STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION PLANS

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION PLANS [Abstract]

STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION PLANS

NOTE 7 - STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION PLANS

On February 26, 2013, the Company granted 6,325 restricted stock awards to certain officers of the Company and its subsidiaries under the 2012 Equity and Incentive Plan. The holders of these awards participate fully in the rewards of stock ownership of the Company, including voting and dividend rights. The restricted stock awards have been determined to have a fair value of $33.72, based on the market price of the Company's common stock on the date of grant. The restricted stock awards vest over a three-year period.

Under the Long-term Performance Share Plan, 6,797 shares vested upon the achievement of certain revenue and expense goals under the 2010-2012 Long-term Performance Share Plan metrics and 4,352 shares, net of taxes, were issued to participants. Under the Management Stock Purchase Plan, 7,801 shares were purchased by employees at a discount in lieu of the management employees' annual incentive bonus during the first three months of 2013. During the first quarter of 2013, the Company granted 2,304 deferred stock awards under the Defined Contribution Retirement Plan.

On March 26, 2013, the Company approved the Amended and Restated Long-Term Performance Share Plan for the 2013 - 2015 performance period (the "2013 - 2015 LTIP"). Pursuant to the 2013 - 2015 LTIP, certain executive officers of the Company are eligible to receive equity compensation based on the attainment of certain performance goals set forth in the 2013 - 2015 LTIP. Performance goals under the 2013-2015 LTIP include specific revenue growth and efficiency ratio goals for threshold, target and superior levels of performance, and a minimum level of performance for the Company's non-performing asset to total asset ratio at December 31, 2015 and a minimum level of net income growth for the three-year period ending December 31, 2015.