Shareholders' Equity

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Equity [Abstract]

Shareholders' Equity

Shareholders’ Equity 

Stock-Based Compensation 

The compensation cost related to stock options, restricted stock and restricted stock units (included in salaries and employee benefits) was $1.3 million and $3.5 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013 as compared to $1.0 million and $3.0 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012. The total income tax benefit recognized related to stock-based compensation was $524,000 and $1.4 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013 as compared to $415,000 and $1.2 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012. 

The following table summarizes information about stock option activity for the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2013: 

(in thousands, except per share data)

	Nine months ended September 30, 2013
					Weighted-Avg
	Options		Weighted-Avg		Remaining Contractual	Aggregate
	Outstanding		Exercise Price		Term (Years)	Intrinsic Value
Balance, beginning of period	1,850		$	15.37
Exercised	(209	)	$	12.02
Forfeited/expired	(348	)	$	17.40
Balance, end of period	1,293		$	15.37	4.78	$	3,873
Options exercisable, end of period	935		$	16.89	3.91	$	2,145

The total intrinsic value (which is the amount by which the stock price exceeded the exercise price on the date of exercise) of options exercised during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013 was $630,000 and $767,000 as compared to three and nine months ended September 30, 2012 of $65,000 and $82,000. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013, the amount of cash received from the exercise of stock options was $1.7 million and $2.5 million as compared to the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012 of $246,000 and $324,000.

The fair value of each option grant is estimated as of the grant date using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model.  There were no stock options granted in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012. 

The Company grants restricted stock periodically for the benefit of employees and directors. Restricted shares issued prior to 2011 generally vest on an annual basis over five years. Restricted shares issued since 2011 generally vest over a three year period, subject to time or time plus performance vesting conditions.  The following table summarizes information about nonvested restricted share activity for the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2013: 

(in thousands, except per share data)

	Nine months ended September 30, 2013
	Restricted		Weighted
	Shares		Average Grant
	Outstanding		Date Fair Value
Balance, beginning of period	763		$	12.39
Granted	465		$	13.06
Released	(149	)	$	12.19
Forfeited/expired	(83	)	$	11.75
Balance, end of period	996		$	12.79

The total fair value of restricted shares vested and released during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013 was $108,000 and $1.9 million as compared to the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012 of $136,000 and $1.8 million. 

The Company granted restricted stock units as a part of the 2007 Long Term Incentive Plan for the benefit of certain executive officers.  Restricted stock unit grants are subject to performance-based vesting as well as other approved vesting conditions.  The total number of restricted stock units granted represents the maximum number of restricted stock units eligible to vest based upon the performance and service conditions set forth in the grant agreements.  There were no restricted stock units vested and released and there were none and 35,000 restricted stock units forfeited during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013, and 95,000 restricted stock units with a weighted average grant date fair value of $10.41 remain outstanding at September 30, 2013.

As of September 30, 2013, there was $0.9 million of total unrecognized compensation cost related to nonvested stock options which is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 1 year.  As of September 30, 2013, there was $7.2 million of total unrecognized compensation cost related to nonvested restricted stock which is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 1.7 years. As of September 30, 2013, there was $228,000 of total unrecognized compensation cost related to nonvested restricted stock units which is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 0.5 years, assuming expected performance conditions are met. 

For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013, the Company received income tax benefits of $294,000 and $1.1 million, respectively, as compared to the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012 of $79,000 and $764,000 related to the exercise of non-qualified employee stock options, disqualifying dispositions on the exercise of incentive stock options, the vesting of restricted shares and the vesting of restricted stock units. In the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2013, the Company had net tax deficiencies (tax deficiency resulting from tax deductions less than the compensation cost recognized) of $20,000, compared to $60,000 of net tax deficiencies (tax deficiency resulting from tax deductions less than the compensation cost recognized) for the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2012.  Only cash flows from gross excess tax benefits are classified as financing cash flows.

At the annual meeting on April 16, 2013, shareholders approved the Company's 2013 Incentive Plan (the “2013 Plan”), which, among other things, authorizes the issuance of equity awards to directors and employees and reserves 4,000,000 shares of the Company's common stock for issuance under the plan. With the adoption of the 2013 Plan, no additional awards will be issued from the 2003 Stock Incentive Plan or the 2007 Long Term Incentive Plan.