Company granted options covering a total of 325,000 shares of common stock to employees with exercise prices ranging from $1.40 to $1.80 per share. With respect to 225,000 options, 50% vested immediately and 50% vest in October 2013, with the options expiring to the extent not exercised three years from the grant date. The remaining options vest annually over three years and expire five years following grant date. The options have an expiration date of three years from the date of grant. The average grant date fair value related to these options was $.90 per share. During the nine months ended February 28, 2013, the Company granted warrants to purchase a total of 515,000 shares of common stock to consultants with exercise prices ranging from $1.00 to $5.00 per share. The warrants have varying vesting terms, but will all fully vest by April 2013. The expiration dates for the warrants range from September 2014 to October 2015. The average grant date fair value related to these warrants was $.56 per share. Related to certain settled litigation, as disclosed in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2012, the Company granted warrants to purchase 750,000 common shares to consultants at an exercise price of $.25 per share. All compensation expense associated with the warrants was recognized at May 31, 2012. The consultants exercised all the warrants during the nine months ended February 28, 2013. As discussed in Note 4, the Company issued warrants to purchase 7,877,343 common shares to investors. The grant date fair value of the warrants was $.75 per share. Net cash proceeds from the exercise of common stock warrants were $192,500 for the nine months ended February 28, 2013. Compensation expense related to stock options and warrants was approximately $473,000 and $2,827,000, and $367,000 and $1,159,000 for the three and nine months ended February 28, 2013 and February 29, 2012, respectively. The grant date fair value of options and warrants vested during the three and nine month periods ended February 28, 2013 and February 29, 2012 was $378,000 and $8,773,000, and $457,000 and $914,000, respectively. As of February 28, 2013 there was approximately $1,649,000 of unrecognized compensation costs related to share-based payments for unvested options, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 1.39 years. The following table represents stock option and warrant activity as of and for the nine months ended February 28, 2013:
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