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10. Stock Based Compensation (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2014

Stock Based Compensation Tables

Schedule of options granted under employee stock plans

The following is a summary of options granted under the employee stock plans:

		Shares Available for Grant				Number of Shares Oustanding				Weighted-Average Balance Price
Balance of December 31, 2013			74				913			$	4.90
Authorized			100				-				-
Granted			(148	)			148			$	4.20
Exercised			-				(15	)			1.60
Forfeited/expired			2				(2	)			5.50
Balance of March 31, 2014			28				1,044			$	4.89

Schedule of weighted average fair value calculations for options

The weighted-average fair value calculations for consultant and employee options are based on the following weighted average assumptions:

		As of March 31,
		2014				2013
Dividend-yield			0	%			0	%
Risk-free interest rate			0. 44 - 0.74	%			0.23 - 0.57	%
Expected volatility			70.16 - 79.93	%			58.88 - 81.24	%
Expected life (years)			0.8 - 3.0				0.5 - 4.0
Market price of the common stock		$	4.20 - 5.80			$	6.10

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Tabular disclosure of components of a stock option or other award plan under which equity-based compensation is awarded to employees, typically comprised of the amount of unearned compensation (deferred compensation cost), compensation expense, and changes in the quantity and fair value of the shares (or other type of equity) granted, exercised, forfeited, and issued and outstanding pertaining to that plan. Disclosure may also include nature and general terms of such arrangements that existed during the period and potential effects of those arrangements on shareholders, effect of compensation cost arising from equity-based payment arrangements on the income statement, method of estimating the fair value of the goods or services received, or the fair value of the equity instruments granted, during the period, cash flow effects resulting from equity-based payment arrangements and, for registrants that accelerate vesting of out of the money share options, reasons for the decision to accelerate.

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