Stock-Based Compensation

The Company adopted a long term incentive plan which became effective on January 1, 2014, and 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 March 31, 2019, 854,974 shares remain available for future issuance under the long term incentive plan. Readers should refer to Note 13 to the fiscal 2018 audited consolidated financial statements contained in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2018, for additional information related to the Company's awards and the Incentive Plan.

On August 22, 2018, the Company granted 50,000 options to certain key employees to purchase from the Company shares of Class A Common Stock at a price of $42.13 per share. The term of the options commenced on August 22, 2018 and will expire on August 21, 2024, the day before the sixth anniversary of the grant date. Under the terms of the agreements, the awards will vest ratably over four years on each anniversary of their grant date. At August 22, 2018, the fair value of the option awards was $733 and was estimated using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model with the following assumptions: risk-free rate of 2.7%, expected volatility of 38.4%, expected term of 4.25 years, and no dividends. Stock-based compensation expense attributable to the service based options is amortized on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period. Compensation costs associated with performance based option awards are recognized over the requisite service period based on probability of achievement in accordance with ASC Topic 718, Compensation—Stock Compensation.

On November 1, 2018, the Company granted 35,000 restricted stock units and 48,000 restricted stock awards to key employees under the Incentive Plan. The grant date fair value of these awards was $3,474 based on a stock price of $41.85 per share on the date of grant. Under the terms of the agreements, 71% of the awards will vest ratably over four years beginning on November 6, 2019 and approximately 29% of the awards will 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.

On January 14, 2019, the Company granted 19,973 options to certain key employees to purchase from the Company shares of Class A Common Stock at a price of $37.55 per share. The term of the options commenced on January 14, 2019 and will expire on January 13, 2025, the day before the sixth anniversary of the grant date. Under the terms of the agreements, the awards will vest ratably over four years on each anniversary of their grant date. At January 14, 2019, the fair value of the option awards was $263 and was estimated using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model with the following assumptions: risk-free rate of 2.53%, expected volatility of 39.0%, expected term of 4.25 years, and no dividends. Stock-based compensation expense attributable to the service based options is amortized on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period. Compensation costs associated with performance based option awards are recognized over the requisite service period based on probability of achievement in accordance with ASC Topic 718, Compensation—Stock Compensation.

Risk-free interest rate. The risk-free rate for the expected term of the option is based on the U.S. Treasury yield curve at the date of grant.

Expected term. The Company used the simplified method to estimate the expected term of stock options. The simplified method assumes that employees will exercise share options evenly between the period when the share options are vested and ending on the date when the share options would expire.

Expected volatility. The Company determined expected volatility based on its historical volatility calculated using daily observations of the closing price of its publicly traded common stock.

Expected dividend. The Company has not estimated any dividend yield as the Company currently does not pay a dividend and does not anticipate paying a dividend over the expected term.

The following is a summary of the changes in the Company's stock options for the nine months ended March 31, 2019:



	March 31, 2019
	Shares		Price or range per share	Weighted Average Exercise Price/Share
Total outstanding options at June 30, 2018	144,000		$27.24	$	27.24
Options granted	69,973		37.55 - 42.13	40.82
Options exercised	(28,500	)	(25.85) - (30.87)	(26.29		)
Outstanding options at end of period	185,473		25.85 - 42.13	32.51
Exercisable at end of period	7,500		$30.87	$	30.87

The following is a summary of the changes in non-vested restricted stock units and restricted stock awards for the nine months ended March 31, 2019:



	Number of Restricted Stock Units and Restricted Stock Awards Outstanding		Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value
Total Non-vested Restricted Stock Units and Restricted Stock Awards as of June 30, 2018	227,154		$	20.84
Granted	105,952		41.66
Vested	(100,217	)	(22.81		)
Forfeited	(4,424	)	(25.00		)
Total Non-vested Restricted Stock Units and Restricted Stock Awards as of March 31, 2019	228,465		$	29.56

Stock compensation expense attributable to the Company's share-based equity awards was $735 and $560 for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively, and $1,866 and $1,410 for the nine months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively. Stock compensation expense attributed to share-based equity awards issued under the Incentive Plan 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. Awards vesting during the nine months ended March 31, 2019, include 16,294 fully vested restricted stock units issued to non-employee directors for their service as directors for the Company.