SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION

3 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2023

SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION

SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION

4.    SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION

The Company provides compensation benefits to certain key employees under several share-based plans providing for performance-accelerated and/or time-vested restricted stock unit awards, and to non-employee directors under a separate compensation plan.

Performance-Accelerated Restricted Stock Unit (PARS) Awards, Time-Vested Restricted Stock Unit (RSU) Awards, and Performance Share Unit (PSU) Awards

Compensation expense related to these awards was $1.9 million and $1.6 million for the three-month periods ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively. There were 234,036 non-vested shares outstanding as of December 31, 2023.

Non-Employee Directors Plan

Compensation expense related to the non-employee director grants was $0.3 million and $0.3 million for the three-month periods ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively.

The total share-based compensation cost that has been recognized in the results of operations and included within selling, general and administrative expenses (SG&A) was $2.2 million and $1.9 million for the three-month periods ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively. The total income tax benefit recognized in results of operations for share-based compensation arrangements was $0.2 million and $0.1 million for the three-month periods ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively. As of December 31, 2023 there was $15.5 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 2.0 years.