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14. Stock Option Plans
12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2017
Share-based Arrangements with Employees and Nonemployees [Abstract]  
Disclosure of Share-based Compensation Arrangements by Share-based Payment Award [Table Text Block]
14.                Stock Option Plans

In December 2016, the Board adopted the 2016 Stock Option Plan (the “2016 Plan”) which reserved for issuance options to purchase up to 250,000 shares of its Common Stock.  The stockholders approved the Plan at the January 2017 annual meeting

Shareholders had previously adopted the 2006 Stock Option Plan, under which substantially all of the options have been granted. Therefore, the Board approved the 2016 Plan, and the terms are substantially the same as under the 2006 Employees Stock Option.

The 2016 Plan reserves for issuance options to purchase up to 250,000 shares of its common stock. All employees, directors and consultants are eligible to receive stock option grants under this plan. The 2016 Plan, which has a term of ten years from the date of adoption, is administered by the Board or by a committee appointed by the Board. The selection of participants, allotment of shares, and other conditions related to the grant of options, to the extent not set forth in the Plan, are determined by the Board. Options granted under the Plan are exercisable up to a period of five years from the date of grant at an exercise price which is not less than the fair market value of the common stock at the date of grant, except to a shareholder owning 10% or more of the outstanding common stock of the Company, as to which the exercise price must be not less than 110% of the fair market value of the common stock at the date of grant. Options, for the most part, are exercisable on a cumulative basis, 20% at or after each of the first, second, and third anniversary of the grant and 40% after the fourth year anniversary.

The fair value of each option awarded is estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option valuation model that uses the assumptions noted in the following table. Expected volatilities are based on historical volatility of Common Stock. The expected life of the options granted represents the period of time from date of grant to expiration (5 years). The risk-free interest rate is based on the U.S. Treasury yield in effect at the time of grant. There were no stock options granted for the year ended March 31, 2017. The per share weighted-average fair value of stock options granted for the year ended March 31, 2016 was $2.36 on the date of grant using the Black Scholes option-pricing model with the following assumptions:

 
 
Dividend
   
Risk-free
         
   
 
 
Yield
   
Interest rate
   
Volatility
   
Life
2016
   
0.0
%
   
1.39
%
   
44.54
%
 
5 years

A summary of the status of the Company’s stock option plans for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2017 and 2016 and changes during the years are presented below (in number of options):

 
 
Number of Options
   
Average Exercise Price
   
Average Remaining
Contractual Term
   
Aggregate Intrinsic
Value
 
Outstanding options at April 1, 2015
   
71,500
   
$
6.06
   
 
       
Options granted
   
51,000
   
$
5.85
   
 
       
Options exercised
   
-
   
$
-
   
 
       
Options canceled/forfeited
   
(37,500
)
 
$
7.43
   
 
       
 
                 
 
       
Outstanding options at March 31, 2016
   
85,000
   
$
5.33
   
3.4 years
   
$
9,000
 
Options granted
   
-
   
$
-
   
 
         
Options exercised
   
-
   
$
-
   
 
         
Options canceled/forfeited
   
(6,000
)
 
$
6.34
   
 
         
 
                 
 
         
Outstanding options at March 31, 2017
   
79,000
   
$
5.26
   
2.5 years
   
$
28,900
 
Vested Options:
                 
 
         
      March 31, 2017:
   
33,800
   
$
4.59
   
1.9 years
   
$
28,460
 
      March 31, 2016:
   
26,000
   
$
4.38
   
2.1 years
   
$
9,000
 

Remaining options available for grant were 250,000 and -0- as of March 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively.

For the years ended March 31, 2017 and 2016, the unamortized compensation expense for stock options was $60,819 and $95,792, respectively. Unamortized compensation expense is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of approximately 1 year.

A summary of the Company’s non-vested shares as of March 31, 2017 and changes during the year ended March 31, 2016 is presented below:

Non-vested Shares
 
Shares
   
Weighted-Average
Grant-Date
Fair value
 
 
           
Non-vested at April 1, 2016
   
59,000
   
$
5.75
 
Granted
   
-
   
$
-
 
Vested
   
(11,800
)
 
$
5.73
 
Forfeited
   
(1,600
)
 
$
5.85
 
Non-vested at March 31, 2017
   
45,600
   
$
5.76
 

The compensation cost that has been charged was $32,714 and $32,277 for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively.