Note 7-Stock Based Compensation

Stock Options issued to Employees, Officers and Directors

The Optex Systems Holdings 2009 Stock Option Plan provides for the issuance of up to 75,000 shares to the Company’s officers, directors, employees and to independent contractors who provide services to Optex Systems Holdings as either incentive or non-statutory stock options determined at the time of grant. As of September 29, 2019, there were 25,000 fully vested stock options outstanding at an exercise price of $10 per share and an expiration date of December 18, 2020. During the nine months ended June 28, 2020, all of the 25,000 outstanding stock options were repurchased at $0.01 per option for a total transaction of $250. There were no new grants of stock options during the nine months ended June 28, 2020. As of June 28, 2020, there are zero stock options outstanding.

Restricted Stock Units issued to Officers and Employees

The following table summarizes the status of Optex Systems Holdings’ aggregate non-vested restricted stock units granted under the Company’s 2016 Restricted Stock Unit Plan:

On January 2, 2019, the Company granted 150,000 and 50,000 restricted stock units with a January 2, 2019 grant date, to Danny Schoening and Karen Hawkins, respectively, vesting as of January 1 each year subsequent to the grant date over a three-year period at a rate of 34% in year one, and 33% each year thereafter. The stock price at grant date was $1.32 per share. The Company will amortize the grant date fair market value of $264 thousand to stock compensation expense on a straight-line basis across the three-year vesting period beginning on January 2, 2019.

On January 7, 2019, the Company issued 55,565 common shares to three directors and officers, net of tax withholding of $37 thousand, in settlement of 82,500 restricted stock units which vested on January 1, 2019.

On January 7, 2020, the Company issued 59,447 common shares to one director and two officers, net of tax withholding of $54 thousand, in settlement of 84,500 restricted stock units which vested on January 1, 2020.

On February 17, 2020, the Company granted 50,000 restricted stock units to Bill Bates, General Manager of the Applied Optics Center. The restricted stock units vest as of January 1 each year subsequent to the grant date over a three-year period at a rate of 34% in year one, and 33% each year thereafter. The stock price at grant date was $2.13 per share. The Company will amortize the grant date fair market value of $107 thousand to stock compensation expense on a straight-line basis across the three-year vesting period beginning on February 17, 2020.

On April 30, 2020, the Optex Systems Holdings, Inc. Board of Directors held a meeting and voted to increase the annual board compensation for the three independent directors from $22,000 to $36,000 with an effective date of January 1, 2020, in addition to granting 100,000 restricted shares to each independent director which shall vest at a rate of 20% per year (20,000 shares) each January 1^st, over the next five years, through January 1, 2025. The total market value for the 300,000 shares is $525 thousand based on the stock price of $1.75 as of April 30, 2020. The Company will amortize the fair market value to stock compensation expense on a straight-line basis across the five-year vesting period beginning on April 30, 2020.

Stock Based Compensation Expense

Equity compensation is amortized based on a straight-line basis across the vesting or service period as applicable. The recorded compensation costs for options and shares granted and restricted stock units awarded as well as the unrecognized compensation costs are summarized in the table below: