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Stock-Based Compensation
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2016
Disclosure Of Compensation Related Costs Sharebased Payments [Abstract]  
Stock-Based Compensation

5.

STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION

On March 31, 2016, the Company had stock options and stock awards outstanding under its 2006 Incentive Compensation Plan and stock options, stock awards and stock appreciation rights (SARs) outstanding under its 2011 Incentive Compensation Plan.

Compensation expense recorded for all stock options, stock awards and SARs was as follows:

(In thousands)

 

Three Months Ended

March 31

 

2016

 

 

2015

 

$

2,423

 

 

$

798

 

 

The year-over-year increase in stock-based compensation expense was primarily attributable to increases in compensation related to cash-settled SARs and performance awards. SARs compensation expense increased due to increases in the fair values of cash-settled SARs that resulted from higher quarter-over-quarter appreciation in the value of Company common stock. Performance award stock-based compensation expense was up between years as the result of management’s assessment that the profitability performance metrics for certain grants would be achieved at greater levels than previously estimated.

Unrecognized compensation costs for stock options, stock awards and SARs were as follows:

(In thousands)

 

March 31, 2016

 

 

December 31, 2015

 

Stock options

 

$

1,839

 

 

$

784

 

Stock awards

 

 

6,545

 

 

 

3,396

 

SARs

 

 

4,048

 

 

 

1,644

 

 

The increases in unrecognized compensation costs for stock options, stock awards and SARs reflected the 2016 grants of:

 

 

Shares

 

Stock options

 

 

99,730

 

Stock awards (at target)

 

 

72,997

 

SARs

 

 

218,660

 

 

The unrecognized compensation costs at March 31, 2016, are expected to be recognized over weighted-average periods of 1.6 years, 2.3 years and 1.6 years for stock options, stock awards and SARs, respectively.