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NOTE 9. SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION
 9 Months Ended
Aug. 31, 2015
Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract]  
NOTE 9. SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION

 

    Three months ended August 31,     Nine months ended August 31,  
    2015     2014     2015     2014  
Stock options   $ 493     $ 795     $ 4,111     $ 5,362  
Performance share unit plan     1,124       1,045       3,457       2,943  
Deferred share unit plan     56       46       162       146  
    $ 1,673     $ 1,886     $ 7,730     $ 8,451  


 

In the first nine months of 2015, the Company granted 4,359,000 share options to employees and directors with an exercise price of C$3.18 per share and a fair value of C$1.30 per share. The Company also granted 1,377,000 performance share units to employees with a fair value of C$3.86 per unit.

 

In the first nine months of 2014, the Company granted 6,092,000 share options to employees and directors with an exercise price of C$2.90 per share and a fair value of C$1.18 per share. The Company also granted 1,820,000 performance share units to employees with a fair value of C$3.18 per unit.