NOTE 11.  STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION PLAN



Under the Company’s current 2015 Stock Incentive Plan (the “2015 Plan”), the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board of Directors”) has flexibility to determine the type and amount of awards to be granted to eligible participants, who must be employees, directors, officers or consultants of the Company or its subsidiaries.  The 2015 Plan allows for grants of incentive stock options, nonqualified stock options, restricted stock awards, stock appreciation rights, and restricted units.  The aggregate number of shares of common stock that may be granted through awards under the 2015 Plan to any employee in any calendar year may not exceed 500 shares.  The 2015 Plan will continue in effect until December 2025 unless terminated sooner. 



During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Company issued stock options for an aggregate of 138 shares under the 2015 Plan to directors and employees of the Company.  Of the 138 options issued, 38 options vest in four equal consecutive quarterly tranches from the date of grant.  The remaining 100 options vested immediately.



For computing the fair value of the stock-based awards, the fair value of each option grant has been estimated as of the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model with the following assumptions:









On June 1, 2017, the Company issued and granted to an employee a restricted stock award of 500 restricted shares under the 2015 Plan, of which (i) 250 restricted shares will vest if, on or before June 1, 2022, the Fair Market Value (as defined in the Plan) of the Company’s common stock shall have equaled or exceeded $10.00 per share for twenty consecutive trading days; and (ii) 250 restricted shares will vest if, on or before June 1, 2022, the Fair Market Value (as defined in the Plan) of the Company’s common stock shall have equaled or exceeded $12.00 per share for twenty consecutive trading days.  For computing the fair value of the 500 restricted shares with a market condition, the fair value of each restricted stock award grant has been estimated as of the date of grant using the Monte-Carlo pricing model with the assumptions below.



Market Condition Restricted Shares Granted on June 1, 2017







The total non-cash stock compensation expense related to restricted stock, stock options and stock awards recorded by the Company for the three months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016 was $309 and $115, respectively, and for the six months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016 was $342 and $151, respectively.  For the three and six months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016, the majority of stock-based compensation costs were classified as selling, general and administrative expense.  The fair value of unvested restricted stock awards is determined based on the market price of our shares of common stock on the grant date or using the Monte-Carlo pricing model. 



As of June 30, 2017, there were 220 unvested stock options and unrecognized compensation cost of $464 related to unvested stock options, as well as 850 unvested restricted stock awards and unrecognized compensation cost of $1,957 related to unvested restricted stock awards.