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Stock Compensation - Restricted Stock and Performance Share Grants
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2013
Stock Compensation - Restricted Stock and Performance Share Grants [Abstract]  
Stock Compensation - Restricted Stock and Performance Share Grants
STOCK COMPENSATION - RESTRICTED STOCK AND PERFORMANCE SHARE GRANTS
The Company’s stock incentive plans provide for the making of awards to employees based upon time-based criteria or through the achievement of performance-related objectives. The Company has issued three types of stock grant awards under these plans: restricted stock with time-based vesting, performance share grants that only vest upon the achievement of specified performance conditions, and performance share grants that include threshold, target, and maximum achievement levels based on the achievement of specific performance milestones. These awards are tied to corporate cash flow goals and the achievement of specified milestone development activities.
The following is a summary of the Company's performance share grants with performance conditions for the year ended December 31, 2013:
Performance Share Grants with Performance Conditions
Below threshold performance
 

Threshold performance
 
40,764

Target performance
 
177,044

Maximum performance
 
233,613


The following is a summary of the Company’s stock grant activity, both time and performance unit grants, assuming target achievement for outstanding performance grants for the following twelve month periods ended:
 
December 31
2013
 
December 31
2012
 
December 31
2011
Stock Grants Outstanding Beginning of the Year at Target Achievement
688,041

 
744,508

 
782,087

New Stock Grants/Additional shares due to maximum achievement
192,348

 
113,643

 
64,679

Vested Grants
(361,886
)
 
(170,110
)
 
(36,980
)
Expired/Forfeited Grants
(252,802
)
 

 
(65,278
)
Stock Grants Outstanding December 31, 2013 at Target Achievement
265,701

 
688,041

 
744,508


The unamortized cost associated with nonvested stock grants and the weighted-average period over which it is expected to be recognized as of December 31, 2013 was $3,506,000 and 29 months, respectively. The fair value of restricted stock with time-based vesting features is based upon the Company’s share price on the date of grant and is expensed over the service period. Fair value of performance grants that cliff vest based on the achievement of performance conditions is based on the share price of the Company’s stock on the day of grant once the Company determines that it is probable that the award will vest. This fair value is expensed over the service period applicable to these grants. For performance grants that contain a range of shares from zero to maximum we determine, based on historic and projected results, the probability of (1) achieving the performance objective, and (2) the level of achievement. Based on this information, we determine the fair value of the award and measure the expense over the service period related to these grants. Because the ultimate vesting of all performance grants is tied to the achievement of a performance condition, we estimate whether the performance condition will be met and over what period of time. Ultimately, we adjust compensation cost according to the actual outcome of the performance condition. Under the Non-Employee Director Stock Incentive Plan, or NDSI Plan, each non-employee director receives his or her annual compensation in stock.
The following table summarizes stock compensation costs for the Company's 1998 Stock Incentive Plan, or the Employee 1998 Plan, and NDSI Plan for the following periods:
Employee 1998 Plan:
 
December 31
2013
 
December 31
2012
 
December 31
2011
    Expensed
 
$
161,000

 
$
5,054,000

 
$
5,016,000

    Capitalized
 
294,000

 
392,000

 
166,000

 
 
455,000

 
5,446,000

 
5,182,000

NDSI Plan
 
768,000

 
386,000

 
325,000

 
 
$
1,223,000

 
$
5,832,000

 
$
5,507,000


During the fourth quarter of 2013, the Company achieved the final performance milestone for Tejon Mountain Village, which was full entitlement with all required permits resulting in 296,389 shares to vest.
During the second quarter of 2012, the Company achieved the second performance milestone for the Tejon Mountain Village project, which was to successfully defend its environmental impact report in the courts and achieve litigation free entitlement resulting in 99,207 shares to vest.
During the third quarter of 2012, we adjusted our estimates as to the achievement of performance milestones for the Centennial project. These adjustments led to a reduction in expense in 2012 costs associated with the Centennial performance milestones due to strategic decisions being made as to the methods and tactics being used to achieve entitlement approval, which will add additional time to the entitlement process.