Restricted Share Grants

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

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

Restricted Share Grants

19. Restricted Share Grants

On February 1, 2013 the Board approved the issuance of 600,000 shares of Restricted Common Shares (“Restricted Shares”) to the Trust’s Advisor, 500,000 of which were subject to the approval of the shareholders to the increase in the number of shares issuable under the Trust’s 2007 Stock Option Plan (the “SOP”). The initial 100,000 Restricted Shares were issued on February 28, 2013. At the May 21, 2013 annual shareholders meeting the increase in shares issuable under the SOP from 100,000 to 1,000,000 was approved by the requisite number of shareholders and the remaining 500,000 shares were issued on May 28, 2013. The Restricted Shares are subject to forfeiture through December 31, 2017. Except in limited circumstances, if the holder of the Restricted Shares does not remain in continuous employment with FUR Advisors or its affiliate through December 31, 2017 (the “Forfeiture Period”), all of their rights to the Restricted Shares and the associated dividends held in escrow will be forfeited. Dividends will be paid on the issued Restricted Shares in conjunction with dividends on Common Shares not issued under the SOP. However, the recipients of the Restricted Shares will only receive dividends as if the shares vested quarterly over the Forfeiture Period, with the remaining dividends to be placed into escrow and paid to the holders at the expiration of the Forfeiture Period.

Under going concern accounting, until the awards are no longer subject to forfeiture, the Trust measured stock-based compensation expense at each reporting date for any changes in fair value and recognized the expense prorated for the portion of the requisite service period completed. Accordingly, the Trust recognized $120,000 and $1,450,000 in non-cash compensation expense for the one and seven months ended July 31, 2014. Under liquidation accounting, compensation expense is no longer recorded as the vesting of the Restricted Shares does not result in cash outflow for the Trust. As of September 5, 2014, 10,000 Restricted Shares had been forfeited. In connection with the adoption of the plan of liquidation, the Trust’s compensation committee has authorized amendments to the grant agreement to provide for an early expiration of the Forfeiture Period and the reissuance of forfeited shares. In this regard, 10,000 Restricted Shares were issued on September 5, 2014. As a result, there were 600,000 Restricted Shares issued and outstanding at September 30, 2014.