9. Stockholders' Equity

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

Notes to Financial Statements

9. Stockholders' Equity

Dividend Declared

Dividends declared and paid on Common Stock were $153,637 and $113,397 for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively. The Company’s Board of Directors approved a quarterly dividend on May 14, 2013 of $.04 per share payable in cash on June 14, 2013 to stockholders of record as of May 31, 2013.

Stock Options

Pursuant to the Company’s 2005 Equity Participation Plan (the “2005 Plan”), which provides for the issuance of incentive stock options, non-statutory stock options and restricted stock, a maximum of 550,000 shares of Common Stock are permitted to be issued pursuant to options granted and restricted stock issued. Incentive stock options granted under the 2005 Plan expire no later than ten years from date of grant (except no later than five years for a grant to a 10% stockholder). The Board of Directors or the Stock Option Committee determines the expiration date with respect to non-statutory options, and the vesting provisions for restricted stock, granted under the 2005 Plan.

The results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 include share-based stock option compensation expense totaling approximately $9,000 and $20,000, respectively. Stock-based compensation expense related to stock options is net of estimated forfeitures of 21% for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012. Such amounts have been included in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income within other operating expenses.

Stock option compensation expense in 2013 and 2012 is the estimated fair value of options granted amortized on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period for the entire portion of the award. No stock options were granted during the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012.

A summary of option activity under the Company’s 2005 Plan for the three months ended March 31, 2013 is as follows:

Stock Options	Number of Shares		Weighted Average Exercise Price per Share		Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term		Aggregate Intrinsic Value
Outstanding at January 1, 2013		235,115	$	2.58		2.24	$	539,485
Granted		-	$	-		-	$	-
Exercised		-	$	-		-	$	-
Forfeited		-	$	-		-	$	-
Outstanding at March 31, 2013		235,115	$	2.58		2.00	$	734,631
Vested and Exercisable at March 31, 2013		212,615	$	2.48		1.91	$	683,931

The aggregate intrinsic value of options outstanding and options exercisable at March 31, 2013 is calculated as the difference between the exercise price of the underlying options and the market price of the Company’s Common Stock for the options that had exercise prices that were lower than the $5.70 closing price of the Company’s Common Stock on March 31, 2013.

Participants in the 2005 Plan may exercise their outstanding vested options, in whole or in part, by having the Company reduce the number of shares otherwise issuable by a number of shares having a fair market value equal to the exercise price of the option being exercised (“Net Exercise”). No options were exercised during the three months ended March 31, 2013.

As of March 31, 2013, the fair value of unamortized compensation cost related to unvested stock option awards was approximately $18,000. Unamortized compensation cost as of March 31, 2013 is expected to be recognized over a remaining weighted-average vesting period of 1.94 years.