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Note 7. Stock-based Compensation
3 Months Ended
May 31, 2014
Notes  
Note 7. Stock-based Compensation

Note 7.  Stock-Based Compensation

 

We have both an employee and director stock incentive plan, which are described more fully in Note 10 to the financial statements in our 2013 Annual Report on Form 10-K, as amended.  As of May 31, 2014, we had approximately 1,808,000 shares of common stock reserved for future issuance under the stock incentive plans.

 

Stock-based compensation cost is measured at the grant date based on the value of the award granted using the Black-Scholes option pricing model, and recognized over the period in which the award vests.  For stock awards no longer expected to vest, any previously recognized stock compensation expense is reversed in the period of termination.  The stock-based compensation expense has been allocated to the various categories of operating costs and expenses in a manner similar to the allocation of payroll expense as follows:

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

May 31,

2014

 

 

May 31,

2013

 

 

May 31,

2014

 

 

May 31,

2013

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost of sales

 

$

15,312

 

 

$

16,022

 

 

$

46,299

 

 

$

48,067

 

Research and development

 

 

45,641

 

 

 

50,285

 

 

 

137,730

 

 

 

150,855

 

Selling, general and administrative

 

 

155,335

 

 

 

219,875

 

 

 

450,830

 

 

 

663,592

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

$

216,288

 

 

$

286,182

 

 

$

634,859

 

 

$

862,514

 

 

During the nine months ended May 31, 2014, we granted employees a total of 127,000 stock options at a weighted-average exercise price of $1.19 with one third vesting each year for the next three years.  The estimated weighted average grant date fair value per share of this stock option was $0.62, and our weighted average assumptions used in the Black-Scholes valuation model to determine this estimated fair value are as follows:

 

Expected volatility

 

 

63.4

%

Expected dividends

 

 

0

%

Expected term

 

7.4 years

 

Risk-free interest rate

 

 

2.2

%

 

Unrecognized stock-based compensation expense expected to be recognized over the estimated weighted-average amortization period of .85 years is approximately $975,000 as of May 31, 2014.

 

A summary of the time-based stock option awards as of May 31, 2014, and changes during the nine months then ended, is as follows:

 

 

 

Shares

 

 

Weighted-

Average

Exercise

Price

 

 

Weighted-

Average

Remaining

Contract Term

(Years)

 

 

Aggregate

Intrinsic

Value

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Outstanding as of August 31, 2013

 

 

4,212,573

 

 

$

2.85

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Granted

 

 

127,000

 

 

 

1.19

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exercised

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Forfeited or expired

 

 

(446,654

)

 

 

2.22

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Outstanding as of May 31, 2014

 

 

3,892,919

 

 

$

2.87

 

 

 

6.59

 

 

$

350

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exercisable as of May 31, 2014

 

 

2,406,761

 

 

$

3.72

 

 

 

5.16

 

 

$

-

 

 

The aggregate intrinsic value in the preceding table represents the total pre-tax intrinsic value, based on our closing stock price of $1.04 as of May 30, 2014.  There were no exercisable, in-the-money options as of that date.