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Equity-Based Compensation Plan
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016
Share Based Compensation Abstract  
Disclosure Of Share Based Compensation Arrangements By Share Based Payment Award Text Block

NOTE 19 – EQUITY-BASED COMPENSATION PLAN

The Omnibus Plan provides for equity-based compensation incentives through the grant of stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, restricted stock units, and dividend equivalents, as well as equity-based performance awards. The Omnibus Plan replaced and superseded the Stock Option Plans. All outstanding stock options under the Stock Option Plans continue in full force and effect, subject to their original terms.

The activity in outstanding options for the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014 is set forth below:

Year Ended December 31,
201620152014
Weighted Weighted Weighted
NumberAverageNumberAverageNumberAverage
OfExerciseOfExerciseOfExercise
Options Price Options Price Options Price
Beginning of year951,523$12.45888,571$14.12908,118$14.46
Options granted--179,22517.44193,10016.10
Options exercised(24,752)12.43(112,704)19.78(54,397)11.86
Options forfeited(9,502)16.65(3,569)16.09(158,250)19.29
End of year917,269$14.08951,523$12.45888,571$14.12

The following table summarizes the range of exercise prices and the weighted average remaining contractual life of the options outstanding at December 31, 2016:

Outstanding Exercisable
Weighted
Average
WeightedContract LifeWeighted
Number ofAverageRemainingNumber ofAverage
Range of Exercise PricesOptionsExercise Price(Years)OptionsExercise Price
$5.63 to $8.454,0788.282.34,0788.28
8.46 to 11.261,00010.290.61,00010.29
11.27 to 14.08437,26611.913.6401,00211.92
14.09 to 16.90302,20015.376.7110,55015.10
16.91 to 19.71171,22517.448.2--
19.72 to 22.531,50021.861.21,50021.86
917,269$14.085.5518,130$12.60
Aggregate Intrinsic Value $-$261,189

The average fair value of each option granted was $5.77 during 2015 and 2014. The average fair value of each option granted was estimated at the date of the grant using the Black-Scholes option pricing model. The Black-Scholes option-pricing model was developed for use in estimating the fair value of traded options that have no restrictions and are fully transferable and negotiable in a free trading market. Black-Scholes does not consider the employment, transfer or vesting restrictions that are inherent in the Company’s stock options. Use of an option valuation model, as required by GAAP, includes highly subjective assumptions based on long-term predictions, including the expected stock price volatility and average life of each option grant.

The following assumptions were used in estimating the fair value of the options granted during the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014, since there were no options granted during the year ended December 31, 2016.

Year Ended December 31,
20152014
Weighted average assumptions:
Dividend yield 1.89%1.87%
Expected volatility 40.93%42.08%
Risk-free interest rate 2.41%2.38%
Expected life (in years) 8.08.0

The following table summarizes the activity in restricted units under the Omnibus Plan for the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014:

Year Ended December 31,
201620152014
Weighted Weighted Weighted
Average Average Average
RestrictedGrant DateRestrictedGrant DateRestrictedGrant Date
Units Fair Value Units Fair Value Units Fair Value
Beginning of year138,400$16.17153,050$14.95158,750$13.95
Restricted units granted--26,70016.6639,20016.10
Restricted units lapsed(76,903)16.04(39,750)11.83(37,342)12.03
Restricted units forfeited(1,697)17.02(1,600)15.45(7,558)14.30
End of year59,800$16.64138,400$16.17153,050$14.95

The total unrecognized compensation cost related to non-vested restricted units to members of management at December 31, 2016 was $1.8 million and is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 2.3 years.