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STOCK COMPENSATION
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2026
Share-Based Payment Arrangement [Abstract]  
STOCK COMPENSATION STOCK COMPENSATION
On June 18, 2026, the stockholders of the Company approved an amendment and restatement of the Company's Amended and Restated 2000 Long Term Incentive Plan (the "Plan"). The amendment and restatement of the Plan revised the terms and conditions of the Plan to, among other things, increase the shares available for grant under the Plan by 1,000,000 shares. As of September 30, 2026, there were 1,481,230 shares available for the grant of awards under the Plan, assuming maximum performance of performance-based awards.
Option Awards
A summary of the Company’s stock option activity and related information for the nine months ended September 30, 2026 is as follows:
OptionsWeighted-
average
exercise price
Weighted-
average
remaining
contractual
life (years)
Aggregate
intrinsic
value
(in thousands)
Options outstanding, January 1, 2026
827,000 $11.07 
Exercises(49,375)5.96 
Expirations(8,500)15.69 
Options outstanding, September 30, 2026(1)
769,125 11.35 3.1$199 
Options exercisable, September 30, 2026
687,000 $11.86 2.6$51 
Total unrecognized stock option expense remaining (in thousands)$156 
Weighted-average years expected to be recognized over1.3
(1) Includes a non-plan stock option award of 15,000 stock options granted in 2024.
The aggregate intrinsic value in the table above represents the total pre-tax intrinsic value that would have been received by the option holders had all option holders exercised their exercisable, in-the-money stock options on September 30, 2026. The intrinsic value is calculated for each in-the-money stock option as the difference between the closing price of the Company’s common stock on September 30, 2026 and the exercise price.
Restricted Stock
A summary of the Company’s restricted stock activity and related information for the nine months ended September 30, 2026 is as follows:
Restricted
Shares
Weighted-
average grant
date fair
value
Non-vested restricted shares, January 1, 2026
885,925 $6.06 
Grants346,811 4.42 
Vested(486,977)5.74 
Forfeitures
(7,003)5.99 
Non-vested restricted shares, September 30, 2026
738,756 $5.51 
Total unrecognized compensation expense remaining (in thousands)$3,074 
Weighted-average years expected to be recognized over1.4
The total fair value of restricted stock that vested during the nine months ended September 30, 2026 was $2.9 million.
Performance shares
Each performance award represents the right to receive up to 150% of the target number of shares of common stock. The number of shares of common stock earned will be determined at the end of the performance period, based on the attainment of
specified performance goals at the time of grant, as determined by the Compensation Committee of the Company’s board of directors (the “Board of Directors”). The shares are subject to the terms and conditions of the Company’s Plan.
A summary of the Company’s performance-based award activity and related information for the nine months ended September 30, 2026 is as follows:
Performance-
based stock
awards (1)
Weighted-
average grant
date fair
value
Non-vested performance-based awards, January 1, 2026
730,797 $6.70 
Grants259,731 3.07 
Forfeitures(2)
(192,530)5.92 
Non-vested performance-based awards, September 30, 2026
797,998 $5.70 
Total unrecognized compensation expense remaining (in thousands)$1,458 
Weighted-average years expected to be recognized over1.6
(1)Represents the target number of shares to be issued for each performance-based award.
(2)Includes the forfeiture of performance-based awards granted in 2023 as the performance metric was not attained.
The Company recorded stock compensation expense as follows (in thousands):
Three Months Ended
September 30,
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
Stock Compensation Expense Components2026202520262025
Equity based stock option expense$28 $50 $112 $184 
Restricted and performance-based stock awards expense873 946 2,803 2,919 
Stock compensation expense for equity based awards901 996 2,915 3,103 
Liability based stock option expense— (2)(22)(3)
Total Stock Compensation Expense$901 $994 $2,893 $3,100