Note K – Stock Options, Stock Purchase Plan and Warrants

Stock Option Plan

On December 21, 2015, the board of directors of Parent (the “Board of Directors”) further amended the Amended and Restated Equity Incentive Plan (“the Amended Plan”), which amended and restated the Equity Incentive Plan, originally effective as of October 14, 2003, and previously amended and restated effective as of October 31, 2006, April 16, 2013 and May 4, 2015. The Amended Plan allows for the award of equity incentives, including stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock awards, stock bonus awards, deferred stock awards, and other stock-based awards to certain employees, directors, or officers of, or key non-employee advisers or consultants, including contracted physicians to the Company or its subsidiaries. The Amended Plan, which expires on October 15, 2025, provides that the maximum aggregate number of shares of the Company’s common stock reserved and available for issuance under the Amended Plan is 12,500,000.

As of December 31, 2016 and 2015, option and stock awards for 5,136,110 and 5,326,505 shares, respectively, were outstanding, including 200,000 and 800,000 options, respectively, issued outside of the Amended Plan to Douglas VanOort, the Company’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. As of December 31, 2016 and 2015, a total of approximately 1,670,205 and 4,081,940 shares, respectively, were available for future option and stock awards under the Amended Plan. Options typically expire after 5 - 10 years and generally vest over 3 or 4 years, but each grant’s expiration, vesting and exercise price provisions are determined at the time the awards are granted by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors.

The fair value of each stock option award granted during the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014 was estimated as of the grant date using a trinomial lattice model with the following weighted average assumptions:

	2016			2015			2014
Expected term (in years)	1.0 – 4.5			2.5 – 4.6			3.0 – 4.6
Risk-free interest rate (%)		1.1	%		1.2	%		1.0	%
Expected volatility (%)		54	%		51	%		50	%
Dividend yield (%)		0.0	%		0.0	%		0	%
Weighted average fair value/share at grant date	$	2.23		$	1.84		$	1.50

The status of our stock options and stock awards are summarized as follows:

	Number Of Shares			Weighted Average Exercise Price
Outstanding at December 31, 2013		5,725,298		$	1.22

Granted		760,500			4.21
Exercised		(2,387,327	)		0.76
Canceled		(86,375	)		2.39
Outstanding at December 31, 2014		4,012,096			2.04

Granted		1,819,000			4.90
Exercised		(492,091	)		1.45
Canceled		(12,500	)		3.19
Outstanding at December 31, 2015		5,326,505			3.07

Granted		2,617,526			7.14
Exercised		(2,483,519	)		1.69
Canceled		(324,402	)		3.99
Outstanding at December 31, 2016		5,136,110			5.76
Exercisable at December 31, 2016		1,127,632			3.89

The number and weighted average grant-date fair values of options non-vested at the beginning and end of 2016, as well as options granted, vested and forfeited during the year was as follows:

	Number of Options			Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value
Non-vested at December 31, 2015		2,718,221		$	2.22
Granted in 2016		2,617,526			2.23
Vested in 2016		(1,101,472	)		2.08
Forfeited in 2016		(225,797	)		1.48
Non-vested at December 31, 2016		4,008,478			2.09

The following table summarizes information about our options outstanding at December 31, 2016:

	Options Outstanding						Options Exercisable
Range of Exercise Prices ($)	Number Outstanding		Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life (Years)		Weighted Average Exercise Price		Number Exercisable		Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life (Years)		Weighted Average Exercise Price
1.47 – 3.00		243,500		0.26	$	1.82		241,000		0.25	$	1.81
3.01 – 4.00		440,084		1.91		3.62		265,127		1.88		3.61
4.01 – 5.00		1,771,999		3.23		4.76		576,337		3.14		4.72
5.01 – 6.00		78,000		3.35		5.56		21,000		2.94		5.47
6.01 – 7.00		647,500		4.05		6.74		9,168		3.58		6.59
7.01 – 9.47		1,955,027		4.34		7.32		15,000		3.94		7.85
		5,136,110		3.51		5.76		1,127,632		2.21		3.89

As of December 31, 2016, the aggregate intrinsic value of all stock options outstanding and expected to vest was approximately $14.5 million and the aggregate intrinsic value of currently exercisable stock options was approximately $5.3 million. The intrinsic value of each option share is the difference between the fair market value of NeoGenomics common stock and the exercise price of such option share to the extent it is “in-the-money”. Aggregate intrinsic value represents the value that would have been received by the holders of in-the-money options had they exercised their options on the last trading day of the year and sold the underlying shares at the closing stock price on such day. The intrinsic value calculation is based on the $8.57 closing stock price of NeoGenomics Common Stock on December 30, 2016, the last trading day of 2016. The total number of in-the-money options outstanding and exercisable as of December 31, 2016 was approximately 1.1 million.

The total intrinsic value of options exercised during the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014 was approximately $15,003,000, $2,470,000 and $8,882,000, respectively. Intrinsic value of exercised shares is the total value of such shares on the date of exercise less the cash received from the option holder to exercise the options. The total cash proceeds received from the exercise of stock options was approximately $4,179,000, $714,000 and $1,807,000 for the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014, respectively.

The total fair value of options granted during the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014 was approximately $6,493,000, $3,347,000 and $1,139,000, respectively. The total fair value of option shares vested during the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014 was approximately $2,165,000, $871,000 and $540,000.

We recognize stock-based compensation expense over the vesting period using the straight-line basis over the awards’ requisite service periods for employees and variably for non-employees due to the market-to-market adjustments at the end of each reporting period. Stock compensation cost recognized for the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014 related to stock options was approximately $4,978,000, $2,889,000 and $511,000, respectively. As of December 31, 2016, there was approximately $5,100,000 of total unrecognized stock-based compensation cost, related to unvested stock options granted under the Amended Plan. This cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 1.4 years.

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Effective January 1, 2007, the Company began sponsoring an Employee Stock Purchase Plan (“ESPP”), under which eligible employees may purchase Common Stock, by means of limited payroll deductions, at a 5% discount from the fair market value of the Common Stock as of specific dates. In accordance with ASC Topic 718-50 Compensation – Stock Compensation – Employee Share Purchase Plans, the ESPP is considered non-compensatory and does not require the recognition of compensation cost because the discount offered to employees does not exceed 5%. Shares issued pursuant to this plan were 98,672, 73,958 and 90,285 for the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014, respectively.

Common Stock Warrants

From time to time, the Company issues warrants to purchase its common stock. These warrants have been issued for consulting services, in connection with the Company’s credit facilities and sales of its common stock, and in connection with employment agreements and for compensation to directors. These warrants are valued using trinomial lattice pricing model and using the volatility, market price, strike price, risk-free interest rate and dividend yield appropriate at the date the warrants were issued. Stock compensation costs recognized for the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014 was approximately $0, $0 and $51,000, respectively for warrants excluding the Albitar Warrants referenced below.

On January 9, 2012 Dr. Maher Albitar was granted performance incentive warrants to purchase 200,000 shares of the Company’s common stock (the “Albitar Warrants”) at an exercise price per share of $1.43, which was the closing price per share on the last trading day prior to his start date.

During the year ended December 31, 2016, all of the Albitar Warrants were fully vested and exercised. The warrants were scheduled to expire on January 9, 2017.

On May 3, 2010, warrants to purchase 450,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $1.50 per share were granted to Mr. Steven C. Jones (see Note M). These warrants, which were subject to time and performance requirements, are fully vested as of December 31, 2016. These warrants were sold to a third party in September of 2016.

Warrant activity is summarized as follows:

	Shares			Weighted Average Exercise Price
Warrants outstanding, December 31, 2013		1,358,333		$	1.24
Granted		—			—
Exercised		(458,333	)		—
Expired		(250,000	)		—
Cancelled		—			—
Warrants outstanding, December 31, 2014		650,000			1.24
Granted		—			—
Exercised		—			—
Expired		—			—
Cancelled		—			—
Warrants outstanding, December 31, 2015		650,000			1.48
Granted		—			—
Exercised		(200,000	)		—
Expired		—			—
Cancelled		—			—
Warrants outstanding, December 31, 2016		450,000		$	1.48
Warrants exercisable at December 31, 2016		450,000		$	1.49

The number and weighted average grant-date fair values of warrants non-vested at the beginning and end of 2016, as well as options granted, vested and forfeited during the year was as follows:

	Number of Warrants			Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value
Non-vested at December 31, 2015		120,000		$	1.43
Granted in 2016		-			-
Vested in 2016		(120,000	)	$	1.43
Forfeited in 2016		-			-
Non-vested at December 31, 2016		-		$	-

At December 31, 2016, there were 450,000 warrants outstanding with an exercise price of $1.50. These warrants were issued on 5/3/2010 and expire on 5/2/2017.