Stock-Based Compensation

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2017

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

We maintain a stock-based compensation program intended to attract, retain and provide incentives for talented employees and directors and align stockholder and employee interests. Currently, we grant options and restricted stock units ("RSUs") from the 2010 Equity Compensation Plan (“2010 ECP”). Option and RSUs vesting periods are generally up to three years.

Compensation Expense

For the three months ended March 31, 2017 and March 31, 2016, we recorded stock-based compensation expense for all equity incentive plans of $292,334 and $359,338, respectively. Total compensation cost not yet recognized at March 31, 2017 was $1,649,396 to be recognized over a weighted-average recognition period of 1.2 years.

Significant Grants and Cancellations

On July 27, 2015 and August 4, 2015, we granted certain employees service and performance RSUs totaling 965,500 shares with a weighted average fair value of $3.03 per share. The service RSUs vest annually over a three year period, commencing in July 2016, at the rate of 25% of the grant in year one and year two and the remaining 50% of the grant vesting on the third anniversary of the grant date. The awarding of the performance RSUs is contingent upon achieving certain revenue and profit targets and vest annually, one-third upon each anniversary of the grant date. On July 27, 2016, August 4, 2016, and August 5, 2016, the first measurement period targets were achieved and the number of shares issued totaled 297,690 with a weighted average fair value of $1.32.

On April 1, 2016, we granted members of our board of directors a total of 63,160 RSUs with a weighted average fair value of $1.90 a share which fully vested on March 31, 2017.

On February 7, 2017, we granted certain NetSeer employees service RSUs totaling 186,828 shares with a weighted average fair value of $1.65 per share which vest annually over a three year period.

On February 15, 2017, we granted an employee 20,520 RSUs with a weighted average fair value of $1.62 which fully vest on August 6, 2017.

The following table summarizes the stock grants outstanding under our 2005 Long-Term Incentive Plan ("2005 LTIP") and 2010 ECP plans as of March 31, 2017:



	Options Outstanding	RSUs Outstanding	Options and RSUs Exercised	Available Shares	Total
2010 ECP	250,498	890,049	2,446,556	548,842	4,135,945
2005 LTIP (*)	13,748	—	950,085	—	963,833
Total	264,246	890,049	3,396,641	548,842	5,099,778

(*) Expired June 2015

- Definition

The entire disclosure for compensation-related costs for equity-based compensation, which may include disclosure of policies, compensation plan details, allocation of equity compensation, incentive distributions, equity-based arrangements to obtain goods and services, deferred compensation arrangements, employee stock ownership plan details and employee stock purchase plan details.

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