STOCK BASED COMPENSATION

9 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

STOCK BASED COMPENSATION

STOCK BASED COMPENSATION

NOTE 13 - STOCK BASED COMPENSATION

In 2006, the Company’s directors adopted, and the Company’s stockholders approved, the 2006 TechPrecision Corporation Long-Term Incentive Plan, or, as amended, the Plan. The Plan provides for the grant of incentive and non-qualified options, stock grants, stock appreciation rights and other equity-based incentives to employees, including officers, and consultants. The Plan is to be administered by a committee of not less than two directors each of whom is to be an independent director. In the absence of a committee, the Plan is administered by the Board of Directors. Independent directors are not eligible for discretionary options. The maximum number of shares of common stock that may be issued under the Plan is 3,300,000 shares.

Pursuant to the Plan, each newly elected independent director receives at the time of election, an option to purchase 50,000 shares of common stock at the market price on the date of his or her election.  In addition, the Plan provides for the annual grant of an option to purchase 10,000 shares of common stock on July 1st of each year following the third anniversary of the date of the first election.  

The fair value was estimated using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model based on the closing stock prices at the grant date and the weighted average assumptions specific to the underlying options. Expected volatility assumptions are based on the historical volatility of our common stock. The risk-free interest rate was selected based upon yields of five-year U.S. Treasury issues. The assumptions utilized for option grants during the period presented ranged from 125% to 134% for volatility and a risk free rate of 1.39% to 1.71% and an expected term of approximately six years.

We use the simplified method for all grants to estimate the expected term of the option. We assume that stock options will be exercised evenly over the period from vesting until the awards expire. As such, the assumed period for each vesting tranche is computed separately and then averaged together to determine the expected term for the award. Because of our limited stock exercise activity we did not rely on our historical exercise data. There were 50,000 options granted during the nine months ended December 31, 2014. At December 31, 2014, 1,160,500 shares of common stock were available for grant under the Plan. The following table summarizes information about options for the most recent annual income statements presented: 

	Number Of			Weighted Average		Aggregate Intrinsic		Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life
	Options			Exercise Price		Value		(in years)
Outstanding at 3/31/2014		1,355,500		$	1.014	$	329,025		7.32
Granted		50,000		$	0.620		--		--
Forfeited		(245,000	)	$	0.678		--		--
Outstanding at 12/31/2014		1,160,500		$	1.048	$	--		6.65
Vested or expected to vest 12/31/2014		1,160,500		$	1.048	$	--		6.65
Exercisable at 12/31/2014		860,500		$	1.107	$	--		6.04

At December 31, 2014, there was $105,730 of total unrecognized compensation cost related to stock options. These costs are expected to be recognized over the next 27 months. The total fair value of shares vested during the nine months ended December 31, 2014 was $143,719. The activity of stock options outstanding but not vested for the nine months ended December 31, 2014 are as follows:

	Number of    Options		Weighted Average
Outstanding at 3/31/2014		621,333	$	0.967
Granted		50,000	$	0.620
Vested		(218,334)	$	0.678
Forfeited		(121,999)	$	1.178
Expired		(31,000)	$	1.960
Outstanding at 12/31/2014		300,000	$	0.877

We made a discretionary grant outside of the Plan on June 13, 2013 of 200,000 options at an exercise price of $0.67 per share, the fair market value on the date of grant, to our non-employee directors in recognition of their additional services during the search for a new chief executive officer. The options have a term of ten years and will vest in three equal installment amounts on each of the grant date and first anniversaries of the grants and are subject to continuous service as members of the board through the second anniversary of the grant date. Although the grants were made outside of the Plan, the terms of the options are the same as those issued under the Plan.