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The Incentive Stock Plans
3 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
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The Incentive Stock Plans
10. THE INCENTIVE STOCK PLANS:

During February 2013, our stockholders approved a proposal to amend the 2011 Stock-Based Compensation Plan (“2011 Plan”) to increase the 1,200,456 share threshold by 1,000,000 shares to 2,200,456 shares. During January 2011, our stockholders approved a proposal to authorize our 2011 Plan, which replaced our 2007 Incentive Compensation Plan (“2007 Plan”). Our 2011 Plan provides for the grant of stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, stock units, bonus stock, dividend equivalents, other stock related awards, and performance awards (collectively “awards”), that may be settled in cash, stock, or other property. Our 2011 Plan is designed to attract, motivate, retain, and reward our executives, employees, officers, directors, and independent contractors by providing such persons with annual and long-term performance incentives to expend their maximum efforts in the creation of stockholder value. Subsequent to the February 2013 amendment described above, the total number of shares of our common stock that may be subject to awards under the 2011 Plan is equal to 2,000,000 shares, plus: (i) any shares available for issuance and not subject to an award under the 2007 Plan, which was 200,456 shares at the time of approval of the 2011 Plan; (ii) the number of shares with respect to which awards granted under the 2011 Plan and the 2007 Plan terminate without the issuance of the shares or where the shares are forfeited or repurchased; (iii) with respect to awards granted under the 2011 Plan and the 2007 Plan, the number of shares that are not issued as a result of the award being settled for cash or otherwise not issued in connection with the exercise or payment of the award; and (iv) the number of shares that are surrendered or withheld in payment of the exercise price of any award or any tax withholding requirements in connection with any award granted under the 2011 Plan or the 2007 Plan. The 2011 Plan terminates in January 2021, and awards may be granted at any time during the life of the 2011 Plan. The date on which awards vest are determined by the Board of Directors or the Plan Administrator. The Board of Directors has appointed the Compensation Committee as the Plan Administrator. The exercise prices of options are determined by the Board of Directors or the Plan Administrator and are at least equal to the fair market value of shares of common stock on the date of grant. The term of options under the 2011 Plan may not exceed ten years. The options granted have varying vesting periods. To date, we have not settled or been under any obligation to settle any awards in cash.

The following table summarizes option activity from September 30, 2014 through December 31, 2014:

 

     Shares
Available
for Grant
    Options
Outstanding
    Aggregate
Intrinsic Value
(in thousands)
     Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
     Weighted
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Life
 

Balance as of September 30, 2014

     1,350,709        2,226,319      $ 15,980       $ 11.70         6.6   

Options authorized

     —          —             —        

Options granted

     (290,000     290,000         $ 15.91      

Options cancelled/forfeited/expired

     50,002        (50,002      $ 23.42      

Restricted stock awards issued

     (111,000     —             —        

Options exercised

     —          (48,502      $ 6.95      
  

 

 

   

 

 

         

Balance as of December 31, 2014

  999,711      2,417,815    $ 21,473    $ 12.05      6.8   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

       

Exercisable as of December 31, 2014

  1,507,791    $ 16,525    $ 10.50      5.5   
    

 

 

   

 

 

       

The weighted average grant date fair value of options granted during the three months ended December 31, 2013 and 2014 was $6.24 and $5.79, respectively. The total intrinsic value of options exercised during the three months ended December 31, 2013 and 2014 was $1.4 million and $573,000, respectively.

As of December 31, 2013 and 2014, there was approximately $3.2 million of unrecognized compensation costs related to non-vested options that are expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 2.6 years and 2.2 years, respectively. The total fair value of options vested during the three months ended December 31, 2013 and 2014 was approximately $1.0 million and $283,000, respectively.

We used the Black-Scholes model to estimate the fair value of options granted. The expected term of options granted is derived from the output of the option pricing model and represents the period of time that options granted are expected to be outstanding. Volatility is based on the historical volatility of our common stock. The risk-free rate for periods within the contractual term of the options is based on the U.S. Treasury yield curve in effect at the time of grant.

The following are the weighted average assumptions used for each respective period:

 

     Three Months Ended
December 31,
 
     2013     2014  

Dividend yield

     0.0     0.0

Risk-free interest rate

     0.7     0.8

Volatility

     55.7     47.4

Expected life

     3.2 years        3.0 years