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STOCK BASED COMPENSATION PLANS | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2021
Share-based Payment Arrangement [Abstract] |
STOCK BASED COMPENSATION PLANS | 11. STOCK BASED COMPENSATION PLANS Phantom Stock Plan Plan Description. On April 1, 2006, the Company adopted the Omega Flex, Inc. 2006 Phantom Stock Plan (the “Plan”). The Plan authorizes the grant of up to one million units of phantom stock to employees, officers or directors of the Company. The phantom stock units (“Units”) each represent a contractual right to payment of compensation in the future based on the market value of the Company’s common stock. The Units are not shares of the Company’s common stock, and a recipient of the Units does not receive any of the following:
| ■ | ownership interest in the Company
| ■ | shareholder voting rights
| ■ | other incidents of ownership to the Company’s common stock
The Units are granted to participants upon the recommendation of the Company’s CEO, and the approval of the Compensation Committee. Each of the Units that are granted to a participant will be initially valued by the Compensation Committee, at an amount equal to the closing price of the Company’s common stock on the grant date, but are recorded at fair value using the Black-Scholes method as described below. The Units follow a vesting schedule, with a maximum vesting of three years after the grant date. Upon vesting, the Units represent a contractual right of payment for the value of the Unit and therefore are stated as liabilities in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718, Compensation - Stock Compensation. The Units will be paid on their maturity date, one year after all of the Units granted in a particular award have fully vested, unless an acceptable event occurs under the terms of the Plan prior to one year, which would allow for earlier payment. The amount to be paid to the participant on the maturity date is dependent on the type of Unit granted to the participant. The Units may be Full Value, in which the value of each Unit at the maturity date, will equal the closing price of the Company’s common stock as of the maturity date; or Appreciation Only, in which the value of each Unit at the maturity date will be equal to the closing price of the Company’s common stock at the maturity date minus the closing price of the Company’s common stock at the grant date. On December 9, 2009, the Board of Directors authorized an amendment to the Plan to pay an amount equal to the value of any cash or stock dividend declared by the Company on its common stock to be accrued to the phantom stock units outstanding as of the record date of the common stock dividend. The dividend equivalent will be paid at the same time the underlying phantom stock units are paid to the participant. In certain circumstances, the Units may be immediately vested upon the participant’s death or disability. All Units granted to a participant are forfeited if the participant is terminated from their relationship with the Company or its subsidiary for “cause,” which is defined under the Plan. If a participant’s employment or relationship with the Company is terminated for reasons other than for “cause,” then any vested Units will be paid to the participant upon termination. However, Units granted to certain “specified employees” as defined in Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code will be paid approximately 181 days after termination. Grants of Phantom Stock Units. As of December 31, 2020, the Company had 13,252 unvested units outstanding, all of which were granted at Full Value. On February 18, 2021, the Company granted an additional 2,412 Full Value Units with a fair value of $146.06 per unit on grant date, using historical volatility. In February 2021, the Company paid $1,214,000 for the 7,750 fully vested and matured units that were granted during 2017, including their respective earned dividend values. In August 2021, the Company paid $195,000 for the 1,250 fully vested and matured units that were granted during August 2017, including their respective earned dividend values. On August 25, 2021, the Company granted an additional 808 Full Value Units with a fair value of $144.81 per unit on grant date, using historical volatility. On August 27, 2021, 1,212 unvested Full Value Units were forfeited. As of December 31, 2021, the Company had 8,358 unvested units outstanding. The Company uses the Black-Scholes option pricing model as its method for determining fair value of the Units. The Company uses the straight-line method of attributing the value of the stock based compensation expense relating to the Units. The compensation expense (including adjustment of the liability to its fair value) from the Units is recognized over the vesting period of each grant or award. The FASB ASC Topic 718, Compensation - Stock Compensation, requires forfeitures either to be estimated at the time of grant and revised, if necessary, in subsequent periods if actual forfeitures differ from those estimates to derive an estimate of awards ultimately to vest or to recognize the effect of any forfeited awards for which the requisite vesting period is not completed in the period that the award is forfeited. The Company recognizes the reversal of any previously recognized compensation expense on forfeited awards in the period that the award is forfeited. For the year ended December 31, 2021, the reversal of $56,000 of previously recognized compensation expense was recognized on 1,212 nonvested forfeited Units. The total Phantom Stock related liability as of December 31, 2021 was $2,427,000 of which $1,156,000 is included in Other Liabilities, as it is expected to be paid in February and August 2022, and the balance of $1,271,000 is included in Other Long Term Liabilities. The total Phantom Stock related liability as of December 31, 2020 was $3,331,000 of which $1,378,000 is included in Other Liabilities, and the balance of $1,953,000 is included in Other Long Term Liabilities. Related to the Phantom Stock Plan, in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718, Compensation - Stock Compensation, the Company recorded compensation expense of approximately $506,000, $1,453,000, and $2,255,000 related to the Phantom Stock Plan for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively. Compensation expense for a given period largely depends upon fluctuations in the Company’s stock price. The following table summarizes information about the Company’s nonvested phantom stock Units as of December 31, 2021: SUMMARY OF NONVESTED PHANTOM STOCK UNITS
|  | Units |  |  | Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value |
Number of Phantom Stock Unit Awards: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Nonvested as of December 31, 2020 |  |  | 13,252 |  |  | $ | 72.61 |
Granted |  |  | 3,220 |  |  | $ | 145.75 |
Vested |  |  | (6,902 | ) |  | $ | 68.34 |
Forfeited |  |  | (1,212 | ) |  | $ | 95.92 |
Nonvested as of December 31, 2021 |  |  | 8,358 |  |  | $ | 100.93 |
Phantom Stock Unit Awards Expected to Vest |  |  | 8,358 |  |  | $ | 100.93 |
The total unrecognized compensation costs calculated on December 31, 2021 are $669,000 which will be recognized through August 2024. The Company will recognize the related expense over the weighted average period of 1.0 years.

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