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Note 8 - Commitments and Contingencies | 9 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2013
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract] |
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Text Block] | 8. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES Bank and Other Cash Equivalent Deposits in Excess of FDIC Insurance Limits The Company maintains cash and cash equivalent accounts with Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) insured financial institutions. Under provisions of the Dodd Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (“Dodd Frank Act”), unlimited FDIC insurance was provided for all funds in non-interest bearing transaction accounts through December 31, 2012. Beginning on January 1, 2013, the FDIC covers all deposit accounts up to $250,000 per depositor for each insured bank. The Company’s exposure for amounts in excess of FDIC insured limits at June 30, 2013 was approximately $14,800,000. The Company has not experienced any losses in such accounts. Litigation The Company may at times be involved in litigation in the ordinary course of business. The Company will, from time to time, when appropriate in management’s estimation, record adequate reserves in the Company’s financial statements for pending litigation. On July 24, 2012, the Company was served with a complaint filed in the Delaware Court of Chancery by Iroquois Master Fund Ltd. (“Iroquois”), a shareholder of the Company, against the Company’s board of directors (the “Board”), its Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer (the “Delaware Litigation”). The action is a purported derivative action which alleges breach of fiduciary duty and other claims against the individual defendants based on the issuance of stock options to them, which the plaintiff alleges were granted in violation of the terms of the Company’s 2005 Equity Incentive Plan. The Company was also named in the action as a nominal defendant against which no recovery is sought. The plaintiff seeks rescission or repricing of the stock options at issue and other damages, purportedly on behalf of the Company. The defendants filed a motion to dismiss the complaint. Rather than oppose the motion, the plaintiff filed an amended complaint on November 19, 2012. Defendants filed a motion to dismiss the amended derivative complaint on December 17, 2012. The Company and the individual defendants seek dismissal of the complaint on the grounds that the plaintiff has failed to comply with Delaware law in filing the complaint. The individual defendants seek dismissal on the additional grounds that the Complaint fails to state a legal claim against them. A hearing on the defendants’ motion to dismiss the amended derivative complaint was held March 4, 2013. The Company received a notice and a Schedule 13D was filed by Iroquois with the SEC on January 17, 2013 announcing Iroquois’ intention to nominate a slate of five directors to stand for election at the Company’s 2013 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “annual meeting”). The Company’s Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee reviewed and considered the nominations as well as qualified individuals who were submitted by other stockholders to serve on the Board. On May 21, 2013, the Company entered into an agreement (the “Settlement Agreement”) with Iroquois to settle the potential proxy contest pertaining to the election of directors to the Board at the annual meeting. The Company agreed, among other things, to nominate three new nominees to the Board and to pay to Iroquois its legal and advisory fees in connection with its nomination of director candidates, in the amount of $301,496, which was paid in the quarter ended June 30, 2013. Also as part of the settlement, the Company and Iroquois agreed to execute a Stipulation of Settlement seeking to settle the Delaware Litigation brought by Iroquois in July 2012. As part of the settlement, Thomas R. Brown, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, has agreed to increase the exercise price of the option granted to Mr. Brown in May 2012 to $3.00 per share. A hearing is scheduled for September 10, 2013 to request approval of the Stipulation of Settlement by the Delaware Court. If the Delaware Court approves the Stipulation, Iroquois’ Counsel shall apply to the Delaware Court for an award of attorneys’ fees and expenses of no more than $340,000. At this time, the Company estimates that it is reasonably possible that it could incur a loss, after reimbursement of insurance, of $19,271 for Iroquois’ attorneys’ fees and has accrued this expenses in the quarter ended June 30, 2013. This amount is an estimate which is subject to change based on the final insurance reimbursement and the ruling by the Delaware Court. Bonus Plan The Company has an incentive bonus plan for fiscal year 2013 designed to motivate its employees to achieve the Company’s financial objectives. All of the Company’s employees are entitled to participate in the incentive plan. Target Bonus Amounts (“Target”) vary based on a percentage of the employee’s base salary which range from 10% to 50% of base salary and a bonus payment may be made at three levels, including at 50% of Target, at 100% of Target and at 200% of Target, depending upon the achievement by the Company of specified earnings per share goals. Included in such calculation is the cost of the incentive plan. For purposes of the earnings per share calculation, the number of shares outstanding will also be held constant as of October 1, 2012. During the nine months ended June 30, 2013 and 2012, the Company did not record any bonus expense in connection with the respective 2013 or 2012 plans.

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