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Stock-Based Compensation (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2016
Stock-Based Compensation |
Summary of stock-based compensation expense |
|  | Year Ended December 31, |  | Three Months Ended December 31, |  | Year Ended September 30, |
|  | 2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2014 |
Stock options |  | $ | 42,000 |  | $ | — |  | $ | — |  | $ | — |
Restricted stock awards |  |  | 347,000 |  |  | 363,000 |  |  | 213,000 |  |  | 821,000 |
Restricted stock unit awards |  |  | 73,000 |  |  | 526,000 |  |  | 74,000 |  |  | 233,000 |
Common stock awards |  |  | 417,000 |  |  | 267,000 |  |  | 165,000 |  |  | 171,000 |
Total compensation expense |  | $ | 879,000 |  | $ | 1,156,000 |  | $ | 452,000 |  | $ | 1,225,000 |
Summary of Company's employee stock options and activity |
|  |  | Number of Stock Options |  |  | Weighted Average Exercise Price |  |  | Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term in Years |
Balance as of December 31, 2015 (1) |  |  | 428,430 |  | $ | 13.01 |  |  |  |
Forfeited (1) |  |  | (22,519) |  | $ | 11.05 |  |  |  |
Expired (1) |  |  | (36,447) |  | $ | 17.34 |  |  |  |
Balance as of December 31, 2016 |  |  | 369,464 |  | $ | 12.70 |  |  | 2.09 |
Exercisable as of December 31, 2016 |  |  | 369,464 |  | $ | 12.70 |  |  | 2.09 |
| (1) |  | Balance of stock options and weighted average exercise price adjusted to reflect the Merger Exchange Ratio of 1.76.
Summary of the Company's nonvested non-participating restricted stock awards |
|  |  | Number of Restricted Stock Awards |  |  | Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value |
Nonvested as of December 31, 2015 |  |  | — |  | $ | — |
Grants |  |  | 87,000 |  | $ | 2.96 |
Nonvested as of December 31, 2016 |  |  | 87,000 |  | $ | 2.96 |
Summary of the Company's nonvested restricted stock unit awards |
|  |  | Number of Restricted Stock Unit Awards |  |  | Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value |
Nonvested as of December 31, 2015 (1) |  |  | 129,247 |  | $ | 8.85 |
Grants |  |  | 196,400 |  | $ | 2.96 |
Vested (1) |  |  | (20,221) |  | $ | 18.15 |
Forfeited (1) |  |  | (52,111) |  | $ | 5.45 |
Nonvested as of December 31, 2016 |  |  | 253,315 |  | $ | 4.24 |
| (1) |  | Balance of restricted stock unit awards and weighted average grant date fair value adjusted to reflect the Merger Exchange Ratio of 1.76.
Summary of common shares with immediate vesting granted to outside directors and employees |
|  |  | Number of Common Stock Awards |  |  | Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value |
Year Ended December 31, 2016 |  |  | 66,200 |  | $ | 6.31 |
Year Ended December 31, 2015 |  |  | 58,937 |  | $ | 4.53 |
Three Months Ended December 31, 2014 |  |  | 21,730 |  | $ | 7.59 |
Year Ended September 30, 2014 |  |  | 9,706 |  | $ | 17.61 |

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