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SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2011
SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION
NOTE 14
SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION
 
Common Stock awarded to Employees by a Majority Shareholder
 
The Company recognized compensation expense of $127,125 and $63,562, related to the restricted shares granted by a principal stockholder to Mr. Yang “Roy” Yu, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO), based on the grant-date fair value of the Company’s common stock of $2.26 per share, for the six and three months ended June 30, 2011, respectively.
 
Options granted to Independent Directors and Employees
 
On January 14, 2011, the Company granted options to one of its independent directors, Mr. Kelvin Lau to purchase 15,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at a strike price of $10.64 per share, in consideration of his services to the Company. The option vests and becomes exercisable in equal installments on December 3, 2010, January 16, 2011, March 1, 2011 and April 14, 2011 and will expire 10 years from the date of grant.
 
On June 3, 2011, the Company granted options to each of its independent directors, Mr. Robert Bruce, Mr. Jonathan Serbin and Mr. Kelvin Lau to purchase 20,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at a strike price of $6.49 per share, in consideration of their services to the Company. The options vest and become exercisable in equal installments on July 14, 2011, October 14, 2011, January 14, 2012 and April 14, 2012 and will expire 10 years from the date of grant.
 
In accordance with the guidance provided in ASC Topic 718, Stock Compensation, the compensation costs associated with these options granted to directors and employees are recognized, based on the grant-date fair values of these options, over the requisite service period, or vesting period. Accordingly the Company recognized compensation expense of $139,949 and $57,213 for the six and three months ended June 30, 2011, respectively.
 
Options granted to Independent Directors and Employees
 
Options issued and outstanding at June 30, 2011 and their movements during the six months then ended are as follows:

   
Number of
Underlying
Shares
   
Weighted-
Average
Exercise
Price
Per Share
   
Aggregate
Intrinsic
Value (1)
   
Weighted-
Average
Contractual Life
Remaining in
Years
 
                         
Outstanding at December 31, 2010
    115,000     $ 6.74     $ 465,450       9  
Granted
    75,000       7.32       -       10  
Exercised
    -       -       -       -  
Expired
    -       -       -       -  
Forfeited
    -       -       -       -  
Outstanding at June 30, 2011 (Unaudited)
    190,000     $ 6.97     $ 116,700       8.86  
                                 
Exercisable at June 30, 2011 (Unaudited)
    130,000     $ 7.19     $ 116,700       8.36  

(1)
The intrinsic value of the stock option at June 30, 2011 is the amount by which the market value of the Company’s common stock of $6.09 as of June 30, 2011 exceeds the exercise price of the option.