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Capital Stock, Stock Plans and Stock-Based Compensation

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Capital Stock, Stock Plans and Stock-Based Compensation
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2018
Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract]  
Capital Stock, Stock Plans and Stock-Based Compensation

5. Capital Stock, Stock Plans and Stock Based Compensation

 

The Company has certain stock option plans under which it awards incentive and non-qualified stock options to employees, officers, and outside directors.

 

On January 18, 2018, the Company granted 6,000 options from the Company’s 2003 Outside Directors Stock Plan to a new director elected by the Company’s Board of Directors (“Board”) to fill a vacancy on the Board. The options granted were for a contractual term of ten years with a vesting period of six months. The exercise price of the options was $4.05 per share, which was equal to our closing stock price the day preceding the grant date, pursuant to the 2003 Outside Directors Stock Plan.

 

On January 13, 2017, the Company granted 6,000 options from the Company’s 2003 Outside Directors Stock Plan to a new director elected by the Company’s Board to fill a vacancy left by Jack Lahav who retired from the Board in October 2016. The options granted were for a contractual term of ten years with a vesting period of six months. The exercise price of the options was $3.79 per share, which was equal to our closing stock price the day preceding the grant date, pursuant to the 2003 Outside Directors Stock Plan.

 

The Company estimates fair value of stock options using the Black-Scholes valuation model. Assumptions used to estimate the fair value of stock options granted include the exercise price of the award, the expected term, the expected volatility of the Company’s stock over the option’s expected term, the risk-free interest rate over the option’s expected term, and the expected annual dividend yield. The fair value of the options granted on January 18, 2018 and January 13, 2017 as discussed above and the related assumptions used in the Black-Scholes option model used to value the options granted were as follows:

 

    Outside Director Stock Options Granted  
    January 18, 2018     January 13, 2017  
Weighted-average fair value per option   $ 2.55     $ 2.63  
Risk -free interest rate (1)     2.62 %     2.40 %
Expected volatility of stock (2)     57.29 %     56.32 %
Dividend yield     None       None  
Expected option life (3)     10.0 years       10.0 years  

 

(1) The risk-free interest rate is based on the U.S. Treasury yield in effect at the grant date over the expected term of the option.
   
(2) The expected volatility is based on historical volatility from our traded Common Stock over the expected term of the option.
   
(3) The expected option life is based on historical exercises and post-vesting data.

 

The following table summarizes stock-based compensation recognized for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017 for our employee and director stock options.

 

    Three Months Ended
March 31,
 
Stock Options   2018     2017  
Employee Stock Options   $ 10,000     $ 11,000  
Director Stock Options     36,000       12,000  
Total   $ 46,000     $ 23,000  


 

At March 31, 2018, the Company has approximately $547,000 of total unrecognized compensation cost related to unvested options, of which $148,000 is expected to be recognized in remaining 2018, $126,000 in 2019, $114,000 in 2020, $114,000 in 2021, with the remaining $45,000 in 2022.

 

The summary of the Company’s total Stock Option Plans as of March 31, 2018 and March 31, 2017, and changes during the periods then ended, are presented below. The Company’s Plans consist of the 2010 and 2017 Stock Option Plans and the 2003 Outside Directors Stock Plan:

 

    Shares     Weighted Average Exercise
Price
    Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term
(years)
    Aggregate Intrinsic
Value (3)
 
Options outstanding January 1, 2018     624,800     $ 4.42                  
Granted     6,000       4.05                  
Exercised                            
Forfeited/expired                            
Options outstanding end of period (1)     630,800     $ 4.41       5.3     $ 259,070  
Options exercisable at March 31, 2018(1)     191,467     $ 6.13       4.7     $ 46,970  
Options exercisable and expected to be vested at March 31, 2018     630,800     $ 4.41       5.3     $ 259,070  

 

    Shares     Weighted Average Exercise
Price
    Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term
(years)
    Aggregate Intrinsic
Value (3)
 
Options outstanding January 1, 2017     247,200     $ 6.69                  
Granted     6,000       3.79                  
Exercised                            
Forfeited/expired     (30,000 )     5.00                  
Options outstanding end of period (2)     223,200     $ 6.84       4.7     $ 4,380  
Options exercisable at March 31, 2017(2)     163,867     $ 7.87       4.5     $ 4,380  
Options exercisable and expected to be vested at March 31, 2017     223,200     $ 6.84       4.7     $ 4,380  

 

(1) Options with exercise prices ranging from $2.79 to $13.35
   
(2) Options with exercise prices ranging from $2.79 to $14.75
   
(3) The intrinsic value of a stock option is the amount by which the market value of the underlying stock exceeds the exercise price of the option.

 

During the three months ended March 31, 2018, the Company issued a total of 16,074 shares of its Common Stock under the 2003 Outside Directors Stock Plan to its outside directors as compensation for serving on our Board. The Company has recorded approximately $64,000 in compensation expenses (included in selling, general and administration expenses) in connection with the issuance of shares of its common stock to outside directors.