ITEM 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
Effective June 1, 2016, the Company entered into an Amended and Restated Employment Agreement with its Chief Executive Officer, John Poss. The agreement will end on May 1, 2017, which end date can be extended upon the mutual agreement of the parties. Under the agreement Mr. Poss will receive an annual salary of not less than $120,000 and quarterly bonuses equal to the value of 125,000 shares of Growblox common stock. Bonuses are payable in S-8 stock or cash in the discretion of the Company. Under the agreement, Mr. Poss will also receive options to acquire 1.4 million shares of the Company's common stock subject to certain vesting requirements. The option strike price is the market value of the stock on the date the options were granted.
Also effective on June 1, 2016, the Company amended its employment agreement with its Chief Science Officer, Andrea Small-Howard. Pursuant to the amendment, Ms. Small-Howard surrendered a stock award for 450,000 shares of common stock in exchange for warrants to purchase 1.2 million common shares at the strike price of $0.30 per share.
Also on June 1, 2016, the board amended compensation arrangements with Mr. Craig Ellins, the Chairman and Chief Innovation Officer of the Company. Pursuant to the amendment, warrants issued on June 22, 2015, for the purchase of 5,000,000 shares of common stock of the Company at the exercise price of $0.45 per share were cancelled and warrants for the purchase of 5,000,000 shares of common stock of the Company at the exercise price of $0.30 were issued to Mr. Ellins.
Also on June 1, 2016, the board of directors established compensation for outside directors to be $25,000 annually with an additional $1,000 for each meeting attended. The compensation is payable in cash or stock at the election of the Company. The outside directors also each received options to purchase 450,000 shares of stock which vest over 24 months. The strike price of the options is $0.16 per share, the market value of the Company's common stock on the date the outside directors were elected to the board.