Stockholders' Equity

Common Stock

At December 31, 2016, there were 100,000,000 shares of common stock authorized, and 58,276,447 shares issued and outstanding. As of December 31, 2015, there were 100,000,000 shares of common stock authorized, and 57,374,907 shares issued and outstanding. The par value for common shares is $0.001.

Preferred Stock

As of December 31, 2016 and 2015, there were 5,000,000 shares of preferred stock authorized, and zero shares issued and outstanding. The par value for preferred shares is $0.001.

Stock Repurchase Program

On December 10, 2012, the Company’s Board of Directors approved a stock repurchase program through June 30, 2014. Under the stock repurchase program, the Company is authorized to repurchase shares of its common stock, in the open market or privately negotiated transactions, at times and prices considered appropriate by the Board of Directors depending upon prevailing market conditions and other corporate considerations. On March 13, 2014, the Company's Board of Directors increased the aggregate purchase price of the stock repurchase program from $30.0 million to $40.0 million. On July 23, 2014, the Company's Board of Directors increased the aggregate purchase price of the stock repurchase program from $40.0 million to $50.0 million. On February 16, 2016, the Company's Board of Directors increased the aggregate purchase price of the total stock repurchase program by an additional $14.0 million. On November 21, 2016, the Company's Board of Directors increased the aggregate purchase price of the stock repurchase program from $64.0 million to $74.0 million and extended the expiration date of the program out to December 31, 2017. There were 1,518,349 shares repurchased under this program during 2016 which were recorded in treasury stock at par on the consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 2016. As of December 31, 2016, approximately $20.1 million remained available for purchase under the program.

Stock-Based Compensation

The Company follows FASB ASC 718-10, “Stock Compensation,” which addresses the accounting for transactions in which an entity exchanges its equity instruments for goods or services, with a primary focus on transactions in which an entity obtains employee services in share-based payment transactions. ASC 718-10 requires measurement of the cost of employee services received in exchange for an award of equity instruments based on the grant-date fair value of the award (with limited exceptions). Incremental compensation costs arising from subsequent modifications of awards after the grant date must be recognized.

The per share weighted average fair value of stock options granted during the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014 was $3.10, $4.45, and $5.15, respectively. The fair value of each option grant is estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model with the following weighted average assumptions for the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014:



	December 31,
	2016	2015	2014
Dividend yield	—%	—%	—%
Risk-free interest rate	1.0% – 1.8%	1.3% – 1.7%	1.5% – 1.7%
Expected life (in years)	5.0	5.0	5.0
Historical volatility	46.8% – 48.2%	47.4% – 49.7%	49.6% – 53.7%

A description of the methods used in the significant assumptions used to estimate the fair value of stock-based-based compensation awards follows:

Dividend yield – The Company uses 0% as it has never issued dividends and does not anticipate issuing dividends in the near term.

Risk-free interest rate – The Company uses the market yield on U.S. Treasury securities at five years with constant maturity, representing the current expected life of stock options in years.

Expected life – The Company uses historical data to estimate the expected life of a stock option.

Historical volatility – The Company uses a trailing five year from grant date to determine volatility.

Stock Option Plans

During 1998, the Company established the Stock Option and Restricted Stock Purchase Plan (the “1998 Plan”). Under the 1998 Plan, the Board of Directors could issue incentive stock options or nonqualified stock options to purchase up to 5,850,000 shares of common stock. The 2000 Stock Incentive Plan (the “2000 Plan”) succeeded the 1998 Plan. Under the 2000 Plan, the options which had been outstanding under the 1998 Plan were incorporated in the 2000 Plan increasing the number of shares available for issuance under the plan by approximately 4,150,000, thereby reserving for issuance 10,000,000 shares of common stock in the aggregate.

The Company established the 2009 Stock Incentive Plan (as amended and restated, the “2009 Plan”) as a successor to the 2000 Plan. Under the 2009 Plan, the options which had been outstanding under the 2000 Plan were incorporated into the 2009 Plan and the Company increased the number of shares available for issuance under the plan by 6,000,000. The Company amended the 2009 Stock Incentive Plan (the “Amended 2009 Plan”) effective June 7, 2012. The Amended 2009 Plan increased the number of shares authorized for issuance under the plan by an additional 4,250,000, thereby reserving for issuance 23,817,744 shares of common stock in the aggregate. Options to acquire common stock granted thereunder have 10-year terms. As of December 31, 2016, approximately 2.4 million shares of common stock were reserved for issuance under the 2009 Plan (taking into account all option exercises through December 31, 2016).

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

In June 2010, our stockholders approved the 2010 Employee Stock Purchase Plan with 1,000,000 shares of common stock initially reserved for issuance. As of December 31, 2016, approximately 197,000 shares of common stock were reserved for issuance under the Employee Stock Purchase Plan (taking into account all share purchases through December 31, 2016).

Stock Option Activity

A summary of the Company’s stock option activity and weighted average exercise prices follows:



	Stock Option Activity				Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term (in years)	Aggregate Intrinsic Value (in thousands)
	Options (in thousands)		Weighted Average Exercise Price		Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term (in years)	Aggregate Intrinsic Value (in thousands)
Balance outstanding at December 31, 2013	9,724		$	10.86
Granted	3,827		11.04
Exercised	(1,098	)	7.10
Cancelled or expired	(1,684	)	12.70
Balance outstanding at December 31, 2014	10,769		$	10.95	7.01	$	38,752
Options vested and expected to vest	9,043		$	10.89	6.69	$	33,566
Options exercisable at December 31, 2014	4,737		$	10.01	5.28	$	22,083

Balance outstanding at December 31, 2014	10,769		$	10.95
Granted	857		10.06
Exercised	(646	)	4.41
Cancelled or expired	(1,837	)	12.22
Balance outstanding at December 31, 2015	9,144		$	11.05	6.66	$	2,117
Options vested and expected to vest	8,356		$	11.08	6.49	$	2,117
Options exercisable at December 31, 2015	5,401		$	10.95	5.60	$	2,117

Balance outstanding at December 31, 2015	9,144		$	11.05
Granted	635		7.32
Exercised	(325	)	5.66
Cancelled or expired	(1,685	)	11.49
Balance outstanding at December 31, 2016	7,769		$	10.88	6.05	$	2,641
Options vested and expected to vest	7,348		$	11.00	5.90	$	2,529
Options exercisable at December 31, 2016	5,580		$	11.31	5.27	$	2,347

The total fair value of stock options exercised during the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015 was approximately $1.1 million and $1.7 million, respectively. As of December 31, 2016, there was approximately $7.1 million of total unrecognized compensation cost related to nonvested share-based compensation arrangements. That cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of approximately 1.9 years.

The following table summarizes information about outstanding and vested stock options as of December 31, 2016:



	Options Outstanding				Options Exercisable
Range of Exercise Prices	Number of Shares Outstanding (in thousands)	Weighted-Average Remaining Contractual Life (Years)	Weighted-Average Exercise Price		Number of Shares (in thousands)	Weighted-Average Exercise Price
$1.79 - $7.02	1,006	3.55	$	5.04	839	$	4.79
$7.04 - $9.24	1,340	7.31	8.51		717	8.93
$9.34 - $10.05	864	7.50	9.79		559	9.77
$10.13 - $10.13	977	7.15	10.13		500	10.13
$10.31 - $12.32	891	5.51	11.21		654	11.46
$12.46 - $13.28	1,115	5.13	13.11		969	13.11
$13.34 - $16.98	1,205	6.23	15.27		971	15.70
$17.88 - $17.88	60	5.43	17.88		60	17.88
$18.09 - $18.09	306	5.57	18.09		306	18.09
$18.24 - $18.24	5	5.58	18.24		5	18.24

	7,769	6.05	$	10.88	5,580	$	11.31

Restricted Stock Unit Activity

A summary of the Company’s restricted stock units (“RSUs”) activity and weighted average exercise prices follows:



	Restricted Stock Unit Activity
	Number of Shares (in thousands)		Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value (Per Share)		Aggregate Fair Value (in thousands)
Balance outstanding at December 31, 2014	—		$	—	$	—
Awarded	1,257		10.31		—
Released	—		—		—
Forfeited	(55	)	10.31		8,110
Non-vested and outstanding at December 31, 2015	1,202		$	10.31	$	6,220

Balance outstanding at December 31, 2015	1,202		$	10.31	$	6,220
Awarded	571		6.32		—
Released	(394	)	10.31		—
Forfeited	(191	)	10.01		—
Non-vested and outstanding at December 31, 2016	1,188		$	8.44	$	8,968
Expected to vest	903		$	8.76	$	6,817

RSUs granted to employees generally vest over a four-year period. As of December 31, 2016, total unrecognized compensation cost, adjusted for estimated forfeitures, related to nonvested RSUs was approximately $9.3 million and the weighted-average remaining vesting period was 2.8 years.