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Stock-based Compensation
 9 Months Ended
Apr. 30, 2014
Stock-based Compensation [Abstract]  
Stock-based Compensation

NOTE 7 – Stock-based Compensation

The Company recognizes compensation expense for stock option awards on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period of the award. The following is a summary of option activity for the Company’s stock options for the nine months ended April 30, 2014:



 

(In thousands, except per share and term data)   Shares   Weighted Average 
Exercise Price		   Weighted Average 
Remaining Contractual 
Term (Years)		   Aggregate 
Intrinsic Value
Outstanding as of July 31, 2013     14,922     $ 16.75       5.91     $ 235,086  
Grants of options     4,966       35.75                  
Exercises     (335 )     17.59                  
Forfeitures or expirations     (87 )     17.69                  
Outstanding as of April 30, 2014     19,466       21.59       6.34       285,896  
Exercisable as of April 30, 2014     13,144     $ 16.24       5.01     $ 263,249  

As required by ASC 718, Compensation – Stock Compensation, the Company made an estimate of expected forfeitures and is recognizing compensation cost only for those equity awards expected to vest.

The aggregate intrinsic value is calculated as the difference between the exercise price of the underlying awards and the quoted price of our common stock. The balance for options that were in-the-money is 18,273,258 at April 30, 2014.

The table below sets forth the stock-based compensation recognized by the Company:

(In thousands)   Three Months Ended April 30,   Nine Months Ended April 30,
    2014   2013   2014   2013
General and administrative   $ 5,948     $ 4,069     $ 15,406     $ 12,884  
Yard Operations     675       608       1,856       1,713  
Total stock-based compensation   $ 6,623     $ 4,677     $ 17,262     $ 14,597  

In October 2013, the Compensation Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors, following stockholder approval of proposed grants at a meeting of stockholders, approved the grant to each of A. Jayson Adair, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, and Vincent W. Mitz, the Company’s President, of nonqualified stock options to purchase 2,000,000 and 1,500,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, respectively, at an exercise price of $35.62 per share which equaled the closing price of the Company’s common stock on December 16, 2013, the effective date of grant. Such grants were made in lieu of any cash salary or bonus compensation in excess of $1.00 per year or the grant of any additional equity incentives for a five-year period. Each option will become exercisable over five years, subject to continued service by Mr. Adair and Mr. Mitz, with twenty percent (20%) vesting on April 15, 2015 and December 16, 2014, respectively, and the balance vesting monthly over the subsequent four years. Each option will become fully vested, assuming continued service, on April 15, 2019 and December 16, 2018, respectively. If, prior to a change in control, either executive’s employment is terminated without cause, then one hundred percent (100%) of the shares subject to that executive’s stock option will immediately vest. If, upon or following a change in control, either the Company or a successor entity terminates the executive’s service without cause, or the executive resigns for good reason (as defined in the option agreement), then one hundred percent (100%) of the shares subject to his stock option will immediately vest. The fair value of each option at the date of grant was $11.43. The total estimated compensation expense to be recognized by the Company over the five year estimated service period for these options is $40.0 million.