STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION

9 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

7.STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION

The Company recognized stock-based compensation expense as follows:

	For The Three Months Ended						For The Nine Months Ended
	March 31,			March 31,			March 31,		March 31,
	2015			2014			2015		2014
	(Amounts in thousands)						(Amounts in thousands)
Stock options	$	112		$	88		$	331	$	356
Stock appreciation rights	361			316			1,054		980
Restricted stock	637			389			1,964		2,437
Performance stock	(274		)	(1,263		)	311		(2,484		)
Total stock-based compensation expense	$	836		$	(470	)	$	3,660	$	1,289

Stock-based compensation expense is included within general and administrative in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income.

As of March 31, 2015, unrecognized compensation expense (expressed in thousands below) and weighted-average vesting period for each of our stock-based compensation awards was as follows:

	Unrecognized compensation expense		Weighted- average vesting period (years)
Stock options	$	652	1.9
Stock appreciation rights	2,206		2.0
Restricted stock	5,936		3.3
Performance stock	1,001		1.6

- Definition

The entire disclosure for compensation-related costs for equity-based compensation, which may include disclosure of policies, compensation plan details, allocation of equity compensation, incentive distributions, equity-based arrangements to obtain goods and services, deferred compensation arrangements, employee stock ownership plan details and employee stock purchase plan details.

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