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Note 10 - Stock Compensation Plans
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2020
Notes to Financial Statements  
Share-based Payment Arrangement [Text Block]
10.
STOCK
COMPENSATION
PLANS
 
We instituted the
2003
Incentive Stock Plan (the
“2003
Plan”) in
March 2003.
The
2003
Plan authorized the issuance of up to
450,000
options to purchase shares of common stock to officers and key employees, with vesting of such options occurring equally over a
3
-year time period.  In
2013,
the
2003
Plan expired with
197,500
options ungranted. In the years ended
December 31, 2020
and
2019,
no
options and
25,000
options, respectively, were exercised under the
2003
Plan. In
June 2015,
shareholders approved the
2015
Incentive Stock Plan (the
“2015
Plan”) which authorizes the issuance of up to
750,000
options to purchase shares of common stock to employees and key consultants and advisors. In
2020
and
2019,
no
options were exercised under the
2015
Plan. In
2020,
no
options were granted and in
2019
30,000
options were granted under the
2015
Plan. In
2019,
10,000
options were cancelled under the
2015
Plan.
 
In
August 2000,
we instituted a Non-Employee Directors' Stock Option Plan (the “Directors Plan”) that authorized the issuance of up to
200,000
options to purchase shares of common stock to non-employee directors. Upon adoption of the Directors Plan, each non-employee director was granted an option to acquire
5,000
shares. At each Annual Meeting, each director receives a grant of
4,000
options, which vest in
50%
increments on the
first
and
second
anniversary. The Directors Plan expired in
2011,
with
60,000
options ungranted. The shareholders approved a new plan, the
2011
Non-Employee Directors Stock Plan (the
“2011
Directors Plan”), in
May 2011,
with essentially the same terms and conditions as the Directors Plan. In the years ended
December 31, 2020
and
2019,
no
options and
12,000
options were granted to non-employee members of our board of directors at the
2020
and
2019
Annual Meetings, respectively, pursuant to the
2011
Directors Plan. Additionally, in
2020
and
2019,
no
options and
8,000
options, respectively, were exercised under the Directors Plan. In
2020
and
2019,
no
options and
74,000
options, respectively, were exercised under the
2011
Directors Plan. In
2020,
no
options were cancelled and in
2019,
under the
2011
Directors Plan,
6,000
options were cancelled.
 
In
August 2020,
shareholders approved the
2020
Non-Employee Directors' Stock Incentive Plan (the
“2020
Plan”), which replaces the
2011
Director Plan and authorizes the issuance of
200,000
shares of common stock to non-employee directors. During
2020,
an aggregate of
4,380
shares totaling
$150,000
were granted to the
three
independent members of our board of directors pursuant to the
2020
Plan. Pursuant to the terms of the
2020
Plan, the shares were granted at fair market value on the date of the Annual Meeting of Shareholders and vested upon issuance. We expect to grant each independent director
$50,000
of stock on the date of each subsequent Annual Meeting.
 
Stock options under all plans are granted at an exercise price equal to fair value on the date of grant and vest over
2
-
3
years. As of
December 31, 2020,
a total of
1,356,500
options under all plans have been granted,
947,320
have been exercised,
282,680
have been cancelled,
102,500
are fully vested and exercisable and
24,000
are
not
vested. All options expire
ten
years from their respective dates of grant.
 
As of
December 31, 2020,
there was
$235,000
of unrecognized compensation cost related to stock options granted under the plans, which is expected to be recognized by the
first
quarter of
2022.
 
Stock option activity during the years ended
December 31, 2020
and
2019
was as follows:
 
     
20
20
   
201
9
 
Options outstanding at January 1
   
 
 
126,500
     
 
 
207,500
 
Options cancelled
   
 
 
-
     
 
 
(16,000
)
Options exercised
   
 
 
-
     
 
 
(107,000
)
Options granted
   
 
 
-
     
 
 
42,000
 
Options outstanding at December 31
   
 
 
126,500
     
 
 
126,500
 
                         
Options available for grant at December 31
   
 
 
885,620
     
 
 
763,000
 
                         
Options exercisable at December 31
   
 
 
102,500
     
 
 
84,500
 
                         
Exercise price ranges per share:
                       
Granted
   
 
 
N/A
     
$19.99
-
$39.11
 
Exercised
   
 
 
N/A
     
$0.69
-
$7.80
 
Outstanding
   
$1.52
-
$39.11
     
 $1.52
-
$39.11
 
                         
Weighted average exercise price per share:
                       
Granted
   
 
 
-
    $
 
 
25.45
 
Exercised
   
 
 
-
    $
 
 
1.97
 
Outstanding at December 31
  $
 
 
8.94
    $
 
 
8.94
 
Exercisable at December 31
  $
 
 
5.61
    $
 
 
2.21
 
 
The following tables summarize information about the stock options outstanding under the Company's option plans as of
December 31, 2020.
 
 
Options Outstanding:
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Range of Exercise Price
 
Number
Outstanding
   
Wgt. Avg. Contractual
Life Remaining (in years)
   
Wgt. Avg.
Exercise Price
   
Aggregate
Intrinsic Value
 
$1.52
-
$1.72
   
67,500
     
0.5
    $
1.59
    $
2,600,325
 
$3.50
-
$39.11
   
59,000
     
7.6
    $
17.35
    $
1,342,770
 
$1.52
-
$39.11
   
126,500
     
3.8
    $
8.94
    $
3,943,095
 
 
Options Exercisable:
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Range of Exercise Price
 
Number
Exercisable
   
Wgt. Avg. Contractual
Life Remaining (in years)
   
Wgt. Avg.
Exercise Price
   
Aggregate
Intrinsic Value
 
$1.52
-
$1.72
   
67,500
     
0.5
    $
1.59
    $
2,600,325
 
$3.50
-
$39.11
   
35,000
     
7.3
    $
13.36
    $
936,370
 
$1.52
-
$39.11
   
102,500
     
2.8
    $
5.61
    $
3,536,695
 
 
Aggregate intrinsic value represents the total pre-tax intrinsic value (the difference between the Company's closing stock price on the last trading day of the year ended
December 31, 2020
and the exercise price, multiplied by the number of in-the-money options) that would have been received by the option holders had all option holders exercised their options on
December 31, 2020.
The amount of aggregate intrinsic value will change based on the fair value of the Company's common stock.