Stock-based compensation

12 Months Ended

Jul. 03, 2021

Stock-based compensation

Stock-based compensation

13. Stock-based compensation

The Company measures all stock-based payments at fair value and recognizes related expense within selling, general and administrative expenses in the consolidated statements of operations over the requisite service period (generally the vesting period). During fiscal 2021, 2020, and 2019, the Company recorded stock-based compensation expense of $29.3 million, $26.8 million, and $30.1 million, respectively, for all forms of stock-based compensation awards.

Stock plan

At July 3, 2021, the Company had 6.7 million shares of common stock reserved for stock-based payments, which consisted of 1.1 million shares for unvested or unexercised stock options, 4.1 million shares available for stock-based awards under plans approved by shareholders, and 1.5 million shares for restricted stock units and performance share units granted but not yet vested.

Stock options

Service based stock option grants have a contractual life of ten years, vest in 25% increments on each anniversary of the grant date, commencing with the first anniversary, and require an exercise price of 100% of the fair market value of common stock at the date of grant. Stock-based compensation expense associated with all stock options during fiscal 2021, 2020, and 2019, was $0.4 million, $2.9 million and $2.2 million, respectively.

The fair value of stock options is estimated as of the date of grant using the Black-Scholes model based on the assumptions in the following table. The assumption for the expected term is based on evaluations of historical and expected future employee exercise behavior. The risk-free interest rate is based on U.S. Treasury rates as of the date of grant, with maturity dates approximately equal to the expected term at the grant date. The historical volatility of Avnet’s common stock is used as the basis for the volatility assumption. The Company estimates dividend yield based upon expectations of future dividends compared to the market value of the Company’s stock as of the grant date.

	Years Ended
	July 3,		June 27,		June 29,
	2021		2020		2019
Expected term (years)	6.0		6.0		6.0
Risk-free interest rate	0.5	%	1.6	%	2.8	%
Weighted average volatility	31.5	%	23.7	%	23.1	%
Dividend yield	2.8	%	2.3	%	1.8	%

The following is a summary of the changes in outstanding options for fiscal 2021:

		Weighted		Weighted Average
		Average		Remaining
	Shares	Exercise Price		Contractual Life
Outstanding at June 27, 2020	1,537,669	$	40.94	75 Months
Granted	407,448		29.63	113 Months
Exercised	(145,668)		33.73	23 Months
Forfeited or expired	(674,018)		42.00	80 Months
Outstanding at July 3, 2021	1,125,431	$	37.15	78 Months
Exercisable at July 3, 2021	476,322	$	41.14	47 Months

The weighted-average grant-date fair values of stock options granted during fiscal 2021, 2020, and 2019, were $6.37, $7.41, and $10.74, respectively.

At July 3, 2021, the aggregate intrinsic value of all outstanding stock option awards was $4.8 million and all exercisable stock option awards was $0.5 million.

The following is a summary of the changes in non-vested stock options for the fiscal year 2021:

		Weighted
		Average
		Grant-Date
	Shares	Fair Value
Non-vested stock options at June 27, 2020	781,099	$	8.73
Granted	407,448		6.37
Vested	(168,660)		8.91
Forfeited	(370,778)		8.80
Non-vested stock options at July 3, 2021	649,109	$	7.17

As of July 3, 2021, there was $1.6 million of total unrecognized compensation cost related to stock options, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 2.7 years. The total fair value of stock options vested, as of the vesting dates, during fiscal 2021, 2020, and 2019, were $4.8 million, $7.9 million, and $5.7 million, respectively.

Cash received from stock option exercises during fiscal 2021, 2020, and 2019 totaled $4.9 million, $0.9 million, and $20.2 million, respectively. The impact of these cash receipts is included in “Other, net” within financing activities in the accompanying consolidated statements of cash flows.

Restricted stock units

Delivery of restricted stock units, and the associated compensation expense, is recognized over the vesting period and is generally subject to the employee’s continued service to the Company, except for employees who are retirement eligible under the terms of the restricted stock units. As of July 3, 2021, 1.3 million shares previously awarded have not yet vested. Stock-based compensation expense associated with restricted stock units was $27.5 million, $26.1 million, and $23.7 million for fiscal years 2021, 2020, and 2019, respectively.

The following is a summary of the changes in non-vested restricted stock units during fiscal 2021:

		Weighted
		Average
		Grant-Date
	Shares	Fair Value
Non-vested restricted stock units at June 27, 2020	1,015,822	$	40.06
Granted	1,268,292		28.93
Vested	(733,745)		35.20
Forfeited	(212,334)		36.10
Non-vested restricted stock units at July 3, 2021	1,338,035	$	32.80

As of July 3, 2021, there was $21.4 million of total unrecognized compensation expense related to non-vested restricted stock units, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 2.1 years. The total fair value of restricted stock units vested during fiscal 2021, 2020, and 2019, was $25.8 million, $24.8 million, and $25.7 million, respectively.

Performance share units

Certain eligible employees, including Avnet’s executive officers, may receive a portion of their long-term stock-based compensation through the performance share program, which allows for the vesting of shares based upon achievement of certain performance-based criteria (“Performance Share Program”). The Performance Share Program provides for the vesting to each grantee of a number of shares of Avnet’s common stock at the end of a three-year performance period, based on the Company achieving certain performance goals that the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors establishes for each three-year performance period. The performance goals are a combination of measures, including cumulative earnings per share and total shareholder return.

During fiscal 2021, the Company granted no performance share units, because the performance goals for future grants are being reviewed. During each of fiscal 2020 and 2019, the Company granted 0.2 million performance share units. The actual amount of performance share units vested at the end of each three-year period is measured by the level of achievement of performance goals, and can range from 0% to 200% of the award grant. During fiscal 2021, 2020, and 2019, the Company recognized stock-based compensation expense associated with the Performance Share Program of ($0.2) million, $(3.8) million, and $2.8 million, respectively. The expense recognized in fiscal 2021 was related to prior fiscal years’ grants.