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EQUITY-BASED INCENTIVE AWARDS
9 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2015
EQUITY-BASED INCENTIVE AWARDS  
EQUITY-BASED INCENTIVE AWARDS

 

8. EQUITY-BASED INCENTIVE AWARDS

 

Omnibus Plan

 

The Company has two Omnibus Incentive Plans, the 2007 Omnibus Plan and 2014 Omnibus Plan (collectively “the Omnibus Plans”), which provide for equity incentives to employees. Each Omnibus Plan was designed with the intent of encouraging employees to acquire a vested interest in the growth and performance of the Company. The Omnibus Plans together permit the issuance of up to 225,000 shares of the Company’s common stock in the form of stock options, restricted stock awards, restricted stock units, performance share awards as well as awards such as stock appreciation rights, performance units, performance shares, bonus shares, and dividend share awards payable in the form of common stock or cash. The number of shares issuable under the Omnibus Plans is subject to customary adjustments in the event of stock splits, stock dividends, and certain other distributions on the Company’s common stock.  At June 2015, awards with respect to a total of 161,588 shares, net of forfeitures, had been awarded pursuant to the Omnibus Plans and awards with respect to another 63,412 shares may be awarded under the Omnibus Plans.

 

Stock Options

 

The stock options issued by the Company expire ten years from the grant date and include graded vesting schedules ranging between three and five years. Stock options issued and outstanding at June 2015 are summarized as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Remaining

 

 

 

Exercisable

 

 

 

Exercise
Price

 

Number
Outstanding

 

Weighted-Average
Contractual Life

 

Weighted-Average
Exercise Price

 

Number
Exercisable

 

Weighted-Average
Exercise Price

 

Fiscal 2007

 

$18.00

 

25,000 

 

1.45 years

 

$

18.00 

 

25,000 

 

$

18.00 

 

Fiscal 2010

 

$51.50

 

3,500 

 

4.83 years

 

$

51.50 

 

3,500 

 

$

51.50 

 

Fiscal 2012

 

$53.80 - $65.97

 

4,900 

 

6.33 years

 

$

55.15 

 

2,700 

 

$

55.04 

 

Fiscal 2013

 

$62.33

 

6,700 

 

7.32 years

 

$

62.33 

 

2,900 

 

$

62.33 

 

Fiscal 2015

 

$81.03

 

6,000 

 

9.59 years

 

$

81.03 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

46,100 

 

 

 

$

39.13 

 

34,100 

 

$

28.15 

 

 

Restricted Stock Units

 

At June 2015, nonvested restricted stock units awarded pursuant to the Company’s Omnibus Plans were as follows:

 

 

 

Restricted Stock
Units(1)

 

Restricted Stock
Units(2)

 

Restricted Stock
Units(3)

Date of award:

 

October 2012

 

October 2013

 

October – December 2014

Original number of awards issued:

 

15,000

 

17,600

 

13,000

Service period:

 

36 months

 

36-60 months

 

36 months

Estimated fair value of award at grant date

 

$935,000

 

$1,486,000

 

$1,083,000

Awards outstanding at June 2015

 

5,000

 

11,977

 

13,000

Fair value of non-vested awards at June 2015:

 

$398,000

 

$953,000

 

$1,034,000

 

 

(1)

10,000 of the restricted stock units were vested as of June 2015. The remaining 5,000 restricted stock units will vest in October 2015.

 

 

(2)

5,623 of the restricted stock units were vested as of June 2015. 9,337 restricted stock units will vest in equal amounts in October 2015, and October 2016. The remaining 2,640 restricted stock units will vest in equal amounts in October 2015, October 2016, October 2017, and October 2018.

 

 

(3)

13,000 restricted stock units will vest in equal amounts in October 2015, October 2016, and October 2017.

 

There is no direct cost to the recipients of the restricted stock units, except for any applicable taxes. The recipients of the restricted stock units are entitled to the customary adjustments in the event of stock splits, stock dividends, and certain other distributions on the Company’s common stock. All cash dividends and/or distributions payable to restricted stock recipients will be held in escrow until all the conditions of vesting have been met.

 

The restricted stock units provide that the recipients can elect, at their option, to receive either common stock in the Company, or a cash settlement based upon the closing price of the Company’s shares, at the time of vesting. Based on these award provisions, the compensation expense recorded in the Company’s Condensed Statement of Operations reflects the straight-line amortized fair value based on the period end closing price.

 

 

 

Number
of
Shares

 

Weighted
Average
Fair Value

 

Nonvested restricted stock units at September 2014

 

32,900

 

$

84.75

 

Granted

 

13,000

 

83.30

 

Vested

 

(15,923

)

82.93

 

Forfeited/Expired

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nonvested restricted stock units at June 2015

 

29,977

 

$

80.40

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

All Equity-Based Awards (stock options and restricted stock units)

 

Net income before income taxes included compensation expense related to the amortization of all equity-based compensation awards of $0.3 million and $0.9 million for the three and nine months ended June 2015, respectively, and $0.3 million and $1.0 million for the three and nine months ended June 2014, respectively.  Total unamortized compensation expense related to these awards at June 2015 was approximately $1.7 million.