SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2017

SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION [Abstract]

SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION

NOTE 5. SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION:

On April 20, 2015, our Board of Directors and the holder of a majority of our outstanding shares of common stock approved the adoption of our 2015 Equity Incentive Award Plan (the “Plan”). The Plan allows for the issuance of up to 2,000,000 shares of our common stock for award grants. The Plan provides equity-based compensation through the grant of cash-based awards, nonqualified stock options, incentive stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, restricted stock units, performance shares, performance units and other stock-based awards. We believe that an adequate reserve of shares available for issuance under the Plan is necessary to enable us to attract, motivate and retain key employees and directors and to provide an additional incentive for such individuals through stock ownership and other rights that promote and recognize the financial success and growth of our Company. We granted options to purchase 185,000 shares of our common stock and 98,669 restricted stock units pursuant to the Plan during the six months ended June 30, 2017. Share based compensation expense for the period ended June 30, 2017 was $2,353,982. During the current quarter 174,680 restricted stock units were cancelled and an accelerated cost of $792,764 due to such cancellation has been accounted for as stock based compensation expense.  As of June 30, 2017, out of the 2,000,000 shares available under the Plan, aggregate grants of 1,690,358 shares of our common stock had been granted as options and restricted stock units.