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Share-Based Compensation
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2021
Share-Based Compensation  
Share-Based Compensation

NOTE 11 Share-Based Compensation

The Company has granted equity awards pursuant to the Alerus Financial Corporation 2009 Stock Plan. The awards were in the form of restricted stock or restricted stock units and are considered to represent an element of employee compensation. Compensation expense for the awards is based on the fair value of Alerus Financial Corporation common stock at the time of grant. The value of awards that are expected to vest are amortized into expense over the vesting periods. The ability to grant awards under this plan has expired.

On May 6, 2019, the Company’s stockholders approved the Alerus Financial Corporation 2019 Equity Incentive Plan. This plan allows the compensation committee the ability to grant a wide variety of equity awards, including stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, restricted stock units and cash incentive awards in such forms and amounts as it deems appropriate to accomplish the goals of the plan. Any shares subject to an award that is cancelled, forfeited, or expires prior to exercise or realization, either in full or in part, shall again become available for issuance under the plan. However, shares subject to an award shall not again be made available for issuance or delivery under the plan if such shares are (a) tendered in payment of the exercise price of a stock option, (b) delivered to, or withheld by, the Company to satisfy any tax withholding obligation, or (c) covered by a stock-settled stock appreciation right or other awards that were not issued upon the settlement of the award. Shares vest, become exercisable and contain such other terms and conditions as determined by the compensation committee and set forth in individual agreements with the participant receiving the award. The plan authorizes the issuance of up to 1,100,000 shares of common stock. As of September 30, 2021, 37,789 stock awards and 91,302 restricted stock units had been issued under the plan.

Compensation expense relating to awards under these plans was $545 thousand and $475 thousand for the three months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively. Compensation expense relating to awards under these plans was $1.8 million and $1.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively.

The following table presents the activity in the stock plans for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020:

Nine months ended September 30, 2021

Nine months ended September 30, 2020

Weighted-

Weighted-

    

Average Grant

Average Grant

    

Awards

    

Date Fair Value

    

Awards

    

Date Fair Value

Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Unit Awards

 

 

 

Outstanding at beginning of period

 

325,030

 

$

19.48

347,211

 

$

18.64

Granted

 

66,664

 

26.63

77,846

 

19.53

Vested

 

(101,108)

 

20.46

(87,939)

 

16.24

Forfeited or cancelled

 

 

(7,590)

 

19.75

Outstanding at end of period

290,586

$

20.77

329,528

$

19.46

As of September 30, 2021, there was $2.5 million of unrecognized compensation expense related to non-vested awards granted under the plans. The expense is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 3.31 years.