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Note 26 - Share-based Compensation Expenses
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2018
Notes to Financial Statements  
Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Text Block]
26.
Share-based compensation expenses
 
In
December 2018,
the Company granted and issued
250,000
shares of the Company restricted common stock to a management
consulting and advisor service provider in exchange for its service for a
one
-year period. According to the service agreement, these shares are fully-vested upon issuance at the contract inception and shall
not
be subject to forfeiture upon termination of the agreement. The Company valued these shares at
US$1.43
per share, the closing bid price of the Company’s common stock on the grant date of these shares and recorded the related cost of approximately
US$358,000
as a prepayment asset in prepayment and deposit to suppliers upon grant and issuance of these fully-vested and nonforfeitable shares and amortized approximately
US$18,000
to share-based compensation expenses for the year ended
December 31, 2018
.
 
For the year ended
December 31, 2017,
the Company granted and issued in the aggregate of
1,650,000
fully-vested shares of the Company’s restricted common stock to its employees and directors for their services provided to the Company. These shares were valued at the closing bid price of the Company’s common stock on their respective grant dates, which ranged from
US$1.03
-
US$1.12
per share. Total compensation expenses recognized was approximately
US$1,705,000
for the year ended
December 31, 2017.
 
For the year ended
December 31, 2017,
the Company granted and issued in the aggregate of
174,000
shares of the Company’s restricted common stock to nonemployees in exchange for their services, which subject to forfeiture upon termination of the service contracts. These shares were valued at the closing bid price of the Company’s common stock on their respective earlier of the performance commitment date or the date service was completed, which ranged from
US$1.09
-
US$1.67
per share. Total compensation expenses recognized for share-based payment to nonemployee was approximately
US$63,000
and
US$234,000
for the years ended
December 31, 2018
and
2017,
respectively.
 
For the year ended
December 31, 2018
and
2017,
the Company also recognized approximately
US$152,000
and
US$332,000
share-based compensation expenses, respectively, relating to the Company’s restricted common stock and common stock purchase options granted to its employees in
September 2015.
 
Options issued and outstanding at
December 31, 2018
and their movements for the
two
years 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, January 1, 2017    
835,216
     
4.04
    $
2.49
     
676,136
     
4.11
    $
2.59
 
Granted/Vested    
-
     
 
     
 
     
159,080
     
2.70
    $
2.10
 
Forfeited    
-
     
 
     
 
     
-
     
 
     
 
 
Exercised    
-
     
 
     
 
     
-
     
 
     
 
 
Balance, December 31, 2017    
835,216
     
3.04
    $
2.49
     
835,216
     
3.04
    $
2.49
 
Granted/Vested    
-
     
 
     
 
     
-
     
 
     
 
 
Forfeited    
-
     
 
     
 
     
-
     
 
     
 
 
Exercised    
-
     
 
     
 
     
-
     
 
     
 
 
Balance, December 31, 2018    
835,216
     
2.04
    $
2.49
     
835,216
     
2.04
    $
2.49
 
 
The aggregate intrinsic value of the above options was
zero
as of
December 31, 2018
and
2017,
as their respective exercise prices were all lower than the Company’s closing stock price on the last trading day of each year.
 
The aggregate unrecognized share-based compensation expenses as of
December 31, 2018
and
2017
is approximately
US$340,000
and
US$154,000,
respectively. All unrecognized share-based compensation expenses as of
December 31, 2018
will be recognized for the year ending
December 31, 2019.
 
The table below summarized share-based compensation expenses recorded for the years ended
December 31, 2018
and
2017,
respectively:
 
    Year Ended December 31,
    2018   2017
    US$(’000)   US$(’000)
                 
Sales and marketing expenses    
47
     
86
 
General and administrative expenses    
149
     
2,120
 
Research and development expenses    
37
     
65
 
Total    
233
     
2,271