Commitments and Contingencies

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Commitments and Contingencies

Commitments and Contingencies

9. Commitments and Contingencies

Special Long-Term Retention and Incentive Cash Awards Program

In 2011, we granted special long-term retention and incentive cash bonus awards to certain employees. The awards have dual triggers of vesting based upon the achievement of certain performance conditions over a six-year timeframe from 2011 through December 31, 2016 and continued employment.

As of March 31, 2014, we determined that the achievement of the requisite performance conditions for the first tranche of these awards was probable and, as a result, $9.1 million of cash bonus expense was recognized for the three months ended March 31, 2014, the majority of which is included in discontinued operations in the condensed consolidated statements of operations. In May 2014, the total cash bonus of $9.5 million for the first tranche was paid.

In connection with the Spin-Off, the Compensation Committee approved the modification of the remaining tranches related to these awards as the performance conditions associated with the remaining portions of these awards were unlikely to be consistent with the new strategies of each company following the separation. The modification acknowledged the Spin-Off and permitted recognition of achievement of certain of the original performance conditions that were met prior to the Spin-Off, triggering service-based vesting for a portion of the cash awards. The amount payable by us under these modified cash bonus awards is $0.5 million. The remaining tranches of the cash awards were forfeited.