Stock-Based Compensation

6 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract]

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, 2016 and 2015 (in thousands):



	Three months ended September 30,				Six months ended September 30,
	2016		2015		2016		2015
Cost of revenues	$	49	$	61	$	99	$	158
Research and development	62		87		92		283
Selling, general and administrative	542		558		1,462		1,393
Total	$	653	$	706	$	1,653	$	1,834

The Company granted 9,703 stock options and 161,000 restricted stock awards during the six months ended September 30, 2016, and 392,689 restricted stock awards during the six months ended September 30, 2015. These awards generally vest over 2-3 years. Awards for restricted stock include both time-based and performance-based awards. For options and awards that vest upon the passage of time, expense is being recorded over the vesting period. Performance-based 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 $0.5 million at September 30, 2016. This expense will be recognized over a weighted average expense period of approximately 2.4 years. The total unrecognized compensation cost for unvested outstanding restricted stock was $2.8 million at September 30, 2016. This expense will be recognized over a weighted-average expense period of approximately 1.8 years.

The Company granted 9,703 stock options during the three and six months ended September 30, 2016 and did not grant any stock options in the three or six months ended September 30, 2015. These options will vest over 2 years. The weighted average assumptions used in the Black Scholes valuation model for stock options granted during the six months ended September 30, 2016 are as follows:



	Three months ended September 30,			Six months ended September 30,
	2016		2015	2016		2015
Expected volatility	67.6	%	N/A	67.6	%	N/A
Risk-free interest rate	1.3	%	N/A	1.3	%	N/A
Expected life (years)	5.7		N/A	5.7		N/A
Dividend yield	None		N/A	None		N/A

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 U.S. 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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