Employee Benefit Plans

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Share-based Payment Arrangement [Abstract]

Note 12 — Employee Benefit Plans

Long-Term Incentive Plan

We currently have one active long-term incentive plan: the 2005 Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended and restated (the “2005 Incentive Plan”). As of March 31, 2020, there were 7.0 million shares of our common stock available for issuance under the 2005 Incentive Plan. During the three-month period ended March 31, 2020, the following grants of share-based awards were made under the 2005 Incentive Plan:



Date of Grant	Shares/ Units	Grant Date Fair Value Per Share/Unit		Vesting Period

January 2, 2020 ⁽¹⁾	369,938	$	9.63	33% per year over three years
January 2, 2020 ⁽²⁾	369,938	13.15		100% on January 2, 2023
January 2, 2020 ⁽³⁾	5,679	9.63		100% on January 1, 2022


(1)	Reflects grants of restricted stock to our executive officers and select management employees.


(2)	Reflects grants of performance share units (“PSUs”) to our executive officers and select management employees. The PSUs provide for an award based on the performance of our common stock over a three-year period with the maximum amount of the award being 200% of the original PSU awards and the minimum amount being zero.


(3)	Reflects grants of restricted stock to certain independent members of our Board of Directors who have elected to take their quarterly fees in stock in lieu of cash.

Compensation cost for restricted stock is the product of the grant date fair value of each share and the number of shares granted and is recognized over the applicable vesting period on a straight-line basis. Forfeitures are recognized as they occur. For the three-month periods ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, $1.1 million and $1.3 million, respectively, were recognized as share-based compensation related to restricted stock.

The estimated fair value of PSUs is determined using a Monte Carlo simulation model. PSUs granted prior to 2017 were settled in cash and accounted for as liability awards. PSUs granted beginning in 2017 are to be settled solely in shares of our common stock and therefore are accounted for as equity awards. Compensation cost for PSUs that are accounted for as equity awards is measured based on the estimated grant date fair value and recognized over the vesting period on a straight-line basis as an increase to equity. For the three-month periods ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, $1.1 million and $1.3 million, respectively, were recognized as share-based compensation related to PSUs. In January 2020, based on the performance of our common stock over a three-year period, 589,335 equity PSU awards granted in 2017 vested at 200% and resulted in the delivery of 1,178,670 shares of our common stock with a total market value of $11.4 million.

In 2020 and 2019, we granted fixed-value cash awards of $4.7 million and $4.6 million, respectively, to select management employees under the 2005 Incentive Plan. The value of these cash awards is recognized on a straight-line basis over a vesting period of three years. For the three-month periods ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, $1.2 million and $0.8 million, respectively, were recognized as compensation cost.

Defined Contribution Plan

We sponsor a defined contribution 401(k) retirement plan. Our discretionary contributions, which were reactivated in April 2019, are in the form of cash and currently consist of a 50% match of each participant’s contribution up to 5% of the participant’s salary.

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

We have an employee stock purchase plan (the “ESPP”). As of March 31, 2020, 1.9 million shares were available for issuance under the ESPP. The ESPP currently has a purchase limit of 260 shares per employee per purchase period.

For more information regarding our employee benefit plans, including the 2005 Incentive Plan and the ESPP, see Note 14 to our 2019 Form 10-K.