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Note 15 - Stock-based Compensation | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2016
Notes to Financial Statements |
Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Text Block] |
15. |  | Stock-based compensation
Company stock option plan The Company has a stock option plan for certain officers and key full-time employees of the Company and its subsidiaries, other than its CEO. Options are granted at the market price for the underlying shares on the date of grant. Each option vests over a four -year term, expires five years from the date granted and allows for the purchase of one Subordinate Voting Share. All Subordinate Voting Shares issued are new shares. As at December 31, 2016, there were 980,750 options available for future grants. Grants under the Company’s stock option plan are equity-classified awards. Stock option activity for the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014 was as follows:
|  | Number of options |  | Weighted average exercise price |  | Weighted average remaining contractual life (years) |  | Aggregate intrinsic value
Shares issuable under options - December 31, 2013 |  |  | 1,687,050 |  |  | $ | 26.25 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Granted |  |  | 343,000 |  |  |  | 49.57 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Exercised |  |  | (558,150 | ) |  |  | 19.26 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Forfeited |  |  | (8,000 | ) |  |  | 31.28 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Shares issuable under options - December 31, 2014 |  |  | 1,463,900 |  |  | $ | 34.35 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Granted |  |  | 698,500 |  |  |  | 36.61 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Exercised |  |  | (699,400 | ) |  |  | 20.09 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Forfeited |  |  | (22,500 | ) |  |  | 38.71 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Shares issuable under options - December 31, 2015 |  |  | 1,440,500 |  |  | $ | 28.65 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Granted |  |  | 395,000 |  |  |  | 32.94 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Exercised |  |  | (144,150 | ) |  |  | 19.83 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Forfeited |  |  | (88,500 | ) |  |  | 32.14 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Shares issuable under options - December 31, 2016 |  |  | 1,602,850 |  |  | $ | 30.31 |  |  |  | 2.8 |  |  | $ | 11,305 |
Options exercisable - End of year |  |  | 510,975 |  |  | $ | 25.88 |  |  |  | 1.9 |  |  | $ | 5,777 |
The Company incurred stock-based compensation expense related to these awards of $3,279 during the year ended December 31, 2016 (2015 - $4,253; 2014 - $4,077). As at December 31, 2016, the range of option exercise prices was $15.57 to $43.57 per share. Also as at December 31, 2016, the aggregate intrinsic value and weighted average remaining contractual life for in-the-money options vested and expected to vest were $11,305 and 2.6 years, respectively. The following table summarizes information about option exercises during the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014:
|  | 2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2014
Number of options exercised |  |  | 144,150 |  |  |  | 699,400 |  |  |  | 558,150 |
Aggregate fair value |  | $ | 5,222 |  |  | $ | 35,516 |  |  | $ | 27,973 |
Intrinsic value |  |  | 2,364 |  |  |  | 21,463 |  |  |  | 17,223 |
Amount of cash received |  |  | 2,858 |  |  |  | 14,053 |  |  |  | 10,750 |
Tax benefit recognized |  | $ | - |  |  | $ | 91 |  |  | $ | 5,856 |
As at December 31, 2016, there was $3,845 of unrecognized compensation cost related to non-vested awards which is expected to be recognized over the next four years. During the year ended December 31, 2016, the fair value of options vested was $2,998 (2015 - $2,589; 2014 - $3,750). The fair value of each option grant is estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option pricing model, utilizing the following weighted average assumptions:
|  | 2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2014
Risk-free rate |  |  | 1.1 | % |  |  | 1.0 | % |  |  | 0.9 | %
Expected life in years |  |  | 4.75 |  |  |  | 4.75 |  |  |  | 4.75 |
Expected volatility |  |  | 33.0 | % |  |  | 28.6 | % |  |  | 25.5 | %
Dividend yield |  |  | 0.3 | % |  |  | 0.2 | % |  |  | 0.8 | %
Weighted average fair value per option granted |  | $ | 9.64 |  |  | $ | 11.91 |  |  | $ | 10.52 |
The risk-free interest rate is based on the implied yield of a zero -coupon US Treasury bond with a term equal to the option’s expected term. The expected life in years represents the estimated period of time until exercise and is based on historical experience. The expected volatility is based on the historical prices of the Company’s shares over the previous four years. Subsidiary stock option plan Prior to June 1, 2015, Old FSV had a stock option plan at its Commercial Real Estate Services subsidiary. In conjunction with the Spin-off, the Company exchanged the redeemable non-controlling interests and stock options at this subsidiary for 1,997,956 Subordinate Voting Shares of the Company. Upon the exchange, the Company reclassified $16,622 of stock-based compensation liability and $14,670 of redeemable non-controlling interests to shareholders’ equity and also recognized $35,400 of stock-based compensation expense. Of the 1,997,956 Subordinate Voting Shares issued, 1,187,697 remain subject to contractual retention and escrow periods extending to June 1, 2018.

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