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Stock-Based Compensation
3 Months Ended
Oct. 31, 2020
Share-based Payment Arrangement [Abstract]  
Stock-Based Compensation

Note 6—Stock-Based Compensation


2016 Stock Option and Incentive Plan


On November 7, 2019, the Company’s Board of Directors amended the Company’s 2016 Stock Option and Incentive Plan (as amended to date, the “2016 Incentive Plan”) to increase the number of shares of the Company’s Class B common stock available for the grant of awards thereunder by an additional 230,000 shares, to an aggregate of 1,271,000 shares. This amendment was ratified by the Company’s stockholders at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on January 13, 2020. At October 31, 2020, there were 162,000 shares of Class B Stock available for awards under the 2016 Incentive Plan.


On November 18, 2020, the Company’s Board of Directors amended the 2016 Incentive Plan to increase the number of shares of the Company’s Class B common stock available for the grant of awards thereunder by an additional 250,000 shares to an aggregate of 1,521,000 shares. This amendment is subject to ratification by the Company’s stockholders during the Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held on January 11, 2021.


Pursuant to the 2016 Incentive Plan, the option exercise price for all stock option awards that are designated as “Incentive Stock Options” must not be less than the Fair Market Value of the shares of Class B Common Stock covered by the option award on the date of grant. In general, Fair Market Value means the closing sale price per share of Class B Common Stock on the exchange on which the Class B Common Stock is principally traded for the last preceding date on which there was a sale of Class B Common Stock on such exchange.


Stock Options  


In the three months ended October 31, 2020, the Compensation Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors approved grants of options to purchase an aggregate of 90,849 shares of Class B Stock to twenty individuals including company executives, employees and consultants. Options with respect to 30,000 shares vested upon grant with the remaining options with respect to 60,849 shares vesting over a three-year period. Grant date fair value related to the 30,000 vested options was $32,000 which was expensed immediately. Unrecognized compensation expense related to the 60,849 options grants was an aggregate of $64,000 based on the estimated fair value of the options on the grant date. The unrecognized compensation expense is being recognized on a straight-line basis over the vesting period.


On October 19, 2020, the Compensation Committee extended the expiration date of options to purchase approximately 182,000 shares of the Company’s Class B Common Stock held by one of the Company’s executive officers, from October 31, 2021 to May 31, 2026. Such options are fully vested and were granted under the Company’s 2008 Stock Option and Incentive Plan. The options have an exercise price of $1.73 per share. Compensation expense related to this modification was $78,000 and was fully expensed on the modification date.


At October 31, 2020, unrecognized compensation expense related to unvested stock options was an aggregate of $255,000.


Deferred Stock Units  


On August 28, 2019, the Compensation Committee approved the grant of 90,000 Deferred Stock Units (DSUs) to 11 of its non-executive employees based in Norway and Lithuania. Each DSU represents a right to receive one share of Class B Common Stock upon vesting. The DSUs vest over a four-year period from August 1, 2019. On the grant date, unrecognized compensation expense related to this grant was an aggregate of $139,000 based on the estimated fair value of the DSUs on the grant date. The unrecognized compensation expense is being recognized on a straight-line basis over the vesting period. At October 31, 2020, unrecognized compensation expense related to unvested DSUs was an aggregate of $54,000.


In the three months ended October 31, 2020, the Company purchased 5,625 shares of Class B Stock from various employees for $8,000 to satisfy tax withholding obligations in connection with the vesting of DSUs.


Restricted Stock Awards


On October 19, 2020, the Compensation Committee approved a grant of 10,619 restricted shares of Class B Common Stock to each of Mr. Elliot Gibber and Mr. Howard Jonas which vest immediately. These shares had an aggregate grant date fair value of $30,000 and have been fully amortized accordingly.


At October 31, 2020, unrecognized compensation expense related to unvested restricted stock awards was an aggregate of $88,000.


In the three months ended October 31, 2020 and 2019, the Company purchased 12,005 shares and 14,114 shares respectively of Class B Stock from former Freeform employees for $18,000 and $22,000 respectively, to satisfy tax withholding obligations in connection with the vesting of restricted stock.