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Published on March 31, 2008
NEOGENOMICS,
INC.
12701
COMMONWEALTH DRIVE, SUITE 9
FORT
MYERS, FLORIDA 33913
March 31,
2008
Ms. Tia
Jenkins
Senior
Assistant Chief Accountant
Securities
and Exchange Commission
100 F
Street, N.E.
Mail Stop
3561
Washington,
D.C. 20549
Re: NeoGenomics, Inc. (the “Company”)
Form
10-KSB/A for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2006
Filed
September 11, 2007
File
No. 333-72097
Dear Ms.
Jenkins:
We are
providing this letter in response to the comments included in the Staff’s letter
dated October 9, 2007 regarding the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-KSB/A for
the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2006, as filed with the Commission on
September 11, 2007.
Form 10-KSB for the Year
Ended December 31, 2006
Item
6. Management’s Discussion and Analysis or Plan of
Operation
Critical Accounting
Policies, page 26
COMMENT
1:
|
We
have reviewed your response to comment 1. Your response did not
address our comment in its entirety, thus the comment has been partially
reissued. Disclose in a comparative tabular format, the payor
mix concentrations and related aging of accounts
receivable. The aging schedule may be based on management's own
reporting criteria (i.e, unbilled, less than 30 days, 30 to 60 days etc.)
or some other reasonable presentation. At a minimum, the
disclosure should indicate the past due amounts and a breakdown by payor
classification (i.e., Medicare, Medicaid, Managed care and other, and
Self-pay). We would expect Self-pay to be separately classified
from any other grouping. If your billing system does not have
the capacity to provide an aging schedule of your receivables, disclose
that fact and clarify how this affects your ability to estimate your
allowance for bad debts.
|
RESPONSE:
|
In
response to the Staff’s comments above, the Company has revised its
disclosure in the Amended Annual Report on Form 10-K/A1 with respect to
accounts receivable to add the following paragraph and tables with the
required aging schedule by payer classifications for each of 2005 and
2006. Our revised disclosure and tabular presentation provides amounts
associated with Self-pay.
|
Accounts
Receivable
We
record accounts receivable net of estimated discounts, contractual allowances
and allowances for bad debts. We provide for accounts receivable that
could become uncollectible in the future by establishing an allowance to reduce
the carrying value of such receivables to their estimated net realizable
value. We estimate this allowance based on the aging of our accounts
receivable and our historical collection experience for each type of
payer. Receivables are charged off to the allowance account at the
time they are deemed uncollectible. In the event that the actual
amount of payment received differs from the previously recorded estimate of an
account receivable, an adjustment to revenue is made in the current period at
the time of final collection and settlement. During 2006, we recorded
approximately $55,000 of net total incremental revenue from tests in which we
underestimated the revenue in 2005 relative to the amounts that we were
ultimately paid in 2006. This was less than 1% of our total FY 2006
revenue and less than 3% of our FY 2005 revenue. These adjustments are not
material to the Company’s results of operations in any period
presented. Our estimates of net revenue are subject to change based
on the contractual status and payment policies of the third party payer’s with
whom we deal. We regularly refine our estimates in order to make our
estimated revenue for future periods as accurate as possible based on our most
recent collection experience with each third party payer.
The
following tables present the dollars and percentage of the Company’s net
accounts receivable from customers outstanding by aging category at December 31,
2006 and 2005. All of our receivables were pending approval by
third-party payers as of the date that the receivables were
recorded.
FY
2006
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Payer
Group
|
0-30
|
%
|
30-60
|
%
|
60-90
|
%
|
90-120
|
%
|
>120
|
%
|
Total
|
%
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Client
|
$
|
146,005
|
9
|
%
|
$
|
150,698
|
10
|
%
|
$
|
79,481
|
5
|
%
|
$
|
8,606
|
1
|
%
|
$
|
33,827
|
2
|
%
|
$
|
418,618
|
27
|
%
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Commercial
Insurance
|
133,333
|
8
|
%
|
105,464
|
7
|
%
|
58,026
|
4
|
%
|
48,847
|
3
|
%
|
35,248
|
2
|
%
|
380,919
|
24
|
%
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medicare
|
293,298
|
19
|
%
|
282,463
|
18
|
%
|
71,283
|
5
|
%
|
68,830
|
4
|
%
|
56,598
|
4
|
%
|
772,472
|
49
|
%
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medicaid
|
325
|
0
|
%
|
650
|
0
|
%
|
2,588
|
0
|
%
|
400
|
0
|
%
|
-
|
0
|
%
|
3,963
|
0
|
%
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Self-Pay
|
135
|
0
|
%
|
2,058
|
0
|
%
|
723
|
0
|
%
|
-
|
0
|
%
|
-
|
0
|
%
|
2,916
|
0
|
%
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total
|
$
|
573,096
|
36
|
%
|
$
|
541,334
|
34
|
%
|
$
|
212,102
|
13
|
%
|
$
|
126,684
|
8
|
%
|
$
|
125,672
|
8
|
%
|
$
|
1,578,887
|
100
|
%
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
FY
2005
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Payer
Group
|
0-30
|
%
|
30-60
|
%
|
60-90
|
%
|
90-120
|
%
|
>120
|
%
|
Total
|
%
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Client
|
$
|
93,494
|
16
|
%
|
$
|
91,922
|
16
|
%
|
$
|
27,619
|
5
|
%
|
$
|
15,799
|
3
|
%
|
$
|
14,508
|
3
|
%
|
$
|
243,341
|
43
|
%
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Commercial
Insurance
|
34,993
|
6
|
%
|
46,234
|
8
|
%
|
14,132
|
2
|
%
|
21,810
|
4
|
%
|
14,642
|
3
|
%
|
131,811
|
23
|
%
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medicare
|
115,484
|
20
|
%
|
26,905
|
5
|
%
|
16,668
|
3
|
%
|
10,618
|
2
|
%
|
15,777
|
3
|
%
|
185,452
|
32
|
%
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medicaid
|
1,183
|
0
|
%
|
354
|
0
|
%
|
950
|
0
|
%
|
1,624
|
0
|
%
|
288
|
0
|
%
|
4,399
|
1
|
%
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Self-Pay
|
1,304
|
0
|
%
|
1,755
|
0
|
%
|
2,382
|
0
|
%
|
1,445
|
0
|
%
|
-
|
0
|
%
|
6,885
|
1
|
%
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total
|
$
|
246,457
|
43
|
%
|
$
|
167,170
|
29
|
%
|
$
|
61,750
|
11
|
%
|
$
|
51,296
|
9
|
%
|
$
|
45,215
|
8
|
%
|
$
|
571,888
|
100
|
%
|
Notes to Consolidated
Financial Statements
Note E - Incentive Stock
Options and Awards, page 62
COMMENT
2:
|
We
have reviewed your response to comment 2. It appears that you
are unable to utilize an implied volatility as the information obtained
was not applicable to the stock options issued, therefore you are looking
to historical volatility over a three month period prior to the grant date
of the options. This methodology does not appear consistent
with paragraph A32(a) of SFAS No. 123(R), which states that entities
should consider historical volatility over a period generally commensurate
with the expected or contractual term, as applicable, of the share
option. Under Question 2 Item 5 of SAB Topic 14D there may be
some instances in which, due to a Company’s particular business situations
a period of historical volatility data is not relevant. In
these instances, that period should be disregarded. We believe
that if a period of historical is disregarded, you should be prepared to
support your conclusion that your historical share price during that
previous period is not relevant to estimating expected volatility due to
one or more discrete and specific historical events and that similar
events are not expected to occur during the expected term of the share
option. Please advise or
revise.
|
RESPONSE:
|
Since
we experienced a change of control on April 15, 2003 and subsequently
changed our business focus, there is not sufficient historical trading
data available in our stock in order to have relevant historical
volatility over a period generally commensurate with the expected terms of
our options. As a result, in accordance with the guidance
outlined in the interpretive response to question 6 of Topic 14D of Staff
Accounting Bulletin 107, we identified a peer group of three
companies with similar characteristics as the Company, and used a blended
average of the historical volatilities of these peers over historical
periods which were commensurate with the expected term of each
option. We also incorporated NeoGenomics historical
volatility into this blended average for those options grants where we had
relevant historical data for
NeoGenomics.
|
In
addition, we engaged Lougheed & Company LLC, (a Tampa, Florida based
company that specializes, among other areas, in valuing stock-based
compensation awards and arrangements for publicly-traded companies) to
revalue our stock option grants using a trinomial lattice model instead of
the Black-Scholes model we had previously used. As a result,
our disclosure around stock-based compensation in our 2006 10-K/A1 has
been amended to reflect this change in methodology for calculating stock
based compensation. Exhibit A to this letter includes the new
language included in our 2006 Amended 10-K/A1 in the following two
sections: a) Critical Accounting Policies in MD&A and b)
NOTE E of the Financial Statement dealing with Stock-Based
Compensation.
|
As
part of the aforementioned process, our share-based payment arrangements and
accounting therefore under SFAS123R was scrutinized and
reconsidered. Several assumptions underlying the selected valuation
technique were modified to comply with SFAS123R and
SAB107. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the 2006 stock-based
compensation expense we calculated using this revised methodology was only
approximately $6,700 higher than what we had previously recorded. As
this difference is not material to our financial statements, either
quantitatively or qualitatively, we have chosen not to restate our stock-based
compensation expense for 2006. We have, however, corrected a
few minor disclosure errors in the presentation of our option information in
NOTE E to the financial statements and in Item 5 dealing with Securities
Authorized for Issuance under Equity Compensation Plans.
Note G - Other Related Party
Transactions, pape_68
COMMENT
3:
|
We
reviewed your response to comment 3, noting the Company utilized a market
price of $0.35 in determining the fair value of the
warrants. It appears the market price of your common stock on
March 23, 2005 was $0.58. Please advise or
revise.
|
RESPONSE:
|
The
measurement date for the subject warrants was, in fact, February 18, 2005
on which date the closing share-price was $0.35. Our policy is to record
our share-based payment arrangements on measurement dates established in
accounting standards. On February 18, 2005 the Company and the warrant
holder had agreed to all of the pertinent terms and conditions and
executed a binding agreement regarding such warrants. We have
revised the note to clarify the measurement date for these
warrants.
|
We trust
that this response satisfactorily responds to your comments. Attached
to this letter is a black-lined copy of our proposed second amended 10-KSB
showing the changes from the first amended 10-KSB filed on September 11,
2007. Upon confirmation that this disclosure adequately addresses
your concerns, we will file this second amended Form 10-KSB/A. Should
you require further information, please contact Clayton Parker, Esq. at (305)
539-3300 or Steven Jones, our Acting Chief Financial Officer at (239) 325-2001,
or myself at (239) 768-0600.
Thank you
very much for your consideration of this response.
Very
truly yours,
/s/ Robert P.
Gasparini
Robert P.
Gasparini
President
and Chief Executive Officer
MI-246603 v1 0437575-00201
Ms. Tia
Jenkins
March 31,
2008
Page
EXHIBIT
A
ITEM
6.
|
MANAGEMENT’S
DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OR PLAN OF
OPERATION
|
Excerpted discussion on
Stock-Based Compensation from Critical Accounting Policies section of
MD&A
Stock-Based
Compensation
Prior to
January 1, 2006, we accounted for stock-based awards and our Employee Stock
Purchase Plan using the intrinsic method in accordance with APB Opinion
No. 25, “Accounting for
Stock Issued to Employees”, FASB Interpretation No. 44 (“FIN
44”) “Accounting for Certain
Transactions Involving Stock-Based Compensation, an Interpretation of APB
Opinion No. 25”,FASB Technical Bulletin No. 97-1 (“FTB
97-1”) “Accounting under
Statement 123 for Certain Employee Stock Purchase Plans with a Look-Back
Option”, and related interpretations and provided the required pro forma
disclosures of SFAS 123 “Accounting for
Stock-Based Compensation ”. In accordance with APB 25, a
non-cash, stock-based compensation expense was recognized for any options for
which the exercise price was below the market price on the actual grant date and
for any grants that were modified from their original terms. The charge
for the options with an exercise price below the market price on the actual
grant date was equal to the number of options multiplied by the difference
between the exercise price and the market price of the option shares on the
actual grant date. That expense was amortized over the vesting period of
the options. The charge for modifications of options in general was equal
to the number of options modified multiplied by the difference between the
market price of the options on the modification date and the grant price.
The charge for modified options was taken over the remaining service
period, if any.
Effective
January 1, 2006, we adopted SFAS 123(R), which requires the measurement at
fair value and recognition of compensation expense for all stock-based payment
awards. We selected the modified prospective method of adoption which
recognizes compensation expense for the fair value of all stock-based payments
granted after January 1, 2006 and for the fair value of all awards granted
to employees prior to January 1, 2006 that remain unvested on the date of
adoption. We used the trinomial lattice valuation model to estimate fair
value of stock option grants made on or after January 1, 2006. The
trinomial lattice option-pricing model requires the estimation of highly complex
and subjective variables. These variables include expected volatility,
expected life of the award, expected dividend rate and expected risk-free rate
of return. The assumptions for expected volatility and expected life are
the two assumptions that most significantly affect the grant date fair value.
The expected volatility is a blended rate based on both the historical
volatility of our stock price and the volatility of certain peer company stock
prices. The expected term assumption for our stock option grants was
determined using trinomial lattice simulation model which projects future option
holder behavior patterns based upon actual historical option exercises.
SFAS 123(R) also requires the application of a forfeiture rate to the
calculated fair value of stock options on a prospective basis. Our
assumption of forfeiture rate represents the historical rate at which our
stock-based awards were surrendered prior to vesting over the trailing four
years. If our assumption of forfeiture rate changes, we would have to make
a cumulative adjustment in the current period. We monitor the assumptions
used to compute the fair value of our stock options and ESPP awards on a regular
basis and we will revise our assumptions as appropriate. See
Note A – Formation and Operations of the Company and Summary of
Significant Accounting Policies section, “Stock-based compensation” subsection
and Note E – Stock Based Compensation in the Notes to Consolidated Financial
Statements for more information regarding the valuation of stock-based
compensation.
ITEM
7. FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS
Excerpted
Note E from the Notes to the Financial Statements
NOTE
E - STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION
Stock Option
Plan
On
October 31, 2006, our shareholders and Board of Directors amended and restated
the NeoGenomics Equity Incentive Plan, which was originally approved in October
2003 (the “Plan”). The Plan permits the grant of stock awards and
stock options to officers, directors, employees and
consultants. Options granted under the Plan are either outright stock
awards, Incentive Stock Options (“ISOs”) or Non-Qualified Stock Options
(“NQSO’s). As part of this amendment and restatement, the
shareholders and Board of Directors approved an increase in the shares reserved
under the Plan from 10% of our outstanding common stock at any given time to 12%
of our Adjusted Diluted Shares Outstanding, which equated to 3,819,890 shares of
our common stock as of December 31, 2006. Adjusted Diluted Shares
Outstanding are defined as basic common shares outstanding on the measurement
date plus that number of shares that would be issued if all convertible debt,
convertible preferred equity securities and warrants were assumed to be
converted into common stock on the measurement date. The definition
of Adjusted Diluted Shares Outstanding specifically excludes any unexercised
stock options that may be outstanding under either the Stock Option Plan or the
ESPP on any measurement date. As of December 31, 2006, option and
stock awards totaling 2,107,000 shares were outstanding and 322,049 option and
stock awards had been exercised, leaving a total of 1,390,841 options and stock
awards available for future issuance. Options typically have a 10
year life and vest over 3 or 4 years but each grant’s vesting and exercise price
provisions are determined at the time the awards are granted by the Compensation
Committee of the Board of Directors or by the President by virtue of authority
delegated to him by the Compensation Committee.
Adoption
of SFAS 123(R)
Effective
January 1, 2006, we adopted SFAS 123(R), which requires the measurement and
recognition of compensation expense in the Company’s statement of operations for
all share-based payment awards made to our employees and directors, including
employee stock options and employee stock purchases related to all our
stock-based compensation plans based on estimated fair values.
SFAS
123(R) requires companies to estimate the fair value of stock-based compensation
on the date of grant using an option-pricing model. The fair value of the
award is recognized as expense over the requisite service periods in our
consolidated statement of operations using the straight-line method consistent
with the methodology used under SFAS 123. Under SFAS 123(R) the attributed
stock-based compensation expense must be reduced by an estimate of the
annualized rate of stock option forfeitures. The unrecognized expense of
awards not yet vested at the date of adoption is recognized in net income (loss)
in the periods after the date of adoption, using the same valuation method and
assumptions determined under the original provisions of SFAS
123. Additionally, our deferred stock compensation balance of $2,685
as of December 31, 2005, which was accounted for under APB 25, was
reclassified into its additional paid in capital upon the adoption of SFAS
123(R) on January 1, 2006.
We
estimate the fair value of stock-based awards using the trinomial lattice
model. We also used the trinomial lattice model in preparing the pro
forma disclosure required under SFAS 123 for the year ended December 31,
2005. This model determines the fair value of stock-based compensation and
is affected by our stock price on the date of the grant as well as assumptions
regarding a number of highly complex and subjective variables. These
variables include expected term, expected risk-free rate of return, expected
volatility, and expected dividend yield, each of which is more fully described
below. The assumptions for expected term and expected volatility are the
two assumptions that significantly affect the grant date fair
value.
Expected Term: The
expected term of an option is the period of time that such option is expected to
be outstanding. The average expected term is determined using
the trinomial lattice simulation model.
Risk-free Interest
Rate: We base the risk-free interest rate used in the
trinomial lattice valuation method on the implied yield at the grant date of the
U.S. Treasury zero-coupon issue with an equivalent term to the stock-based award
being valued. Where the expected term of a stock-based award does not
correspond with the term for which a zero coupon interest rate is quoted, we
used the nearest interest rate from the available maturities.
Expected Stock Price
Volatility: Effective January 1, 2006, we evaluated the
assumptions used to estimate volatility and determined that, under SAB 107, we
should use a blended average of our volatility and the volatility of the nearest
peer companies. We believe that the use of this blended average peer
volatility is more reflective of market conditions and a better indicator of our
expected volatility due to the limited trading history available for our Company
since its last change of control, prior to which we operated under a different
business model.
Dividend
Yield: Since we have never paid a dividend and do not expect
to begin doing so in the foreseeable future, we have assumed a 0% dividend yield
in valuing our stock-based awards.
The fair
value of stock option awards granted during the years ended December 31, 2006
and 2005 were estimated as of the grant date using the trinomial lattice model
with the following weighted average assumptions:
2006
|
2005
|
|||||||
Expected
term (in years)
|
5.5
|
5.8
|
||||||
Risk-free
interest rate (%)
|
4.8
|
%
|
3.7
|
%
|
||||
Expected
volatility (%)
|
36
|
%
|
37
|
%
|
||||
Dividend
yield (%)
|
0.0
|
%
|
0.0
|
%
|
||||
Weighted
average fair value/share at grant date
|
$
|
0.23
|
$
|
0.08
|
As a
result of adopting SFAS No. 123(R), the Company’s net loss for the year ended
December 31, 2006 was approximately $60,000 greater than if the Company had
continued to account for share-based compensation under Accounting Principles
Bulletin no. 25, “Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees” (“APB No.
25”). Basic and diluted loss per share for the year ended December
31, 2006 would have been ($0.00) had the Company not adopted SFAS No. 123(R),
compared to reported basic and diluted loss per share of ($0.00) that was
reported for such period.
The
effect of recording stock-based compensation related to stock option grants
under the Plan in accordance with SFAS 123(R) for the year-ended December, 2006
was as follows:
2006
|
||||
Stock-based
compensation for employee stock options
|
$
|
63,730
|
||
Tax
effect on stock-based compensation
|
-
|
|||
Net
effect of stock-based compensation
|
$
|
63,730
|
||
Effect
on net loss per weighted average share
|
||||
Basic
|
$
|
0.00
|
||
Diluted
|
$
|
0.00
|
Periods
prior to the adoption of SFAS 123(R)
Prior to
January 1, 2006, we accounted for employee stock-based awards using the
intrinsic value method in accordance with APB 25, FASB Interpretation
No. 44 (“FIN 44”)
“Accounting for Certain Transactions Involving Stock-Based Compensation, an
Interpretation of APB Opinion No. 25”, FASB Technical Bulletin
No. 97-1 (“FTB 97-1”) “Accounting under Statement 123 for
Certain Employee Stock Purchase Plans with a Look-Back Option”, and
related interpretations. The Company accounted for non-employee
stock-based awards under the fair value method in accordance with EITF
No. 96-18 “ Accounting
for Equity Instruments that are Issued to Other than Employees for Acquiring, or
in Conjunction with Selling, Goods or Services”. Under the
intrinsic value method, no stock-based compensation expense for options had been
recognized in the Company’s Consolidated Statement of Operations if the exercise
price of the Company’s stock options granted to employees and directors equaled
the fair market value of the underlying stock at the date of grant.
Had
stock-based compensation for 2005 been determined based on the estimated fair
value at the grant date for all equity awards consistent with the provisions of
SFAS 123, the Company’s net income and earnings per share for the years ended
December 31, 2005 would have been adjusted to the following pro forma
amounts:
2005
|
||||
Net
loss, as reported
|
$
|
(997,160
|
)
|
|
Add:
Stock-based compensation expense included in reported net earnings, net of
tax
|
2,953
|
|||
Deduct:
Stock-based compensation expense determined under the fair value method,
net of tax
|
(57,162)
|
|||
Pro
forma, net loss
|
$
|
(1,051,369
|
)
|
|
Basic
and Diluted net loss per weighted average share
|
||||
As
reported
|
$
|
(0.04
|
)
|
|
Pro
forma
|
$
|
(0.05
|
)
|
The
following table summarizes stock option activity under the Plan for the two
years ended December 31, 2006:
Number
of Shares
|
Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
|
|||||||
Outstanding
at December 31, 2004
|
882,329
|
$
|
0.16
|
|||||
Granted
|
1,442,235
|
0.27
|
||||||
Exercised
|
(42,235
|
)
|
0.00
|
|||||
Canceled
|
(547,329
|
)
|
0.11
|
|||||
Outstanding
at December 31, 2005
|
1,735,000
|
0.27
|
||||||
Granted
|
1,011,897
|
0.68
|
||||||
Exercised
|
(211,814
|
)
|
0.30
|
|||||
Canceled
|
(428,083
|
)
|
0.42
|
|||||
Outstanding
at December 31, 2006
|
2,107,000
|
0.43
|
||||||
Exercisable
at December 31, 2006
|
1,161,416
|
$
|
0.28
|
The
following table summarizes the information about stock options outstanding and
exercisable as of December 31, 2006:
Options
Outstanding, Expected to Vest
|
Options
Exercisable
|
Ranges of Exercise
Prices
|
Number
Outstanding
|
Weighted
Average Remaining Contractual Life
|
Weighted
Average Exercise price
|
Number
Exercisable
|
Weighted
Average Remaining Life
|
Weighted
Average Exercise price
|
||||||||||||||||||||
0.00 – 0.30 | 1,287,000 | 7.6 | $ | 0.25 | 1,030,500 | 7,5 | $ | 0.25 | ||||||||||||||||||
0.31 – 0.46 | 179,250 | 8.6 | 0.35 | 82,166 | 8.5 | 0.35 | ||||||||||||||||||||
0.47 – 0.71 | 407,750 | 9.4 | 0.62 | 28,750 | 7.7 | 0.61 | ||||||||||||||||||||
0.72 – 1.08 | 85,000 | 9.7 | 0.99 | - | 0.0 | 0.00 | ||||||||||||||||||||
1.09 – 1.47 | 148,000 | 9.9 | 1.29 | 20,000 | 9.9 | 1.29 | ||||||||||||||||||||
2,107,000 | 8.3 | $ | 0.43 | 1,161,416 | 7.6 | $ | 0.28 |
As of
December 31, 2006, the aggregate intrinsic value of all stock options
outstanding and expected to vest was approximately $2.3 million and the
aggregate intrinsic value of currently exercisable stock options was
approximately $1.4 million. The Intrinsic value of each option share
is the difference between the fair market value of NeoGenomics common stock and
the exercise price of such option share to the extent it is
“in-the-money”. Aggregate Intrinsic value represents the value that
would have been received by the holders of in-the-money options had they
exercised their options on the last trading day of the year and sold the
underlying shares at the closing stock price on such day. The
intrinsic value calculation is based on the $1.50 closing stock price of
NeoGenomics Common Stock on December 29, 2006, the last trading day of
2006. The total number of in-the-money options outstanding and
exercisable as of December 31, 2006 was 1,161,416.
The total
intrinsic value of options exercised during the years ended December 31, 2006
and 2005 was approximately $215,000 and $0, respectively. Intrinsic value
of exercised shares is the total value of such shares on the date of exercise
less the cash received from the option holder to exercise the options. The
total cash proceeds received from the exercise of stock options was
approximately $63,000 and $0 for the years ended December 31, 2006 and
2005, respectively. No tax benefits were realized by the Company in
either 2006 or 2005 as a result of stock option exercises. The total
fair value of option shares vested during the years ended December 31, 2006
and 2005, was approximately $96,000 and $67,000, respectively.
As of
December 31, 2006, there was approximately $126,000 of total unrecognized
stock-based compensation cost, net of expected forfeitures, related to unvested
stock options granted under the Plan. This cost is expected to be
recognized over a weighted-average period of 2.3 years.
Employee Stock Purchase
Plan
On
October 31, 2006, our shareholders and Board of Directors approved an Employee
Stock Purchase Plan (“ESPP”) effective January 1, 2007. The ESPP as
approved stipulates that the rights to purchase shares granted under the plan be
considered options issued under an "employee stock purchase plan," as that term
is defined in Section 423(b) of the Code. The number of shares
reserved for issuance under the ESPP has been set to equal 1% of the Adjusted
Diluted Shares Outstanding (as defined above) at any given
time. Under the terms of the ESPP, the Board of Directors has been
authorized to set the parameters of any particular offering, provided, however,
that no rights to purchase shares may be offered to employees at a price which
is less than 95% of the fair market value of our common stock. The
Board of Directors has further delegated the authority to administer the ESPP to
the Compensation Committee and directed the Compensation Committee to ensure
that no offerings under the plan are compensable events under SFAS 123(R), which
effectively limits any offering period under the plan to 30 days. The
Company’s ESPP plan is considered exempt from fair value accounting under SFAS
No. 123R since the discount offered to employees is only 5%.