Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Stock Based Compensation

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Stock Based Compensation
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Mar. 28, 2021
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Stock Based Compensation

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. There were no new grants of stock options during the three months ended March 28, 2021. As of March 28, 2021, 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:

 

    Restricted Stock Units     Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value     Restricted Shares     Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value  
Outstanding at September 29, 2019     216,500     $ 1.29              
Granted     50,000     $ 2.13       300,000     $ 1.75  
Vested     (84,500 )   $ 1.25              
Forfeited     -                    
Outstanding at September 27, 2020     182,000     $ 1.54       300,000     $ 1.75  
Granted                        
Vested     (83,000 )     1.49       (60,000 )     1.75  
Forfeited                        
Outstanding at March 28, 2021     99,000     $ 1.59       240,000     $ 1.75  

 

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 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 January 2, 2021, the Company issued 58,392 common shares to directors and officers, net of tax withholding of $44 thousand, in settlement of 83,000 restricted stock units which vested on January 1, 2021.

 

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 1st, 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. On January 1, 2021, 60,000 of the restricted director shares vested.

 

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:

 

    Stock Compensation  
    (thousands)  
    Recognized Compensation Expense     Unrecognized Compensation Expense  
    Three months ended     Six months ended     As of period ended  
    March 28, 2021     March 29, 2020     March 28, 2021     March 29, 2020     March 28, 2021     September 27, 2020  
                                     
Restricted Shares   $ 26     $ -     $ 52     $ -     $ 394     $ 446  
Restricted Stock Units     31       31       62       57       127       188  
Total Stock Compensation   $ 57     $ 31     $ 114     $ 57     $ 521     $ 634