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STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION (Tables)
3 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019
Share-based Payment Arrangement [Abstract]  
Summary of Compensation Cost for Stock-Based Payment Arrangements
A summary of compensation cost for stock-based payment arrangements recognized in contract drilling services operating expense and selling, general and administrative expense is as follows:
 
Three Months Ended
December 31,
(in thousands)
2019
 
2018
Stock-based compensation expense
 
 
 
Stock options
$
571

 
$
1,416

Restricted stock
7,370

 
5,742

Performance share units
2,260

 

 
$
10,201

 
$
7,158


Summary of Stock Option Activity
A summary of stock option activity under all existing long-term incentive plans for the three months ended December 31, 2019 is presented in the following table:
 
Three Months Ended December 31, 2019
(in thousands, except per share amounts and years)
Shares
 
Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
 
Weighted
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Term in Years
 
Aggregate
Intrinsic
Value
Outstanding at September 30, 2019
3,238
 
$
60.86

 
 
 
 
Exercised
(202)
 
38.02

 
 
 
 
Forfeited/Expired
(8)
 
38.02

 
 
 
 
Outstanding at December 31, 2019
3,028
 
$
62.44

 
5.30
 
$

Vested and expected to vest at December 31, 2019
3,028
 
$
62.44

 
5.30
 
$

Exercisable at December 31, 2019
2,632
 
$
62.44

 
4.93
 
$


Summary of Restricted Stock Awards and Performance Share Units and Changes in Restricted Stock and Performance Share Units Outstanding
A summary of the status of our performance share units as of December 31, 2019 and changes in performance share units outstanding during the three months then ended is presented below:
 
Three Months Ended
December 31, 2019
(in thousands, except per share amounts)
Shares
 
Weighted Average
Grant Date Fair
Value per Share
Non-vested performance share units outstanding at September 30, 2019
145

 
$
62.66

Granted
259

 
43.40

Non-vested performance share units outstanding at December 31, 2019
404

 
$
50.31


A summary of the status of our restricted stock awards as of December 31, 2019 and changes in non-vested restricted stock outstanding during the three months then ended is presented below:
 
Three Months Ended
December 31, 2019
(in thousands, except per share amounts)
Shares
 
Weighted Average
Grant Date Fair
Value per Share
Non-vested restricted stock outstanding at September 30, 2019
1,085

 
$
61.28

Granted
727

 
41.88

Vested (1)
(414
)
 
62.13

Forfeited
(2
)
 
60.59

Non-vested restricted stock outstanding at December 31, 2019
1,396

 
$
50.93

(1)
The number of restricted stock awards vested includes shares that we withheld on behalf of our employees to satisfy the statutory tax withholding requirements.
Weighted-Average Assumptions Used in the Calculation of the Fair Value of Awards
The weighted-average fair value calculations for performance share units granted during the three months ended December 31, 2019 and 2018 are based on the following weighted-average assumptions set forth in the table below. 
 
Three Months Ended December 31, 2019
 
Three Months Ended December 31, 2018
Risk-free interest rate (1)
1.6
%
 
2.7
%
Expected stock volatility (2)
34.8
%
 
35.9
%
Expected term (in years)
3.2

 
3.0


(1)
The risk-free interest rate is based on U.S. Treasury securities for the expected term of the performance share units.
(2)
Expected volatilities are based on the daily closing price of our stock based upon historical experience over a period which approximates the expected term of the performance share units.