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Stock-Based Compensation

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Share-based Payment Arrangement [Abstract]

Note 8 – Stock-Based Compensation

In addition to cash compensation, the Company may compensate certain service providers, including employees, directors, consultants, and other advisors, with equity-based compensation in the form of stock options and restricted stock awards. The Company recognizes all equity-based compensation as stock-based compensation expense based on the fair value of the compensation measured at the grant date. For stock options, fair value is calculated at the date of grant using the Black-Scholes-Merton option pricing model. For restricted stock awards, fair value is the closing stock price for the Company’s common stock on the grant date. The expense is recognized over the vesting period of the grant. For the periods presented, all stock-based compensation expense was classified as a component within selling, general and administrative expense in the Company’s consolidated statements of operations.

The amount of stock-based compensation expense is as follows (amounts in thousands):

	Three months ended March 31,
	2020		2019
Stock options	$	30	$	39
Restricted stock awards		1		6
Total	$	31	$	45

During the three months ended March 31, 2020, the Company awarded stock options to purchase 20,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $1.81 per share to employees of the Company. No stock options were awarded during the three months ended March 31, 2019.

The Company estimated the fair value of stock options using the Black-Scholes-Merton option pricing model with the following assumptions:

	Three months ended March 31,
	2020			2019
Number of options awarded to purchase common shares		20,000			None
Risk-free interest rate		1.56	%		N/A
Expected volatility		97.0	%		N/A
Assumed dividend yield		N/A			N/A
Expected life of options from the date of grant		9.9 years			N/A

The estimated unrecognized compensation cost from unvested awards which will be recognized ratably over the remaining vesting phase is as follows (amounts in thousands):

Years ended December 31st:	Unvested stock options		Unvested restricted stock awards		Total unrecognized compensation expense
2020 (remaining nine months)	$	94	$	3	$	97
2021		83		1		84
2022		16		-		16
2023		1		-		1
	$	194	$	4	$	198

Equity Incentive Plans

Our 2016 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Equity Incentive Plan”) provides for the issuance of stock-based awards to employees, officers, directors and consultants. The Plan permits the granting of stock awards and stock options. The vesting of stock-based awards is generally subject to the passage of time and continued employment through the vesting period.

Stock Option Activity

Stock option activity under our Equity Incentive Plan is summarized as follows:

							Weighted avg.
			Weighted avg.		Weighted avg.		remaining
	Number of		exercise price		grant date fair		contractual life		Aggregate
	awards		per share		value per share		(in years)		intrinsic value

Outstanding, December 31, 2019		437,126	$	1.46	$	1.49		5.97	$	150,417
Granted		20,000	$	1.81	$	2.05		9.90
Exercised		-	$	-	$	-		-
Expired/Forfeited		-	$	-	$	-		-
Outstanding, March 31, 2020		457,126	$	1.48	$	1.52		5.82	$	178,795
Exercisable, March 31, 2020		318,812	$	1.34	$	1.36		4.67	$	172,704
Unvested, March 31, 2020		138,314	$	1.78	$	1.88		8.76	$	6,091

The aggregate intrinsic value represents the total pre-tax intrinsic value (the aggregate difference between the closing price of our common stock on March 31, 2020 and the exercise price for the in-the-money options) that would have been received by the option holders if all the in-the-money options had been exercised on March 31, 2020.

Restricted Stock Activity

Restricted stock activity under our Equity Incentive Plan is summarized as follows:

			Weighted avg.
	Number of		grant date
	options		fair value
Non-vested restricted shares, December 31, 2019		5,000	$	2.55
Granted		-	$	-
Vested		-	$	-
Forfeited		-	$	-
Non-vested restricted shares, March 31, 2020		5,000	$	2.55