Stockholders' Equity

12 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2015

Equity [Abstract]

Stockholders' Equity

5.  Stockholders’ Equity

Repurchase of Common Stock

Shares are repurchased from time to time to support the Company’s stock-based compensation programs and to return capital to stockholders. The Company accounts for repurchases of common stock using the par value method.

On January 28, 2013, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of up to an additional $10.0 million of the Company’s outstanding common stock. As of June 30, 2013, the Company had completed the January 2013 authorization as well as the remaining $0.3 million under a previous authorization as the Company repurchased a cumulative 405,290 shares at an average price of $25.47 per share.

On July 29, 2013, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of up to an additional $20.0 million of the Company’s outstanding common stock through open-market purchases, private transactions, block trades, accelerated share repurchase transactions, tender offers, or by any combination of such methods. Through September 30, 2013, the Company had repurchased 390,353 shares at an average price of $21.71 under the July 2013 authorization. The Company had $11.5 million available for future share repurchases as of September 30, 2013.

During fiscal 2014, the Company repurchased an aggregate of 485,777 shares of common stock for a total of $11.5 million under the July 2013 authorization at an average price of $23.77 per share. The July 2013 authorized amount was used as of September 30, 2014 with a small amount remaining. During fiscal 2013, the Company repurchased an aggregate of 795,643 shares of common stock for a total of $18.8 million under the May 2012, January 2013 and July 2013 authorizations, including $1.0 million associated with open market repurchases at September 30, 2013.

On November 5, 2014, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized it to repurchase up to $30.0 million of the Company’s outstanding common stock in open-market purchases, privately negotiated transactions, block trades, accelerated share repurchase transactions, tender offers or by any combination of such methods. The authorization has no fixed expiration date. As part of the accelerated share repurchase (“ASR”) program discussed below, the Company repurchased 758,143 shares of common stock on November 11, 2014 and 89,721 of common stock on July 8, 2015, the date that the ASR program was completed. As adjusted for the final ASR program settlement, $10.0 million remained available for future repurchases under the November 5, 2014 authorization.

On November 11, 2014, the Company entered into an accelerated share repurchase program with Wells Fargo Bank, National Association. In connection with this agreement, the Company made a $20.0 million payment to the bank and immediately received an initial delivery of 758,143 shares of its common stock with a fair value of $16.0 million as of the purchase date. Effective as of the date of the initial share purchase, the transaction was accounted for as a share retirement, resulting in a reduction of common stock of less than $0.1 million, additional paid-in capital of $2.5 million and retained earnings of $13.5 million. The remaining $4.0 million of the Company’s payment was also reported as a reduction in retained earnings. The specific number of shares that the Company ultimately purchased under the ASR agreement was based on the volume weighted average price of the Company’s common stock during the purchase period, less an agreed upon discount. In the aggregate the Company purchased 847,864 shares under the ASR program for an average price of $23.59 per share.  Based on the facts associated with the agreement, the forward contract was indexed to the Company’s common stock and met the U.S. GAAP requirements to be classified as permanent equity as of July 8, 2015.  

On November 6, 2015, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of up to $20.0 million of the Company’s outstanding common stock in addition to the $10.0 million authorization which remains available from the November 5, 2014 authorization.