Stockholders' Equity

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2018

Equity [Abstract]

Stockholders' Equity

Stockholders’ Equity

Repurchase of Common Stock

In July 2015, our Board of Directors authorized a repurchase program of up to $1.5 billion of the Company’s common stock, reflecting its commitment to return value to shareholders. The repurchase program has no expiration date and replaced the previously authorized program, which was terminated. Refer to Part II, Item 2, “Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds” for further information. 

In March 2017, our Board of Directors authorized an increase to the existing share repurchase program by up to an additional $1.5 billion of the Company’s common stock. Additionally, in May 2018, the Board of Directors increased the share repurchase program authorization to $1.0 billion. This new program has no expiration date and replaces the previous authorizations.

During the three months ended March 31, 2018, we repurchased 8,794,954 shares, for approximately $404.7 million. These repurchases were made under privately negotiated, accelerated share repurchase activity or open market transactions in accordance with Rule 10b5-1 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended and pursuant to the share repurchase program previously authorized by our Board of Directors.

During the three months ended March 31, 2018, share purchases under open market transactions were 7,575,318 shares for approximately $324.7 million with an average share price of $42.86.

In November 2017, the Company entered into an accelerated share repurchase agreement with a third-party party financial institution to repurchase $400.0 million of the Company’s common stock. Through December 31, 2017, the Company received a total of 7,089,056 shares under this agreement. At the conclusion of the program in February 2018, the Company received a total of 8,308,692 shares with an average share price of $48.14.

During the three months ended March 31, 2017, the Company was restricted from the ability to repurchase shares under the current share buyback program due to the pursuit of the sale of Diversey. There were no share repurchases made during the three months ended March 31, 2017.

Dividends

On February 14, 2018, our Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.16 per common share, or $26.5 million, which was paid on March 16, 2018, to stockholders of record at the close of business day March 2, 2018.

The dividends paid in the three months ended March 31, 2018 were recorded as a reduction to cash and cash equivalents and retained earnings on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. Our credit facility and our notes contain covenants that restrict our ability to declare or pay dividends. However, we do not believe these covenants are likely to materially limit the future payment of quarterly cash dividends on our common stock. From time to time, we may consider other means of returning value to our stockholders based on our Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations. There is no guarantee that our Board of Directors will declare any further dividends.

Share-based Incentive Compensation

We record share-based incentive compensation expense in selling, general and administrative expenses and cost of sales on our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations with a corresponding credit to additional paid-in capital within stockholders’ equity based on the fair value of the share-based incentive compensation awards at the date of grant. We recognize an expense or credit reflecting the straight-line recognition, net of estimated forfeitures, of the expected cost of the program. For the various Performance Share Unit ("PSU") awards programs described below, the cumulative amount accrued to date is adjusted up or down to the extent the expected performance against the targets has improved or worsened.

The table below shows our total share-based incentive compensation expense:

	Three Months Ended March 31,
(In millions)	2018		2017
Total share-based incentive compensation expense(1)	$	7.6	$	8.1

⁽¹⁾  The amounts included above do not include the expense related to our U.S. profit sharing contributions made in the form of our common stock or the expense or income related to certain cash-based awards, however, the amounts include the expense related to share based awards that are settled in cash.

PSU Awards

During the first 90 days of each year, the Organization and Compensation (“O&C”) Committee of our Board of Directors approves PSU awards for our executive officers and other selected key executives, which include for each officer or executive a target number of shares of common stock and performance goals and measures that will determine the percentage of the target award that is earned following the end of the three-year performance period. Following the end of the performance period, in addition to shares, participants will also receive a cash payment in the amount of the dividends (without interest) that would have been paid during the performance period on the number of shares that they have earned. Each PSU is subject to forfeiture if the recipient terminates employment with the Company prior to the end of the three years award performance period for any reason other than death, disability or retirement. In the event of death, disability or retirement, a participant will receive a prorated payment based on such participant’s number of days of service during the award performance period, further adjusted based on the achievement of the performance goals during the award performance period. All of these PSUs are classified as equity in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet.

2018 Three-year PSU Awards

In March 2018, the O&C Committee approved awards with a three-year performance period beginning January 1, 2018 to December 31, 2020 for certain executives. The O&C Committee established performance goals, which are (i) total shareholder return (TSR) weighted at 34%, (ii) 2020 consolidated adjusted EBITDA margin weighted at 33%, and (iii) Net Sales Compound Average Growth Rate in 2020 based on 2017 Net Sales weighted at 33%. The total number of shares to be issued for these awards can range from zero to 200% of the target number of shares.

The number of PSUs granted and the grant date fair value of the PSUs are shown in the following table:

	TSR		Net Sales CAGR		Adjusted EBITDA
Number of units granted	56,829		57,378		57,378
Fair value on grant date	$	43.40	$	41.72	$	41.72

The assumptions used to calculate the grant date fair value of the PSUs based on TSR are shown in the following table:

	TSR portion of the 2018 PSU Award
Expected price volatility	22.0	%
Risk-free interest rate	2.0	%

2015 Three-year PSU Awards

In February 2018, the O&C Committee reviewed the performance results for the 2015-2017 PSUs. Performance goals for these PSUs were based on Adjusted EBITDA margins and relative TSR. Based on overall performance for 2015-2017 PSUs, these awards paid out at 73.3% of target or 129,139 units.

2014 Special PSU Awards

In February 2018, the O&C Committee reviewed the performance results for the second tranche of the 2014 Special PSUs. The performance goal for the Special PSUs was based on working capital as a percentage of 2017 Net Trade Sales. The overall performance for Special PSUs was above maximum achievement levels and as a result these awards paid out at 658,783 share-settled units.