LONG-TERM INCENTIVE COMPENSATION

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2015

Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract]

Long-Term Incentive Compensation

LONG-TERM INCENTIVE COMPENSATION

During the six months ended June 30, 2015, the Company issued 247,863 LTIP Units and 8,640 Restricted Share Units to employees of the Company pursuant to its Amended and Restated 2006 Share Incentive Plan (the "Share Incentive Plan"). These awards were measured at their fair value on the grant date, which was established as the market price of the Company's Common Shares as of the close of trading on the day preceding the grant date. The value of the above Restricted Share Units and LTIP Units will be recognized as compensation expense over the vesting period. Compensation expense of $0.4 million and $0.9 million has been recognized in the accompanying consolidated statements of income related to these awards for the three and six months ended June 30, 2015, respectively. Total long-term incentive compensation expense, including the expense related to the above-mentioned plans, was $1.7 million and $1.6 million for the three months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively, and $3.5 million and $3.0 million for the six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively.

In addition, members of the Board of Trustees (the "Board") have been issued units under the Share Incentive Plan. During the quarter ended June 30, 2015 the Company issued 14,179 Restricted Shares and 6,986 LTIP Units to Trustees of the Company in connection with Trustee fees. Vesting with respect to 6,469 of the Restricted Shares and 4,416 of the LTIP Units will be on the first anniversary of the date of issuance and 7,710 of the Restricted Shares and 2,570 of the LTIP Unites vest over three years with 33% vesting on each of the next three anniversaries of the issuance date. The Restricted Shares do not carry voting rights or other rights of Common Shares until vesting and may not be transferred, assigned or pledged until the recipients have a vested non-forfeitable right to such shares. Dividends are not paid currently on unvested Restricted Shares, but are paid cumulatively from the issuance date through the applicable vesting date of such Restricted Shares. Trustee fee expense related to this issuance was $0.03 million for the three months ended June 30, 2015.

In 2009, the Company adopted the Long Term Investment Alignment Program (the "Program") pursuant to which the Company may award units primarily to senior executives which would entitle them to receive up to 25% of any future Fund III Promote or Fund IV Promote when and if such Promotes are ultimately realized. The Company has awarded all of the units under the Program related to the Fund III Promote and 20% of the units related to the Fund IV Promote. During the quarter ended June 30, 2015, the Company amended the Program to require Board approval for all amounts paid in connection with units awarded to senior executives. Compensation relating to these awards will be recognized in each reporting period in which Board approval is granted.

This amendment to the Program was not applicable to awards issued to non-senior executives of the Company. In accordance with ASC Topic 718, "Compensation - Stock Compensation," compensation relating to these non-senior executive awards will be recorded based on the change in the estimated fair value at each reporting period. During the quarter ended June 30, 2015, compensation expense of $0.7 million was recognized in connection with the Fund III awards and the units awarded in connection with Fund IV were determined to have no value.