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Stock-Based Compensation (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

Stock-Based Compensation

Summary of stock-based compensation expense

		Year Ended December 31,
		2017			2016			2015
Stock options		$	—		$	42		$	—
Restricted stock awards			495			347			363
Restricted stock unit awards			161			73			526
Common stock awards			320			417			267
Total compensation expense		$	976		$	879		$	1,156

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, 2016			369,464		$	12.70
Forfeited			(25,731)		$	11.42
Expired			(32,810)		$	16.79
Balance as of December 31, 2017			310,923		$	12.37			1.23
Exercisable as of December 31, 2017			310,923		$	12.37			1.23

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, 2016			87,000		$	2.96
Vested			(10,833)		$	7.00
Forfeited			(5,000)		$	2.96
Nonvested as of December 31, 2017			71,167		$	4.19

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, 2016			253,315		$	4.24
Granted			227,000		$	3.96
Vested			(81,615)		$	6.58
Forfeited			(5,000)		$	3.97
Nonvested as of December 31, 2017			393,700		$	3.60

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, 2017			67,498		$	4.74
Year ended December 31, 2016			66,200		$	6.31
Year ended December 31, 2015			58,937		$	4.53

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