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Share-Based Compensation | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2024
Share-Based Payment Arrangement, Noncash Expense [Abstract] |
Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Text Block] | Share-Based Compensation Share-Based Plans Current Plan In May 2007, our shareholders approved the 2007 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the 2007 LTIP), which authorizes the Compensation Committee of our Board of Directors (the Board) to grant non-qualified stock options and restricted stock awards to employees, directors, consultants or advisors. In May 2016, our shareholders approved an amendment and restatement of the 2007 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the Amended 2007 LTIP) and increased the number of shares that may be issued to a total of 9,315,000 shares. As of December 31, 2024, we had 3,877,023 shares available for future issuance including 803,009 shares that may be issued as restricted stock. Stock options granted under the Amended 2007 LTIP have an exercise price equal to our stock’s closing market price on the grant date and expire ten years from the grant date. Restricted stock awards granted under the Amended 2007 LTIP are issued at no cost to the grantee. Both stock options and restricted stock awards vest over time depending on an employee’s length of service with the company. Share-based awards to our employees generally vest either five years from the grant date or on a three/five year split vest schedule, where half of the awards vest three years from the grant date and the remainder of the awards vest five years from the grant date. Share-based awards to our non-employee directors vest one year from the grant date. PS-1 Awards Restricted stock awards granted to our employees from 2016 to 2023 contain performance-based criteria in addition to the service-based vesting criteria described above. The awards provide for a three-year performance period for the metric to be achieved. If the performance metric fails to be met, it may be extended by one or two years; however, if it is not met by the end of the extended performance period, then all shares of performance-based restricted stock will be immediately forfeited and canceled. For each of the performance-based grants from 2016 through 2022, we achieved the performance condition in the initial three-year performance period. For the performance-based grants in 2023, we have concluded that the performance condition is probable to be attained in the initial three-year performance period. PS-2 Awards Certain restricted stock awards granted to our employees from 2023 and 2024 contain performance-based criteria in addition to the service-based vesting criteria described above. The awards provide for a three-year performance period for the metric to be achieved. If the performance condition is not met, all shares of the performance-based restricted stock will be immediately forfeited and canceled. We have not recognized any expense for these performance-based grants in 2023 or 2024. Stock Option Awards The following table summarizes stock option activity under our share-based plans for the year ended December 31, 2024:
|  | Shares |  | Weighted Average Exercise Price |  | Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term (Years) |  | Aggregate Intrinsic Value
Balance at December 31, 2023 |  | 570,722 |  |  | $ | 173.13 |  |  |  |  |
Granted |  | 28,312 |  |  | 391.62 |  |  |  |  |
Less: Exercised |  | 122,300 |  |  | 87.89 |  |  |  |  |
Forfeited |  | 7,955 |  |  | 336.98 |  |  |  |  |
Balance at December 31, 2024 |  | 468,779 |  |  | $ | 205.78 |  |  | 4.18 |  | $ | 67,440,657 |
Exercisable at December 31, 2024 |  | 297,612 |  |  | $ | 127.83 |  |  | 2.39 |  | $ | 63,540,112 |
The following table presents information about stock options outstanding and exercisable at December 31, 2024:
|  | Outstanding Stock Options |  | Exercisable Stock Options
Range of Exercise Prices |  | Shares |  | Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term (Years) |  | Weighted Average Exercise Price |  | Shares |  | Weighted Average Exercise Price
$69.85 to $117.04 |  | 178,578 |  |  | 1.18 |  | $ | 89.24 |  |  | 178,578 |  |  | $ | 89.24 |
$117.05 to $328.39 |  | 165,584 |  |  | 4.57 |  | 205.67 |  |  | 116,858 |  |  | 181.84 |
$328.40 to $515.41 |  | 124,617 |  |  | 7.98 |  | 372.92 |  |  | 2,176 |  |  | 393.69 |
|  | 468,779 |  |  | 4.18 |  | $ | 205.78 |  |  | 297,612 |  |  | $ | 127.83 |
The following table summarizes the cash proceeds and tax benefits realized from the exercise of stock options:
|  | Year Ended December 31,
(in thousands, except share amounts) |  | 2024 |  | 2023 |  | 2022
Options exercised |  | 122,300 |  |  | 90,439 |  |  | 71,737 |
Cash proceeds |  | $ | 10,749 |  |  | $ | 8,368 |  |  | $ | 6,247 |
Intrinsic value of options exercised |  | $ | 36,198 |  |  | $ | 23,356 |  |  | $ | 21,976 |
Tax benefits realized |  | $ | 9,049 |  |  | $ | 5,839 |  |  | $ | 5,494 |
We estimated the fair value of employee stock option awards at the grant date based on the assumptions summarized in the following table:
|  | Year Ended December 31,
(Weighted average) |  | 2024 |  | 2023 |  | 2022
Expected volatility |  | 32.0 | % |  |  | 31.0 | % |  |  | 28.9 | % |
Expected term |  | 8.1 | years |  | 7.4 | years |  | 7.1 | years
Risk-free interest rate |  | 4.29 | % |  |  | 4.01 | % |  |  | 2.92 | % |
Expected dividend yield |  | 1.15 | % |  |  | 1.15 | % |  |  | 1.15 | % |
Grant date fair value |  | $ | 149.37 |  |  | $ | 130.74 |  |  | $ | 116.56 |
We calculated expected volatility over the expected term of the awards based on the historical volatility of our common stock. We use weekly price observations for our historical volatility calculation because we believe this provides the most appropriate measurement of volatility given the trading patterns of our common stock. We estimated the expected term based on the vesting period of the awards and our historical exercise activity for awards with similar characteristics. The risk-free interest rate is based on the U.S. Treasury zero-coupon issues with a remaining term approximating the expected term of the option. We determined the expected dividend yield based on the dividends we anticipate paying over the expected term. For purposes of recognizing share-based compensation expense, we ratably expense the estimated fair value of employee stock options over the options’ requisite service period. The requisite service period for our share-based awards is either the vesting period, or if shorter, the period from the grant date to the date the employee becomes eligible to retire under our share-based award agreements. We recognize compensation cost for awards with graded vesting using the graded vesting recognition method. We estimate a forfeiture rate to calculate our share-based compensation expense for our share-based awards based on an analysis of actual forfeitures. We continue to evaluate the appropriateness of the forfeiture rate based on actual forfeiture experience, analysis of employee turnover and other factors. The following table presents the total share-based compensation expense for stock option awards for the past three years (in thousands):
|  | 2024 |  | 2023 |  | 2022
Option grants share-based compensation expense |  | $ | 4,387 |  |  | $ | 4,618 |  |  | $ | 3,413 |
Option grants share-based compensation tax benefits |  | 1,097 |  |  | 1,154 |  |  | 853 |
At December 31, 2024, the unamortized compensation expense related to stock option awards totaled $7.4 million. We anticipate recognizing this expense over a weighted average period of 2.6 ye a rs. Restricted Stock Awards The table below presents restricted stock award activity under our share-based plans for the year ended December 31, 2024:
|  | Shares |  | Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value
Balance unvested at December 31, 2023 |  | 203,637 |  |  | $ | 306.79 |
Granted (at market price) (1) |  | 57,434 |  |  | 391.72 |
Less: Vested |  | 49,512 |  |  | 209.14 |
Forfeited |  | 7,106 |  |  | 369.83 |
Balance unvested at December 31, 2024 |  | 204,453 |  |  | $ | 351.56 |
(1)The majority of these shares contain performance-based vesting conditions. At December 31, 2024, the unamortized compensation expense related to the restricted stock awards totaled $22.0 million. We anticipate recognizing this expense over a weighted average period of 2.2 years. The table below presents the total number of restricted stock awards that vested for the past three years and the related fair value of those awards (in thousands, except share amounts):
|  | 2024 |  | 2023 |  | 2022
Restricted stock awards - shares vested |  | 49,512 |  |  | 58,705 |  |  | 78,931 |
Fair value of restricted stock awards vested |  | $ | 19,241 |  |  | $ | 20,906 |  |  | $ | 37,258 |
The following table presents the total share-based compensation expense for restricted stock awards for the past three years (in thousands):
|  | 2024 |  | 2023 |  | 2022
Restricted stock awards share-based compensation expense |  | $ | 14,436 |  |  | $ | 14,487 |  |  | $ | 11,024 |
Employee Stock Purchase Plan We maintain the Pool Corporation Amended and Restated Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the ESPP), which was last approved by the Board and our stockholders in 2016. Under the ESPP, employees who meet minimum age and length of service requirements may purchase stock at 85% of the lower of: a.the closing price of our common stock at the end of a six month plan period ending either July 31 or January 31; or b.the average of the beginning and ending closing prices of our common stock for such six month period. No more than 956,250 shares of our common stock may be issued under the ESPP. For the two six month offering periods in each of the last three years, our employees purchased the following aggregate number of shares:
2024 |  | 2023 |  | 2022
7,707 |  |  | 7,640 |  |  | 7,658 |
The grant date fair value for the most recent ESPP purchase period ended July 31, 2024 was $56.11 per share. Share-based compensation expense related to our ESPP was $0.4 million in 2024, $0.5 million in 2023 and $0.5 million in 2022.

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