Company: FGMCU
Filing Date: 2025-09-18
Form Type: S-4
Source: 0001104659-25-091249
Chunk: 557

Company: FG Merger II Corp.
Filing Date: 2025-09-18
Form: S-4
Chunk 557
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#### Stock-BasedCompensation
The Company applies ASC 718, Stock-Based Compensation for all stock-based awards, including stock options and restricted stock, that are measured at fair value on the date of grant and recognized over the associated vesting periods. The fair value of stock options is estimated on the date of grant using a Black-Scholes model. The fair value of restricted stock awards is estimated on the date of the grant based on the fair value of the Company’s underlying common stock. The Company recognizes compensation expense for stock options on a straight-line basis over the associated service or vesting periods. Effective October 18, 2024, restricted stock awards became subject to a performance condition, which defers vesting of restricted stock awards until a monetization event.

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Accordingly, the Company shall not recognize stock-based compensation from restricted stock awards until a monetization event becomes probable.

See Note 12 — Stockholders’ Equity — Preferred and Common Stock for a description of the amendments to the Company’s articles of incorporation and Note 12 — Stockholders’ Equity — Stock-based Compensation for a description of our amended and restated Plan, each of which became effective October 18, 2024

Determining the grant date fair value of options using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model requires management to make assumptions and judgments. These estimates involve inherent uncertainties and, if different assumptions had been used, stock-based compensation expense could have been materially different from the amounts recorded.

#### Income Taxes
The Company accounts for income taxes in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 740, Income Taxes. ASC 740 requires a company to use the asset and liability method of accounting for income taxes, whereby deferred tax assets are recognized for deductible temporary differences, and deferred tax liabilities are recognized for taxable temporary differences. Temporary differences are the differences between the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and their tax bases. Deferred tax assets are reduced by a valuation allowance when, in the opinion of management, it is more likely than not that some portion, or all, of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are adjusted for the effects of changes in tax laws and rates on the date of enactment.

Tax positions initially must be recognized in the consolidated financial statements when it is more likely than not the position will be sustained upon examination by the tax authorities. Such tax positions initially and subsequently are to be measured at the largest amount of tax benefit that has a greater than 50%