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Deferred Compensation
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2015
Compensation and Retirement Disclosure [Abstract]  
Deferred Compensation
10. Deferred Compensation

We have a Deferred Equity Participation Plan, (which we refer to as the Age 62 Plan), which is a non-qualified plan that generally provides for distributions to certain of our key executives when they reach age 62 (or the one-year anniversary of the date of the grant for participants over the age of 61 as of the grant date) or upon or after their actual retirement. Under the provisions of the Age 62 plan, we typically contribute cash in an amount approved by the compensation committee to a rabbi trust on behalf of the executives participating in the Age 62 plan, and instruct the trustee to acquire a specified number of shares of our common stock on the open market or in privately negotiated transactions based on participant elections. Distributions under the Age 62 plan may not normally be made until the participant reaches age 62 (or the one-year anniversary of the date of the grant for participants over the age of 61 as of the grant date) and are subject to forfeiture in the event of voluntary termination of employment prior to then. All contributions to the plan deemed to be invested in shares of our common stock are distributed in the form of our common stock and all other distributions are paid in cash.

 

Our common stock that is purchased by the rabbi trust is valued at historical cost, which equals its fair market value at the date of grant or date of purchase. When common stock is issued, we record an unearned deferred compensation obligation as a reduction of capital in excess of par value in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet, which is amortized to compensation expense ratably over the vesting period of the participants. Future changes in the fair market value of our common stock owed to the participants do not have any impact on the amounts recorded in our consolidated financial statements.

In the first quarter of each of 2015, 2014 and 2013, the compensation committee approved $8.9 million, $9.2 million and $8.0 million, respectively, of awards in the aggregate to certain key executives under the Age 62 Plan that were contributed to the rabbi trust in the first quarters of 2015 and 2014 and in the second quarter of 2013. We contributed cash to the rabbi trust and instructed the trustee to acquire a specified number of shares of our common stock on the open market, based on irrevocable participant elections, to fund these 2015, 2014 and 2013 awards. In the second quarter of 2013, we instructed the trustee for the Age 62 Plan to liquidate all investments held under the Age 62 Plan, other than our common stock, and use the proceeds to purchase additional shares of our common stock on the open market. As a result, the Age 62 Plan sold all of the funded cash award assets and purchased 1.2 million shares of our common stock at an aggregate cost of $52.4 million during the second quarter of 2013. During 2015, 2014 and 2013, we charged $7.2 million, $7.4 million and $7.2 million, respectively, to compensation expense related to these awards.

At December 31, 2015 and 2014, we recorded $33.5 million (related to 2.1 million shares) and $28.2 million (related to 1.9 million shares), respectively, of unearned deferred compensation as an reduction of capital in excess of par value in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet. The total intrinsic value of our unvested equity based awards under the plan at December 31, 2015 and 2014 was $85.2 million and $89.1 million, respectively. During 2015, 2014 and 2013, cash and equity awards with an aggregate fair value of $2.3 million, $18.8 million and $1.4 million, respectively, were vested and distributed to employees under the Age 62 plan.

We have a Deferred Cash Participation Plan (which we refer to as the DCPP), which is a non-qualified deferred compensation plan for certain key employees, other than executive officers, that generally provides for vesting and/or distributions no sooner than five years from the date of awards. Under the provisions of the DCPP, we typically contribute cash in an amount approved by the compensation committee to the rabbi trust on behalf of the key employees participating in the DCPP, and instruct the trustee to acquire a specified number of shares of our common stock on the open market or in privately negotiated transactions based on participant elections. In the first quarter of each of 2015 and 2014, the compensation committee approved $2.7 million and $2.9 million, respectively, of awards in the aggregate to certain key employees under the DCPP that were contributed to the rabbi trust in first quarter 2015 and 2014, respectively. During 2015 and 2014 we charged $1.1 million and $2.8 million to compensation expense related to these awards. There were no distributions from the DCPP during 2015. During 2014, cash and equity awards with an aggregate fair value of $0.1 million were vested and distributed to executives under the DCPP.