9. Stock-Based Compensation

2005 Incentive Compensation Plan

On October 16, 2013 our stockholders approved the Second Amended and Restated Saga Communications, Inc. 2005 Incentive Compensation Plan (the “Second Restated 2005 Plan”). The 2005 Incentive Compensation Plan was first approved by stockholders in 2005 and replaced our 2003 Stock Option Plan (the “2003 Plan”). The 2005 Incentive Compensation Plan was re-approved by stockholders in 2010. The changes made in the Second Restated 2005 Plan (i) increases the number of authorized shares by 233,334 shares of Common Stock, (ii) extends the date for making awards to September 6, 2018, (iii) includes directors as participants, (iv) targets awards according to groupings of participants based on ranges of base salary of employees and/or retainers of directors, (v) requires participants to retain 50% of their net annual restricted stock awards during their employment or service as a director, and (vi) includes a clawback provision. The Second Restated 2005 Plan allows for the granting of restricted stock, restricted stock units, incentive stock options, nonqualified stock options, and performance awards to eligible employees and non-employee directors. The Company will request stockholder approval at the 2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders to amend the Second Restated 2005 Plan to (i) extend the date for making awards to September 6, 2023 and (ii) increase the number of authorized shares under the Plan by 90,000 shares of Class B Common Stock.

The number of shares of Common Stock that may be issued under the Second Restated 2005 Plan may not exceed 280,000 shares (370,000 if approved by stockholders at the 2018 Annual Meeting of stockholders) of Class B Common Stock, 900,000 shares (990,000 if approved by stockholders at the Annual Meeting of stockholders) of Class A Common Stock of which up to 620,000 shares of Class A Common Stock may be issued pursuant to incentive stock options and 280,000 Class A Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Class B Common Stock. Awards denominated in Class A Common Stock may be granted to any employee or director under the Second Restated 2005 Plan. However, awards denominated in Class B Common Stock may only be granted to Edward K. Christian, President, Chief Executive Officer, Chairman of the Board of Directors, and the holder of 100% of the outstanding Class B Common Stock of the Company. Stock options granted under the Second Restated 2005 Plan may be for terms not exceeding ten years from the date of grant and may not be exercised at a price which is less than 100% of the fair market value of shares at the date of grant.

Stock-Based Compensation

All stock options granted were fully vested and expensed at December 31, 2012, therefore there was no compensation expense related to stock options for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively.

There were no options granted during 2018 and 2017 and there were no stock options outstanding as of March 31, 2018. All outstanding stock options were exercised in 2017.

The following summarizes the restricted stock transactions for the three months ended March 31, 2018:

			Weighted Average
			Grant Date Fair
	Shares		Value
Outstanding at January 1, 2018		96,639	$	44.85
Granted		3,850		39.00
Non-vested and outstanding at March 31, 2018		100,489	$	44.63

For the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017, we had $551,000 and $558,000, respectively, of total compensation expense related to restricted stock-based compensation arrangements. This expense is included in corporate general and administrative expenses in our results of operations. The associated tax benefit recognized for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017 was $63,000 and $223,000, respectively.