SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

NOTE 14

SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION

Options granted to Independent Directors and Employees

The Company grants share-based awards, primarily stock options, to their independent directors and employees.

On May 30, 2013, 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 $5.60 per share, in consideration of their services to the Company. The options vest and become exercisable in equal installments on July 14, 2013, October 14, 2013, January 14, 2014 and April 14, 2014 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 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 $249,717 and $93,797 for the nine and three months ended September 30, 2013, respectively. The Company recognized compensation expense of $313,309 and $98,834 for the nine and three months ended September 30, 2012, respectively.

Options issued and outstanding at September 30, 2013 and their movements during the nine 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 January 1, 2013	715,000	$	5.25	$	65,700	8.47
Granted	60,000		5.60			10.00
Exercised	-
Expired	-
Forfeited	-
Outstanding at September 30, 2013	775,000	$	5.28	$	306,600	7.92
Exercisable at September 30, 2013	445,000	$	5.71	$	177,000	7.59

(1)	The intrinsic value of the stock options at September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012 is the amount by which the market value of the Company’s common stock of $4.98 and $4.39, as of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively, exceeds the exercise price of the option.

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