SHARE REPURCHASE PROGRAM AND SHARE REPURCHASES

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2022

SHARE REPURCHASE PROGRAM AND SHARE REPURCHASES [Abstract]

SHARE REPURCHASE PROGRAM AND SHARE REPURCHASES

7.  SHARE REPURCHASE PROGRAM AND SHARE REPURCHASES

On August 9, 2020, the Board of Directors approved a new program to repurchase up to $5.0 million of its common stock between August 9, 2020 and July 31, 2022. The Company’s previous share repurchase program expired in August 2020. As of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, the full $5.0 million of our common stock remained available for repurchase under this program.

On January 28, 2021, we entered into an agreement with an institutional shareholder of the Company, to repurchase 500,000 shares of our common stock, par value $0.0024 in a private transaction. The purchase price was $3.35 per share for a total of $1.7 million. The closing of the repurchase took place on February 1, 2021, and these shares were subsequently cancelled. Prior to the repurchase, the shares represented approximately 5.5% of our outstanding common stock.

On December 8, 2021, we entered into an agreement with an institutional shareholder of the Company, to repurchase 212,690 shares of our common stock, par value $0.0024 in a private transaction. The purchase price was $5.00 per share for a total of $1.1 million. The closing of the repurchase took place on December 16, 2021, and these shares were subsequently cancelled. Prior to the repurchase, the shares represented approximately 2.4% of our outstanding common stock.

These share repurchases were separately authorized by our Board of Directors and did not reduce the remaining amount authorized to be repurchased under the plan described in the previous paragraph.