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STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2025
STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY  
STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY

NOTE 10 – STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

Common Stock Dividend

On June 5, 2025, the Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.45 per share on the Company’s common stock, totaling approximately $9,717,000. The quarterly dividend was paid on July 9, 2025 to stockholders of record at the close of business on June 25, 2025.

Dividend Reinvestment Plan

The Company’s Dividend Reinvestment Plan (the “DRP”), among other things, provides stockholders with the opportunity to reinvest all or a portion of their cash dividends paid on the Company’s common stock in additional shares of its common stock, at a discount, determined in the Company’s sole discretion, of up to 5% from the market price (as such price is calculated pursuant to the DRP). The discount is currently being offered at 3%. Under the DRP, the Company issued approximately 8,000 and 15,000 shares of common stock during the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, respectively, and approximately 67,000 and 133,000 shares of common stock during the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, respectively.

Stock Repurchase Program

The Board of Directors authorized a repurchase program pursuant to which the Company can repurchase shares of its common stock in open-market, through privately negotiated transactions or otherwise. No shares were repurchased by the Company during the three and six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024. As of June 30, 2025, the Company is authorized to repurchase approximately $8,082,000 of shares of common stock.

Stock Based Compensation

The Company’s 2025, 2022 and 2019 Incentive Plans (collectively, the “Plans”), permit the Company to grant, among other things, stock options, restricted stock, RSUs, performance share awards and dividend equivalent rights and any one or more of the foregoing to its employees, officers, directors and consultants. A maximum of 750,000 shares of the Company’s common stock were authorized for issuance pursuant to each plan at such plan’s inception.

The following details the shares subject to awards that are outstanding under the Plans as of June 30, 2025:

Restricted Stock

RSUs

Totals

2025 Incentive Plan (a)

(a)

2022 Incentive Plan (b)

451,970

172,000

623,970

2019 Incentive Plan (b)

286,725

286,725

Totals

738,695

172,000

910,695

(a)This plan was approved by the Company’s stockholders in June 2025; no shares have been issued as of June 30, 2025. As of July 2025, the Company is deemed to have granted RSUs to acquire 91,075 shares of common stock.
(b)No additional awards may be granted under such plan.

Restricted Stock

For accounting purposes, the restricted stock is not included in the shares shown as outstanding on the balance sheet until they vest; however, dividends are paid on the unvested shares. The restricted stock grants are charged to General and administrative expense over the respective vesting periods based on the market value of the common stock on the grant date. Unless earlier forfeited because the participant’s relationship with the Company terminated, unvested restricted stock awards vest five years from the grant date, and under certain circumstances may vest earlier.

NOTE 10 – STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY (CONTINUED)

RSUs

The following table reflects the activities involving RSUs:

    

2025 Grant

(a)

2024 Grant

2023 Grant

2022 Grant

2021 Grant

RSUs granted (b)

91,075

88,250

85,250

85,350

80,700

RSUs vested

36,704

(c)

39,811

(d)

RSUs forfeited

750

(e)

750

(e)

48,646

(f)

40,889

(g)

RSUs outstanding

91,075

87,500

84,500

Vesting date (h)(i)

6/30/2028

6/30/2027

6/30/2026

6/30/2025

6/30/2024

(a)For accounting purposes, these shares were granted in July 2025.
(b)The shares underlying the RSUs are excluded from the shares shown as outstanding on the balance sheet until they have vested and been issued.
(c)Such shares will be issued in August 2025.
(d)Such shares were issued in August 2024.
(e)Such shares were forfeited in May 2025 as the recipient did not maintain a relationship with the Company during the applicable three-year performance cycle.
(f)Of the 48,646 shares, (i) 46,536 shares were not earned as of June 30, 2025 because the applicable performance and market conditions had not been satisfied and (ii) 2,110 shares were forfeited in 2023 due to the retirement of an executive officer before the completion of the applicable three-year performance cycle.
(g)Of the 40,889 shares (i) 39,811 shares were not earned as of June 30, 2024 because the applicable market condition had not been satisfied and (ii) 1,078 shares were forfeited in 2023 due to the retirement of an executive officer before the completion of the applicable three-year performance cycle.
(h)Generally, the recipient must maintain a relationship with the Company during the applicable three-year performance cycle.
(i)RSUs vest upon satisfaction of metrics related to average annual total stockholder return (“TSR Metric”) and average annual return on capital (“ROC Metric”; together with the TSR Metric, the “Metrics”) and are issued to the extent the Compensation Committee determines that the Metrics with respect to the vesting of such shares have been satisfied.

The Metrics and other material terms and conditions of the RSUs are as follows:

Performance Criteria (a)

Year RSU Granted

Metric

Weight

Minimum

Maximum

2022 - 2025 (b)(c)

ROC Metric (d)

50%

Average annual of at least 6.0%

Average annual of at least 8.75%

TSR Metric (e)

50%

Average annual of at least 6.0%

Average annual of at least 11.0%

(a)If the Metrics fall between the applicable minimum and maximum performance criteria, a pro-rata portion of such units, as applicable, vest.
(b)The RSUs are not entitled to voting rights.
(c)Upon vesting, the holders of such RSUs receive an amount equal to the dividends that would have been paid on the underlying shares had such shares been outstanding during the three-year performance cycle. As of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the Company accrued an aggregate of $482,000 and $408,000 of dividend equivalents, respectively, for the RSUs granted in 2022 through 2024, based on the number of shares, underlying such RSUs, that would have been issued using performance and market assumptions determined at such dates. In August 2025, the Company will pay the holders of the 2022 RSU grant an aggregate of approximately $198,000 with respect to the dividend equivalent rights on the vested 36,704 shares.
(d)The ROC Metrics meet the definition of a performance condition. Fair value is based on the market value on the date of grant. For ROC Awards, the Company does not recognize expense when performance conditions are not expected to be met; such performance assumptions are re-evaluated quarterly.
(e)The TSR Metrics meet the definition of a market condition. A third-party appraiser prepares a Monte Carlo simulation pricing model to determine the fair value of such awards, which is recognized ratably over the three-year service period.

NOTE 10 – STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY (CONTINUED)

As of June 30, 2025, based on performance and market assumptions, the fair value of the RSUs granted in 2024 and 2023 is $1,329,000 and $1,069,000, respectively. Recognition of such deferred compensation will be charged to General and administrative expense over the respective three-year performance cycles.

The following is a summary of the activity of the Plans:

Three Months Ended

Six Months Ended

June 30, 

June 30, 

    

2025

    

2024

    

2025

    

2024

Restricted stock:

Number of shares granted

154,390

151,180

Average per share grant price

$

$

$

25.52

$

21.60

Deferred compensation to be recognized over vesting period

$

$

$

3,940,000

$

3,265,000

Number of non-vested shares:

Non-vested beginning of the period

742,170

727,140

727,140

712,560

Grants

154,390

151,180

Vested during the period

(1,500)

(140,800)

(136,600)

Forfeitures

(1,975)

(2,035)

Non-vested end of the period

738,695

727,140

738,695

727,140

RSUs: (a)

Number of non-vested shares:

Non-vested beginning of the period

256,740

248,112

256,740

248,112

Grants

Vested during the period

(36,704)

(39,811)

(36,704)

(39,811)

Forfeitures

(48,036)

(39,811)

(48,036)

(39,811)

Non-vested end of the period

172,000

168,490

172,000

168,490

Restricted stock and RSU grants (based on grant price):

Weighted average per share value of non-vested shares

$

24.35

$

24.80

$

24.35

$

24.80

Value of stock vested during the period

$

1,007,000

$

1,213,000

$

4,922,000

$

4,723,000

Weighted average per share value of shares forfeited during the period

$

26.22

$

30.46

$

26.22

$

30.46

Total charge to operations:

Outstanding restricted stock grants

$

926,000

$

921,000

$

1,864,000

$

1,814,000

Outstanding RSUs

370,000

246,000

778,000

625,000

Total charge to operations

$

1,296,000

$

1,167,000

$

2,642,000

$

2,439,000

(a)For accounting purposes, there were no RSUs granted during the three and six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024.

As of June 30, 2025, total compensation costs of $9,259,000 and $1,256,000 related to non-vested restricted stock awards and RSUs, respectively, have not yet been recognized. These compensation costs will be charged to General and administrative expense over the remaining respective vesting periods. The weighted average remaining vesting period is 2.6 years for the restricted stock and 1.5 years for the RSUs. The Company recognizes the effect of forfeitures on restricted stock awards and RSUs when they occur, and previously recognized compensation expense is reversed in the period the grant or unit is forfeited.