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BENEFIT PLANS

Retirement plan

The Company has a defined benefit retirement plan for which accumulated benefits were frozen and future service credits were curtailed as of March 1, 2004. The Company has secured $4,535,000 of accrued pension-related obligations with first lien mortgages on certain real property in favor of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (the “PBGC”). On an annual basis, the Company is required to provide updated appraisals on each mortgaged property and, if the appraised value of the mortgaged properties is less than two times the amount of the accrued pension-related obligations secured by the mortgages, the Company is required to make a payment to its pension plan in an amount equal to one-half of the amount of the shortfall. During the second quarter of 2018, there was no change in the appraised value of the mortgaged properties that required the Company to make any additional payments to its pension plan.

Equity compensation plan

In September 2016, the AMREP Corporation 2016 Equity Compensation Plan (the “2016 Equity Plan”) replaced the AMREP Corporation 2006 Equity Compensation Plan (together with the 2016 Equity Plan, the “Equity Plans”). The Company issued 14,500 and 25,750 shares of restricted common stock under the 2016 Equity Plan during the second quarter and first six months of 2018. In addition, 5,000 shares of restricted common stock issued under the 2006 Equity Plan prior to 2018 were returned to the Company during the second quarter of 2018 and will not vest due to the retirement of an employee. During the second quarter and first six months of 2018, 2,500 and 10,500 shares of restricted common stock previously issued under the Equity Plans vested leaving 34,750 restricted shares issued under the Equity Plans that had not vested as of October 31, 2017. For the second quarter and first six months of 2018, the Company recognized $27,000 and $45,000 of compensation expense related to the restricted shares of common stock issued, and $20,000 and $35,000 for the same periods of 2017. As of October 31, 2017, there was $169,000 of unrecognized compensation expense related to restricted shares of common stock issued under the Equity Plans which had not vested as of that date, which is expected to be recognized over the remaining vesting term not to exceed three years.