Share Based Compensation

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2023

Share-Based Payment Arrangement [Abstract]

Share Based Compensation

Share-Based Compensation

The Park National Corporation 2017 Long-Term Incentive Plan for Employees (the "2017 Employees LTIP") was adopted by the Board of Directors of Park on January 23, 2017 and was approved by Park's shareholders at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders on April 24, 2017. The 2017 Employees LTIP makes equity-based awards and cash-based awards available for grant to employee participants in the form of incentive stock options, nonqualified stock options, stock appreciation rights ("SARs"), restricted stock, restricted stock units, other stock-based awards and cash-based awards. Under the 2017 Employees LTIP, 750,000 common shares are authorized to be delivered in connection with grants under the 2017 Employees LTIP. The common shares to be delivered under the 2017 Employees LTIP are to 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. At September 30, 2023, 320,302 common shares were available for future grants under the 2017 Employees LTIP.

The Park National Corporation 2017 Long-Term Incentive Plan for Non-Employee Directors (the "2017 Non-Employee Directors LTIP") was adopted by the Board of Directors of Park on January 23, 2017 and was approved by Park's shareholders at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders on April 24, 2017. The 2017 Non-Employee Directors LTIP makes equity-based awards and cash-based awards available for grant to non-employee director participants in the form of nonqualified stock options, SARs, restricted stock, restricted stock units, other stock-based awards, and cash-based awards. Under the 2017 Non-Employee Directors LTIP, 150,000 common shares are authorized to be delivered in connection with grants under the 2017 Non-Employee Directors LTIP. The common shares to be delivered under the 2017 Non-Employee Directors LTIP are to 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. At September 30, 2023, 75,000 common shares were available for future grants under the 2017 Non-Employee Directors LTIP.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of Park granted awards of PBRSUs, under the 2017 Employees LTIP, covering an aggregate of 54,698 common shares and 52,335 common shares, respectively, to certain employees of Park and its subsidiaries. No awards were granted during either of the three months ended September 30, 2023 or 2022.

At September 30, 2023, Park reported 187,461 nonvested PBRSUs. The number of PBRSUs earned or settled will depend on the level of achievement with respect to certain performance criteria over a three-year period. The PBRSUs are also subject to subsequent service-based vesting.

A summary of changes in the common shares subject to nonvested PBRSUs for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 follows:

	Common shares subject to PBRSUs
Nonvested at January 1, 2023	199,650
Granted	54,698
Vested	(62,815)
Forfeited	(4,072)
Adjustment for performance conditions of PBRSUs (1)	—
Nonvested at September 30, 2023 (2)	187,461

(1) The number of PBRSUs earned depends on the level of achievement with respect to certain performance criteria. Adjustment herein, if any, 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.

(2) Nonvested amount herein represents the maximum number of nonvested PBRSUs. As of September 30, 2023, an aggregate of 182,647 PBRSUs were expected to vest.

A summary of awards vested during the three months and the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022 follows:

	Three Months Ended September 30,		Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2023	2022	2023	2022
PBRSUs and TBRSUs vested	—	7,049	62,815	55,464
Common shares withheld to satisfy employee income tax withholding obligations	—	2,559	23,973	21,217
Net common shares issued	—	4,490	38,842	34,247

Share-based compensation expense of $1.3 million and $1.4 million was recognized for the three-month periods ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively, and share-based compensation expense of $5.4 million and $4.8 million was recognized for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively.

The following table details expected additional share-based compensation expense related to PBRSUs outstanding at September 30, 2023:

(In thousands)
Three months ending December 31, 2023	$	1,341
2024	4,337
2025	2,838
2026	1,184
2027	190
Total	$	9,890