Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Equity Incentive Plan

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Equity Incentive Plan
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2017
Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract]  
Equity Incentive Plan
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 September 30, 2017, 708,953 shares of common stock were available for issuance under the Plan.
 
During the nine months ended September 30, 2017, the Company granted 83,625 stock options to Board members and 84,100 stock options to employees under the Plan. The estimated fair value of these stock options, calculated using the Black-Scholes option valuation model, was $296,107, of which $130,952 was recognized during the nine months ended September 30, 2017.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2017, 96,000 performance stock units (“PSUs”) were forfeited by an employee as the continued service conditions were not achieved at the time of the employee's termination. The PSUs were initially granted in 2015 and, due to the forfeiture, the Company reversed $174,804 of stock-based compensation expense in the second quarter of 2017.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2017, 26,743 options to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock were exercised resulting in net proceeds of $11,143.
 
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, 2016
 
1,385,204

 
$
6.89

 
7.5
Granted
 
167,725

 
$
2.99

 
 
Exercised
 
(26,743
)
 
$
0.42

 
 
Forfeited/Expired/Exchanged
 
(125,551
)
 
$
7.39

 
 
Outstanding at September 30, 2017
 
1,400,635

 
$
6.50

 
7.1
Exercisable at September 30, 2017
 
984,554

 
$
6.64

 
6.8

 
At September 30, 2017, there was $1,403,775 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 1.8 years.