Company: BCHT
Filing Date: 2025-03-31
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001477932-25-002237
Chunk: 323

Company: Birchtech Corp.
Filing Date: 2025-03-31
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1A
Chunk 323
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 option to purchase 6,250 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $0.33 per share, and (iii) 9,400 shares of common stock to a former employee upon a cashless exercise of options to purchase a total of 18,750 shares of common stock, with exercises prices of ranging from $0.25 to $0.33 per share. All of such share issuances were based upon a VWAP of $0.9768 per share as determined under the terms of the options. On December 11, 2023, the Company issued (i) 10,278 shares of common stock to the Company’s Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer upon a cashless exercise of an option to purchase 13,750 shares of common stock, and (ii) 4,672 shares of common stock to a director upon a cashless exercise of an option to purchase 6,250 shares of common stock. All of such options had an exercise price of 0.25 per share and such share issuances were based upon a VWAP of $0.9902 per share as determined under the terms of the options. On December 13, 2023, the Company issued 2,204 shares of common stock to an employee upon a cashless exercise of an option to purchase 3,062 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $0.25 per share based upon a VWAP of $0.8931 per share as determined under the term of the options.

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On January 15, 2024, the Company granted nonqualified stock options to certain directors, executive officers and employees to acquire an aggregate of 1,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock under the 2017 Plan. The options granted are exercisable at $0.88 per share, representing the fair market value of the common stock on the date of grant as determined under the 2017 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 $632,214, in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718, which was expensed on the issuance date in selling, general and administrative expenses within the Company’s consolidated statements of operations. The valuation assumptions included an expected duration of 5 years, volatility of 93%, discount rate of 3.84% and dividends of $