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Equity Incentive Plan

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Equity Incentive Plan
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2016
Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract]  
Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Text Block]
Note 9 — Equity Incentive Plan
 
On May 17, 2013, the Company adopted the 2013 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) and reserved shares of common stock for issuance under the Plan. The Plan is administered by the Compensation Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors. At June 30, 2016, 641,027 shares of common stock were available for issuance under the Plan.
 
During the six months ended June 30, 2016, the Company granted 37,938 stock options to Board members and 42,000 stock options to employees under the Plan. The estimated fair value of these stock options, calculated using the Black-Scholes option valuation model, was $250,374, of which $81,460 was recognized during the six months ended June 30, 2016.
 
During the six months ended June 30, 2016, the Company also granted employees 119,000 performance stock units (“PSUs”) under the Plan, which are subject to the satisfaction of certain market-based and continued service conditions. The market-based vesting criteria are separated into four tranches and require that the Company achieve certain stock price targets ranging from $10 per share to $16 per share during the four-year period following the grant date. With certain limited exceptions, continued employment with the Company on the fourth anniversary of the grant date is required in order for the PSUs to vest. The grant-date fair value of the PSUs was $429,293, or $3.61 per unit, using a Monte Carlo Simulation with a four-year life, 55% volatility and a risk free interest rate of 1.5%. The fair value of these PSUs is being recognized over the vesting period and $53,662 was recognized during the six months ended June 30, 2016.
 
During the six months ended June 30, 2016, 4,607 options to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock were exercised resulting in net proceeds of $23,035.
 
A summary of the Company’s stock option activity and related information is as follows:
 
 
 
Stock 
Options
 
Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
 
Weighted
Average
Remaining
Life
(in years)
 
Outstanding at December 31, 2015
 
 
1,332,323
 
$
6.94
 
 
8.4
 
Granted
 
 
79,938
 
$
6.13
 
 
 
 
Exercised
 
 
(4,607)
 
$
5.00
 
 
 
 
Forfeited/Expired/Exchanged
 
 
(8,350)
 
$
8.20
 
 
 
 
Outstanding at June 30, 2016
 
 
1,399,304
 
$
6.90
 
 
8.0
 
Exercisable at June 30, 2016
 
 
663,260
 
$
6.24
 
 
7.4
 
 
At June 30, 2016, there was $3,405,635 of unrecognized compensation cost related to non-vested equity awards granted under the Plan. That cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 2.6 years.