Note 19 - Common Stock

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2022

Notes to Financial Statements

Stockholders' Equity Note Disclosure [Text Block]

19. COMMON STOCK

In the year 2004, the Company had announced the “Repurchase plan” that authorized the Company to repurchase up-to $ 25 million of common stock. The program will remain in effect until the same is terminated by the Board of Director’s and will allow the Company to repurchase common stock from time to time on the open market either via block trades or privately negotiated transactions or by other means in accordance with federal securities laws, including Rule 10b5-1 programs or other means at times and in such amounts as management deems appropriate and will be funded from our working capital or other financing alternatives. Repurchases will be implemented by the Chief Financial Officer consistent with the guidelines adopted by the board of directors and will depend on market conditions and other factors. Pursuant to the Board of Directors (BOD) meeting held on August 26, 2021, the Board of Director’s approved the Company to carry out a stock repurchase in line with 2004 “Repurchase plan’ up-to $ 2 million. Further in board meeting held on December 14, 2021 the Board of Director’s approved additional $2 million towards a stock repurchase plan.  

Our stock repurchase programs are intended to programmatically offset the impact of dilution from our equity compensation programs and, subject to market conditions and other factors, to make opportunistic and programmatic repurchases of our common stock to reduce our outstanding share count. Any repurchased shares will be held as treasury stock and will be available for general corporate purposes. Our stock repurchase plan may be suspended or discontinued at any time. The actual timing, number and value of shares repurchased depends on a number of factors, including the market price of our common stock, general market and economic conditions, the shares withheld for taxes associated with the vesting of restricted stock, other corporate considerations and management’s determination as to the appropriate use of our cash.

During the year ended December 31, 2022, we repurchased an aggregate of 426,455 shares of our common stock under our repurchase plan at an average cost of $4.29 per share.

Stock repurchase activity during the year ended December 31, 2022 was as follows:

Period Ended	Total number of shares purchased		Average price paid per share (1) ($)		Total number of shares purchased as part of publicly announced program		Maximum dollar value that may yet to be purchased under program ($)
January 31, 2022		130,803		5.08		130,803		1,432,822
February 28, 2022		75,865		4.90		75,865		1,061,426
March 31, 2022		52,739		4.36		52,739		831,229
April 30, 2022		-		-		-		831,229
May 31, 2022		20,000		3.15		20,000		768,156
June 30, 2022		-		-		-		768,156
July 30, 2022		-		-		-		768,156
August 31, 2022		-		-		-		768,156
September 30, 2022		90,726		3.31		90,726		468,158
October 31, 2022		29,586		3.61		29,586		361,476
November 30, 2022		26,726		3.49		26,726		268,158
December 31, 2022		-		-		-		268,158
Total		426,445				426,445

(1) Excludes broker commission