12. Stockholders’ Equity

Twin Vee

Common Stock Issuance

On October 3, 2022, the Company issued and sold to ThinkEquity LLC, as the underwriter in a firm commitment underwritten public offering (the “Offering”) pursuant to the term of an underwriting agreement that the Company entered into with ThinkEquity LLC on September 28, 2022 (the “Underwriting Agreement”),an aggregate of 2,500,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share, at a public offering price of $2.75 per share, for gross proceeds of $6,875,000, before deducting underwriting discounts, commissions and offering expenses. Pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, the Company has also issued to the underwriter warrants to purchase up to 143,750 shares of Common Stock. The warrants will be exercisable at a per share exercise price of $3.4375.

Common Stock Warrants

As of March 31, 2023, the Company had outstanding warrants to purchase 150,000 shares of common stock issuable at a weighted-average exercise price of $7.50 per share that were issued to the representative of the underwriters on July 23, 2021 in connection with the Company’s initial public offering that closed on July 23, 2021 (the “IPO”). The representative’s warrants are exercisable at any time and from time to time, in whole or in part, and expire on July 20, 2026. There was no warrant activity during the three months ended March 31, 2023.

Equity Compensation Plan

The Company maintains an equity compensation plan (the “Plan”) under which it may award employees, directors and consultants’ incentive and non-qualified stock options, restricted stock units, stock appreciation rights and other stock-based awards with terms established by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors which has been appointed by the Board of Directors to administer the Plan. The number of awards under the Plan automatically increased on January 1, 2023. As of March 31, 2023, there were 75,823 shares remaining available for grant under this Plan.

Accounting for Stock -Based Compensation

Stock Compensation Expense

For the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, the Company recorded $482,964 and $224,832, respectively, of stock-based compensation expense, which is included in salaries and wages on the accompanying condensed consolidated statement of operations. Included in the $482,964 of stock options expense for the three months ending March 31, 2023, is Forza’s stock-based compensation expense of $341,163.

Stock Options

Under the Company’s 2021 Stock Incentive Plan the Company has issued stock options. A stock option grant gives the holder the right, but not the obligation to purchase a certain number of shares at a predetermined price for a specific period of time. The Company typically issues options that vest pro rata on a monthly basis over various periods. Under the terms of the Plan, the contractual life of the option grants may not exceed ten years.

The Company utilizes the Black-Scholes model to determine fair value of stock option awards on the date of grant. The Company utilized the following assumptions for option grants during the year ended December 31, 2022 and 2021:

The expected volatility of the option is determined using historical volatilities based on historical stock price of comparable boat manufacturing companies. The Company estimated the expected life of the options granted based upon historical weighted average of comparable boat manufacturing companies. The risk-free interest rate is determined using the U.S. Department of the Treasury yield curve rates with a remaining term equal to the expected life of the option. The Company has never paid a dividend, and as such the dividend yield is 0.0%

At March 31, 2023, 570,292 Twin Vee options are unvested and expected to vest over the next four years.

Forza

Common Stock Warrants

As of March 31, 2023, Forza had outstanding warrants to purchase 172,500 shares of common stock issuable at a weighted-average exercise price of $6.25 per share that were issued to the representative of the underwriters on August 16, 2022 in connection with Forza’s IPO. The representative’s warrants are exercisable at any time and from time to time, in whole or in part, and expire on August 16, 2027. There was no warrant activity during the three months ended March 31, 2023.

Equity Compensation Plan

Forza maintains an equity compensation plan under which it may award employees, directors and consultants’ incentive and non-qualified stock options, restricted stock, stock appreciation rights and other stock-based awards with terms established by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors which has been appointed by the Board of Directors to administer the plan. The number of awards under the Plan will automatically increase on January 1, 2023. As of March 31, 2023, there were 568,750 shares remaining available for grant under this Plan. Stock based compensation expense is included in the Statements of Operations, under salaries and wages.

Accounting for Stock -Based Compensation

For the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, Forza recorded $341,163 and $0, respectively, of stock-based compensation expense, which is included in salaries and wages on the accompanying condensed consolidated statement of operations.

Stock Options

Under Forza’s 2022 Stock Incentive Plan (the “Forza Plan”), Forza has issued stock options. A stock option grant gives the holder the right, but not the obligation, to purchase a certain number of shares at a predetermined price for a specific period of time. Forza typically issues options that vest pro rata on a monthly basis over various periods. Under the terms of the Forza Plan, the contractual life of the option grants may not exceed ten years.

Forza utilizes the Black-Scholes model to determine fair value of stock option awards on the date of grant. Forza utilized the following assumptions for option grants during the year ended December 31, 2022:

The expected volatility of the option is determined using historical volatilities based on historical stock price of comparable boat manufacturing companies. Forza estimated the expected life of the options granted based upon historical weighted average of comparable boat manufacturing companies. The risk-free interest rate is determined using the U.S. Department of the Treasury yield curve rates with a remaining term equal to the expected life of the option. Forza has never paid a dividend, and as such the dividend yield is 0.0%