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Stock Based Compensation

9 Months Ended

Nov. 30, 2018

Notes to Financial Statements

Stock Based Compensation

NOTE 5: STOCK BASED COMPENSATION

The Company adopted ASC 718, “Share Based Payments.” which requires companies to expense the value of employee stock options and similar awards.

The weighted-average fair value of options are estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes options-pricing model. For the nine months ended November 30, 2018, 12,500 options were issued to employees with an exercise price of $2.55 and 20,000 options were issued to a member of the board of directors with an exercise price of $3.00. The options vest annually over three years and expire in ten years. The options had a weighted average grant date fair value of $0.97 per share, determined using the Black-Scholes options-pricing model with the following assumptions:

		Nine Months Ended November 30,
		2018				2017
Expected life			8 years				2-8 years
Risk free interest rate			2.68% - 2.98%				1.79% - 2.01%
Expected volatility			24.82% - 28.24%				12.65% - 18.06%
Expected dividend yield			0%				0%

During the nine months ended November 30, 2017, the Company granted options to acquire 110,000 shares to an officer, at an exercise price of $1.06 and options for 7,500 shares at an exercise price of $1.15 to employees of the Company.

In computing the impact, the fair value of each option is estimated on the date of grant based on the Black-Scholes options-pricing model utilizing certain assumptions for a risk free interest rate; volatility; and expected remaining lives of the awards. The assumptions used in calculating the fair value of share-based payment awards represent management’s best estimates, but these estimates involve inherent uncertainties and the application of management judgment. As a result, if factors change and the Company uses different assumptions, the Company’s stock-based compensation expense could be materially different in the future. In addition, the Company is required to estimate the expected forfeiture rate and only recognize expense for those shares expected to vest. In estimating the Company’s forfeiture rate, the Company analyzed its historical forfeiture rate, the remaining lives of unvested options, and the number of vested options as a percentage of total options outstanding. If the Company’s actual forfeiture rate is materially different from its estimate, or if the Company reevaluates the forfeiture rate in the future, the stock-based compensation expense could be significantly different from what the Company has recorded in the current period.

For the three and nine months ended November 30, 2018 and 2017, net income and earnings per share reflect the actual deduction for stock-based compensation expense. The impact of applying ASC 718 approximated $7,000 and $11,000 in additional compensation expense during the three months ended November 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively. The impact of applying ASC 718 approximated $23,000 and $32,000 in additional compensation expense during the nine months ended November 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively. Such amounts are included in general and administrative expenses on the statement of operations. The expense for stock-based compensation is a non-cash expense item.