Stock Based Compensation Plans And Warrants

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

Stock Based Compensation Plans And Warrants

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STOCK BASED COMPENSATION PLANS AND WARRANTS

During the nine months ended September 30, 2012, the range of exercise prices for outstanding options was $2.00 to $60.92. During the nine months ended September 30, 2012, the weighted average remaining contractual life of options outstanding is 4.5 years. Exercise prices for options exercisable as of September 30, 2012 ranged from $2.00 to $60.92.

The Company has issued stock options to employees under stock based compensation plans. Stock options are issued at the current market price, subject to a vesting period, which varies from one to three years. As of September 30, 2012, the Company has not changed the terms of any outstanding awards.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2012, the Company recognized compensation cost of $1.92 million.

As of September 30, 2012, there was $1.2 million of total unrecognized compensation cost related to non-vested stock options, restricted stock units and restricted stock granted under the Company’s Stock Incentive Plan. The costs are expected to be recognized over the 2012 to 2014 period.

The following weighted-average assumptions were used in the calculation of fair value for options granted during 2011. For the nine months ended September 30, 2012 the Company did not grant any options to its employees.


	December 31, 2011
Fair Value	$	7.60
Dividend Yield		0	%
Expected Volatility		66.1	%
Weighted Average Volatility		66.1	%
Risk Free Interest Rate		3	%
Expected Life of Options from Grant		3.2

- 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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