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Equity
6 Months Ended
Jan. 31, 2020
Equity [Abstract]  
Equity

Note 10—Equity

 

Stock Repurchases

 

The Company has an existing stock repurchase program authorized by its Board of Directors for the repurchase of shares of the Company's Class B common stock. The Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of up to 8.0 million shares in the aggregate. There were no repurchases under the program in the six months ended January 31, 2020. In the six months ended January 31, 2019, the Company repurchased 729,110 shares of Class B common stock for an aggregate purchase price of $3.9 million. At January 31, 2020, 6.9 million shares remained available for repurchase under the stock repurchase program.

 

In the six months ended January 31, 2020 and 2019, the Company paid $0.3 million and $16,000, respectively, to repurchase 37,348 and 2,036 shares, respectively, of the Company's Class B common stock that were tendered by employees of the Company to satisfy the employees' tax withholding obligations in connection with the lapsing of restrictions on awards of deferred stock units ("DSUs") and restricted stock. Such shares were repurchased by the Company based on their fair market value on the trading day immediately prior to the vesting date.

  

Deferred Stock Units Equity Incentive Program

 

The Company has an existing equity incentive program in the form of DSUs that, upon vesting, will entitle the grantees to receive shares of the Company's Class B common stock. On January 6, 2020, the first vesting date under the program, in accordance with the program and based on certain elections made by grantees, the Company issued 100,284 shares of its Class B common stock for vested DSUs. Based on those elections, vesting for 38,024 DSUs has been delayed until January 5, 2021. At January 31, 2020, there were 314,516 unvested DSUs outstanding.

 

2015 Stock Option and Incentive Plan

 

In the six months ended January 31, 2020, the Company received proceeds from the exercise of stock options of $0.3 million for which the Company issued 32,551 shares of its Class B common stock. There were no stock option exercises in the six months ended January 31, 2019.

 

On December 12, 2019, the Company's stockholders approved an amendment to the Company's 2015 Stock Option and Incentive Plan to increase the number of shares of the Company's Class B common stock available for the grant of awards thereunder by an additional 0.4 million shares. At January 31, 2020, the Company had 0.6 million shares available for future grants under its 2015 Stock Option and Incentive Plan.

 

Fiscal 2019 Sale of Class B Common Stock to Howard S. Jonas

 

On December 21, 2018, the Company sold 2,546,689 shares of its Class B common stock that were held in treasury to Howard S. Jonas, the Chairman of the Board of the Company, for aggregate consideration of $14.8 million. The price per share of $5.89 was equal to the closing price of the Company's Class B common stock on April 16, 2018, the last closing price before approval of the sale by the Company's Board of Directors and its Corporate Governance Committee. On May 31, 2018, Mr. Jonas paid $1.5 million of the purchase price, and he paid the balance of the purchase price on December 21, 2018 after approval of the sale by the Company's stockholders at the 2018 annual meeting of stockholders. The purchase price was reduced by approximately $0.2 million, which was the amount of dividends paid on 2,546,689 shares of the Company's Class B common stock whose record date was between April 16, 2018 and the issuance of the shares.