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Note 3 - Stock Based Compensation
3 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2016
Notes to Financial Statements  
Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Text Block]
3.
Stock Based Compensation
 
The following table summarizes the components of our stock based compensation program expense (in thousands):
 
 
 
For the three months ended
 
 
 
September 30,
 
 
 
2016
 
 
2015
 
Stock compensation expense for options, net of forfeitures
  $ 0     $ 0  
Stock compensation expense for restricted stock, net of forfeitures
    680       747  
Total stock compensation expense
  $ 680     $ 747  
 
As of September 30, 2016, we had no unrecognized compensation cost related to unvested options granted under our 2006 Omnibus Incentive Plan, as amended (the "2006 Plan").
 
A summary of the award activity of our stock option plans as of September 30, 2016, and changes during the three-month period then ended is presented below:
 
Options
 
Options Totals
 
 
Weighted-Average
Exercise Price per
Share
 
Outstanding at July 1, 2016
    275,169     $ 9.30  
Granted
    ---       ---  
Vested and Issued
    ---       ---  
Forfeited
    ---       ---  
Outstanding at September 30, 2016
    275,169     $ 9.30  
Exercisable at September 30, 2016
    275,169     $ 9.30  
 
As of September 30, 2016, we also had approximately $5.2 million of unrecognized compensation expense related to restricted stock awards, which is anticipated to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 2.8 years and a total period of 3.3 years. A summary of the restricted stock award activity under the 2006 Plan as of September 30, 2016, and changes during the three-month period then ended is presented below:
 
 
 
Number of Restricted
Stock Awards
 
 
Weighted-Average
Grant Date Fair Value
 
Unvested at July 1, 2016
    601,794     $ 11.92  
Granted
    ---       ---  
Vested and Issued
    1,750     $ 15.07  
Forfeited
    5,938     $ 8.20  
Unvested at September 30, 2016
    594,106     $ 11.95  
 
The fair value of each restricted stock award is based on the closing market price on the date of grant. During fiscal 2016, the Company gave certain 2014 and 2015 Restricted Stock Grant (“RSG”) grantees the opportunity to enter into an alternative fixed cash compensation arrangement whereby the grantee would forfeit all rights to unvested RSG awards in exchange for a guaranteed quarterly payment for the remainder of the underlying RSG term. This alternative arrangement is subject to continued service to the Company or one of its subsidiaries. These fixed payments will be accrued quarterly through January 2019. Unearned compensation was not affected by this arrangement and forfeitures include 72,327 shares related to this arrangement. The Company offered this alternative arrangement to mitigate the volatility to earnings from stock price variance on the RSGs.