Share-based Compensation

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2015

Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract]

Note 6 – Share-based Compensation

Long-term Incentive Plan

In the first quarter of 2015, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors approved grants of restricted stock units (“RSUs”) to executives and certain employees pursuant to the 2015 Long-Term Incentive Program (“LTIP”) under the terms of our 2013 Equity Incentive Plan. Under the LTIP, the Company granted restricted stock units to eligible participants as time-based awards or performance-based awards.

The vesting of the RSUs is dependent upon market, performance and service conditions as defined in the grants. Employees that received time-based awards with service conditions are entitled to receive a specific number of shares of the Company’s common stock on the vesting date if the employee is providing services to the Company on the vesting date. Time-based awards vest over a period of three years in substantially equal installments commencing on the start of the fiscal year during which the RSUs were granted and ending on January 1^st of each year. Employees that received awards with market conditions are entitled to receive a specific number of shares of the Company’s common stock on the vesting date if the Company’s total shareholder return (“TSR”) target relative to a specified group of industry peer companies is achieved. Employees that received awards with performance conditions are entitled to receive a specific number of shares of the Company’s common stock on the vesting date if the Cumulative Compound Annual Growth Rate (“CAGR”) of Diluted EPS target is achieved. Performance and market-based awards vest at the end of the performance period which commenced on the start of the fiscal year during which the RSUs were granted and ends on January 1, 2018. Awards are forfeited if the employee ceases to be employed by the Company prior to vesting.

The following table summarizes the RSU’s granted under the LTIP as of June 30, 2015:


	Units		Weighted-Average Grant Date Fair Value
Awards with market conditions		49,763	$	29.86
Awards with performance condition		67,382	$	22.05
Awards with service conditions		196,272	$	22.11

The following table summarizes stock options activity for the six months ended June 30, 2015:


	Shares		Weighted-average exercise prices
Outstanding at December 31, 2014		316,000	$	19.56

Outstanding at June 30, 2015		316,000	$	19.56

Exercisable at June 30, 2015		83,333	$	23.62

Management uses the fair value method of recording stock-based compensation as described in the guidance for stock compensation in ASC topic 718.

The following table summarizes nonvested restricted shares and RSUs activity for the six months ended June 30, 2015:


Nonvested restricted shares and RSUs	Shares		Weighted-average grant date fair value
Nonvested at December 31, 2014		23,252	$	22.04
Forfeited		6,205		21.04
Vested		19,116		22.56
Granted		553,242		22.57

Nonvested at June 30, 2015		551,173	$	22.56

For the three and six months ended June 30, 2015 and June 30, 2014, the Company recognized $1.5 million and $2.2 million and $0.3 million and $0.7 million of share-based compensation expense, respectively. As of June 30, 2015, there was $1.0 million of total unrecognized compensation cost related to stock options, which is expected to be recognized over the next 1.51 years. In addition, for the same period, there was approximately $10.8 million of total unrecognized compensation cost related to nonvested shares of restricted stock and RSUs. That cost is expected to be fully recognized over the next 2.4 years.