Note 8 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. In 2011, the Board of Directors amended the 2009 Stock Option Plan to increase the number of issuable shares from 6,000,000 to 50,000,000.

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.

On December 19, 2013, the Board of Directors of Optex Systems Holdings, Inc. authorized an amendment to its Stock Option Plan to increase the number of issuable shares from 50,000,000 to 75,000,000 and authorized the grant of 20,000,000 options to three board members and a grant of 5,000,000 to an Optex Systems Holdings officer. The options have an exercise price of $0.01 per 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, Inc. (with all unvested options automatically expiring on the date of termination of employment by or service as a director of Optex Systems Holdings, Inc.) and all unvested options immediately vesting upon a change of control due to a merger or acquisition of the Company. On November 19, 2014, Merrick Okamoto resigned as its Chairman of the Board and as a Director. In recognition of his service, 7,500,000 of his unvested stock options were deemed to vest immediately, and the termination date of all 10,000,000 of his stock options was extended to December 31, 2018.

Optex Systems Holdings recorded compensation costs for options and shares granted under the plan amounting to for $25 thousand and $66 for the three and six months ended March 29, 2015, respectively, and $29 thousand and $47 thousand for the three and six months ended March 30, 2014, respectively. The $91 thousand of compensation expense recorded during the months ending March 29, 2015 included $57 thousand of expenses directly attributable to the early vesting of 7,500,000 shares on the resignation of the Chairman of the Board on November 19, 2014. 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 three months ended March 29, 2015 and March 30, 2014, the estimated deferred tax assets related to option compensation costs were $9 thousand and $31 thousand, respectively.

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 19, 2013, the fair value of the underlying shares was determined based on the closing price of Optex Systems Holdings’ publicly-traded shares as of December 19, 2013.  Further, Optex Systems Holdings used an expected volatility of 354.4% which was calculated using the historical Optex Systems Holdings stock prices over the prior 36 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 1.1% to 2.3% 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 zero and 25,000,000 options granted in the three months ended March 29, 2015 and March 30, 2014, respectively.

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

As of March 29, 2015, the unrecognized compensation cost for non-vested share based compensation arrangements granted under the plan was approximately $184 thousand.  These costs are expected to be recognized on a straight line basis through December 2017.

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.

As of March 29, 2015, Optex Systems Holdings had the following warrants outstanding:

During the three and six months ended March 29, 2015 and the three and six months ended March 30, 2014, Optex Systems Holdings recorded zero interest expense related to the outstanding warrants. Interest expense related to outstanding warrants was fully amortized as of September 28, 2014. On March 29, 2014, 3,447,000 warrants related to the March 30, 2009 private placement expired unexercised.