Employee Stock Benefit Plans

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Employee Stock Benefit Plans [Abstract]

Employee Stock Benefit Plans

Note 13

Employee Stock Benefit Plans:

Post-Reverse Merger

The Company has a Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan. This plan has authorized 370,000 shares; of which 7,000 shares had been issued or were reserved for issuance as awards of shares of common stock, and 12,912 shares were reserved for outstanding stock options. The directors, who were elected to our Board in connection with the reverse merger, each received a one-time stock award of 5,000 shares of the Company's common stock in January 2012.

In addition, the Company has a 2005 Equity Compensation Plan ("2005 Equity Plan"). The 2005 Equity Plan has authorized 6,000,000 shares, of which 3,071,095 shares had been issued or were reserved for issuance as awards of shares of common stock, and 966,526 shares were reserved for outstanding options as of March 31, 2015. 

Stock option activity under all of the Company's share-based compensation plans for the three months ended March 31, 2015 was as follows:

	Number of Options			Weighted Average Exercise Price
Outstanding, January 1, 2015		1,159,554		$	16.23
Granted		-			-
Exercised		-			-
Cancelled		(180,116	)		15.39
Outstanding, March 31, 2015		979,438		$	16.38
Options exercisable at March 31, 2015		626,138		$	16.23

At March 31, 2015, there was $7,260 of total unrecognized compensation cost related to non-vested option grants and stock awards that is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 3.4 years. The intrinsic value of options outstanding and exercisable at March 31, 2015 was not significant.

The Company calculates expected volatility for share-based grants based on historic daily stock price observations of its common stock. For estimating the expected term of share-based grants made in the three months ended March 31, 2015, the Company has adopted the simplified method. The Company has used historical data to estimate expected employee behaviors related to option exercises and forfeitures and included these expected forfeitures as a part of the estimate of expense as of the grant date.

The Company uses the Black-Scholes option-pricing model to estimate fair value of grants of stock options. With respect to grants of options, the risk-free rate of interest is based on the U.S. Treasury rates appropriate for the expected term of the grant or award.

On February 26, 2015, the Company issued 1,495,000 restricted stock units to a number of employees. The restricted shares have a purchase price of $0.01 per share and vest, and cease to be subject to the Company's right of repurchase, over a four-year period. The Company determined the fair value of the awards to be the quoted market price of the Company's common stock units on the date of issuance less the value paid for the award. The aggregate fair value of these restricted stock units issued was $2,766.

Total stock based compensation expense was $3,337, including $2,363 that is included in discontinued operations, and $1,262 for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, including amounts relating to consultants.