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Note 28 - Share-based Compensation Expenses
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2016
Notes to Financial Statements  
Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Text Block]
28. Share-based compensation expenses
 
The Company granted 40,000 shares of the Company’s restricted common stock to its investor relations services provider, in exchange for its services to the Company for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015. These shares were valued at US$3.00 per share, the closing bid price of the Company’s common stock on the date of grant. Total compensation expense recognized for the service was US$45,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015, and US$15,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015.
 
The Company granted 140,000 shares of the Company’s restricted common stock to a management consulting service provider in exchange for its services to the Company for a 24-month period commencing on May 1, 2015. These shares were valued at US$3.93 per share, the closing bid price of the Company’s common stock on the date of grant. Total compensation expense recognized for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015 was approximately US$206,100 and US$114,500, respectively. Total compensation expense recognized for the three months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015 was approximately US$68,700.
 
The Company granted 120,000 shares of the Company’s restricted common stock to a technical service provider in exchange for its services to the Company for a 12-month period commencing on August 1, 2014. These shares were valued at US$1.68 per share, the closing bid price of the Company’s common stock on the date of grant. Total compensation expense recognized for the nine and three months ended September 30, 2015 was approximately US$117,250 and US$16,750, respectively.
 
On December 30, 2014, the Company issued 1,680,000 shares of the Company’s restricted common stock to its executive officers, of which 613,334 restricted shares were vested upon issuance, 533,333 restricted shares were vested on December 30, 2015 and the remaining 533,333 restricted shares will be vested on December 30, 2016. The restricted stock was valued at $2.93 per share, the closing bid price of the Company’s common stock on the date of grant. Total compensation expenses recognized for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015 was US$1,170,000. Total compensation expenses recognized for the three months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015 was US$390,000.
 
On September 14, 2015, under its 2015 Omnibus Securities and Incentive Plan, the Company granted its employees in the aggregate of 266,238 shares of the Company’s restricted common stock, which will be vested on the third anniversary of the date of the grant. These shares were valued at $2.10 per share, the closing bid price of the Company’s common stock on the date of grant. The Company adopted a 5% forfeiture rate for recognition of the related compensation expenses of these unvested shares, total compensation expenses recognized for the nine and three months ended September 30, 2016 was approximately US$132,790 and US$44,600, respectively. Total compensation expenses recognized for these shares for the nine and three months ended September 30, 2015 was approximately US$8,240.
 
On September 14, 2015, under its 2015 Omnibus Securities and Incentive Plan, the Company also granted 5-year common stock purchase options to its employees, in the aggregate, to purchase up to 477,240 shares of the Company’s restricted common stock at an exercise price of US$2.10 per share, of which 159,080 options were vested upon the date of grant, 159,080 options were vested on September 14, 2016 and the remaining 159,080 options will be vested on September 14, 2017. These options were valuated at US$1.03-US$1.39 per option. The Company adopted a 5% forfeiture rate for recognition of the related compensation expenses of the unvested part of options, total compensation expenses recognized for these options for the nine and three months ended September 30, 2016 was approximately US$149,970 and US$57,480, respectively. Total compensation expenses recognized for these options for the nine and three months ended September 30, 2015 was approximately US$182,460.
 
On April 1, 2016, the Company granted 16,000 shares of the Company’s restricted common stock in aggregate to two marketing service providers in exchange for their services to the Company for a 12-month period commencing on April 1, 2016. These shares were valued at US$1.73 per share, the closing bid price of the Company’s common stock on the date of grant. Total compensation expense recognized for the nine and three months ended September 30, 2016 was approximately US$13,800 and US$6,900, respectively.
 
Options issued and outstanding at September 30, 2016 and their movements during the nine months then ended are as follows:
 
    Option Outstanding   Option Exercisable
    Number of
underlying
shares
  Weighted
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Life (Years)
  Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
  Number of
underlying
shares
  Weighted
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Life (Years)
  Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
                         
Balance, December 31, 2015 (audited)     835,216       5.04     $ 2.49       517,056       5.24     $ 2.73  
Granted/Vested     -                       159,080       3.95     $ 2.10  
Forfeited     -                       -                  
Exercised     -                       -                  
Balance, September 30, 2016 (unaudited)     835,216       4.29     $ 2.49       676,136       4.37     $ 2.59  
 
The aggregate unrecognized share-based compensation expenses as of September 30, 2016 and 2015 is approximately US$1,111,000 and US$3,306,000, respectively.
 
**The number of restricted common stocks, common stock purchase options and the related stock price discussed in the above paragraphs and tables for all period presented have been retroactively restated to reflect the Company’s 1 for 2.5 reverse stock split, which was effective on August 19, 2016.