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Stock-Based Compensation
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2017
Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract]  
Stock-Based Compensation Disclosures
STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION
Non-performance Based Restricted Stock Units
The following table summarizes the activity of our time-vested restricted stock units (“RSUs”):
 
 
Nine Months Ended September 30,
 
 
2017
 
2016
 
 
Shares
 
Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value
 
Shares
 
Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value
Beginning balance
 
133,853

 
$
20.13

 
107,814

 
$
16.48

   Granted
 
68,109

 
$
32.38

 
49,419

 
$
22.26

   Vested
 
(12,323
)
 
$
15.63

 
(9,305
)
 
$
14.78

   Forfeited
 
(9,219
)
 
$
20.09

 
(6,599
)
 
$
17.27

Ending balance
 
180,420

 
$
25.06

 
141,329

 
$
18.58


During the nine months ended September 30, 2017, we issued 27,764 RSUs to senior management for the time based portion of our 2017 long-term incentive compensation program, 18,366 RSUs for 2016 bonuses to managers under our Annual Bonus Plan, and 21,979 RSUs to other employees. Generally, the RSUs cliff vest on the third anniversary of the grant date and can only be settled in shares of our common stock.
We recognized $0.3 million and $0.2 million of stock-based compensation expense related to outstanding RSUs for the three months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively. We recognized $0.9 million and $0.6 million of stock-based compensation expense related to outstanding RSUs for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively. At September 30, 2017, we had unrecognized compensation cost of $2.7 million related to unvested RSUs, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 2.1 years.
Performance Based Restricted Stock Units
The Compensation Committee of our Board of Directors has granted awards of Performance-Based RSUs (“PSUs”) under the Amended and Restated LGI Homes, Inc. 2013 Equity Incentive Plan to certain members of senior management based on the three-year performance cycles. The PSUs provide for shares of our common stock to be issued based on the attainment of certain performance metrics over the applicable three-year periods. The number of shares of our common stock that may be issued to the recipients for the PSUs range from 0% to 200% of the target amount depending on actual results as compared to the target performance metrics. The terms of the PSUs provide that the payouts will be capped at 100% of the target number of PSUs granted if absolute total shareholder return is negative during the performance period, regardless of EPS performance; this market condition applies for amounts recorded above target. The compensation expense associated with the PSU grants is determined using the derived grant date fair value, based on a third party valuation analysis, and expensed over the applicable period. The PSUs vest upon the determination date for the actual results at the end of the three-year period and require that the recipients continue to be employed by us through the determination date. The PSUs can only be settled in shares of our common stock.
The following table summarizes the activity of our PSUs for the nine months ended September 30, 2017:
Period Granted
 
Performance Period
 
Target PSUs Outstanding at December 31, 2016
 
Target PSUs Granted
 
Target PSUs Vested
 
Target PSUs Forfeited
 
Target PSUs Outstanding at September 30, 2017
 
Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value
2014
 
2014 - 2016
 
59,980

 

 
(59,980
)
 

 

 
$
17.09

2015
 
2015 - 2017
 
120,971

 

 

 

 
120,971

 
$
13.34

2016
 
2016 - 2018
 
87,605

 

 

 

 
87,605

 
$
21.79

2017
 
2017 - 2019
 

 
111,035

 

 

 
111,035

 
$
31.64

Total
 
 
 
268,556

 
111,035

 
(59,980
)
 

 
319,611

 
 

At September 30, 2017, management estimates that the recipients will receive approximately 200%, 200%, and 100% of the 2015, 2016 and 2017 target number of PSUs, respectively, at the end of the applicable three-year performance cycle based on projected performance compared to the target performance metrics. We recognized $0.7 million of total stock-based compensation expense related to outstanding PSUs for each of the three months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016. We recognized $2.6 million and $1.8 million of total stock-based compensation expense related to outstanding PSUs for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively. PSUs granted in 2014 vested on March 15, 2017 at 200% of the target amount, 119,960 shares of our common stock were issued upon such vesting. At September 30, 2017, based on the target amount we had unrecognized compensation cost of $4.6 million related to unvested PSUs, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 1.2 years.