SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY |
6 Months Ended |
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Sep. 30, 2011 | |
| Notes to Financial Statements | |
| SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY |
Share-Based Compensation
On July 17, 2008 the shareholders of the Company approved the BMB Munai, Inc. 2009 Equity Incentive Plan (“2009 Plan”) to provide a means whereby the Company could attract and retain employees, directors, officers and others upon whom the responsibility for the successful operations of the Company rests through the issuance of equity awards. 5,000,000 common shares are reserved for issuance under the 2009 Plan. Under the terms of the 2009 Plan the board of directors determines the terms of the awards made under the 2009 Plan, within the limits set forth in the 2009 Plan guidelines.
Common Stock Grants
On January 1, 2010 the Company entered into Restricted Stock Grant Agreements with certain executive officers, directors, employees and outside consultants of the Company. The stock grants were approved by the Company board of directors and recommended by the compensation committee of the Company’s board of directors. The total number of shares granted was 1,500,000.
All of the restricted stock grants were awarded on the same terms and subject to the same vesting requirements which vesting requirements, except as disclosed below, were satisfied by all grantees during the quarter ended March 31, 2011.
One of the employees left the Company on June 30, 2010. According to the vesting terms, his restricted stock grant was forfeited back to the Company and non-cash compensation expense of $14,225 related to those restricted stock grants was reversed at June 30, 2010.
Non-cash compensation expense in the amount of $833,650, which is net of the expense reversal discussed above, was recognized in the condensed consolidated statements of operations and condensed consolidated balance sheets for the six months ended September 30, 2010.
Consulting Agreement
On October 15, 2008 the MEMR increased Emir Oil’s contract territory from 460 square kilometers to 850 square kilometers. In connection with this extension, and any other territory extensions or acquisitions, the Consultant will be paid a share payment in restricted common stock for resources and reserves associated with any acquisition. The value of any acquisition property will be determined by reference to a 3D seismic study and a resource/reserve report by a qualified independent petroleum engineer acceptable to the Company. The acquisition value (“Acquisition Value”) will be equal to the total barrels of resources and reserves, as defined and determined by the engineering report multiplied by the following values:
Resources at $.50 per barrel; Probable reserves at $1.00 per barrel; and Proved reserve at $2.00 per barrel.
The number of shares to be issued to the Consultant shall be the Acquisition Value divided by the higher of $6.50 or the average closing price of the Company’s trading shares for the five trading days prior to the issuance of the reserve/resource report, provided that in no event shall the total number of shares issuable to the Consultant exceed more than a total of 4,000,000 shares. With the completion of the 3D seismic study the resources associated with the territory extension have now been determined and the Company anticipates compensation due to the consultant will be approximately 4,000,000 shares.
On July 20, 2010 the Company incurred an obligation to issue 3,947,539 common shares to the Consultant as the success fee for assisting the Company to obtain an extension of the territory for exploration. The calculation for amount of shares to be issued was based on resource report, which confirms 51,318,000 barrels of oil on extended territory multiplied by $0.50 rate as per contract divided by $6.50. The shares have been valued at $0.56 per share, which was the closing market price of Company’s shares on July 20, 2010. As a result of this transaction $2,214,569 was capitalized to oil and gas properties.
On November 18, 2010 3,947,539 common shares were issued to the Consultant for assisting the Company to obtain extension of the territory for exploration. |