Share Based Compensation Share Based Compensation

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2017

Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]

Disclosure of Share-based Compensation Arrangements by Share-based Payment Award [Table Text Block]

Share-Based Compensation

The Park National Corporation 2013 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the "2013 Incentive Plan") was adopted by the Board of Directors of Park on January 28, 2013 and was approved by Park's shareholders at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders on April 22, 2013. The 2013 Incentive Plan makes equity-based awards and cash-based awards available for grant to participants in the form of incentive stock options, nonqualified stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted common shares, restricted stock unit awards that may be settled in common shares, cash or a combination of the two, unrestricted common shares and cash-based awards. Under the 2013 Incentive Plan, 600,000 common shares are authorized to be delivered in connection with grants under the 2013 Incentive Plan. The common shares to be delivered under the 2013 Incentive Plan may consist of either common shares currently held or common shares subsequently acquired by Park as treasury shares, including common shares purchased in the open market or in private transactions. No awards may be made under the 2013 Incentive Plan after April 22, 2023. At March 31, 2017, 429,889 common shares were available for future grants under the 2013 Incentive Plan.

During the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of Park granted awards of performance-based restricted stock units ("PBRSUs") covering an aggregate of 45,788 and 41,550 common shares, respectively, to certain employees of Park and its subsidiaries. The number of PBRSUs earned or settled will depend on the level of achievement with respect to certain performance criteria and are also subject to subsequent service-based vesting.

A summary of changes in the common shares subject to nonvested PBRSUs for the three months ended March 31, 2017 follows:

	Common shares subject to PBRSUs
Nonvested at January 1, 2017	85,425
Granted	45,788
Vested	9,674
Forfeited	150
Adjustment for performance conditions of PBRSUs (1)	(1,802	)
Nonvested at March 31, 2017	119,587

(1) The number of PBRSUs earned depends on the level of achievement with respect to certain performance criteria. Adjustment herein represents the difference between the maximum number of common shares which could be earned and the actual number earned for those PBRSUs as to which the performance period was completed.

On March 31, 2017, 9,674 PBRSUs granted in 2014 vested. A total of 3,293 common shares were withheld to pay employee income taxes. This resulted in a net amount of 6,381 common shares being issued to employees of Park.

Share-based compensation expense of $826,000 and $468,000 was recognized for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively.

The following table details expected additional share-based compensation expense related to PBRSUs currently outstanding:

(In thousands)
Nine months ending December 31, 2017	$	2,247
2018	2,641
2019	1,964
2020	890
2021	149
Total	$	7,891