Stock- Based Awards and Stock-Based Employee Compensation Expense | 9 Months Ended |
Sep. 30, 2013 |
Disclosure Of Compensation Related Costs Sharebased Payments [Abstract] | ' |
Stock- Based Awards and Stock-Based Employee Compensation Expense | ' |
3. Stock-Based Awards and Stock-Based Employee Compensation Expense |
Our stock-based awards include stock options, restricted stock, and restricted stock units (“RSU’s”). As of September 30, 2013, the Company had 6,840,091 stock options outstanding and 516,920 shares available for grant. |
Stock Option Activity |
There were 435,066 and 759,186 stock options exercised for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2013, respectively. There were 32,600 and 174,968 stock options exercised for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2012. There was a $373 thousand excess tax benefit recorded in the three month period ended September 30, 2013, related to the 435,066 option exercises. The excess tax benefit recorded in the nine month period ended September 30, 2013, related to the 759,186 option exercises was $420 thousand. A deferred tax asset totaling $243 thousand and $219 thousand, resulting from stock-based compensation expense associated with options relating to the Company’s U.S. operations, was recorded for the nine month periods ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively. |
The following is a summary of all stock option transactions during the three months ended September 30, 2013: |
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| | Options | | | Weighted | | | Weighted Average | |
Average | Remaining |
Exercise Price | Contractual Term |
| (Yrs) |
Outstanding at June 30, 2013 | | | 7,312,377 | | | $ | 4.34 | | | | | |
Granted at market price | | | — | | | | — | | | | | |
Cancelled or expired | | | (37,220 | ) | | $ | 7.29 | | | | | |
Exercised | | | (435,066 | ) | | $ | 1.75 | | | | | |
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Outstanding at September 30, 2013 | | | 6,840,091 | | | $ | 4.49 | | | | 4.02 | |
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Options exercisable at September 30, 2013 | | | 5,857,319 | | | $ | 4.75 | | | | 3.24 | |
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At September 30, 2013, we had 5,214,099 stock options outstanding and 4,231,327 options exercisable in which the exercise price was lower than the market price of the Company’s common stock. The aggregate intrinsic value of these options was $8.2 million and $6.3 million, respectively. |
For additional information regarding the Company’s Stock Options and Stock-based Employee Compensation, see Note 4 to the consolidated financial statements contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012. |
Restricted Stock Activity |
The following is a summary of all restricted stock activity during the three months ended September 30, 2013: |
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| | Restricted | | | Weighted | | | | | |
Shares | Average | | | | |
| Fair Value | | | | |
Outstanding at June 30, 2013 | | | 736,000 | | | $ | 2.99 | | | | | |
Granted at market price | | | — | | | | — | | | | | |
Vested | | | (87,750 | ) | | | 2.49 | | | | | |
Cancelled | | | — | | | | — | | | | | |
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Unvested restricted stock at September 30, 2013 | | | 648,250 | | | $ | 3.06 | | | | | |
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Restricted Stock Unit Activity |
The following is a summary of all RSU activity during the three months ended September 30, 2013: |
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| | Restricted | | | Weighted | | | | | |
Stock Units | Average | | | | |
| Fair Value | | | | |
Non-vested at June 30, 2013 | | | 208,000 | | | $ | 2.93 | | | | | |
Granted at market price | | | — | | | | — | | | | | |
Vested | | | (28,250 | ) | | | 2.49 | | | | | |
Cancelled | | | — | | | | — | | | | | |
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Unvested restricted stock units at September 30, 2013 | | | 179,750 | | | $ | 3 | | | | | |
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The weighted average grant-date fair value of awards of restricted stock and RSU’s (collectively “restricted stock”) is based on the quoted market price of the Company’s common stock on the date of grant. |
Stock-Based Compensation Expense |
For the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2013, the total stock-based employee compensation expense resulting from stock options, restricted stock, and RSU’s was recorded to the following line items of the Company’s condensed consolidated statements of income: |
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(In thousands) | | Three Months | | | Nine Months | | | | | |
Ended September 30, | Ended September 30, | | | | |
2013 | 2013 | | | | |
Cost of revenues | | $ | 46 | | | $ | 133 | | | | | |
Research and development | | | 56 | | | | 162 | | | | | |
Selling, general and administrative | | | 349 | | | | 1,003 | | | | | |
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Stock-based compensation expense | | $ | 451 | | | $ | 1,298 | | | | | |
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As of September 30, 2013, there was $3.8 million of total unrecognized stock-based compensation related to non-vested stock-based compensation awards granted under the incentive plans. This cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 1.68 years. |