Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Equity-Based Compensation

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Equity-Based Compensation
12 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2020
Share-based Payment Arrangement [Abstract]  
Equity-Based Compensation Equity-Based Compensation
Restricted Stock Awards and Options
During the fiscal year ended September 30, 2019, the Company awarded a total of 292,534 restricted shares of Class A common stock to its non-employee directors under the Equity Incentive Plan in lieu of cash compensation. The grants are classified as equity awards. The aggregate grant date fair value of these restricted stock awards was $3.8 million. The grants will vest as to two-thirds of the underlying shares on January 1, 2021 and as to the remaining one-third of the underlying shares on January 1, 2022. During the fiscal years ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, the Company recorded $1.6 million and $0.5 million, respectively, of compensation expense in connection with these grants, which is reflected as general and administrative expenses in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Income. At September 30, 2020, there was approximately $1.7 million of unrecognized compensation expense related to these awards.
Option Exercises
In August 2019, an employee of the Company exercised an option to purchase 74,592 shares of Class B common stock at a price of $0.0357 per share. The option was granted in March 2017 pursuant to a non-plan option agreement. The option was fully vested upon the date of grant, but, until the option agreement was subsequently amended, the option was exercisable only during the ten-day period immediately preceding a change in control of the Company. In August 2019, the Company and the employee amended the option agreement to (i) adjust the number of underlying shares and exercise price of the option to account for the 25.2-to-1 stock split and share reclassification that occurred in April 2018; (ii) reduce the exercise price (as adjusted) for the shares underlying the option; (iii) make the option immediately exercisable; and (iv) provide that the option would expire on the earlier of December 31, 2019 or the occurrence of one of the other expiration events set forth in the option agreement. During the fiscal year ended September 30, 2019, the Company recorded approximately $0.4 million of compensation expense in connection with the option amendment, which is reflected in general administrative expenses on the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Income. At September 30, 2020, there was no unrecognized compensation expense related to the option.