Stock Compensation

Stock-based compensation expense during the quarter and year-to-date period ended December 31, 2019 was $1.1 million and $3.2 million, respectively, and during the quarter and year-to-date period ended December 31, 2018, was $1.7 million and $3.6 million, respectively. The total income tax benefit for stock compensation arrangements during the quarter and year-to-date period ended December 31, 2019, was $0.3 million and $0.8 million, respectively, and during the quarter and year-to-date period ended December 31, 2018, was $0.4 million and $0.9 million, respectively.

During fiscal year 2020, the following stock compensation was awarded to officers and other key employees and to members of the Board of Directors who are not employees. All awards were granted under the 2017 Stock Incentive Plan. For more information on stock compensation awards, refer to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2019.



Type of Award	Quarter Awarded	Targeted Shares or Units	Grant Date Fair Value ⁽⁵⁾
Annual Performance Shares⁽¹⁾	1st Quarter	34,305	$16.85	-	$16.93
Relative Total Shareholder Return Performance Units ⁽²⁾	1st Quarter	28,080	$21.25
Restricted Stock Units ⁽³⁾	1st Quarter	188,588	$16.85	-	$17.24
Restricted Stock Units ⁽³⁾	2nd Quarter	2,500	$20.46
Unrestricted Shares ⁽⁴⁾	1st Quarter	9,091	$17.19
Unrestricted Shares ⁽⁴⁾	2nd Quarter	6,321	$19.18

(1) Annual performance shares were awarded to officers and other key employees. The number of annual performance shares to be issued will be dependent upon the Company’s return on invested capital during fiscal year 2020, with a percentage payout ranging from 0% to 200% of the target number set forth above. The maximum number of shares that can be issued under these awards is 68,610. Annual performance shares vest on June 30, 2020.

(2) Performance units were awarded to key officers under the Company’s Relative Total Shareholder Return program. Vesting occurs at June 30, 2022. Participants will earn from 0% to 200% of the target award depending upon how the compound annual growth rate of Kimball International common stock ranks within the peer group at the end of the performance period. The maximum number of units that can be issued under these awards is 56,160.

(3) Restricted stock units were awarded to officers and employees. Also, in connection with the redesign of the Company’s annual cash incentive plan certain employees were awarded time-based retention and performance-based transition units. The number of performance-based transition units to be issued will be dependent upon the Company’s EBITDA during fiscal year 2020, with a percentage payout ranging from 0% to 100% of the target. The maximum number of units that can be issued under the performance-based transition awards is 35,598. The Company also awarded performance-based transformation units that will earn from 0% to 100% of the target award depending upon the Company’s reduction of operating costs and EBITDA during fiscal year 2020. The maximum number of units that can be issued under the performance-based transformation award is 2,165. Vesting occurs at June 30, 2020, June 30, 2021, and June 30, 2022. Dividends accumulate over the vesting period for all awards except the time-based retention and performance-based transition awards.

(4) Unrestricted shares were awarded to non-employee members of the Board of Directors as consideration for service to Kimball International and do not have vesting periods, holding periods, restrictions on sale, or other restrictions.

(5) The grant date fair value of annual performance shares and restricted stock units that do not receive dividends was based on the stock price at the date of the award, reduced by the present value of dividends normally paid over the vesting period which are not payable on outstanding annual performance share awards or certain restricted stock unit awards. The grant date fair value of the Relative Total Shareholder Return awards was calculated using a Monte Carlo simulation. This valuation technique includes estimating the movement of stock prices and the effects of volatility, interest rates, and dividends. The grant date fair value of the restricted stock units that receive dividends and unrestricted shares was based on the stock price at the date of the award.