Note 9 - Share-based Payments | The Company recognizes share-based compensation expense for all share-based payment awards including stock options and restricted stock issued to employees, directors and consultants and is measured at the grant date, based on the estimated fair value of the award, and is recognized as expense over the requisite service period. The Company has no awards with market or performance conditions. The Company issued grants of restricted Common Stock: (i) in January 2015 for 500,000 shares to a member of management, (ii) in January 2014 for 500,000 shares to a consultant to provide services regarding the collection, recycling, transfer, and disposal of MSW, and (iii) in April 2014, to certain Board members and management for 4,250,000 shares. The shares issued to Board members and management were in recognition of the efforts of the recipients towards the furtherance and implementation of the Companys strategic plan and to induce the recipients to continue those efforts on behalf of the Company. Total expense related to these grants for the six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014 were $5,200 and $40,000, respectively, and is included in our general and administrative expense and consulting expense, respectively. In March 2007, the Company assumed and adopted the 2007 Stock Option Plan (Stock Plan) for its employees, directors and consultants, which includes an equity compensation plan for non-employee directors pursuant to which stock options and shares of restricted stock may be granted. The Company currently has reserved a maximum of 14,000,000 shares of common stock to be issued for stock options or restricted shares awarded under the Stock Plan. In February 2015, the Company granted options under the Stock Plan to purchase an aggregate of 350,000 shares of Common Stock to a consultant in which one-half vested immediately and the remaining options vest in February 2016, with an exercise price of $0.10. As of June 30, 2015, none of these options were cancelled or expired and 175,000 shares of these options were vested. In September 2013, the Company granted options under the Stock Plan to purchase an aggregate of 1,000,000 shares of Common Stock to two part-time employees (newly hired CTO and VPBD) in which one-third will vest ratably beginning in September 2014, with an exercise price of $0.10. As of June 30, 2015, none of these options were cancelled or expired and 333,334 shares of these options were vested. The following table provides a summary of the Company's share-based expense: Three months ended Six months ended June 30, 2015 June 30, 2014 June 30, 2015 June 30, 2014 Pre-tax compensation expense: Stock options $ - $ 817 $ - $ 1,625 Warrants - - - - Total expense - 817 - 1,625 Tax benefit, net - - - - After-tax compensation expense $ - $ 817 $ - $ 1,625 The potential tax benefit realizable for the anticipated tax deductions of the exercise of share-based payment arrangements totaled approximately $312,000 at June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014. However, due to the uncertainty that the tax benefits will be realized, these potential benefits were not recognized currently. As of June 30, 2015, there was no unrecognized compensation cost related to all current share-based payment arrangements. A summary of the Company's stock option activity and related information is set forth in the following table: Shares Under Option Weighted Average Exercise Price Aggregate intrinsic value Options outstanding at December 31, 2014 11,947,000 $ 0.10 (1 ) Granted 350,000 $ 0.10 Exercised - Forfeited - Options outstanding at June 30, 2015 12,297,000 $ 0.10 (1 ) Options exercisable at June 30, 2015 11,455,333 $ 0.10 (1 ) Unvested Options at June 30, 2015 841,667 $ 0.10 (1 ) (1) The weighted-average exercise price at June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014 for all outstanding and exercisable options was greater than the fair value of the Company's common stock on that date, resulting in an aggregate intrinsic value of $-0-. The following table summarizes information about the Company's issuances of restricted stock under the Stock Plan: Restricted shares issued Weighted-Avg Exercise Price Balance as of December 31, 2014 1,320,000 0.10 Granted - Forfeited (150,000 ) 0.10 Balance as of June 30, 2015 1,170,000 0.10 Restricted stock vested as of June 30, 2015 1,170,000 0.10 |