8. EQUITY-BASED INCENTIVE AWARDS:

Omnibus Plan

The Company has two equity-based incentive plans, the 2007 Omnibus Incentive Plan and 2014 Omnibus Incentive Plan (collectively “the Omnibus Plans”), which provide for equity incentives to employees. Each Omnibus Plan was designed with the intent of encouraging employees to acquire a vested interest in the growth and performance of the Company. The Omnibus Plans together permit the issuance of up to 225,000 shares of the Company’s common stock in the form of stock options, restricted stock awards, restricted stock units, performance share awards as well as awards such as stock appreciation rights, performance units, performance shares, bonus shares, and dividend share awards payable in the form of common stock or cash. The number of shares issuable under the Omnibus Plans is subject to customary adjustments in the event of stock splits, stock dividends, and certain other distributions on the Company’s common stock. At December 2016, awards with respect to a total of 191,435 shares, net of forfeitures, had been awarded pursuant to the Omnibus Plans and awards with respect to another 33,565 shares may be awarded under the Omnibus Plans.

Stock Options

The Company issued 6,000 and 5,500 incentive stock options during Q1 2017 and Q1 2016, respectively, to various employees pursuant to the provisions of the Company’s 2014 Omnibus Plan. The stock options issued by the Company expire ten years from the grant date and include a five year graded annual vesting schedule. The awards had an estimated grant date fair value of approximately $0.1 million in both Q1 2017 and Q1 2016 using the Black‑Scholes option pricing model. The following assumptions were used in connection with the Black‑Scholes option pricing calculation as it relates to the Q1 2017 and Q1 2016 incentive stock option awards:


	Stock Option		Stock Option
	Pricing		Pricing
	Assumptions		Assumptions
	Q1 2017		Q1 2016
Risk-free interest rate	2.12	%	1.98	%
Dividend yield	0.6	%	0.9	%
Expected volatility	22.40	%	24.30	%
Expected life in years	6		6

The following is a summary of stock option activity during Q1 2017:


		Weighted
	Number	Average
	of	Exercise
	Shares	Price
Outstanding at September 2016	22,800	$	69.79
Granted	6,000		91.65
Exercised	—		—
Forfeited/Expired	—		—
Outstanding at December 2016	28,800	$	74.34

Restricted Stock Units

At December 2016, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors had authorized and approved the following restricted stock unit awards to members of the Company’s management team pursuant to the provisions of the Company’s Omnibus Plans:


	Restricted Stock Units(1)		Restricted Stock Units(2)		Restricted Stock Units(3)		Restricted Stock Units(4)
Date of award:		October 2013		October 2014		October 2015		October 2016
Original number of awards issued:		17,600		13,000		13,250		13,000
Service period:		36 - 60 months		36 months		36 - 60 months		36 months
Estimated fair value of award at grant date:	$	1,486,000	$	1,083,000	$	1,112,000	$	1,191,000
Awards outstanding at December 31, 2016:		1,320		4,334		8,867		13,000
Fair value of non-vested awards at December 31, 2016 of approximately:	$	152,000	$	500,000	$	1,022,000	$	1,499,000

(1)16,280 restricted stock units were vested as of December 2016. The remaining 1,320 restricted stock units will vest in equal amounts in October 2017 and October 2018.

(2)8,666 of the restricted stock units were vested as of December 2016. The remaining 4,334 restricted stock units will vest in October 2017.

(3)4,383 restricted stock units were vested as of December 2016. 4,333 restricted stock units will vest in October 2017 and 4,334 will vest in October 2018. The remaining 200 restricted stock units will vest in equal annual amounts in October 2017 through October 2020.

(4)The 13,000 restricted stock units will vest in equal amounts in October 2017, October 2018, and October 2019.

There is no direct cost to the recipients of the restricted stock units, except for any applicable taxes. The recipients of the restricted stock units are entitled to the customary adjustments in the event of stock splits, stock dividends, and certain other distributions on the Company’s common stock. All cash dividends and/or distributions payable to restricted stock recipients will be held in escrow until all the conditions of vesting have been met.

The restricted stock units provide that the recipients can elect, at their option, to receive either common stock in the Company, or a cash settlement based upon the closing price of the Company’s shares, at the time of vesting. Based on these award provisions, the compensation expense recorded in the Company’s Statement of Operations reflects the straight‑line amortized fair value based on the period end closing price under the liability method.

The following summarizes restricted stock unit activity under the Omnibus Plans during Q1 2017:


	Number	Weighted
	of	Average
	Shares	Fair Value
Nonvested restricted stocks units at September 2016	28,567	$	90.96
Granted	13,000		91.65
Vested	(14,046)		94.70
Expired	—		—
Nonvested restricted stocks units at December 2016	27,521	$	115.30

All Equity-Based Awards (stock options and restricted stock units)

Net income before income taxes included compensation expense of approximately $0.5 million and $0.3 million during Q1 2017 and Q1 2016, respectively, related to the amortization of all equity-based compensation awards. Total unamortized compensation expense related to these awards at December 2016 and September 2016 was approximately $3.1 million and $1.5 million, respectively.