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10. Stock-based Compensation | 12 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2015
Share-based Compensation [Abstract] |
Stock-based Compensation | From time to time, the Company grants stock options and restricted stock awards to officers, directors and employees. These awards are valued based on the grant date fair value of the instruments, net of estimated forfeitures. The value of each award is amortized on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period. Stock Options The following table summarizes stock option activity for the years ended September 30, 2015 and 2014:
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Weighted |  |  |  |
|  |  |  |  |  | Weighted |  |  | Average |  |  |  |
|  |  |  |  |  | Average |  |  | Remaining |  |  |  |
|  |  | Number of |  |  | Exercise |  |  | Contractual |  |  | Intrinsic |
|  |  | Shares |  |  | Price |  |  | Life |  |  | Value |
Outstanding at September 30, 2013 |  |  |  | 675,000 |  |  | $ | 2.82 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Granted |  |  |  | – |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Exercised |  |  |  | – |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Forfeited |  |  |  | (75,000 | ) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Outstanding at September 30, 2014 |  |  |  | 600,000 |  |  | $ | 2.76 |  |  |  | 4.90 |  |  | $ | 318,250 |
Granted |  |  |  | 450,000 |  |  | $ | 2.53 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Exercised |  |  |  | – |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Forfeited |  |  |  | – |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Outstanding at September 30, 2015 |  |  |  | 1,050,000 |  |  | $ | 1.87 |  |  |  | 4.76 |  |  | $ | 225,750 |
Exercisable at September 30, 2015 |  |  |  | 675,000 |  |  | $ | 1.73 |  |  |  | 4.26 |  |  | $ | 223,750 |
The Company recognized compensation expense of $712,538 and $167,985 during the years ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively, related to stock option awards granted to certain employees and executives based on the grant date fair value of the awards, net of estimated forfeitures. At September 30, 2015, the Company had $259,798 of unrecognized compensation expense (net of estimated forfeitures) associated with stock option awards which the Company expects will be recognized through June 2017. During the year ended September 30, 2015, the Company reduced the exercise price by 50% for the 600,000 options then outstanding. The Company recognized compensation expense of $54,677 related to the re-pricing of the exercise for these options. The exercise price for options outstanding and exercisable at September 30, 2015 is as follows:
| Outstanding |  |  |  | Exercisable |
| Number of |  |  | Exercise |  |  |  | Number of |  |  | Exercise |
| Options |  |  | Price |  |  |  | Options |  |  | Price |
| 187,500 |  |  | $ | 0.83 |  |  |  | 187,500 |  |  | $ | 0.83 |
| 150,000 |  |  |  | 1.25 |  |  |  | 150,000 |  |  |  | 1.25 |
| 187,500 |  |  |  | 1.67 |  |  |  | 37,500 |  |  |  | 1.67 |
| 37,500 |  |  |  | 2.08 |  |  |  | 0 |  |  |  | 2.08 |
| 37,500 |  |  |  | 2.50 |  |  |  | 0 |  |  |  | 2.50 |
| 450,000 |  |  |  | 2.53 |  |  |  | 300,000 |  |  |  | 2.53 |
| 1,050,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 675,000 |  |  |  |  |
The following table summarizes information about the Company’s non-vested shares as of September 30, 2015:
|  |  | Number of |  |  | Grant-Date |
Non-vested Shares |  |  | Shares |  |  | Fair Value |
| Nonvested at September 30, 2013 |  |  |  | 600,000 |  |  | $ | 0.73 |
| Granted |  |  |  | – |  |  |  |  |
| Vested |  |  |  | (150,000 | ) |  |  |  |
| Nonvested at September 30, 2014 |  |  |  | 450,000 |  |  | $ | 0.73 |
| Granted |  |  |  | 450,000 |  |  | $ | 1.92 |
| Vested |  |  |  | (525,000 | ) |  |  |  |
| Nonvested at September 30, 2015 |  |  |  | 375,000 |  |  | $ | 1.44 |
For options granted during 2015 where the exercise price equaled the stock price at the date of the grant, the weighted-average fair value of such options was $1.92 and the weighted-average exercise price of such options was $2.53. No options were granted during 2015, where the exercise price was less than the stock price at the date of grant or where the exercise price was greater than the stock price at the date of grant. The assumptions used in calculating the fair value of options granted using the Black-Scholes option- pricing model for options granted in 2015 are as follows:
Risk-free interest rate |  | 1.01%
Expected life of the options |  | 2.5 to 3.5 years
Expected volatility |  | 140%
Expected dividend yield |  | 0%

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