STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION

3 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2013

STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION [Abstract]

STOCK-BASED COMPENSATON

2. STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION

The 2008 Stock Option Plan ("the Plan") is used to promote our long-term interests by providing a means of attracting and retaining officers, directors and key employees and aligning their interests with those of our shareholders. The Plan is described more fully in Note 9 in the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements in our Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2013. All options granted under the Plan had an exercise price equal to the market value of the underlying common shares on the date of grant. We expense the estimated fair value of stock options over the vesting periods of the grants. We recognize expense for awards subject to graded vesting using the straight-line attribution method, reduced for estimated forfeitures. Forfeitures are revised, if necessary, in subsequent periods if actual forfeitures differ from those estimates and an adjustment is recognized at that time. The Compensation Committee may also issue non-qualified stock option grants with vesting periods different from the 2008 Plan. As of December 31, 2013, there are 155 shares outstanding that were granted outside of the Plan. The assumptions used are detailed in Note 9 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in our Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2013. Stock based compensation expense for the three months ended December 31, 2013 and 2012 was $47 and $74, respectively.

A summary of our stock option activity for the three months ended December 31, 2013 is as follows (in thousands except for share prices):

	Options (shares)			Weighted- Average Exercise Price		Weighted- Average Grant Date Fair Value
Outstanding - October 1, 2013		479		$	1.77	$	1.35
Exercised		-			-		-
Granted		-			-		-
Terminated		(40	)		2.29
Outstanding - December 31, 2013		439		$	1.72	$	1.32