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Stock Option Plan and Stock Based Compensation
9 Months Ended
Nov. 30, 2018
Disclosure Of Compensation Related Costs Sharebased Payments [Abstract]  
Stock Option Plan and Stock Based Compensation

10. Stock Option Plan and Stock Based Compensation

The Company grants stock options and restricted stock to key executives and managerial employees and non-employee directors.  At November 30, 2018, the Company had one stock option plan, the 2004 Long-Term Incentive Plan of Ennis, Inc., as amended and restated as of June 30, 2011, formerly the 1998 Option and Restricted Stock Plan amended and restated as of May 14, 2008 (the “Plan”). The Company has 534,478 shares of unissued common stock reserved under the Plan for issuance as of November 30, 2018.  The exercise price of each stock option granted under the Plan equals a referenced price of the Company’s common stock as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on the date of grant, and an option’s maximum term is ten years. Stock options and restricted stock may be granted at different times during the year and vest ratably over various periods, from grant date up to five years. The Company uses treasury stock to satisfy option exercises and restricted stock awards.

The Company recognizes compensation expense for stock options and restricted stock grants on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period.  For the three months ended November 30, 2018 and November 30, 2017, the Company included compensation expense related to share-based compensation of $0.3 million and $0.3 million, respectively, in selling, general, and administrative expenses.  For the nine months ended November 30, 2018 and November 30, 2017, the Company included compensation expense related to share-based compensation of $1.0 million and $1.0 million, respectively, in selling, general, and administrative expenses.

Stock Options

The Company had the following stock option activity for the nine months ended November 30, 2018:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted

 

 

Average

 

 

Aggregate

 

 

 

Number

 

 

Average

 

 

Remaining

 

 

Intrinsic

 

 

 

of Shares

 

 

Exercise

 

 

Contractual

 

 

Value(a)

 

 

 

(exact quantity)

 

 

Price

 

 

Life (in years)

 

 

(in thousands)

 

Outstanding at March 1, 2018

 

 

172,496

 

 

$

15.95

 

 

 

3.2

 

 

$

612

 

Granted

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Terminated

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exercised

 

 

(110,906

)

 

 

15.99

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Outstanding at November 30, 2018

 

 

61,590

 

 

$

15.88

 

 

 

2.1

 

 

$

225

 

Exercisable at November 30, 2018

 

 

61,590

 

 

$

15.88

 

 

 

2.1

 

 

$

225

 

 

(a)

Intrinsic value is measured as the excess of fair market value of the Company’s common stock as reported on the New York Stock Exchange over the applicable exercise price.

No stock options were granted during the nine months ended November 30, 2018 and November 30, 2017.

A summary of the stock options exercised and tax benefits realized from stock based compensation is presented below (in thousands):

 

 

 

Three months ended

 

 

Nine months ended

 

 

 

November 30,

 

 

November 30,

 

 

 

2018

 

 

2017

 

 

2018

 

 

2017

 

Total cash received

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

69

 

 

 

 

Income tax benefits

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total grant-date fair value

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

345

 

 

 

 

Intrinsic value

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

534

 

 

 

 

 

A summary of the Company’s unvested stock options at November 30, 2018 and the changes during the nine months ended November 30, 2018 are presented below:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average

 

 

 

Number

 

 

Grant Date

 

 

 

of Options

 

 

Fair Value

 

Unvested at March 1, 2018

 

 

1,616

 

 

$

2.24

 

New grants

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vested

 

 

(1,616

)

 

 

2.24

 

Forfeited

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unvested at November 30, 2018

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Restricted Stock

The Company had the following restricted stock grant activity for the nine months ended November 30, 2018:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average

 

 

 

Number of

 

 

Grant Date

 

 

 

Shares

 

 

Fair Value

 

Outstanding at March 1, 2018

 

 

152,675

 

 

$

16.59

 

Granted

 

 

83,789

 

 

 

20.54

 

Terminated

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vested

 

 

(80,692

)

 

 

16.02

 

Outstanding at November 30, 2018

 

 

155,772

 

 

$

19.01

 

 

As of November 30, 2018, the total remaining unrecognized compensation cost related to unvested restricted stock granted under the Plan was approximately $2.1 million.  The weighted average remaining requisite service period of the unvested restricted stock awards was 1.8 years.