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Stock-based Compensation

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2022

8. Stock-Based Compensation

The Company has long-term incentive compensation program for certain Company executive officers that includes grants of performance-based restricted stock units (“PRSUs”) in addition to time-based restricted stock units (“RSU”). Under the terms of the PRSU Agreement, the number of PRSUs that may be earned depends on the extent to which performance goals for the award are achieved over a three-year performance period, as determined by the Compensation Committee of the Board. As of March 31, 2022, PRSU’s granted in 2022 and 2020 are being accrued at target and PRSU’s granted in 2021 are being accrued above target. The different levels of accrual are commensurate with the projected performance of the respective grant.

On May 18, 2021, stockholders approved an amendment to the 2014 Omnibus Plan (the “Amendment”) authorizing an additional 1,100,000 shares available for future issuance. Including the additional shares authorized from the Amendment, 965,394 shares were available for future issuance under the 2014 Omnibus Plan at March 31, 2022.

For the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021, the Company’s net income, as reported, included $3.9 million and $4.1 million, respectively, of stock-based compensation costs, including the benefit or expense of phantom stock awards, and $1.0 million and $1.1 million of income tax benefit, respectively, related to the stock-based compensation plans. During the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021, the Company granted 212,811 and 238,985 RSU awards and 63,250 and 62,790 PRSU awards, respectively.

The Company uses the fair value of the common stock on the date of award to measure compensation cost for restricted stock unit awards. Compensation cost is recognized over the vesting period of the award using the straight-line method. Forfeitures are recorded in the period they occur.

The following table summarizes the Company’s RSU and PRSU awards at or for the three months ended March 31, 2022:


	RSU Awards			PRSU Awards
		Weighted-Average			Weighted-Average
		Grant-Date			Grant-Date
	Shares	Fair Value		Shares	Fair Value

Non-vested at December 31, 2021	310,430	$	21.49	102,920	$	20.02
Granted	212,811		24.83	63,250		25.11
Vested	(204,837)		23.73	(64,950)		23.75
Forfeited	(1,070)		24.22	—		—
Non-vested at March 31, 2022	317,334	$	22.27	101,220	$	20.81
Vested but unissued at March 31, 2022	218,025	$	22.41	111,805	$	20.76

As of March 31, 2022, there was $7.2 million of total unrecognized compensation cost related to RSU and PRSU awards granted. That cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 2.7 years. The total fair value of awards vested for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021 was $6.6 million and $4.8 million, respectively. The vested but unissued RSU and PRSU awards consist of awards made to employees and directors who are eligible for retirement. According to the terms of these awards, which provide for vesting upon retirement, these employees and directors have no risk of forfeiture. These shares will be issued at the original contractual vesting and settlement dates.

Phantom Stock Plan: The Company maintains a non-qualified phantom stock plan as a supplement to its profit-sharing plan for officers who have achieved the designated level and completed one year of service. The Company adjusts its liability under this plan to the fair value of the shares at the end of each period.

The following table summarizes the Phantom Stock Plan at or for the three months ended March 31, 2022:


Phantom Stock Plan	Shares	Fair Value
Outstanding at December 31, 2021	128,881	$	24.30
Granted	25,441		24.40
Forfeited	—		—
Distributions	(635)		24.78
Outstanding at March 31, 2022	153,687	$	22.35
Vested at March 31, 2022	153,355	$	22.35

The Company recorded stock-based compensation (benefit) expense for the Phantom Stock Plan of ($0.3) million and $0.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively. The total fair value of the distributions from the Phantom Stock Plan was $16,000 and $23,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively.