Note 4 - Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation | 9 Months Ended |
Sep. 30, 2014 |
Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract] | ' |
Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Text Block] | ' |
NOTE 4:- | ACCOUNTING FOR STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| a. | Stock option plans: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| 1 | Under the Company's stock option plans, options may be granted to employees, officers, consultants, service providers and directors of the Company or its subsidiary. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| 2 | As of September 30, 2014, the Company has authorized according to the Incentive Share Option Plans, the grant of options to officers, management, other key employees and others of up to 1,373,000, 513,000, 240,000 and 1,519,000, respectively, for the Company’s Common shares. For all four Incentive Option Plans, the maximum term of the options is ten years from date of grant. As of September 30, 2014, an aggregate of 787,630 shares of the Company’s common stock are still available for future grant. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| 3 | The options granted generally become fully exercisable after four years and expire no later than 10 years from the date of the option grant. Any options that are forfeited or cancelled before expiration become available for future grants. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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A summary of the Company’s employee share option activity (except options to consultants and service providers) and related information is as follows: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| | Nine months ended September 30, 2014 | |
| | Amount | | | Weighted | | | Weighted average remaining contractual term (years) | | | Aggregate | |
of options | average | intrinsic value (*) |
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| price | |
Outstanding at the beginning of the period | | | 712,763 | | | $ | 1.33 | | | | 5.38 | | | $ | - | |
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Outstanding at the end of the period | | | 1,287,763 | | | $ | 1.56 | | | | 7.92 | | | $ | 45 | |
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Exercisable options at the end of the period | | | 397,263 | | | $ | 1.44 | | | | 5.3 | | | $ | 30 | |
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| (*) | Calculation of aggregate intrinsic value is based on the share price of the Company's common stock as of September 30, 2014 ($ 1.29 per share). | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| a. | Stock option plans (cont.): | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| 4 | Under the provisions of ASC 718, the fair value of each option is estimated on the date of grant using a Black-Sholes option valuation model that uses the assumptions such as stock price on the date of the grant, exercise price, risk-free interest rate, expected volatility, expected life and expected dividend yield of the option. Expected volatility is based exclusively on historical volatility of the entity's stock as allowed by ASC 718. The Company uses historical information with respect to the employee options exercised to estimate the expected term of options granted, representing the period of time that options granted are expected to be outstanding. The risk-free interest rate of period within the contractual life of the option is based on the U.S. Treasury yield curve in effect at the time of grant. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Options for 780,000 shares of the Company’s common shares were granted during the first nine months of 2014. No options were granted during the first nine months of 2013. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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The total employee's equity-based compensation expense related to all of the Company's equity-based awards, recognized for the nine months and three months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013 is comprised as follows: |
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| | Nine months ended | | | Three months ended | |
| | Sept. 30, 2014 | | | Sept. 30, 2013 | | | Sept. 30, 2014 | | | Sept. 30, 2013 | |
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Selling and marketing expenses | | | 10 | | | | 4 | | | | 5 | | | | 2 | |
Engineering and product development | | | 13 | | | | -- | | | | 6 | | | | -- | |
General and administrative | | | 129 | | | | 61 | | | | 59 | | | | 8 | |
Total employees equity-based compensation expense | | | 152 | | | | 65 | | | | 70 | | | | 10 | |
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As of September 30, 2014, there was $ 861 of total unrecognized compensation cost related to unvested share-based compensation arrangements granted under the stock option plans. That cost is expected to be recognized over a period of the next 3.3 years. |
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| b. | Employee Stock Ownership Plan: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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The Company had an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) until July 31, 2014 at which time it was entirely liquidated after a decision to terminate the plan as of July 31, 2013 was previously made. The ESOP provided for the Employee Stock Ownership Trust ("ESOT") to distribute shares or cash equivalents of the Company's Common shares as retirement benefits to the participants. As of July 31, 2014, the ESOT had distributed or paid the cash equivalent of all of the 167,504 shares of common stock previously held prior to plan termination. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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