Equity Plans

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2022

Share-Based Payment Arrangement [Abstract]

Equity PlansThe Incentive Plan allows SJW Group to provide employees, non-employee board members or the board of directors of any parent or subsidiary, consultants, and other independent advisors who provide services to the company or any parent or subsidiary the opportunity to acquire an equity interest in SJW Group. SJW Group also maintains stock plans in connection with its acquisition of CTWS which are no longer granting new stock awards. As of September 30, 2022, 179,848 shares are issuable upon the vesting of outstanding restricted stock units and deferred restricted stock units and an additional 612,738 shares are available for award issuances under the Incentive Plan.

A summary of compensation costs charged to income and proceeds from the exercise of restricted stock and similar instruments that are recorded to additional paid-in capital and common stock, by award type, are presented below for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, and 2021:


	Three months ended September 30,			Nine months ended September 30,
	2022		2021	2022		2021
Compensation costs charged to income:
ESPP	$	184	176	$	369	357
Restricted stock and deferred restricted stock	1,214		954	3,622		2,844
Total compensation costs charged to income	$	1,398	1,130	$	3,991	3,201
ESPP proceeds	$	1,042	1,000	$	2,091	2,026

Restricted Stock and Deferred Restricted Stock

For the three months ended September 30, 2022, and 2021, SJW Group granted under the Incentive Plan 1,723 and 1,134, respectively, one year and three year service-based restricted stock awards with a weighted-average grant date fair value of $62.56 and $69.20, respectively, per unit. For the nine months ended September 30, 2022, and 2021, SJW Group granted under the Incentive Plan 45,726 and 46,567, respectively, one year and three year service-based restricted stock awards with a weighted-average grant date fair value of $65.31 and $64.65, respectively, per unit.

For the three months ended September 30, 2022, and 2021, SJW Group granted under the Incentive Plan 2,193 and 0 target units, respectively, performance-based and market-based restricted stock awards with a weighted-average grant date fair value of $69.70 and $0.00, respectively, per unit. For the nine months ended September 30, 2022, and 2021, SJW Group granted under the Incentive Plan 35,846 and 30,641 target units, respectively, performance-based and market-based restricted stock awards granted with a weighted-average grant date fair value of $70.31 and $66.33, respectively, per unit. Based upon actual attainment relative to the target performance metric, the number of shares issuable can range between 0% to 150% of the target number of shares for performance-based restricted stock awards, or between 0% and 200% of the target number of shares for market-based restricted stock awards.

As of September 30, 2022, the total unrecognized compensation costs related to restricted and deferred restricted stock plans amounted to $5,660. This cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 1.78 years.

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

SJW Group’s recorded expenses for its ESPP were $94 and $276 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, respectively, and $91 and $265 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021, respectively. The total unrecognized compensation costs related to the semi-annual offering period that ends January 31, 2023, for the ESPP is approximately $131. This cost is expected to be recognized during the fourth quarter of 2022 and first quarter of 2023.