Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION.

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STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION.
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2018
Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract]  
STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION.
13. STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION.

 

The Company has two equity incentive compensation plans: a 2006 Stock Incentive Plan and a 2016 Stock Incentive Plan.

 

2006 Stock Incentive Plan – The 2006 Stock Incentive Plan authorized the issuance of incentive stock options (“ISOs”) and non-qualified stock options (“NQOs”), restricted stock, restricted stock units, stock appreciation rights, direct stock issuances and other stock-based awards to the Company’s officers, directors or key employees or to consultants that do business with the Company for up to an aggregate of 1,715,000 shares of common stock. In June 2016, this plan was terminated, except to the extent of issued and outstanding unvested stock awards and options.

 

2016 Stock Incentive Plan – On June 16, 2016, the Company’s shareholders approved the 2016 Stock Incentive Plan, which authorizes the issuance of ISOs, NQOs, restricted stock, restricted stock units, stock appreciation rights, direct stock issuances and other stock-based awards to the Company’s officers, directors or key employees or to consultants that do business with the Company initially for up to an aggregate of 1,150,000 shares of common stock. On June 14, 2018, the Company’s shareholders approved an increase to the aggregate number of shares authorized under the 2016 Stock Incentive Plan to 3,650,000.

 

Stock Options – Summaries of the status of Company’s stock option plans as of December 31, 2018 and 2017 and of changes in options outstanding under the Company’s plans during those years are as follows (number of shares in thousands):

 

    Years Ended December 31,  
    2018     2017  
    Number
of Shares
    Weighted Average Exercise Price     Number
of Shares
    Weighted Average  
Exercise Price
 
Outstanding at beginning of year     230     $ 4.18       240     $ 4.18  
Exercised/cancelled     (1 )     12.90       (10 )     3.74  
Outstanding at end of year     229     $ 4.15       230     $ 4.18  
Options exercisable at end of year     229     $ 4.15       230     $ 4.18  

 

Stock options outstanding as of December 31, 2018 were as follows (number of shares in thousands): 

 

          Options Outstanding      Options Exercisable   
  Range of
Exercise Prices 
    Number Outstanding     

Weighted Average Remaining Contractual

Life (yrs.) 

   

Weighted Average 

Exercise Price 

    Number Exercisable       

Weighted Average 

Exercise Price 

 
                                           
$ 3.74       219       4.47     $ 3.74     219     $ 3.74  
$ 12.90       10       2.59     $ 12.90     10     $ 12.90  

 

The intrinsic value of options outstanding were none and $84,000 at December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively. The intrinsic value of options exercised in 2017 was approximately $30,000.

 

Restricted Stock – The Company granted to certain employees and directors shares of restricted stock under its 2006 and 2016 Stock Incentive Plans. A summary of unvested restricted stock activity is as follows (shares in thousands):

 

      Number of
Shares
    Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value Per Share  
Unvested at December 31, 2015       463     $ 10.00  
Issued       742     $ 5.24  
Vested       (250 )   $ 9.01  
Canceled       (25 )   $ 6.24  
Unvested at December 31, 2016       930     $ 6.57  
Issued       664     $ 6.65  
Vested       (480 )   $ 7.30  
Canceled       (37 )   $ 6.08  
Unvested at December 31, 2017       1,077     $ 6.31  
Issued       1,175     $ 3.07  
Vested       (540 )   $ 7.69  
Canceled       (77 )   $ 7.14  
Unvested at December 31, 2018       1,635     $ 3.49  

  

The fair value of the common stock at vesting aggregated $1,629,000, $3,210,000 and $1,142,000 for the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016, respectively. Stock-based compensation expense related to employee and non-employee restricted stock and option grants recognized in selling, general and administrative expenses, were as follows (in thousands):

 

    Years Ended December 31,  
    2018     2017     2016  
Employees   $ 2,905     $ 3,303     $ 2,173  
Non-employees     533       525       443  
Total stock-based compensation expense   $ 3,438     $ 3,828     $ 2,616  

 

Employee grants typically have a three year vesting schedule, while the non-employee grants have a one year vesting schedule. At December 31, 2018, the total compensation expense related to unvested awards which had not been recognized was $3,648,000 and the associated weighted-average period over which the compensation expense attributable to those unvested awards will be recognized was approximately 1.63 years.