Equity-Based Compensation of the Operating Partnership (Tables) (Tanger Properties Limited Partnership)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

Tanger Properties Limited Partnership

Disclosure of Equity-based Compensation Arrangements by Equity-based Payment Award [Table Text Block]

We recorded equity-based compensation expense in our statements of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010 as follows (in thousands):



	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2011		2010		2011		2010
Restricted units	$	1,410	$	1,024	$	3,942	$	2,988
Notional unit performance awards	377		518		1,390		1,236
Options	53		—		126		—
Total equity-based compensation	$	1,840	$	1,542	$	5,458	$	4,224

Schedule of Equity-based Compensation, Units Authorized under Stock Option Plans, By Exercise Price Range [Table Text Block]

Options outstanding at September 30, 2011 had the following weighted average exercise prices and weighted average remaining contractual lives:



	Options Outstanding				Options Exercisable
Range of exercise prices	Options	Weighted-average exercise price		Weighted-average remaining contractual life in years	Options	Weighted-average exercise price
$38.76	2,500	$	38.76	2.57	2,500	$	38.76
$38.83	22,675	38.83		2.58	22,675	38.83
$47.25	3,000	47.25		3.09	3,000	47.25
$104.24	46,250	104.24		9.41	—	—
	74,425	$	79.81	6.84	28,175	$	19.85

Schedule of Equity-based Compensation, Stock Options, Activity [Table Text Block]

A summary of option activity under our Amended and Restated Incentive Award Plan as of September 30, 2011 and changes during the nine months ended September 30, 2011 is presented below (aggregate intrinsic value amount in thousands):



Options	Units		Weighted-average exercise price		Weighted-average remaining contractual life in years	Aggregate intrinsic value
Outstanding as of December 31, 2010	30,050		$	39.66
Granted	47,875		104.24
Exercised	(1,875	)	38.83
Forfeited	(1,625	)	104.24
Outstanding as of September 30, 2011	74,425		$	79.81	6.84	$	1,993

Vested and Expected to Vest as of
September 30, 2011	64,226		$	75.94	6.43	$	1,969

Exercisable as of September 30, 2011	28,175		$	39.70	2.63	$	1,884

Schedule of Equity-based Compensation, Restricted Stock Units Award Activity [Table Text Block]

The following table summarizes information related to unvested restricted units outstanding as of September 30, 2011:



Unvested Restricted Units	Number of units		Weighted-average grant date fair value
Unvested at December 31, 2010	179,440		$	71.81
Granted	81,000		101.74
Vested	(53,650	)	72.46
Forfeited	(5,800	)	35.57
Unvested at September 30, 2011	200,990		$	83.54

- Definition

Tabular disclosure of components of a stock option or other award plan under which equity-based compensation is awarded to employees, typically comprised of the amount of unearned compensation (deferred compensation cost), compensation expense, and changes in the quantity and fair value of the shares (or other type of equity) granted, exercised, forfeited, and issued and outstanding pertaining to that plan. Disclosure may also include nature and general terms of such arrangements that existed during the period and potential effects of those arrangements on shareholders, effect of compensation cost arising from equity-based payment arrangements on the income statement, method of estimating the fair value of the goods or services received, or the fair value of the equity instruments granted, during the period, cash flow effects resulting from equity-based payment arrangements and, for registrants that accelerate vesting of out of the money share options, reasons for the decision to accelerate.

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