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Share Based Compensation
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2019
Share Based Compensation [Abstract]  
Share Based Compensation

Note 4 – Share Based Compensation

On March 16, 2017 the Company’s Board of Directors approved and adopted the 2017 Stock Incentive Plan (the “2017 Plan”), which became effective May 24, 2017, the date approved by the Company’s shareholders.  The 2017 Plan replaced the Company’s 2007 Stock Incentive Plan (the “2007 Plan”), which expired by its own terms on March 15, 2017.  Options to purchase 327,610 shares that were granted under the 2007 Plan were still outstanding as of September 30, 2019 and remain unaffected by that plan’s expiration.  The 2017 Plan provides for the issuance of both “incentive” and “nonqualified” stock options to officers and employees, and of “nonqualified” stock options to non-employee directors and consultants of the Company.  The 2017 Plan also provides for the issuance of restricted stock awards to these same classes of eligible participants, although no restricted stock awards have ever been issued by the Company.  The total number of shares of the Company’s authorized but unissued stock reserved for issuance pursuant to awards under the 2017 Plan was initially 850,000 shares, and the number remaining available for grant as of September 30, 2019 was 669,800.  The potential dilutive impact of unexercised stock options is discussed below in Note 5, Earnings per Share.

Pursuant to FASB’s standards on stock compensation, the value of each stock option is reflected in our income statement as employee compensation or directors’ expense by amortizing its grant date fair value over the vesting period of the option.  The Company utilizes a Black-Scholes model to determine grant date fair values.  A pre-tax charge of $112,000 was reflected in the Company’s income statement during the third quarter of 2019 and $100,000 was charged during the third quarter of 2018, as expense related to stock options.  For the first nine months, the charges totaled $379,000 in 2019 and $274,000 in 2018.