Stock-Based Compensation

9 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2022

Share-based Payment Arrangement, Noncash Expense [Abstract]

The Company has various stock-based compensation plans. During the nine-months ended January 31, 2022, the Board of Directors of the Company approved grants of service-based restricted stock units ("RSUs") and performance-based RSUs to key employees and non-employee directors. The performance-based RSUs totaled 57,476 units and the employee and non-employee director service-based RSUs totaled 41,304 units. The performance-based RSUs entitle the recipients to receive one share of the Company's common stock per unit granted if applicable performance conditions are met and the recipient remains continuously employed with the Company until the units vest. The service-based RSUs entitle the recipients to receive one share of the Company's common stock per unit granted if they remain continuously employed with the Company until the units vest. All of the Company's RSUs granted to employees cliff-vest three years from the grant date, while RSUs granted to non-employee directors vest daily over a two-year period from the date of grant.

For the three- and nine-month periods ended January 31, 2022 and 2021, stock-based compensation expense was allocated as follows:


	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	January 31,				January 31,
(in thousands)	2022		2021		2022		2021
Cost of sales and distribution	$	231	$	426	$	906	$	1,134
Selling and marketing expenses	269		365		931		698
General and administrative expenses	506		525		1,562		1,711
Stock-based compensation expense	$	1,006	$	1,316	$	3,399	$	3,543

During the nine months ended January 31, 2022, the Company also approved grants of 5,794 cash-settled performance-based restricted stock tracking units ("RSTUs") and 3,096 cash-settled service-based RSTUs for more junior level employees. Each performance-based RSTU entitles the recipient to receive a payment in cash equal to the fair market value of one share of the Company's common stock as of the payment date if applicable performance conditions are met and the recipient remains continuously employed with the Company until the units vest. The service-based RSTUs entitle the recipients to receive a payment in cash equal to the fair market value of one share of the Company's common stock as of the payment date if they remain continuously employed with the Company until the units vest. All of the RSTUs cliff-vest three years from the grant date. Since the RSTUs will be settled in cash, the grant date fair value of these awards is recorded as a liability until the date of payment. The fair value of each cash-settled RSTU award is remeasured at the end of each reporting period and the liability is adjusted, and related expense recorded, based on the new fair value. The Company recognized expense of $0.0 million and $0.2 million for the three-month periods ended January 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively, and $0.0 million and $0.6 million for the nine-month periods ended January 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively. A liability for payment of the RSTUs is included in other long-term liabilities on the condensed consolidated balance sheets in the amount of $0.7 million and $1.0 million as of January 31, 2022 and April 30, 2021, respectively.