SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION PLANS

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2018

Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract]

The Company maintains share-based compensation plans under the shareholder-approved 2011 Plan. The purpose of the share-based compensation plans is to provide officers, employees, and non-employee members of the Board of Directors of the Company with additional incentive to further the success of the Company. At the 2018 Annual Meeting of Shareholders on May 1, 2018, the Company's shareholders approved an increase in the number of shares available for issuance to 881,920 shares and extended the term of the 2011 Plan to May 31, 2028, subject to any future extensions. At December 31, 2018, 881,920 shares of the common stock of the Company were reserved to be issued and 533,852 shares were available to be issued.

The 2011 Plan incentive awards may consist of grants of incentive stock options, nonqualified stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, deferred stock units and performance shares. All employees of the Company and its present or future subsidiaries, and members of the Board of Directors of the Company or any subsidiary of the Company, are eligible to participate in the 2011 Plan. The 2011 Plan allows for the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors to determine the type of incentive to be awarded, its term, manner of exercise, vesting of awards and restrictions on shares. Generally, awards are nonqualified under the IRC, unless the awards are deemed to be incentive awards to employees at the Compensation Committee’s discretion.

The following table presents a summary of nonvested restricted shares activity for 2018.


	Shares	Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value

Nonvested shares, beginning of year	268,411	$	18.18
Granted	85,817	25.63
Forfeited	(37,392)	18.72
Vested	(41,424)	18.84
Nonvested shares, end of year	275,412	$	20.33

The following table presents restricted shares compensation expense, with tax benefit information, and fair value of shares vested at December 31.


(Dollars in thousands)	2018		2017		2016

Restricted share award expense	$	1,479	$	1,369	$	941
Restricted share award tax benefit	374		465		320
Fair value of shares vested	1,074		303		237

At December 31, 2018 and 2017, unrecognized compensation expense related to the share awards totaled $2,115,000, and $2,035,000. The unrecognized compensation expense at December 31, 2018 is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 1.6 years.

The following table presents a summary of outstanding stock options activity for 2018.


	Shares	Weighted Average Exercise Price

Outstanding, beginning of year	59,583	$	25.89
Forfeited	(2,235)	28.02
Expired	(15,214)	30.11
Exercised	(1,150)	21.14
Options outstanding and exercisable, end of year	40,984	$	24.34

The exercise price of each option equals the market price of the Company’s stock on the grant date. An option’s maximum term is ten years. All options are fully vested upon issuance. The following table presents information pertaining to options outstanding and exercisable at December 31, 2018.


Range of Exercise Prices	Number Outstanding and Exercisable	Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life (Years)	Weighted Average Exercise Price

$21.14 - $24.99	31,519	1.40	$	21.51
$25.00 - $34.99	2,792	1.25	25.76

$35.00 - $37.59	6,673	0.56	37.10

$21.14 - $37.59	40,984	1.25	$	24.34

Outstanding and exercisable options had an intrinsic value of $0 at December 31, 2018 and $127,000 at December 31, 2017.

The Company maintains an employee stock purchase plan to provide employees of the Company an opportunity to purchase Company common stock. Eligible employees may purchase shares in an amount that does not exceed 10% of their annual salary at the lower of 95% of the fair market value of the shares on the semi-annual offering date, or related purchase date. The Company reserved 350,000 shares of its common stock to be issued under the employee stock purchase plan. At December 31, 2018, 173,465 shares were available to be issued.

The following table presents information for the employee stock purchase plan for years ended December 31.


(Dollars in thousands except share information)	2018		2017		2016

Shares purchased	5,907		6,632		6,334
Weighted average price of shares purchased	$	23.04	$	20.57	$	16.64
Compensation expense recognized	14		17		17
Tax benefits	3		6		6

The Company issues new shares or treasury shares, depending on market conditions, in its share-based compensation plans.