NOTE J – RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

During the nine months ended September 30, 2018 and during the year ended December 31, 2017, the Company agreed to issue common stock in the amount of $108,000 and $144,000, respectively, to the Company’s non-employee directors as compensation for their attendance and participation in the Company’s Board of Director and committee meetings.

Upon execution of their employment agreements during the nine months ended September 30, 2017, the CEO, CTO and former COO, were each granted 1,000,000 stock options at their fair market value and were scheduled to vest over a three year period. However, pursuant to their employment agreements, the stock options vested immediately upon the sale of the Company’s subsidiary, EthoStream, in March 2017. Effective with the sale of the assets of EthoStream, the former COO was hired by DCI. In compliance with the terms of the former COO’s stock option grant letter, the former COO’s stock options were canceled during the nine months ended September 30, 2018.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2017, the CEO, CTO, and former COO, each earned a bonus of $29,250 that was contingent on the sale and sale price amount of EthoStream.