9. CAPITAL STOCK

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2014

Share-based Arrangements with Employees and Nonemployees [Abstract]

Schedule of Share-based Compensation, Shares Authorized under Stock Option Plans, by Exercise Price Range [Table Text Block]

9. CAPITAL STOCK

On May 11, 2004, our shareholders approved the 2004 Stock Incentive Plan. The Plan includes 750,000 of our common shares that may be granted for stock options and restricted stock awards. As of March 31, 2014, we were authorized to issue approximately 229,010 shares under our existing plans.

The Plan generally provides for grants with the exercise price equal to fair value on the date of grant, graduated vesting periods of up to five years, and lives not exceeding ten years. There were 23,000 stock options granted on January 2, 2014, each with an exercise price of $14.57. There were also 23,000 restricted stock units and 23,000 performance share units granted on January 2, 2014, which restricted stock units will vest 20% per year beginning on January 2, 2015 and which performance share units will vest based upon performance in fiscal 2014 and fiscal 2015.

During the three month period ended March 31, 2014, we issued 3,360 shares of common stock to members of our Board of Directors. We recorded compensation expense of $49,000, which was the fair market value of the shares on the grant date. The shares are fully vested but cannot be sold for one year.

In June 2009, our Board of Directors adopted a Rights Agreement, which provides for one preferred share purchase right to be associated with each share of our outstanding common stock. Shareholders exercising these rights would become entitled to purchase shares of Series B Junior Participating Cumulative Preferred Stock. The rights are exercisable after the time when a person or group of persons without the approval of the Board of Directors acquire beneficial ownership of 20 percent or more of our common stock or announce the initiation of a tender or exchange offer which if successful would cause such person or group to beneficially own 20 percent or more of our common stock. Such exercise would ultimately entitle the holders of the rights to purchase at the exercise price, shares of common stock of the surviving corporation or purchaser, respectively, with an aggregate market value equal to two times the exercise price. The person or groups effecting such 20 percent acquisition or undertaking such tender offer would not be entitled to exercise any rights. The Rights Agreement was renewed in June 2012 and expires in June 2017.