SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION

3 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2013

Share-based Compensation [Abstract]

SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION

4. SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION

The Company provides compensation benefits to certain key employees under several share-based plans providing for employee stock options and/or performance-accelerated restricted shares (restricted shares), and to non-employee directors under a non-employee directors compensation plan.

Stock Option Plans

The fair value of each option award is estimated as of the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option pricing model. Expected volatility is based on historical volatility of the Company’s stock calculated over the expected term of the option. The risk-free rate for the expected term of the option is based on the U.S. Treasury yield curve in effect at the date of grant. The expected dividend yield is based on historical dividend rates. There were no stock option grants during the first quarter of fiscal 2014. Pretax compensation expense related to stock option awards was less than $0.1 million for the three-month periods ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively.

Information regarding stock options awarded under the option plans is as follows:

	Shares	Weighted Average Price		Aggregate Intrinsic Value (in millions)		Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life
Outstanding at October 1, 2013	67,350	$	37.39
Granted	–	$	–
Exercised	–	$	–
Cancelled / Expired	(65,350)	$	37.54
Outstanding at December 31, 2013	2,000	$	32.55	$	0.0	.08
Exercisable at December 31, 2013	2,000	$	32.55	$	0.0

Performance-Accelerated Restricted Share Awards

Pretax compensation expense related to the restricted share awards was $1.1 million and $0.9 million for the three-month periods ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively. There were 534,649 non-vested shares outstanding as of December 31, 2013.

Non-Employee Directors Plan

Pretax compensation expense related to the non-employee director grants was $0.1 million and $0.2 million for the three-month periods ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively.

The total share-based compensation cost that has been recognized in results of continuing operations and included within selling, general and administrative expenses (SG&A) was $1.2 million and $1.1 million for the three-month periods ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively. The total income tax benefit recognized in results of operations for share-based compensation arrangements was zero and $0.1 million for the three-month periods ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively. As of December 31, 2013, there was $8.0 million of total unrecognized compensation cost related to share-based compensation arrangements. That cost is expected to be recognized over a remaining weighted-average period of 1.6 years.