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Stock-Based Compensation Plan | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2016
Stock-Based Compensation Plan [Abstract] |
STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION PLAN | 18. STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION PLAN Options to Employees The Company recorded no compensation expense for stock options to employees during the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015. On June 19, 2015, the stockholders of the Company approved the China Recycling Energy Corporation Omnibus Equity Plan (the “Equity Plan”) at its annual meeting. The total aggregate shares of common stock authorized for issuance during the term of the Equity Plan is limited to 12,462,605 shares (prior to the 10:1 Reverse Stock Split). The Equity Plan was effective immediately upon the adoption by our Board of Directors on April 24, 2015, subject to stockholder approval, and will terminate on the earliest to occur of (i) the 10th anniversary of the Equity Plan’s effective date, or (ii) the date on which all shares available for issuance under the Equity Plan shall have been issued as fully-vested shares. No share or option grants have been made to employees under the Equity Plan as of December 31, 2016. Options to Independent Directors On March 31, 2015, the Board appointed Mr. Cangsang Huang as a member of the Company’s Board of Directors to fill a vacancy. Mr. Huang will serve until his successor has been duly elected and qualified. In connection with the appointment, the Board authorized the Company to provide Mr. Huang with (i) compensation in the amount of $2,000 per month and (ii) the grant of an option to purchase 40,000 shares of the Company’s Common Stock, par value $0.001, at an exercise price equal of $1.02 per share, which was equal to the closing price per share of the Company’s Common Stock on March 31, 2015. Such options were only valid and exercisable upon stockholder approval. The options to Mr. Huang were not voted upon at the Company’s annual stockholder’s meeting on June 19, 2015 and were cancelled automatically. However, the Company’s Omnibus Equity Plan (“Plan”) adopted by the Board on April 24, 2015 for providing equity awards to employees, directors and consultants was approved at the annual stockholder’s meeting; accordingly, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors approved a grant of 40,000 options (prior to the 10:1 Reverse Stock Split) to Mr. Huang at an exercise price of $1.02 per share under the Plan which vested immediately on the date of grant, which was on October 10, 2015. The options may be exercised within five years of the date of the grant. The following table summarizes option activity with respect to the independent directors, the number of options reflects the 10:1 Reverse Stock Split effective on May 25, 2016:
|  | Number of Shares |  |  | Average Exercise Price per Share |  |  | Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term in Years |
Outstanding at January 1, 2015 |  |  | 8,000 |  |  | $ | 38.3 |  |  |  | 0.31 |
Exercisable at January 1, 2015 |  |  | 8,000 |  |  |  | 38.3 |  |  |  | 0.31 |
Granted |  |  | 4,000 |  |  |  | 10.2 |  |  |  | 4.77 |
Exercised |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |
Forfeited |  |  | 8,000 |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |
Outstanding at December 31, 2015 |  |  | 4,000 |  |  |  | 10.2 |  |  |  | 4.77 |
Exercisable at December 31, 2015 |  |  | 4,000 |  |  |  | 10.2 |  |  |  | 4.77 |
Granted |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |
Exercised |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |
Forfeited |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |
Outstanding at December 31, 2016 |  |  | 4,000 |  |  |  | 10.2 |  |  |  | 3.77 |
Exercisable at December 31, 2016 |  |  | 4,000 |  |  | $ | 10.2 |  |  |  | 3.77 |

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