Note 10-Stock Based Compensation

On March 26, 2009, the Board of Directors adopted the 2009 Stock Option Plan providing for the issuance of up to 6,000,000 shares to Optex Systems Holdings officers, directors, employees and to independent contractors who provide services to Optex Systems Holdings.  

Options granted under the 2009 Stock Option Plan vest as determined by the Board of Directors of Optex Systems Holdings or a committee set up to act as a compensation committee of the Board of Directors and terminate after the earliest of the following events: (i) expiration of the option as provided in the option agreement, (ii) 90 days following the date of termination of the employee, or (iii) ten years from the date of grant (five years from the date of grant for incentive options granted to an employee who owns more than 10% of the total combined voting power of all classes of Optex Systems Holdings stock at the date of grant).  In some instances, granted stock options are immediately exercisable into restricted shares of common stock, which vest in accordance with the original terms of the related options. Optex Systems Holdings recognizes compensation expense ratably over the requisite service period.

The option price of each share of common stock is determined by the Board of Directors or a committee set up to act as a compensation committee, provided that with respect to incentive stock options, the option price per share will in all cases be equal to or greater than 100% of the fair value of a share of common stock on the date of the grant, except an incentive option granted under the 2009 Stock Option Plan to a shareholder that owns more than 10% of the total combined voting power of all classes of Optex Systems Holdings’ stock, will have an exercise price of not less than 110% of the fair value of a share of common stock on the date of grant. No participant may be granted incentive stock options, which would result in shares with an aggregate fair value of more than $100,000 first becoming exercisable in one calendar year.

Optex Systems Holdings adopted its 2009 Stock Option Plan on March 26, 2009.  On December 9, 2011, Optex Systems Holdings Board of Directors authorized an amendment to its Stock Option Plan to increase the number of issuable shares from 6,000,000 to 50,000,000 and authorized the grant of 10,000,000 options in the aggregate to two board members and a total of 36,070,000 to Optex Systems Holdings employees including 20,000,000 options to executive officers, at an exercise price of $0.01per share with each grant to vest 25% per year over four years for each year with which the grantee is still employed by or serving as a director of Optex Systems Holdings (with all unvested options automatically expiring on the date of termination of employment by or service as a director of Optex Systems Holdings) and all unvested options immediately vesting upon a change of control due to a merger or acquisition of Optex Systems Holdings, with the options to be issued within 60 days of December 9, 2011. For shares granted as of December 9, 2011, Optex Systems Holdings anticipates an annualized employee turnover rate of 3% per year, and as such anticipates that only 42,716,864 of the 46,070,000 shares will vest as of the end of the contract term.

As of September 29, 2013, 17,700,149 of awarded stock options had vested and 504,000 shares had been forfeited due to employee turnover. As of September 30, 2012, 2,241,899 of the awarded stock options had vested and 274,000 shares had been forfeited due to employee turnover. The vested options as of September 29, 2013 include 3,750,000 shares that were vested early as a result a board resolution on January 3, 2013 regarding the resignation of Ronald Richards, which was effective December 31, 2012. The total vested options for Ronald Richards of 5,000,000 shares were extended to expire on December 31, 2014.

Optex Systems Holdings recorded compensation costs for options and shares granted under the plan amounting to $128 thousand and $152 thousand for the fiscal years ended September 29, 2013 and September 30, 2012, respectively and was charged as general and administrative compensation expense for each of the respective fiscal years. A deduction is not allowed for income tax purposes until nonqualified options are exercised. The amount of this deduction will be the difference between the fair value of Optex Systems Holdings’ common stock and the exercise price at the date of exercise. For the year ended September 29, 2013, estimated deferred tax assets related to option compensation costs were $43 thousand and have been recorded for the tax effect of the financial statement expense.  For the year ended September 30, 2012 the estimated deferred tax assets related to option compensation costs were $52 thousand and have been recorded for the tax effect of the financial statement expense.  No tax deduction is allowed for incentive stock options. Accordingly no deferred tax asset is recorded for GAAP expense related to these options.

Optex Systems Holdings records its stock based compensation expense in accordance with ASC 718-10, “Compensation – Stock Compensation”. In estimating the value of stock options issued, management has valued the options at their date of grant utilizing the Black-Scholes-Merton option pricing model.  For options issued on December 9, 2011, the fair value of the underlying shares was determined based on the closing price of Optex Systems Holdings’ publicly-traded shares as of December 9, 2011.  Further, Optex used an expected volatility of 364.2% which was calculated using the historical Optex Systems Holdings stock prices over the prior 12 month trading period. Estimation of these equity instruments’ fair value is affected by our stock price, as well as assumptions regarding subjective and complex variables such as employee exercise behavior and our expected stock price volatility over the term of the award. As our assumptions are based on historical information, judgment is required to determine if historical trends are fair indicators of future outcomes.

The risk-free interest rates used of 1.5% to 2.2% were determined based on the implied yield available on U.S. Treasury issues with an equivalent term approximating the expected life of the options of 4.5 to 7 years depending on the date of the grant and expected life of the options.  The expected life of options used was based on the contractual life of the option grant.  Optex Systems Holdings determined the expected dividend rate based on the assumption and expectation that earnings generated from operations are not expected to be adequate to allow for the payment of dividends in the near future and the assumption that Optex Systems Holdings does not presently have any intention of paying cash dividends on its common stock. 

Optex Systems Holdings has granted stock options to officers and employees as follows:

The following table summarizes the status of Optex Systems Holdings’ aggregate stock options granted under the incentive stock option plan:

There were no new options granted and zero options exercised during the year ended September 29, 2013.

There were 46,070,000 new options granted and zero options exercised during the year ended September 30, 2012. The total intrinsic value of outstanding options as of September 29, 2013 was $0.

The following table summarizes the status of Optex Systems Holdings’ aggregate non-vested shares granted under the 2009 Stock Option Plan:

As of September 29, 2013, the unrecognized compensation cost for share based compensation arrangements granted under the plan was approximately $144 thousand.  These costs are expected to be recognized on a straight line basis through December 8, 2018. The total fair value of options and shares vested during the year ended September 29, 2013 was $180 thousand. 

There were no equity instruments issued to consultants and vendors in fiscal years 2012 and 2013.  

Warrant Agreements: Optex Systems Holdings calculates the fair value of warrants issued with debt or preferred stock using the Black-Scholes-Merton valuation method. The total proceeds received in the sale of debt or preferred stock and related warrants are allocated among these financial instruments based on their relative fair values. The discount arising from assigning a portion of the total proceeds to the warrants issued is recognized as interest expense for debt from the date of issuance to the earlier of the maturity date of the debt or the conversion dates using the effective yield method.

On July 19, 2012, Optex Systems Holdings, Inc. offered certain holders of the Company’s outstanding warrants, a 30 day temporary reduction in the warrant exercise price to $0.01 per share. The warrants consisted of 8,131,667 warrants of the Company, with an original exercise price of $0.45 per share, issued by the Company in a private placement transaction in March 2009. The temporary reduction in the warrant exercise price to $0.01 per share was determined by the Company in order to provide the holders of the warrants with an incentive to exercise the warrants. During the 30 day temporary reduction, 5,401,667 warrants were exercised for total proceeds of $54 thousand. The offer period expired on August 18, 2012.

As of September 29, 2013, Optex Systems Holdings had the following warrants outstanding:

There were 100,000 warrants with an exercise price of $0.15 per warrant, granted to the Longview Fund on January 5, 2010 in exchange for an allonge agreement, which expired on January 4, 2013, unexcercised. During the year ended September 29, 2013 and year ended September 30, 2012, Optex Systems Holdings recorded zero interest expense related to the outstanding warrants. Interest expense related to outstanding warrants was fully amortized as of September 30, 2012. 

During the periods ended September 29, 2013 and September 30, 2012, Optex Systems Holdings recorded a total of $0 and $0 thousand in interest expense related to the outstanding warrants and has an unamortized interest balance of zero as of September 29, 2013.  These warrants are included in the computation of weighted average of shares for year ended September 29, 2013 as it would be potentially dilutive, but are excluded in the computation of weighted average of shares for year ended September 30, 2012 as it would be anti-dilutive due to the net loss attributable to common shareholders incurred during the year.