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SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION | 9 Months Ended
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Jul. 29, 2018
SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION [Abstract] |
SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION | NOTE 7 - SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION In March 2016, shareholders approved a new equity incentive compensation plan (the “Plan”), under which incentive stock options, non-qualified stock options, stock grants, stock-based awards, restricted stock, restricted stock units, stock appreciation rights, performance units, performance stock, and other stock or cash awards may be granted. Shares to be issued under the Plan may be authorized and unissued shares, issued shares that have been reacquired by us (in the open-market or in private transactions), shares that are being held in the treasury, or a combination thereof. The maximum number of shares of common stock approved that may be issued under the Plan is four million shares. Awards may be granted to officers, employees, directors, consultants, advisors, and independent contractors of Photronics. In the event of a change in control (as defined in the Plan), the vesting of awards may be accelerated. The Plan, aspects of which are more fully described below, prohibits further awards from being issued under prior plans. Total share-based compensation costs for the three and nine month periods ended July 29, 2018, were $0.8 million and $2.4 million, respectively, and $1.0 million and $2.8 million for the three and nine month periods ended July 30, 2017, respectively. The Company received cash from option exercises of $0.2 million and $3.8 million for the three and nine month periods ended July 29, 2018, respectively, and $0.1 million and $2.2 million for the three and nine month periods ended July 30, 2017, respectively. No share-based compensation cost was capitalized as part of an asset and no related income tax benefits were recorded during the periods presented. Stock Options Option awards generally vest in one-to-four years, and have a ten-year contractual term. All incentive and non-qualified stock option grants have an exercise price no less than the market value of the underlying common stock on the date of grant. The grant date fair values of options are based on closing prices of our common stock on the dates of grant using the Black-Scholes option pricing model. Expected volatility is based on the historical volatility of our common stock. We use historical option exercise behavior and employee termination data to estimate expected term, which represents the period of time that options are expected to remain outstanding. The risk-free rate of return for the estimated term of the option is based on the U.S. Treasury yield curve in effect at the date of grant. There were 12,000 options granted during the three month period ended July 29, 2018, with a weighted-average grant date fair value of $2.84 per share, and there were no options granted during the three month period ended July 30, 2017. There were 264,000 share options granted during the nine month period ended July 29, 2018, with a weighted-average grant date fair value of $2.74 per share, and 348,750 share options granted during the nine month period ended July 30, 2017, with a weighted-average grant date fair value of $3.59 per share. As of July 29, 2018, the total unrecognized compensation cost related to unvested option awards was approximately $1.8 million. That cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average amortization period of 2.0 years. The weighted-average inputs and risk-free rate of return ranges used to calculate the grant date fair value of options issued during the three and nine month periods ended July 29, 2018 and July 30, 2017, are presented in the following table.
|  | Three Months Ended |  |  | Nine Months Ended |
|  | July 29, 2018 |  |  | July 30, 2017 |  |  | July 29, 2018 |  |  | July 30, 2017 |
Volatility |  |  | 32.3 | % |  |  | N/A |  |  |  | 31.7 | % |  |  | 32.2 | %
Risk free rate of return |  |  | 2.8 | % |  |  | N/A |  |  |  | 2.2-2.8 | % |  |  | 1.9-2.0 | %
Dividend yield |  |  | 0.0 | % |  |  | N/A |  |  |  | 0.0 | % |  |  | 0.0 | %
Expected term |  | 5.1 years |  |  |  | N/A |  |  | 5.0 years |  |  | 5.0 years |
Information on outstanding and exercisable option awards as of July 29, 2018, is presented below.
Options |  | Shares |  |  | Weighted Average Exercise Price |  | Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life |  | Aggregate Intrinsic Value |
Outstanding at July 29, 2018 |  |  | 2,556,645 |  |  | $ | 8.50 |  | 6.0 years |  | $ | 2,789 |
Exercisable at July 29, 2018 |  |  | 1,730,655 |  |  | $ | 7.71 |  | 4.9 years |  | $ | 2,716 |
Restricted Stock We periodically grant restricted stock awards, the restrictions on which typically lapse over a service period of one-to-four years. The fair value of the awards is determined on the date of grant, based on the closing price of our common stock. There were no restricted stock awards granted during the three month period ended July 29, 2018 and there were 290,000 restricted stock awards granted during the nine month period ended July 29, 2018, with a weighted-average grant date fair value of $8.62 per share. There were 5,000 restricted stock awards granted during the three month period ended July 30, 2017, with a grant date fair value of $10.15, and 290,000 restricted stock awards granted during the nine month period ended July 30, 2017, with a weighted-average grant date fair value of $11.28 per share. As of July 29, 2018, the total compensation cost not yet recognized related to unvested restricted stock awards was approximately $3.3 million. That cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average amortization period of 2.7 years. As of July 29, 2018, there were 449,173 shares of restricted stock outstanding.

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