Stock-Based Compensation

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

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

Stock-Based Compensation

9. Stock-Based Compensation

In May 2011, the shareholders of the Corporation approved the adoption of the 2011 Omnibus Incentive Plan (“Incentive Plan”) which authorizes the issuance of up to 1,000,000 shares of the Corporation’s common stock for grants of equity-based compensation. Awards under the Incentive Plan may include incentive non-qualified stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted shares and restricted stock units, performance awards, other stock-based awards or short-term cash incentive awards. Unexercised portions of terminated or forfeited awards are available for new awards. The Incentive Plan is administered by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors who has the authority to determine, within the limits of the express provisions of the Incentive Plan, the individuals to whom the awards will be granted; the nature, amount and terms of such awards; and the objectives and conditions for earning such awards.

During the second quarter of 2014, the Compensation Committee granted 176,000 non-qualified stock options to select employees. The options have a ten-year life and vest over a three-year period. The exercise price of $20.00 was equal to the closing price of the Corporation’s common stock on the New York Stock Exchange on the date of grant and the fair value of the options was $7.40 per share. The fair value of the options as of the date of grant was calculated using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model based on an assumption for the expected life of the options of six years, a risk-free interest rate of 1.98%, an expected dividend yield of 3.60%, expected forfeiture rate of 8% and an expected volatility of 53.02%. The resultant stock-based compensation expense of approximately $1,200 will be recognized over the requisite service period of three years.

The Incentive Plan also provides for annual grants of shares of the Corporation’s common stock to non-employee directors following the Corporation’s annual shareholder meeting. Each annual director award will be for a number of shares having a fair market value equal to $25 and will be fully vested as of the grant date. During the second quarter of 2014, 12,500 shares of the Corporation’s common stock were awarded to non-employee directors.

Stock-based compensation expense for the three months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013 equaled $305 and $341, respectively. The related income tax benefit recognized in the condensed consolidated statements of operations for each of the periods was approximately $107 and $120, respectively. Stock-based compensation expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013 equaled $903 and $845, respectively. The related income tax benefit recognized in the condensed consolidated statements of operations for each of the periods was approximately $316 and $296, respectively.