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Stock Options and Warrants

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Stock Options and Warrants
 3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
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Stock Options and Warrants
Stock Options and Warrants    

Stock Options

In conjunction with the Business Combination, the Company adopted its 2013 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended (the "Plan"). Under the Plan, the Administrator of the Plan, which is the compensation committee of the Company's board of directors, may grant up to 7,500,000 stock options, restricted stock, restricted stock units and other incentive awards to employees, officers, non-employee directors, and consultants, and such options or awards may be designated as incentive or non-qualified stock options at the discretion of the Administrator. Employee stock option grants made prior to 2015 have 5-year terms and vest 1/4th on the anniversary of the vesting commencement date and 1/36th monthly thereafter, over a 3-year period. During the three months ended March 31, 2015, employee stock options were granted to the Company’s named executive officers that have 5-year terms and vest 1/4th on each anniversary date over a 4-year period. Stock options granted to the Board of Directors prior to 2015 have 5-year terms and vest monthly over two years from the vesting commencement date. During the three months ended March 31, 2015, stock options were granted to the Board of Directors for services in 2014 and over 2015 that have 5-year terms, and for grants made for 2014 services vest immediately and for grants made for 2015 services vest1/4th quarterly through December 31, 2015. Certain stock option awards have accelerated vesting provisions in the event of a change in control and/or termination without cause.

Fair values of the stock options at March 31, 2015 and 2014 were determined using the Black-Scholes model and the following weighted average level 3 assumptions:
 
Three Months Ended March 31,
 
2015
 
2014
Common stock price on grant date
$13.14
 
$16.88
Expected life (in years)
4.0

 
4.0

Risk-free interest rate
1.31
%
 
1.75
%
Expected stock volatility
50
%
 
65
%
Expected dividend yield
—
%
 
—
%
Fair value of stock options granted
$5.37
 
$8.48


Stock option activity for the three months ended March 31, 2015 is as follows:

Global Eagle Stock Option Plan
Shares (in thousands)
 
Weighted Average Exercise Price
 
Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term (in years)
 
Aggregate Intrinsic Value (in thousands)
Outstanding at January 1, 2015
5,771

 
$
10.64

 

 


Granted
795

 
$
13.14

 

 
 
Exercised
(513
)
 
$
9.84

 

 
 
Forfeited
(121
)
 
$
12.59

 

 
 
Outstanding at March 31, 2015
5,932

 
$
11.01

 
3.73
 
$
14,161

Vested and expected to vest at March 31, 2015
5,122

 
$
10.95

 
3.64
 
$
12,706

Exercisable at March 31, 2015
1,471

 
$
10.44

 
2.75
 
$
4,479



Restricted stock units

The grant date fair value of an RSU equals the closing price of the Company's common stock on the grant date. During the three months ended September 30, 2014, the Company granted certain employees performance units in the form of RSUs. A performance unit gives the recipient the right to receive common stock that is contingent upon achievement of a specified pre-determined performance target for fiscal 2014 and the continuation of employment for a period of one year from the grant date. The number of shares issued totaled 77,687 shares of the Company’s common stock. During the three months ended March 31, 2015, the Company granted 123,000 RSUs to certain employees that vest 1/4th on the grant anniversary date over a 4-year term.

The following summarizes select information regarding our RSUs during the three months ended March 31, 2015:

 
Units (in thousands)
 
Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value
 
Aggregate Intrinsic Value (in thousands)
Outstanding at January 1, 2015
59

 
$
12.90

 
 
Granted
123

 
$
13.15

 
 
Forfeited
(6
)
 
$
12.90

 
 
Balance nonvested at March 31, 2015
176

 
$
13.07

 
$
2,359

Vested and expected to vest at March 31, 2015
155

 
$
13.07

 
$
2,060



Stock-Based Compensation Expense

Stock-based compensation expense related to all employee and non-employee stock-based awards for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014 were as follow, (in thousands):

 
 
Three Months Ended March 31,
 
 
2015
 
2014
Stock-based compensation expense:
 
 
 
 
Cost of services
 
$
41

 
$
—

Sales and marketing expenses
 
26

 
—

Product development
 
313

 
—

General and administrative
 
2,170

 
2,616

Total stock-based compensation expense
 
$
2,550

 
$
2,616


 
Warrants

The following is a summary of non-public warrants outstanding as of March 31, 2015 that the Company assumed in the Business Combination:


Weighted Average Exercise Price per Warrant
 
Number of Warrants (as converted) (in thousands)
 
Weighted Average Remaining Life
(in years)
Common stock warrants
$
8.79

 
690

 
1.97
Series C Preferred stock warrants
$
8.74

 
734

 
2.19


Public warrants activity for the three months ended March 31, 2015 is as follows:

Global Eagle Warrants
 
Number of Warrants (in thousands)
 
Weighted Average Exercise price
 
Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term (in years)
Outstanding at January 1, 2015
 
10,149

 
$
11.5

 
 
Exercised
 
(19
)
 
11.5

 
 
Outstanding and exercisable at March 31, 2015
 
10,130

 
$
11.5

 
2.84


The Company accounts for 10,129,508 of Global Eagle's warrants as derivative liabilities at March 31, 2015. During the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, the Company recorded approximately $1.0 million of income and $15.5 million of expense, respectively in the condensed consolidated statements of operations as a result of the remeasurement of these warrants at balance sheet date until exercised. The fair value of warrants issued by the Company has been estimated using the warrants' quoted public market price. In the event the Company’s closing stock price is at or above $17.50 for twenty of thirty consecutive trading days, the Company can call the 10,129,508 public warrants and force the holders to exercise their warrants at $11.50 per share, with estimated proceeds of approximately $116.5 million.

During the year ended December 31, 2014, the Company's Board of Directors authorized the Company to repurchase up to $25.0 million of GEE's public warrants. As of March 31, 2015, $23.6 million was available for warrants repurchases under this authorization. The amount the Company spends and the number of warrants repurchased varies based on a variety of factors including the stock price and blackout periods in which we are restricted from repurchasing warrants.