Stock-Based Compensation

6 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract]

On January 6, 2014, the Company’s Board of Directors adopted the Incentive Plan. The Incentive Plan, which became effective on January 1, 2014, reserves for issuance up to 1,700,000 shares of Malibu Boats, Inc. Class A Common Stock for the Company’s employees, consultants, members of its board of directors and other independent contractors at the discretion of the compensation committee. Incentive stock awards authorized under the Incentive Plan include unrestricted shares of Class A Common Stock, stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, restricted stock units, dividend equivalent awards and performance awards. As of December 31, 2015, 1,389,491 shares remain available for future issuance under the Incentive Plan.

On November 6, 2015, the Company granted 130,564 restricted stock unit and restricted stock awards to certain key employees. The grant date fair value of these awards was $1,994 based on a stock price of $15.27 per share on the date of grant. Under the terms of the agreements, approximately 12% of the awards vested immediately on the grant date, approximately 38% vest in substantially equal annual installments over a three or four year period, and the remaining 50% of the awards vest in tranches based on the achievement of annual or cumulative performance targets. Compensation costs associated with performance based awards are recognized over the requisite service period based on probability of achievement in accordance with ASC Topic 718, "Compensation—Stock Compensation". For the three and six months ended December 31, 2015, compensation costs recognized for awards that vested immediately were $233. Readers should refer to Note 13 to the fiscal 2015 audited consolidated financial statements contained in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2015, for additional information related to the Company's other awards and the Incentive Plan.

The following is a summary of the changes in non-vested restricted shares for the six months ended December 31, 2015:



	Number of Restricted Stock Units Outstanding		Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value
Total Non-vested Restricted Stock Units as of June 30, 2015	44,775		$	20.20
Granted	167,355		15.12
Vested	(52,046	)	14.79
Forfeited	(2,063	)	20.03
Total Non-vested Restricted Stock Units as of December 31, 2015	158,021		$	16.62

Stock compensation expense attributable to the Company's share-based equity awards was $665 and $330 for the three months ended December 31, 2015 and 2014 and $1,005 and $817 for the six months ended December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively. Stock compensation expense attributed to share-based equity awards issued under the Incentive Plan and under the previously existing LLC Agreement is recognized on a straight-line basis over the terms of the respective awards and is included in general and administrative expense in the Company's unaudited condensed consolidated statement of operations and comprehensive income (loss). The cash flow effects resulting from share-based awards were reflected as noncash operating activities. As of December 31, 2015 and June 30, 2015, unrecognized compensation cost related to nonvested, share-based compensation was $3,205 and $2,258, respectively. As of December 31, 2015, the weighted average years outstanding for unvested awards under the Incentive Plan and under the previously existing LLC Agreement were 3.2 and 0.8 years, respectively. During the six months ended December 31, 2015, the Company withheld approximately 7,954 shares at an aggregate cost of approximately $144, as permitted by the applicable equity award agreements, to satisfy employee tax withholding requirements for employee share-based equity awards that have vested. Awards vesting during the six months ending December 31, 2015 include 36,791 fully vested restricted stock units issued to non-employee directors for their services as directors for the Company.