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Note 12 - Stock-based Compensation
3 Months Ended
Apr. 30, 2019
Notes to Financial Statements  
Share-based Payment Arrangement [Text Block]
12.
STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION
 
The Company’s equity awards consist of RSUs and SARs. For a description of the Company’s stock-based compensation plans, see Note
6
“Stock-Based Compensation” in Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in the Annual Report on Form
10
-K for the year ended
January 31, 2019.
 
Stock-Based Compensation
 
The following table sets forth reported stock-based compensation expense for the
three
months ended
April 30, 2019
and
2018:
 
   
Three Months Ended
April 30,
 
   
2019
   
2018
 
   
(in thousands)
 
Cost of subscription
  $
70
    $
49
 
Cost of maintenance and other
   
121
     
92
 
Cost of professional services
   
322
     
226
 
Sales and marketing
   
380
     
402
 
Research and development
   
427
     
315
 
General and administrative
   
984
     
1,022
 
Total stock-based compensation expense
  $
2,304
    $
2,106
 
 
RSU Information
 
The estimated fair value of RSUs was calculated based on the closing price of the Company’s common stock on the date of grant, reduced by the present value of dividends foregone during the vesting period.
 
The following table summarizes the activity for RSUs for the
three
months ended
April 30, 2019: 
 
   
RSUs
   
Weighted
Average
Grant Date
Fair Value
 
   
(in thousands)
   
 
 
 
Outstanding at January 31, 2019
   
663
    $
36.64
 
Granted
   
1
     
41.49
 
Released
(1)
   
(11
)
   
26.31
 
Forfeited
   
(16
)
   
36.79
 
Outstanding at April 30, 2019
   
637
    $
36.83
 
 

 
(
1
)
The number of RSUs released includes shares withheld on behalf of employees to satisfy the minimum statutory tax withholding requirements.
 
 
The Company withholds a portion of the released shares as consideration for the Company’s payment of applicable employee income taxes. During the
three
months ended
April 30, 2019,
the Company withheld
4,000
shares for payment of these taxes at a value of
$0.2
million. During the
three
months ended
April 30, 2018,
the Company withheld
4,000
shares for payment of these taxes at a value of
$0.2
million.
 
Total unrecognized compensation cost related to RSUs was approximately
$16.7
million as of
April 30, 2019.
This cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of approximately
2.7
years. 
 
SAR Information
  
The following table summarizes the activity for outstanding SARs for the
three
months ended
April 30, 2019:
 
   
SARs
(in
thousands)
   
Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price per
Share
   
Weighted
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Term
(years)
   
Aggregate
Intrinsic
Value
(in
thousands)
 
Outstanding at January 31, 2019
   
2,533
 
  $
20.81
     
 
     
 
 
Granted
   
 
   
     
 
     
 
 
Exercised
   
(5
)
   
10.78
     
 
     
 
 
Expired
   
 
   
     
 
     
 
 
Forfeited
   
 
   
     
 
     
 
 
Outstanding at April 30, 2019
   
2,528
 
  $
20.83
     
3.3
    $
63,211
 
Vested and exercisable at April 30, 2019
   
2,053
(1)
  $
17.06
     
2.6
    $
57,650
 
 

(
1
) The number of SARs vested and exercisable at
April 30, 2019
includes
877,500
Class A and
127,500
Class B shares previously held by Mr. Karl Lopker which will expire on
August 25, 2019
if
not
exercised by his estate. Exercise prices for these SARs range from
$10.50
to
$31.65.
 
The aggregate intrinsic value in the table above represents the total pretax intrinsic value (the aggregate difference between the closing stock price of the Company’s common stock based on the last trading day as of
April 30, 2019,
and the exercise price for in-the-money SARs) that would have been received by the holders if all SARs had been exercised on
April 30, 2019.
The total intrinsic value of SARs exercised in the
three
months ended
April 30, 2019
was
$0.2
million.
 
The number of SARs exercised includes shares withheld on behalf of employees to satisfy minimum statutory tax withholding requirements.  During the
three
months ended
April 30, 2019,
the Company withheld
1,000
shares for payment of these taxes at a value of
$57,000.
During the
three
months ended
April 30, 2018,
the Company withheld
93,000
shares for payment of these taxes at a value of
$3.9
million.
 
At
April 30, 2019,
there was approximately
$3.8
million of total unrecognized compensation cost related to unvested SARs. This cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of approximately
2.7
years.