Stock-Based Compensation (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jul. 02, 2022

Disclosure Of Compensation Related Costs Sharebased Payments [Abstract]

Summary of Stock Option Plans Activity

A summary of activity under Nucor’s stock option plans for the first six months of 2022 is as follows (shares and aggregate intrinsic value in thousands):

				Weighted-		Weighted-
				Average		Average	Aggregate
				Exercise		Remaining	Intrinsic
	Shares			Price		Contractual Life	Value
Number of shares under stock options:
Outstanding at beginning of year		1,186		$	55.58
Granted		98		$	130.71
Exercised		(359	)	$	52.45		$	24,547
Canceled		-		$	-
Outstanding at July 2, 2022		925		$	64.77	7.6 years	$	40,947
Stock options exercisable at July 2, 2022		401		$	56.57	6.4 years	$	20,055

Schedule of Grant Date Fair Value Black-Scholes Options-Pricing Model Assumptions

For the 2022 stock option grant, the grant date fair value of $45.27 per share was calculated using the Black-Scholes options pricing model with the following assumptions:

Exercise price	$	130.71
Expected dividend yield		1.53	%
Expected stock price volatility		35.77	%
Risk-free interest rate		2.98	%
Expected life (in years)		6.5

Summary of Nucor's Restricted Stock Unit ("RSU") Activity

A summary of Nucor’s restricted stock unit (“RSU”) activity for the first six months of 2022 is as follows (shares in thousands):

	Shares			Grant Date Fair Value
Restricted stock units:
Unvested at beginning of year		1,167		$	60.45
Granted		774		$	130.71
Vested		(849	)	$	75.80
Canceled		(6	)	$	60.71
Unvested at July 2, 2022		1,086		$	98.55

Summary of Nucor's Restricted Stock Activity under AIP and LTIP

A summary of Nucor’s restricted stock activity under the Nucor Corporation Senior Officers Annual Incentive Plan (a supplement to the Nucor Corporation 2014 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan, the “AIP”) and the Nucor Corporation Senior Officers Long-Term Incentive Plan (a supplement to the Nucor Corporation 2014 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan, the “LTIP”) for the first six months of 2022 is as follows (shares in thousands):

				Grant Date
	Shares			Fair Value
Restricted stock units and restricted stock awards:
Unvested at beginning of year		107		$	57.17
Granted		465		$	128.62
Vested		(341	)	$	119.52
Canceled		-		$	-
Unvested at July 2, 2022		231		$	109.02