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10. Stock-Based Compensation (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Stock-based Compensation Tables

Schedule of options granted under employee stock plans

		Shares Available for Grant				Number of Shares Outstanding				Weighted-Average Exercise Price
Balance as of December 31, 2014			5				1,015			$	5.51
Authorized			200				—				—
Granted			(25	)			25				3.88
Exercised			-				(71	)			2.12
Forfeited/expired			43				(43	)			2.12
Balance as of March 31, 2015			223				926			$	5.89

Schedule of weighted average fair value calculations for options

	For the quarter ended March 31
	2015				2014
Dividend-yield		0	%			0	%
Risk-free interest rate		0.89	%			0.74	%
Expected volatility		78.79	%			78.73	%
Expected life (years)		3				3
Market value per share on grant date	$	3.88			$	4.20
Weighted average fair value per share on grant date	$	1.99			$	2.14

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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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Tabular disclosure of the significant assumptions used during the year to estimate the fair value of stock options, including, but not limited to: (a) expected term of share options and similar instruments, (b) expected volatility of the entity's shares, (c) expected dividends, (d) risk-free rate(s), and (e) discount for post-vesting restrictions.

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