Stock-Based Compensation

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

Stock-Based Compensation [Abstract]

Stock-Based Compensation

NOTE (9) – Stock-based Compensation

In 2008, we adopted the 2008 Long-Term Incentive Plan (“2008 LTIP”), which is shareholder approved. The 2008 LTIP replaced the Company’s 1996 Long-Term Incentive Plan (“1996 LTIP”) and 1996 Stock Option Plan (“Stock Option Plan”), which have expired and are no longer effective except as to outstanding awards. The 2008 LTIP permits the grant of non-qualified and incentive stock options, stock appreciation rights, full value awards and cash incentive awards to the Company’s non-employee directors and certain officers and employees for up to 351,718 shares of common stock. Option awards are generally granted with an exercise price equal to the market price of the Company’s common stock at the date of grant; those option awards have vesting periods ranging from immediate vesting to 5 years and have 10-year contractual terms. The Company has a policy of using shares held as treasury stock to satisfy share option exercises. Currently, the Company has a sufficient number of treasury shares to satisfy expected share option exercises.

There were no options granted during the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011. The Company recorded $20 thousand of stock-based compensation expense, net of tax, during the first quarter of 2012 compared to $23 thousand for the first quarter of 2011.