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STOCK OPTIONS
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
STOCK OPTIONS.  
STOCK OPTIONS

 

13. STOCK OPTIONS

        In 2007, the Company adopted the 2007 Employee, Director and Consultant Stock Plan (the "2007 Plan"). Pursuant to the 2007 Plan, the Company's Board of Directors (or committees and/or executive officers delegated by the Board of Directors) may grant incentive and nonqualified stock options to the Company's employees, officers, directors, consultants and advisors. As of December 31, 2014, an aggregate of 1,692,309 shares of Common Stock were outstanding under the 2007 Plan and no shares were available for future grants under the 2007 Plan.

        On October 26, 2010, the Company's Board of Directors adopted, and the Company's shareholders subsequently approved, the 2010 Equity Incentive Plan (as subsequently amended, the "2010 Plan"). The 2010 Plan provides for grants of incentive stock options to employees, and nonqualified stock options and restricted Common Stock to employees, consultants and non-employee directors of the Company. As of December 31, 2014, the number of shares authorized for issuance under the 2010 Plan, as amended, was 11,000,000 shares. As of December 31, 2014, an aggregate of 8,753,353 shares of Common Stock were outstanding under the 2010 Plan and 1,748,500 shares were available for future grants under the 2010 Plan.

        Options issued under the 2007 Plan and the 2010 Plan (collectively, the "Plans") are exercisable for up to 10 years from the date of issuance.

Share-based compensation

        For stock options issued and outstanding for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012, the Company recorded non-cash, stock-based compensation expense of $2,730, $3,136 and $1,233, respectively, net of forfeitures.

        The fair value of each option award is estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option pricing model that uses the assumptions noted in the following table. Due to its limited operating history and limited number of sales of its Common Stock, the Company estimated its volatility in consideration of a number of factors including the volatility of comparable public companies. The Company uses historical data, as well as subsequent events occurring prior to the issuance of the financial statements, to estimate option exercises and employee terminations within the valuation model. The expected term of options granted under the Plans, all of which qualify as "plain vanilla," is based on the average of the contractual term (10 years) and the vesting period (generally, 48 months). For non-employee options, the expected term is the contractual term. The risk-free rate is based on the yield of a U.S. Treasury security with a term consistent with the option.

        The assumptions used principally in determining the fair value of options granted were as follows:

                                                                                                                                                                                                        

 

 

December 31,

 

 

2014

 

2013

 

2012

Risk-free interest rate

 

1.62 - 2.06%

 

0.77 - 2.52%

 

0.62 - 1.23%

Expected dividend yield

 

0%

 

0%

 

0%

Expected term (employee grants)

 

6.03 years

 

6.25 years

 

6.25 years

Expected volatility

 

124%

 

102%

 

75%

        A summary of option activity as of December 31, 2014 and changes for the year then ended are presented below:

                                                                                                                                                                                                         

Options

 

Shares

 

Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price

 

Weighted
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Term in Years

 

Aggregate
Intrinsic
Value

 

Outstanding at December 31, 2013

 

 

8,055,522

 

$

1.55

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Granted

 

 

4,711,250

 

$

1.75

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Forfeited

 

 

(1,770,948

)

$

1.86

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exercised

 

 

(550,162

)

$

0.42

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Outstanding at December 31, 2014

 

 

10,445,662

 

$

1.65

 

 

7.61

 

$

2,569

 

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Vested at December 31, 2014

 

 

3,960,662

 

$

1.28

 

 

5.16

 

$

1,986

 

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        The weighted average grant-date fair value of options granted during years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012 was $1.54, $2.04, and $1.28 per share, respectively. The total fair value of options that vested in years ended December 31, 2014, 2013, and 2012 was $2,329, $1,985 and $1,186, respectively. As of December 31, 2014, there was $5,750 of total unrecognized compensation expense, related to non-vested share-based option compensation arrangements. The unrecognized compensation expense is estimated to be recognized over a period of 2.91 years at December 31, 2014.