STOCK OPTIONS (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract]

Disclosure of Share-based Compensation Arrangements by Share-based Payment Award

The following table summarizes stock option activity during the nine months ended September 30, 2014:



	Number of Options		Weighted-Average Exercise Price
Balance at January 1, 2014	565,028		$	7.19
Granted	237,546		5.32
Forfeited	(57,034	)	5.23
Expired	(545	)	14.28
Balance at September 30, 2014	744,995		$	6.75
Exercisable at September 30, 2014	264,089		$	9.50

Schedule of Other Share-based Compensation, Activity

The following table summarizes SARs activity under the Plan during the nine months ended September 30, 2014:



	Number of Options	Weighted-Average Exercise Price
Balance at January 1, 2014	138,333	$	4.32
Balance at September 30, 2014	138,333	$	4.32
Exercisable at September 30, 2014	47,033	$	4.32

- Definition

Tabular disclosure of components of a stock option or other award plan under which equity-based compensation is awarded to employees, typically comprised of the amount of unearned compensation (deferred compensation cost), compensation expense, and changes in the quantity and fair value of the shares (or other type of equity) granted, exercised, forfeited, and issued and outstanding pertaining to that plan. Disclosure may also include nature and general terms of such arrangements that existed during the period and potential effects of those arrangements on shareholders, effect of compensation cost arising from equity-based payment arrangements on the income statement, method of estimating the fair value of the goods or services received, or the fair value of the equity instruments granted, during the period, cash flow effects resulting from equity-based payment arrangements and, for registrants that accelerate vesting of out of the money share options, reasons for the decision to accelerate.

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