Share-Based Payments: | 9. Share-Based Payments: The Company maintains a stock option program for key employees, executives and directors. The plans, all of which have been approved by shareholder vote, provide for the granting of both nonqualified and incentive options. Options granted under the plans typically have a six-year term and vest over a four five 0.09 0.10 The following table sets forth information with respect to nonvested options for the three months ended March 31, 2023: Number of Shares Weighted Average Nonvested options – beginning of period 168,730 $ 16.31 Nonvested options granted — — Nonvested options vested or forfeited (23,080 ) $ 13.58 Nonvested options – end of period 145,650 $ 16.74 Share-based payment expense decreased income before income taxes by $ 0.63 million 0.65 million 0.43 million 0.44 million The following table summarizes stock option information as of March 31, 2023: Shares Weighted Average Outstanding at January 1, 2023 441,580 $ 67.30 Options forfeited (15,480 ) 70.48 Options exercised (88,710 ) 55.57 Outstanding at March 31, 2023 337,390 $ 70.24 Options exercisable 191,740 $ 61.38 Options available for future grants 574,455 As of March 31, 2023, the weighted average remaining contractual life of options outstanding is 3.56 1.75 24.3 15.5 2.4 Cash proceeds, tax benefits and intrinsic value related to stock options exercised during the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022 were as follows: (In thousands) March 31, March 31, Cash proceeds from stock options exercised $ 4,929 $ 708 Tax benefits 780 75 Intrinsic value of stock options exercised 5,403 635 There were no Expected volatility is estimated based on historic volatility of the Company’s common stock. The expected term of the option is estimated based on historic data. The risk-free rate is based on the U.S. Treasury yield curve in effect at the time of the grant of the option and the dividend yield reflects the assumption that the dividend payout as authorized by the Board of Directors would increase as the earnings of the Company and its stock price continue to increase. In December 2018, Interparfums SA approved a plan to grant an aggregate of 26,600 133,000 211,955 4.8 In March 2022, Interparfums SA approved an additional plan to grant an aggregate of 88,400 The fair value of the grant had been determined based on the quoted stock price of Interparfums SA shares as reported by the Euronext on the date of grant. The estimated number of shares to be distributed of 85,107 4.1 million Similar to the December 2018 plan, in order to avoid dilution of the Company’s ownership of Interparfums SA, all shares distributed or to be distributed pursuant to these plans will be pre-existing shares of Interparfums SA, purchased in the open market by Interparfums SA. During the year ended December 31, 2022, the Company acquired 63,281 3 In the first quarter of 2023, the Company initiated a small share repurchase program, and over the course the course of the first quarter of 2023, the Company repurchased 43,060 5.58 million All share purchases and issuances have been classified as equity transactions on the accompanying balance sheet. |