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STOCK OPTION PLAN (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2015
STOCK OPTION PLAN [Abstract]  
Changes in stock options outstanding
A summary of changes in stock options outstanding during the year ended December 31, 2015, is as follows:

  
2015
 
  
Numberof
Options
(in thousands)
  
Weighted
average
exercise
price
  
Weighted
average
remaining
contractual
life
(in years)
  
Aggregate
intrinsic
value (in
thousands)
 
Outstanding at beginning of year
  
249
   
16.71
       
Granted
  
37
   
19.18
       
Exercised
  
(5
)
  
5.72
       
Forfeited or expired
  
(55
)
  
19.78
       
Outstanding at end of year
  
226
   
16.61
   
7.09
   
505
 
Options exercisable at year end
  
148
   
16.95
   
6.34
   
282
 
Assumptions used to calculate compensation expense and fair value of stock options granted
The following assumptions were used to calculate the compensation expense and the calculated fair value of stock options granted each year:
 
  
2015
  
2014
 
Dividend yield:
  
(1) 
  
(1) 
Risk-free interest rate:
  
1.2 – 1.6
%
  
1.3 - 1.5
%
Expected market price volatility:
  
79.1 – 80.1
%
  
77.1 80.5
%
Average expected life of stock options:
 
4.5 years
  
4.5 years
 
 

(1) The Company declared no dividends in 2015 or 2014.
Share-based compensation expense
The Company recorded the following amounts related to the expense of the fair values of options during the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014 (in thousands):
 
  
2015
  
2014
 
Selling, general and administrative expenses and income from operations before income taxes
 
$
575
  
$
512
 
Benefit for income taxes
  
(137
)
  
(137
)
Effect on net income
 
$
438
  
$
375
 
Unrecognized compensation cost
As of December 31, 2015, the Company had approximately $0.6 million of total unrecognized compensation expense related to stock options currently outstanding, to be recognized in future years, ending December 31,
as follows (in thousands):

  
Total gross unrecognized
compensation expense
  
Total tax benefit associated
with unrecognized
compensation expense
  
Total net
unrecognized
compensation expense
 
2016
 
$
352
  
$
54
  
$
298
 
2017
  
176
   
18
   
158
 
2018
  
99
   
   
99
 
  
$
627
  
$
72
  
$
555