STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION (Entergy Corporation)

Entergy grants stock and stock-based awards, which are described more fully in Note 12 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K. Awards under Entergy’s plans generally vest over three years.

Stock Options

Entergy granted options on 693,161 shares of its common stock under the 2015 Equity Ownership Plan during the first quarter 2019 with a fair value of $8.32 per option. As of March 31, 2019, there were options on 3,210,237 shares of common stock outstanding with a weighted-average exercise price of $78.25. The intrinsic value, which has no effect on net income, of the outstanding stock options is calculated by the positive difference between the weighted average exercise price of the stock options granted and Entergy Corporation’s common stock price as of March 31, 2019. The aggregate intrinsic value of the stock options outstanding as of March 31, 2019 was $55.8 million.

The following table includes financial information for outstanding stock options for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018:



	2019		2018
	(In Millions)
Compensation expense included in Entergy’s net income		$1.0		$1.1
Tax benefit recognized in Entergy’s net income		$0.2		$0.3
Compensation cost capitalized as part of fixed assets and inventory		$0.3		$0.2

Other Equity Awards

In January 2019 the Board approved and Entergy granted 355,537 restricted stock awards and 180,824 long-term incentive awards under the 2015 Equity Ownership Plan. The restricted stock awards were made effective as of January 31, 2019 and were valued at $89.19 per share, which was the closing price of Entergy’s common stock on that date. One-third of the restricted stock awards will vest upon each anniversary of the grant date. Shares of restricted stock have the same dividend and voting rights as other common stock, are considered issued and outstanding shares of Entergy upon vesting, and are expensed ratably over the three-year vesting period.

In addition, long-term incentive awards were also granted in the form of performance units that represent the value of, and are settled with, one share of Entergy Corporation common stock at the end of the three-year performance period, plus dividends accrued during the performance period on the number of performance units earned. For the 2019-2021 performance period, performance will be measured based eighty percent on relative total shareholder return and twenty percent on a cumulative adjusted earnings per share metric. The performance units were granted as of January 31, 2019 and eighty percent were valued at $102.07 per share based on various factors, primarily market conditions; and twenty percent were valued at $89.19 per share, the closing price of Entergy’s common stock on that date. Performance units have the same dividend rights as shares of Entergy common stock and are considered issued and outstanding shares of Entergy upon vesting. Performance units are expensed ratably over the three-year vesting period and compensation cost for the portion of the award based on cumulative adjusted earnings per share will be adjusted based on the number of units that ultimately vest. See Note 12 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for a description of the Long-Term Performance Unit Program.

The following table includes financial information for other outstanding equity awards for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018:



	2019		2018
	(In Millions)
Compensation expense included in Entergy’s net income		$8.8		$8.8
Tax benefit recognized in Entergy’s net income		$2.2		$2.2
Compensation cost capitalized as part of fixed assets and inventory		$2.9		$2.3