Common Stock, Options, and Stock Compensation (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract]

Information on Class A Common Stock issued as acquisition

The following table presents information on shares of our Class A Common Stock issued as acquisition consideration. All of these shares were registered on a "shelf" Registration Statement on Form S-4 that was declared effective in January 2011.

	Fiscal Year Ended September 30,
	2014	2013	2012
	(in thousands)
Shares issued due to acquisitions	—	1,965	635
Shares issued due to purchase of subsidiary shares from noncontrolling interest	—	592	—

Compensation costs included in net income

Our net income includes the following compensation costs related to our stock compensation arrangements:

	Fiscal Year Ended September 30,
	2014			2013			2012
	(in thousands)
Gross compensation costs:
Restricted stock	$	7,341		$	7,314		$	6,714
Total gross compensation costs	7,341			7,314			6,714
Income tax benefits:
Stock options	—			—			(39		)
Restricted stock	(3,576		)	(2,460		)	(2,164		)
Total income tax benefits	(3,576		)	(2,460		)	(2,203		)
Net compensation expense	$	3,765		$	4,854		$	4,511

Summary of the restricted stock awards (RSA) activity

The following is a summary of the restricted stock award activity for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2014:

	Shares		Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value
Outstanding at September 30, 2013	1,210,808		$	19.06
Granted	514,056		14.58
Released*	(455,133	)	16.76
Forfeited	(584,180	)	19.86
Outstanding at September 30, 2014	685,551		$	19.82

* Approximately 154,000 shares were withheld to satisfy related federal income tax withholding.

	Fiscal Year Ended September 30,
	2014		2013		2012
	(in millions except per share amounts)
Weighted average grant-date fair value per share granted	$	14.58	$	20.43	$	29.22
Total grant date fair value of shares vested	$	7.6	$	10.7	$	4.1

Summary of the option activity

The following is a summary of the option activity for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2014:

	Shares		Weighted Average Exercise Price
Outstanding at September 30, 2013	100		$	2.95
Exercised	(100	)	2.95
Outstanding at September 30, 2014	—		$	—

	Fiscal Year Ended September 30,
	2014		2013		2012
	(in millions except share amounts)
Shares issued due to stock option exercises	100		18,000		204,298
Proceeds due to stock option exercises	$	—	$	0.05	$	0.65
Tax benefit from stock option exercises	$	—	$	—	$	1.10
Intrinsic value of stock options exercised	$	—	$	0.28	$	5.65