STOCK OPTIONS AND STOCK-BASED EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION

9 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2014

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

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

4. STOCK OPTIONS AND STOCK-BASED EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION

Employee and Director Stock Option Plans

In 1995, the Company adopted the 1995 Stock Option Plan (the “1995 Plan”) for employees and directors. In August 1999, the Company adopted the 1999 Stock Option Plan (the “1999 Plan”) and in 2010, the Company’s Board of Directors approved the 2010 Stock Option Plan (the “2010 Plan”) (collectively, “the Plans”). The 2010 Plan was approved by the shareholders of the Company at the 2011 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. The options granted under the Plans may be either incentive stock options, or non-qualified options. The Plans are administered by the Board of Directors or by a compensation committee of the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors has the exclusive power to select individuals to receive grants, to establish the terms of the options granted to each participant, provided that all options granted shall be granted at an exercise price equal to at least 85% of the fair market value of the common stock covered by the option on the grant date and to make all determinations necessary or advisable under the Plans.

The compensation costs recognized for the three months ended June 30, 2014 and 2013 were $2,922 and $281,745, respectively, and were $156,449 and $845,325 for the nine months then ended, respectively. There were 269,665 and 369,665 stock option exercises aggregating $2.3 million and $3.1 million, respectively, during the three and nine months ended June 30, 2014. There were no stock option exercises for the three and nine months ended June 30, 2013. There were no stock option grants for the three and nine months ended June 30, 2014.

Stock Option Activity

The following is a summary of all stock option transactions for the nine months ended June 30, 2014:

(in thousands, except for per share and year information)	Shares		Weighted Average Exercise Price		Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term (years)		Aggregate Intrinsic Value
Outstanding as of September 30, 2013		765	$	8.41
Granted		-		-
Cancelled or expired		(22)		8.54

Exercised		(370)		8.45
Outstanding as of June 30, 2014		373	$	8.36		0.16	$	690
Options exercisable as of June 30, 2014		373	$	8.36		0.16	$	690

The 362,835 options exercisable as of June 30, 2014 expired on July 2, 2014.

- 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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