Stock-Based Compensation

3 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2015

Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract]

Stock-Based Compensation

3. STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION

TRUSTEE STOCK COMPENSATION

For the three months ended April 30, 2015, the Trust recognized expenses of $16,320 related to stock-based compensation. The Trust issued 21,000 restricted shares with a total market value of $57,120 in the first fiscal quarter of fiscal year 2016 as compensation to its four outside Trustees for fiscal year 2016. On a monthly basis during fiscal year 2016, each outside Trustee vests approximately 500 shares.

The following table summarizes restricted share activity during the three months ended April 30, 2015:

	Restricted Shares
	Shares			Weighted-Average Per Share Grant Date Fair Value
Balance at January 31, 2015	-			-
Granted	21,000		$	2.72
Vested	(6,000	)	$	2.72
Forfeited	-			-
Balance of unvested awards at April 30, 2015	15,000		$	2.72

STOCK OPTIONS

Effective February 5, 2015, the Board of Trustees of the Trust adopted the 2015 Equity Incentive Plan (“2015 Plan”), subject to shareholders approval, under which up to 1,600,000 Shares of Beneficial Interest of the Trust are authorized to be issued pursuant to grant of stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted shares, restricted share units or other awards. The purpose of the 2015 Plan and the awards described below is to promote the interests of the Trust and its shareholders by providing certain employees and members of the Board of Trustees, who are largely responsible for the management and growth of the subsidiary of the Trust, IBC Hotels, LLC, with incentives and rewards to encourage them to continue in the service of the Trust.

The Board of Trustees of the Trust approved a Nonqualified Stock Option Agreement (“2015 Plan Agreement”) to be used for all stock option awards. The 2015 Plan Agreement provides the grantee a four-year option to purchase a set number of Shares of Beneficial Interest of the Trust at an exercise price of $3.50 per share, exercisable to the extent the stock options vest and GAAP pre-tax profits of IBC Hotels, LLC are greater than or equal to performance objectives described in the 2015 Plan agreement. For purposes of the 2015 Plan Agreement, a “Tranche” is the number of Shares for which the Stock Option has vested on a particular vesting date. The 2015 Plan Agreement has the following vesting schedule:

Tranche	Shares for which the Stock Option is Vested	Vesting Date
A	1/3	5/17/2016
B	1/3	2nd anniversary of the Date of Grant
C	1/3	3rd anniversary of the Date of Grant

Stock options will become immediately vested in full if, prior to a vesting date (i) the grantee ceases to be employed by the Trust or its subsidiaries by reason of death or disability or (ii) a change of control occurs while the grantee is employed by the Trust or any of its subsidiaries. Vested tranches become exercisable as set forth below to the extent that the GAAP pre-tax profit of IBC Hotels LLC is greater than or equal to the performance objective for the applicable performance period as described below.

Performance Period	Performance Objective		Exercisable
(Fiscal Year Ending)	(GAAP pre-tax profit of IBC Hotels LLC)		Tranche(s)
1/31/2016	$	60,000	A
1/31/2017	$	200,000	A and B
1/31/2018	$	400,000	A, B, and C

On February 5, 2015, the Board of Trustees of the Trust granted to Pamela Barnhill, President, Vice Chairperson of the Board of Trustees and Chief Operating Officer of the Trust and IBC Hotels Founder and President, pursuant to the 2015 Plan and 2015 Plan Agreement, an option to purchase of 1,000,000 Shares of Beneficial Interest of the Trust. On April 24, 2015, the Board of Trustees of the Trust granted to James Wirth, Chairman of the Board of Trustees and Chief Executive Officer of the Trust, Marc Berg, Executive Vice President and Trustee and Adam Remis, Chief Financial Officer of the Trust, pursuant to the Trust’s 2015 Plan and 2015 Plan Agreement, each an option for the purchase of 60,000 Shares of Beneficial Interest of the Trust. On April 24, 2015, the Board of Trustees of the Trust also granted to each of our Trustees who are expected to continue to serve on the Board of Trustees through the vesting period, each an option to purchase of 10,000 Shares of Beneficial Interest of the Trust as well as to key operational staff options for the purchase Shares of Beneficial Interest. The number of options granted to each key operational staff was based on InnSuites employment history and their direct IBC Hotels involvement. A total of 1,434,500 stock options were granted during the first quarter of fiscal year 2016. The options are subject to shareholder approval. Consistent with ASC 718-10-55-10, compensation cost associated with issuance of these options has not been recognized as shareholder approval is not perfunctory.