STOCK BASED COMPENSATION PLANS

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2014

STOCK BASED COMPENSATION PLANS

STOCK BASED COMPENSATION PLANS

3. STOCK BASED COMPENSATION PLANS

The Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors determines stock options and restricted stock awarded under the Bridge Bancorp, Inc. Equity Incentive Plan (“Plan”) and the Company accounts for this Plan under the FASB ASC No. 718 and 505. On May 4, 2012, the stockholders of the Company approved the Company’s 2012 Stock-Based Incentive Plan which supersedes the Bridge Bancorp, Inc. Equity Incentive Plan that was approved in 2006 (the “2006 Plan”). The plan provides for the grant of stock-based and other incentive awards to officers, employees and directors of the Company.

No new grants of stock options were awarded and no compensation expense was attributable to stock options for the three months ended March 31, 2014 and March 31, 2013 because all stock options were vested.

The intrinsic value for stock options is calculated based on the exercise price of the underlying awards and the market price of our common stock as of the reporting date.  The intrinsic value of options exercised during the first quarter of 2014 and 2013 was $1,000 and $0, respectively. The intrinsic value of options outstanding and exercisable at March 31, 2014 and March 31, 2013 was $55,000 and $0, respectively.

A summary of the status of the Company’s stock options as of and for the three months ended March 31, 2014 is as follows:

					Weighted
			Weighted		Average
	Number		Average		Remaining	Aggregate
	of		Exercise		Contractual	Intrinsic
(Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)	Options		Price		Life	Value
Outstanding, January 1, 2014	45,395		$	25.54
Granted	—		—
Exercised	(1,274	)	$	24.00
Forfeited	(1,230	)	$	25.25
Expired	(561	)	$	24.00
Outstanding, March 31, 2014	42,330		$	25.61	2.47 years	$	55
Vested and Exercisable, March 31, 2014	42,330		$	25.61	2.47 years	$	55

	Number of	Exercise
Range of Exercise Prices	Options	Price
	37,199	$	25.25
	3,000	$	26.55
	2,131	$	30.60
	42,330

During the three months ended March 31, 2014 restricted stock awards of 73,323 shares were granted. Of the 73,323 shares granted, 53,425 shares vest over seven years with a third vesting after years five, six and seven, 17,898 shares vest over five years with a third vesting after years three, four and five and the remaining 2,000 shares vest ratably over approximately two years. During the three months ended March 31, 2013 restricted stock awards of 72,940 shares were granted. Of the 72,940 shares granted, 51,175 shares vest over seven years with a third vesting after years five, six and seven, 12,652 shares vest over five years with a third vesting after years three, four and five and the remaining 9,113 shares vest ratably over approximately five years. Compensation expense attributable to restricted stock awards was $251,000 and $299,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively.

A summary of the status of the Company’s unvested restricted stock as of and for the three months ended March 31, 2014 is as follows:

			Weighted
			Average Grant-Date
	Shares		Fair Value
Unvested, January 1, 2014	197,599		$	21.18
Granted	73,323		$	25.44
Vested	(23,529	)	$	21.58
Forfeited	—		—
Unvested, March 31, 2014	247,393		$	22.41

In April 2009, the Company adopted a Directors Deferred Compensation Plan. Under the Plan, independent directors may elect to defer all or a portion of their annual retainer fee in the form of restricted stock units. In addition, Directors receive a non-election retainer in the form of restricted stock units.  These restricted stock units vest ratably over one year and have dividend rights but no voting rights. In connection with this Plan, the Company recorded expenses of approximately $40,000 and $39,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively.