Stock-Based Compensation

6 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

Disclosure Of Compensation Related Costs Sharebased Payments [Abstract]

2. Stock-Based Compensation

The Company accounts for its stock-based compensation at fair value. The following table summarizes stock-based compensation expense by financial statement line item for the three and six months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013 (in thousands):

	Three months ended September 30,				Six months ended September 30,
	2014		2013		2014		2013
Cost of revenues	$	194	$	224	$	346	$	429
Research and development		521		585		1,000		1,159
Selling, general and administrative		803		1,343		1,753		2,699
Total	$	1,518	$	2,152	$	3,099	$	4,287

During the six months ended September 30, 2014, the Company granted 1,000,000 stock options, and 3,192,502 restricted stock awards. During the six months ended September 30, 2013, the Company granted approximately 831,000 stock options, 400,000 time-based restricted stock awards, 362,000 performance-based restricted stock awards, and issued 212,000 shares of common stock in-lieu of cash bonuses and severance payments issued. The stock options vest generally over 3-5 years, and the time-based restricted stock awards vest generally over three years. For options and awards that vest upon the passage of time, expense is being recorded over the vesting period. Performance-based restricted stock awards are expensed over the requisite service period based on probability of achievement.

The estimated fair value of the Company’s stock-based awards, less expected annual forfeitures, is amortized over the awards’ service period. The total unrecognized compensation cost for unvested outstanding stock options was $1.8 million at September 30, 2014. This expense will be recognized over a weighted average expense period of approximately 3.0 years. The total unrecognized compensation cost for unvested outstanding restricted stock was $4.6 million at September 30, 2014. This expense will be recognized over a weighted-average expense period of approximately 1.6 years.

The weighted-average assumptions used in the Black-Scholes valuation model for stock options granted during the three and six months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013 are as follows:

	Three months ended September 30,				Six months ended September 30,
	2014	2013			2014			2013
Expected volatility	N/A		75.4	%		85.5	%		75.1	%
Risk-free interest rate	N/A		1.7	%		1.9	%		1.7	%
Expected life (years)	N/A		5.8			5.8			5.9
Dividend yield	N/A	None			None			None

The expected volatility rate was estimated based on an equal weighting of the historical volatility of the Company’s common stock and the implied volatility of the Company’s traded options. The expected term was estimated based on an analysis of the Company’s historical experience of exercise, cancellation, and expiration patterns. The risk-free interest rate is based on the average of the five and seven year United States Treasury rates.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for compensation-related costs for equity-based compensation, which may include disclosure of policies, compensation plan details, allocation of equity compensation, incentive distributions, equity-based arrangements to obtain goods and services, deferred compensation arrangements, employee stock ownership plan details and employee stock purchase plan details.

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