(9) Stock Option Plan and Stock Based Compensation

The Company grants stock options and restricted stock to key executives and managerial employees and non-employee directors. At fiscal year ended 2016, the Company has one stock option plan: the 2004 Long-Term Incentive Plan of Ennis, Inc., as amended and restated as of June 30, 2011, formerly the 1998 Option and Restricted Stock Plan amended and restated as of May 14, 2008 (the “Plan”). The Company has 665,993 shares of unissued common stock reserved under the plan for issuance. The exercise price of each stock option granted under the Plan equals a referenced price of the Company’s common stock as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on the date of grant, and an option’s maximum term is ten years. Stock options and restricted stock may be granted at different times during the year and vest ratably over various periods, from grant date up to five years. The Company uses treasury stock to satisfy option exercises and restricted stock awards.

The Company recognizes compensation expense for stock options and restricted stock grants on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period. For the years ended 2016, 2015 and 2014, the Company included in selling, general and administrative expenses, compensation expense related to share based compensation of $1.3 million ($0.8 million net of tax), $1.3 million ($0.8 million net of tax) and $1.5 million ($1.0 million net of tax), respectively.

Stock Options

The Company had the following stock option activity for the three years ended February 29, 2016:


	Number of Shares *(exact quantity)*			Weighted Average Exercise Price		Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life *(in years)*		Aggregate Intrinsic Value(a) *(in thousands)*
Outstanding at March 1, 2013		363,000		$	15.79		6.4	$	421
Granted		36,155			14.05
Terminated		(7,750	)		13.30
Exercised		(22,000	)		12.59

Outstanding at February 28, 2014		369,405		$	15.86		6.0	$	416
Granted		31,418			15.78
Terminated		(20,000	)		16.21
Exercised		(6,000	)		8.94

Outstanding at February 28, 2015		374,823		$	15.95		5.7	$	210
Granted		43,426			13.69
Terminated		(47,300	)		18.31
Exercised		—			—

Outstanding at February 29, 2016		370,949		$	15.38		5.9	$	1,616

Exercisable at February 29, 2016		294,524		$	15.66		5.2	$	1,201

(a)	Intrinsic value is measured as the excess fair market value of the Company’s Common Stock as reported on the New York Stock Exchange over the applicable exercise price.

The following is a summary of the assumptions used and the weighted average grant-date fair value of the stock options granted during fiscal years ended 2016, 2015 and 2014:


	2016			2015			2014
Expected volatility		24.06	%		29.25	%		30.41	%
Expected term (years)		3			3			3
Risk free interest rate		0.89	%		0.91	%		0.35	%
Dividend yield		4.92	%		4.11	%		4.63	%
Weighted average grant-date fair value	$	2.24		$	2.70		$	1.96

A summary of the stock options exercised and tax benefits realized from stock based compensation is presented below for the three fiscal years ended (in thousands):


	Fiscal years ended
	2016			2015			2014
Total cash received	$	—		$	54		$	94
Income tax (expense) benefit		(46	)		(106	)		17
Total grant-date fair value		—			9			50
Intrinsic value		—			36			117

A summary of the status of the Company’s unvested stock options at February 29, 2016, and changes during the fiscal year ended February 29, 2016 is presented below:


	Number of Options			Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value
Unvested at February 28, 2015		79,760		$	2.51
New grants		43,426			2.24
Vested		(46,761	)		2.58
Forfeited		—			—

Unvested at February 29, 2016		76,425		$	2.32

As of February 29, 2016, there was $78,000 of unrecognized compensation cost related to unvested stock options granted under the Plan. The weighted average remaining requisite service period of the unvested stock options was 1.5 years. The total fair value of shares underlying the options vested during the fiscal year ended February 29, 2016 was $0.9 million.

The following table summarizes information about stock options outstanding at the end of fiscal year 2016:


	Options Outstanding						Options Exercisable
Exercise Prices	Number Outstanding		Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life (in Years)		Weighted Average Exercise Price		Number Exercisable		Weighted Average Exercise Price
$8.94 to $13.69		85,426		6.2	$	11.35		42,000	$	8.94
14.05 to 15.78		140,280		6.8		15.18		107,281		15.19
17.57 to 18.46		145,243		4.7		17.95		145,243		17.95

		370,949		5.9		15.38		294,524		15.66

Restricted Stock

The Company had the following restricted stock grants activity for each of the three fiscal years ended February 29, 2016:


	Number of Shares			Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value
Outstanding at March 1, 2013		187,048		$	16.49
Granted		55,607			14.05
Terminated		—			—
Vested		(61,753	)		16.40

Outstanding at February 28, 2014		180,902		$	15.77
Granted		85,807			15.78
Terminated		—			—
Vested		(113,061	)		16.42

Outstanding at February 28, 2015		153,648		$	15.30
Granted		113,648			13.69
Terminated		—			—
Vested		(77,900	)		15.24

Outstanding at February 29, 2016		189,396		$	14.36

As of February 29, 2016, the total remaining unrecognized compensation cost related to unvested restricted stock was approximately $1.6 million. The weighted average remaining requisite service period of the unvested restricted stock awards was 1.6 years. As of February 29, 2016, the Company’s outstanding restricted stock had an underlying fair value of $2.7 million at date of grant.