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Note 10 - Stock Option Plans
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019
Notes to Financial Statements  
Share-based Payment Arrangement [Text Block]
10.
STOCK OPTION PLANS
 
We instituted the
2003
Incentive Stock Plan (the
“2003
Plan”) in
March 2003.
The
2003
Plan authorized the issuance of up to
450,000
options to purchase shares of common stock to officers and key employees, with vesting of such options occurring equally over a
3
-year time period. In
2013,
the
2003
Plan expired with
197,500
options ungranted. In the years ended
December 31, 2019
and
2018,
25,000
shares and
no
shares, respectively, were exercised under the
2003
Plan. In
June 2015,
shareholders approved the
2015
Incentive Stock Plan (the
“2015
Plan”) which authorizes the issuance of up to
750,000
options to purchase shares of common stock to employees and key consultant and advisors. In
2019,
no
shares were exercised under the
2015
Plan. In
2018,
20,000
shares were exercised under the
2015
Plan. In
2019,
30,000
shares were granted and in
2018
no
shares were granted under the
2015
Plan.
 
In
August 2000,
we instituted a Non-Employee Directors’ Stock Option Plan (the “Directors Plan”) that authorized the issuance of up to
200,000
shares of common stock to non-employee directors. Upon adoption of the Directors Plan, each non-employee director was granted an option to acquire
5,000
shares. At each Annual Meeting, each director receives a grant of
4,000
options, which vest in
50%
increments on the
first
and
second
anniversary. The Directors Plan expired in
2011,
with
60,000
options ungranted. The shareholders approved a new plan, the
2011
Non-Employee Directors Stock Plan (the
“2011
Directors Plan”), in
May 2011,
with essentially the same terms and conditions as the Directors Plan. In the years ended
December 31, 2019
and
2018,
12,000
options were granted to non-employee members of our board of directors at the
2019
and
2018
Annual Meetings, respectively, pursuant to the
2011
Directors Plan. Additionally, in
2019
and
2018,
8,000
and
12,000
shares, respectively, were exercised under the Directors Plan. In
2019
and
2018,
74,000
and
8,000
shares, respectively, were exercised under the
2011
Directors Plan.
 
Stock options under all plans are granted at an exercise price equal to fair value on the date of grant and vest over
2
-
3
years. As of
December 31, 2019,
a total of
1,356,500
options under all plans have been granted,
947,320
have been exercised,
282,680
have been cancelled,
84,500
are fully vested and exercisable and
42,000
are
not
vested. All options expire
ten
years from their respective dates of grant.
 
As of
December 31, 2019,
there was
$414,000
unrecognized compensation cost related to stock options granted under the plans, which is expected to be a recognized over a period of
1.5
years.
 
Stock option activity during the years ended
December 31, 2019
and
2018
was as follows:
 
   
201
9
   
201
8
 
Options outstanding at January 1
   
 
 
207,500
     
 
 
243,500
 
Options cancelled
   
 
 
(16,000
)    
 
 
(8,000
)
Options exercised
   
 
 
(107,000
)    
 
 
(40,000
)
Options granted
   
 
 
42,000
     
 
 
12,000
 
Options outstanding at December 31
   
 
 
126,500
     
 
 
207,500
 
                         
Options available for grant at December 31
   
 
 
763,000
     
 
 
805,000
 
                         
Options exercisable at December 31
   
 
 
84,500
     
 
 
179,000
 
                         
Exercise price ranges per share:
                       
Granted
 
$
19.99
-
$39.11
    $
 
 
7.80
 
Exercised
 
$
0.69
-
$ 7.80
   
$
0.69
-
$ 3.89
 
Outstanding
 
$
1.52
-
$ 39.11
   
$
0.69
-
$ 7.80
 
                         
Weighted average exercise price per share:
                       
Granted
  $
 
 
25.45
    $
 
 
7.80
 
Exercised
  $
 
 
1.97
    $
 
 
2.79
 
Outstanding at December 31
  $
 
 
8.94
    $
 
 
2.33
 
Exercisable at December 31
  $
 
 
2.21
    $
 
 
1.82
 
 
The following tables summarize information about the stock options outstanding under the company’s option plans as of
December 31, 2019.
 
 
Options Outstanding:
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Range of
Exercise Price
 
Number
Outstanding
   
Wgt. Avg. Contractual
Life Remaining
(in years)
   
Wgt. Avg.
Exercise Price
   
Aggregate
Intrinsic Value
 
$1.52
-
$1.72
   
67,500
     
1.5
    $
1.59
    $
2,588,850
 
$3.50
-
$39.11
   
59,000
     
8.6
    $
17.35
    $
1,332,740
 
$1.52
-
$39.11
   
126,500
     
4.8
    $
8.94
    $
3,921,590
 
 
 
Options Exercisable:
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Range of
Exercise Price
  Number
Exercisable
   
Wgt. Avg. Contractual
Life Remaining
(in years)
   
Wgt. Avg.
Exercise Price
   
Aggregate
Intrinsic Value
 
$1.52
-
$1.72
   
67,500
     
1.5
    $
1.59
    $
2,588,850
 
$3.50
-
$7.80
   
17,000
     
7.5
    $
4.70
    $
599,040
 
$1.52
-
$7.80
   
84,500
     
2.7
    $
 2.21
    $
3,187,890
 
 
Aggregate intrinsic value represents the total pre-tax intrinsic value (the difference between the company’s closing stock price on the last trading day of the year ended
December 31, 2019
and the exercise price, multiplied by the number of in-the-money options) that would have been received by the option holders had all option holders exercised their options on
December 31, 2019.
The amount of aggregate intrinsic value will change based on the fair value of the company’s common stock.