Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

STOCK OPTION PLANS

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STOCK OPTION PLANS
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2015
STOCK OPTION PLANS [Abstract]  
STOCK OPTION PLANS

NOTE 10 - STOCK OPTION PLANS

 

Our stock-based employee compensation plans described below:

 

2015 Equity Incentive Plan

We have a stock awards plan, (the 2015 Equity Incentive Plan), under which 5,000,000 shares of our authorized but unissued common stock were reserved for issuance to employees, consultants, or to non-employee members of the Board or to any board of directors (or similar governing authority) of any affiliate of the Company. The 2015 Equity Incentive Plan, approved by our shareholders on May 7, 2015, replaced the previously approved stock option plan (the 2005 Equity Incentive Plan).

 

For the 2015 Equity Incentive Plan, the fair value of options was estimated at the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option pricing model with the following weighted average assumptions used for grants in fiscal 2015: dividend yield of 0%; volatility of 102%; risk-free interest rate of 0.86%; and expected lives of 5.0 years. The weighted average fair value of options granted was $6.90 per share during 2015.

 

Summarized information for the 2015 Equity Incentive Plan is as follows:

 

          Weighted-  
          average  
          exercise  
    Options     price  
Outstanding options at January 1, 2015     -     $ -  
Granted, fair value of $5.18 per share     1,994,000       6.90  
Outstanding options at December 31, 2015     1,994,000       6.90  
                 
Exercisable at December 31, 2015     35,000       7.34  

 

There was no intrinsic value related to the outstanding or exercisable options under this plan at December 31, 2015.

 

Further information regarding options outstanding under the 2015 Equity Incentive Plan at December 31, 2015 is summarized below:

 

    Number of     Weighted average     Number of     Weighted-average  
    options     Remaining     Exercise     options     Remaining     Exercise  
Range of exercise prices   outstanding     life in years     price     exercisable     life in years     price  
                                                 
$4.38 - 7.34     1,994,000       9.0     $ 6.90       35,000       9.0     $ 7.34  

 

2005 Equity Incentive Plan

Under the 2005 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended, shares of our authorized but unissued common stock were reserved for issuance to employees, consultants, or to non-employee members of the Board or to any board of directors (or similar governing authority) of any affiliate of the Company. As of January 20, 2015 no additional shares were available for grant under the 2005 Equity Incentive Plan. A total of 330,084 options were outstanding and exercisable under this plan at December 31, 2015.

 

For the 2005 Equity Incentive Plan, the fair value of options was estimated at the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option pricing model with the following weighted average assumptions used for grants in fiscal 2015: dividend yield of 0%; volatility of 102%; risk-free interest rate of 1.41%; and expected lives of 4.6 years. The weighted average fair value of the options grants was $4.52 per share in 2015.

 

The assumptions for fiscal 2014 are: dividend yield of 0%; volatility of 102%; risk-free interest rate of 0.79%; and expected lives of 5.5 years. The weighted average fair value of the options granted was $14.50 per share in 2014.

 

Summarized information for the 2005 Equity Incentive Plan is as follows:

 

        Weighted-  
        average  
        exercise  
    Options     price  
Outstanding options at January 1, 2014     28,784     $ 59.00  
Granted, fair value of $14.50 per share     212,500       18.50  
Expired/forfeited     (31,200 )     37.61  
Outstanding options at December 31, 2014     210,084       20.19  
                 
Granted, fair value of $4.52     120,000       3.25  
Outstanding options at December 31, 2015     330,084       13.49  
                 
Exercisable at December 31, 2015     319,884       15.02  

 

The intrinsic value related to the outstanding or exercisable options under this plan at December 31, 2015 was $13,000 and $12,000, respectively. At December 31, 2014, the intrinsic value related to the outstanding or exercisable options was none.

 

Further information regarding options outstanding under the 2005 Equity Incentive Plan at December 31, 2015 is summarized below:

 

    Number of     Weighted average     Number of     Weighted-average  
    options     Remaining     Exercise     options     Remaining     Exercise  
Range of exercise prices   outstanding     life in years     price     exercisable     life in years     price  
                                     
$3.25     120,000       4.0     $ 3.25       110,000       4.0     $ 3.25  
$11.50 - 18.50     200,000       7.7     $ 18.33       199,800       7.7     $ 18.32  
$30.50 - 42.50     4,000       4.1     $ 32.19       4,000       4.1     $ 32.19  
$69.00     1,400       4.0     $ 69.00       1,400       4.0     $ 69.00  
$113.50 – 157.50     4,684       5.0     $ 119.99       4,684       5.0     $ 119.99  
      330,084               319,884