Quarterly report pursuant to sections 13 or 15(d)

Stock-based Compensation

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Stock-based Compensation
6 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2012
Stock-based Compensation

Note 5: Stock-based Compensation

 

From time to time, the Company grants restricted stock awards and stock options to officers, directors, employees and consultants. These awards are valued based on the grant date fair value of the instruments, net of estimated forfeitures. The value of each award is amortized on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period.

 

Stock Options

 

The Company recognized compensation expense of $1,894 and $3,788 during the three and six months ended March 31, 2012, respectively, and $0 and $23,499 during the three and six months ended March 31, 2011, respectively, related to stock option awards granted to certain employees and executives based on the grant date fair value of the awards, net of estimated forfeitures. The Company used the estimated forfeiture rate of awards of 50% based on actual forfeiture experience and other factors.

 

The following represents a summary of stock option activity for the six months ended March 31, 2012:

 

 

          Weighted     Weighted        
          Average     Average     Aggregate  
    Number of     Exercise     Remaining     Intrinsic  
    Shares     Price     Contractual Life     Value  
Outstanding at September 30, 2011     24,013     $ 3.64       9          
Granted at market price     -                          
Exercised     -                          
Forfeited     (13,487 )   $ 3.53                  
Outstanding at March 31, 2012     10,526     $ 3.77       9.1     $ -  
Exercisable     5,921     $ 3.77       9.1     $ -  

 

On January 13, 2012, the Company terminated the employment of its President and Chief Executive Officer. Pursuant to the terms of his employment with the Company, the termination resulted in the forfeiture of all 13,487 of his unvested stock options.

 

At March 31, 2012, the Company had $4,828 of unrecognized compensation expense (net of estimated forfeitures) associated with stock option awards which the Company expects will be recognized over a weighted-average period of 1.8 years.

 

Restricted Stock Awards

 

The Company has previously granted shares of restricted stock to certain individuals. The following table sets forth changes in compensation-related restricted stock awards during the six months ended March 31, 2012:

 

Outstanding (unvested) at September 30, 2011     1,342  
Granted     -  
Forfeited     (26 )
Vested     (1,053 )
Outstanding (unvested) at March 31, 2012     263  

 

Because the number of shares of the Company’s outstanding unvested restricted stock became immaterial, the Company recognized all remaining expense associated with these unvested awards (net of estimated forfeitures) during the three months ended December 31, 2010.

 

Stock Awards Granted to Directors

 

In September 2011, in an effort to preserve cash, our Board, after consultation with the Compensation Committee, determined to compensate members of the Board for their monthly retainer and other services as directors and/or members of the Board’s various standing committees through the award of shares of the Company’s common stock under the Company’s Amended and Restated 2003 Stock Plan (the “2003 Stock Plan”). Under the terms of this arrangement, each non-employee director receives a monthly award of a number of fully vested shares of the Company’s common stock equal to their monthly board of director fees divided by the closing market price of the Company’s common stock on the grant date. The Company granted an aggregate of 8,965 and 40,341 shares of common stock and recognized expense of $37,100 and $83,100 related to this agreement during the three and six months ended March 31, 2012, respectively. No such grants were made and no such expense was recognized during the three and six months ended March 31, 2011.