Stock Compensation

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Share-based Compensation [Abstract]

Stock Compensation

STOCK COMPENSATION

Stock Incentive Plan

Stock Options: The Stock Incentive Plan provides for the grant of incentive stock options, non-qualified stock options, restricted stock, performance shares or a combination thereof to officers and key employees. Options granted under the Stock Incentive Plan provide for the purchase of Company common stock at not less than the fair market value on the date the option is granted. The sale or transfer of the shares is limited during certain periods. All outstanding options vest within three years from date of grant and expire 10 years from the grant date. The Company granted 134,076 non-qualified option shares during the first quarter of 2013 with a grant-date fair value of $16.66.

Restricted Stock: Additionally, the Stock Incentive Plan provides for the grant of restricted stock. In January 2013, 46,121 shares of restricted stock were awarded with a grant date fair value of $48.36. These awards were valued based on the quoted market price of the Company’s common stock at the date of grant and have a three year vesting period.

Performance Share Awards: The Stock Incentive Plan also provides for the grant of performance share awards, with each unit equal to the market value of one share of common stock, to eligible employees based on predetermined Company performance criteria at the end of an award period. The Stock Incentive Plan provides that payment of earned performance share awards be made in the form of Company common stock. Performance share awards are valued in a Monte Carlo model which uses historical volatility and other variables to estimate the probability of satisfying the market condition of the award. The Company granted 84,311 performance share awards during the first quarter of 2013 with a two year vesting period and a grant-date fair value of $59.19. The Company also granted 80,395 performance share awards during the first quarter of 2013 with a three year award period and a grant-date fair value of $60.81.

Stock Appreciation Rights Plan

The Energen Stock Appreciation Rights Plan provides for the payment of cash incentives measured by the long-term appreciation of Company stock. These awards are liability awards which settle in cash and are re-measured each reporting period until settlement and have a three year vesting period. The Company granted 88,000 awards during the first quarter of 2013. These awards had a fair value of $39.10 as of September 30, 2013.

Petrotech Incentive Plan

The Energen Resources’ Petrotech Incentive Plan provides for the grant of stock equivalent units. These awards are liability awards which settle in cash and are re-measured each reporting period until settlement. During the first quarter of 2013, Energen Resources awarded 33,796 Petrotech units with a fair value of $75.67 as of September 30, 2013, none of which included a market condition. Also awarded were 52,768 Petrotech units which included a market condition and had a fair value of $133.58 as of September 30, 2013. These awards have a three-year vesting period. During the third quarter of 2013, Energen Resources awarded 5,854 Petrotech units with a three-year vesting period and a fair value of $75.67 as of September 30, 2013, and 2,952 Petrotech units with a seventeen-month vesting period and a fair value of $75.88 as of September 30, 2013, none of which included a market condition.

Stock Repurchase Program

During the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2013, the Company had noncash purchases of approximately $0.8 million and $0.9 million, respectively, of Company common stock in conjunction with tax withholdings on its non-qualified deferred compensation plan and other stock compensation. The Company utilized internally generated cash flows in payment of the related tax withholdings.