Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Shareholders' Equity

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Shareholders' Equity
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2012
Shareholders' Equity  
Shareholders' Equity

12.                               Shareholders’ Equity

 

Stock options:  On May 12, 2011, our shareholders approved and adopted the 2011 Stock Compensation Plan (the “2011 Plan”).  The 2011 Plan authorizes the granting of awards in any of the following forms: (i) stock options, (ii) stock appreciation rights, and (iii) other share-based awards, including but not limited to restricted stock, restricted stock units or performance shares and expires on the earlier of May 12, 2021 or the date that all shares reserved under the 2011 Plan are issued or no longer available.  The 2011 Plan provides for the issuance of up to 700 shares of Common Stock pursuant to awards granted under the 2011 Plan.  Options granted to employees typically vest over two years while grants to non-employee directors vest in six months.  As of June 30, 2012, 45 options were outstanding under the 2011 Plan.  On May 10, 2012, we granted 30 options to non-employee directors with an exercise price $4.05 per share, a vesting period of six months and a weighted average fair value of $3.57 per share.  Our 2006 Stock Option Plan (the “2006 Plan”) expired on June 30, 2011, but the options outstanding under the 2006 Plan continue to be exercisable in accordance with their terms.  As of June 30, 2012, 481 options were outstanding to employees and non-employee directors under the 2006 Plan.  Our Restated 1997 Stock Option Plan (the “1997 Plan”) has expired, but the options outstanding under the expired 1997 Plan continue to be exercisable in accordance with their terms.  As of June 30, 2012, options to purchase an aggregate of 8 shares were outstanding under the 1997 Plan.

 

The following table summarizes the assumptions used to estimate the fair value of stock options granted on May 10, 2012 using the Black-Scholes Model:

 

 

 

May 10,
2012

 

Expected dividend yield

 

 

Expected stock price volatility

 

95.5

%

Risk-free interest rate

 

1.87

%

Expected life of options

 

10 years

 

 

Preferred Stock:  Our amended Articles of Incorporation authorize two million shares of Preferred Stock that may be issued from time to time in one or more series having such rights, powers, preferences and designations as the Board of Directors may determine.  To date no such preferred shares have been issued.