Note 10 - Equity Compensation

6 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2022

Notes to Financial Statements

Share-Based Payment Arrangement [Text Block]

NOTE 10 – EQUITY COMPENSATION

In November 2022, the Company’s shareholders approved the amendment and restatement of the 2019 Omnibus Award Plan (“2019 Omnibus Plan”) which increased the number of shares authorized for issuance under the plan by 2,350,000 and removed the Plan’s fungible share counting feature. The purpose of the 2019 Omnibus Plan is to provide a means to attract and retain key personnel and to align the interests of the directors, officers, and employees with the Company’s shareholders. The plan also provides a vehicle whereby directors and officers may acquire shares in order to meet the ownership requirements under the Company’s Stock Ownership Policy. Except for Restricted Stock Unit (“RSU”) grants which are time-based, participants in the Company’s Long-Term Equity Compensation Plans are awarded the opportunity to acquire shares over a three-year performance measurement period tied to specific company performance metrics. The number of shares that remain reserved for issuance under the 2019 Omnibus Plan equates to 2,637,095 as of December 31, 2022. The 2019 Omnibus Plan allows for the grant of stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock awards, restricted stock units RSUs, performance stock units (“PSUs”) and other awards.

In the first quarter of fiscal 2023, the Company granted 164,348 PSU’s and 197,915 RSU’s, both with a weighted average market value of $6.90. Stock compensation expense was $0.8 million and $1.1 million for the three months ended December 31, 2022, and 2021, respectively, and $1.4 million and $1.7 million in the six months ended December 31, 2022, and 2021, respectively.