Stock-Based Compensation

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

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

STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION

EQUITY AND STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION

The Company has several types of stock-based compensation - stock options, restricted stock, long-term incentive awards and restricted stock units (“RSUs”) - which are described in note 7 of notes to consolidated financial statements in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012. The expense related to certain stock-based compensation awards is fixed. The expense related to other awards fluctuates from period to period dependent, in part, on the Company's stock price. The Company recorded stock-based compensation expense, net of forfeitures, of $2.3 million and $334,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively, and $5.9 million and $2.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively.

The Company maintains the 2005 Restricted Stock Unit Plan (the “RSU Plan”), which is described in note 7 of notes to consolidated financial statements in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012. The Company made restricted stock grants in 2013 of 159,782 shares to key employees, which vest ratably over a three-year period. In addition, the Company awarded two types of RSUs to key employees based on the following metrics: (1) Total Stockholder Return of the Company, as defined in the RSU Plan, as compared to the companies in the SNL US REIT Office index (“SNL RSUs”), and (2) the ratio of cumulative funds from operations per share to targeted cumulative funds from operations per share (“FFO RSUs”) as defined in the RSU Plan. The performance period for both awards is January 1, 2013 to December 31, 2015, and the targeted units awarded of SNL RSUs and FFO RSUs is 124,992 and 65,347, respectively. The ultimate payout of these awards can range from 0% to 200% of the targeted number of units depending on the achievement of the market and performance metrics described above. Both of these RSUs cliff vest on January 30, 2016 and are dependent upon the attainment of required service, market and performance criteria. The number of RSUs vesting will be determined at that date, and the payout per unit will be equal to the average closing price on each trading day during the 30-day period ending on December 31, 2015. The SNL RSUs are valued using a quarterly Monte Carlo valuation and are expensed over the vesting period. The FFO RSUs are expensed over the vesting period using the fair market value of the Company's stock at the reporting date multiplied by the anticipated number of units to be paid based on the current estimate of what the ratio is expected to be upon vesting.

In August 2013, the Company issued 69.0 million shares of common stock resulting in net proceeds to the Company of $661.3 million. In April 2013, the Company issued 16.5 million shares of common stock resulting in net proceeds to the Company of $165.1 million.

In May 2013, the Company redeemed all outstanding shares of its 7 3/4% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, par value $1.00 per share (the "Preferred Stock"), for $25.00 per share or $74.8 million. In connection with the redemption of the Preferred Stock, the Company increased net loss available for common shareholders by $2.7 million, which represents the original issuance costs applicable to the shares redeemed. In addition, the Company reclassified these costs as well as the basis difference in the Preferred Stock repurchased by the Company in 2008 from Additional Paid-In Capital to Distributions in Excess of Net Income within the Company's statements of equity.