NOTE 6 – SHARE-BASED PAYMENTS TO VENDORS

In the fourth quarter of 2022, the Company entered into a number of agreements with vendors pursuant to which the Company made grants of a total of 43,186 shares of common stock with grant date fair values ranging from $3.30 to $3.67, up to 10,096 of warrants, and cash payments. These contracts have six-month terms with various contractual vesting periods. The cash payments were expensed over the service period and the equity components were expensed consistent with the various contractual vesting periods. The Company recorded general and administrative expenses of $0 for the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively, and $0 and $46,743 for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively.

In the first quarter of 2023, the Company entered into an agreement with a consultant to provide investor relation services for a six-month term. The Company granted 36,000 shares of common stock at a grant date fair value of $3.31, pursuant to the agreement and recorded general and administrative expenses of $0 for each of the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively, and $0 and $119,160 for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively.

In the fourth quarter of 2023, the Company entered into a number of agreements with vendors pursuant to which the Company made grants of a total of 116,000 shares of common stock with grant date fair values ranging from $1.50 to $5.18 and cash payments. These contracts had four to six-months terms with various contractual vesting periods. The cash payments were expensed over the service period and the equity components were expensed consistent with the various contractual vesting periods. The Company recorded general and administrative expenses of $0 for the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively, and $76,600 and $0 for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively.

In the first quarter of 2024, the Company entered into two respective agreements with consultants to provide investor relation services for four-month terms. The cash payments were expensed over the service period and the equity components were expensed consistent with the various contractual vesting periods. Per the agreements, the Company issued a total of 120,000 shares of common stock, evenly over the four-month service period with grant date fair values ranging from $1.87 to $4.81, pursuant to the agreements and recorded general and administrative expenses of $0 and $329,700 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, respectively.

In the second quarter of 2024, the Company entered into two separate agreements with consultants to provide investor relation services for six-month terms. The cash payments are expensed over the service period and the equity components are expensed consistent with the various contractual vesting periods. Per the agreements, the Company will issue a total of 156,000 shares of common stock. As of September 30, 2024, the Company issued a total of 116,000 shares of common stock at grant date fair values ranging from $1.80 to $2.40, pursuant to the agreements and recorded general and administrative expenses of $121,400 and $234,200 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, respectively.