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Share-Based Payments | 6 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2026
Share-Based Payment Arrangement [Abstract] |
Share-Based Payments | Share-Based Payments The Company maintains an equity incentive plan (as amended and restated, the "2017 Equity Incentive Plan") that provides for grants of stock options, restricted shares, restricted share units ("RSUs"), stock-based performance units and certain other types of stock-based awards. Under the 2017 Equity Incentive Plan, which has a ten-year term from the date the Company's Board of Directors approved of the second amendment and restatement of the 2017 Equity Incentive Plan, the maximum number of shares available for grants or awards is an aggregate of 4,950,000 (subject to adjustment upon certain events such as stock dividends or stock splits), following the approval by shareholders of the adoption of the Second Amended and Restated 2017 Equity Incentive Plan at the Company's 2025 Annual Shareholder Meeting. At March 31, 2026, 2,492,953 shares have been issued under the 2017 Equity Incentive Plan. 1,802,905 time-based RSUs, 2,241,872 performance-based RSUs, and 75,000 stock options have been granted under the 2017 Equity Incentive Plan. 1,624,489 of these share-based awards are outstanding as of March 31, 2026. The 2017 Equity Incentive Plan is administered by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors. The number of shares issued under performance-based RSUs may be up to 200% of the number of performance-based RSUs, based on the satisfaction of specific criteria established by the plan administrator. For the three-month periods ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, stock-based compensation cost totaled $5,136 and $6,018, respectively. For the six-month periods ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, stock based compensation totaled $9,543 and $10,997, respectively. The associated future income tax benefit recognized for stock-based compensation was $1,289 and $1,520 for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, respectively, and $1,933 and $2,338 for the six-month periods ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, respectively. With respect to the grants of RSUs, awards generally vest on the third anniversary of the grant date. The number of units that vest depend on certain time and performance thresholds. Such performance thresholds include adjusted earnings per share, return on invested capital, appreciation in the market value of the Company's Class A Common Stock, or other targets established by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors. Approximately 40% of the outstanding share units vest based on time, while the remaining vest based on pre-defined performance thresholds. The Company issues common stock from treasury shares once the units become vested. Note 11. Share-Based Payments (continued) The transactions for RSUs for the six months ended March 31, 2026 were as follows:
| RSUs |  | Weighted- average Grant-date Fair Value
Non-vested at September 30, 2025 | 1,648,145 |  |  | $ | 30.22 |
Granted | 562,480 |  |  | 27.65 |
Vested | (554,646) |  |  | 28.17 |
Expired or forfeited | (31,490) |  |  | 31.61 |
Non-vested at March 31, 2026 | 1,624,489 |  |  | $ | 30.01 |
As of March 31, 2026, the total unrecognized compensation cost related to all unvested stock-based awards was $19,875 and is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 2.1 years. The fair value of certain RSUs that are subject to performance conditions are estimated on the date of grant using a binomial lattice valuation model. The following table indicates the assumptions used in estimating the fair value of certain stock-based awards granted or modified during the six-month period ended March 31, 2026.
| Six Months Ended March 31, 2026 |  |  |
Expected volatility | 36.7 | % |  |  |
Dividend yield | 4.1 | % |  |  |
Average risk-free interest rate | 3.6 | % |  |  |
Average expected term (years) | 3.0 |  |  |
The risk-free interest rate is based on United States Treasury yields at the date of grant or modification. The dividend yield is based on the most recent dividend payment and average stock price over the 12 months prior to the grant or modification date. Expected volatilities are based on the historical volatility of the Company's stock price. The expected term for grants in the six months ended March 31, 2026 represents an estimate of the average period of time for RSUs to vest. The Company maintains the Second Amended and Restated 2019 Director Fee Plan, the Amended and Restated 2014 Director Fee Plan and the 1994 Director Fee Plan (collectively, the "Director Fee Plans"). There will be no further fees or share-based awards granted under the Amended and Restated 2014 Director Fee Plan and the 1994 Director Fee Plan. Under the Second Amended and Restated 2019 Director Fee Plan, non-employee directors (except for the Chairman of the Board) each receive, as an annual retainer fee for fiscal 2026, either cash or shares of the Company's Class A Common Stock with a value equal to $90. The annual retainer fee for fiscal 2026 paid to the non-employee Chairman of the Board under the Second Amended and Restated 2019 Director Fee Plan is $210. Where the annual retainer fee is provided in shares, each director may elect to be paid these shares on a current basis or have such shares credited to a deferred stock account as phantom stock, with such shares to be paid to the director subsequent to leaving the Board. The total number of shares of stock that have been authorized to be issued under the Second Amended and Restated 2019 Director Fee Plan or credited to a deferred stock compensation account for subsequent issuance is 550,000 shares of Class A Common Stock (subject to adjustment upon certain events such as stock dividends or stock splits), following the approval by shareholders of the adoption of the Second Amended and Restated 2019 Director Fee Plan at the Company's 2026 Annual Shareholder Meeting. The value of deferred shares is recorded in other non-current liabilities. A total of 69,677 shares and share units had been deferred under the Director Fee Plans as of March 31, 2026. Additionally, non-employee directors each receive an annual stock-based grant (non-statutory stock options, stock appreciation rights and/or restricted shares or units) with a value of $140 for fiscal 2026. As of March 31, 2026, 489,744 restricted shares and RSUs have been granted under the Director Fee Plans, 316,515 of which were issued under the 2019 Director Fee Plan. 110,045 RSUs are unvested at March 31, 2026 under the Director Fee Plans.

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