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Note 12 - Equity Plans:
 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2012
Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Text Block]
(12)        Equity Plans:

Stock Options

The following table summarizes stock option activity during the nine months ended September 30, 2012:

   
Number of
Options
   
Weighted Average
Exercise Price
   
Weighted Average
Remaining
Contractual Term
(years)
   
Aggregate Intrinsic
Value
(in thousands)
 
Outstanding at December 31, 2011
    46,007     $ 20.90              
Granted
    -       -              
Exercised
    (2,170 )     4.18              
Canceled
    (1,500 )     32.63              
Outstanding at September 30, 2012
    42,337     $ 21.34       3.0     $ 152  
Exercisable at September 30, 2012
    42,337     $ 21.34    
3.0
    $ 152  

There were 2,170 stock options exercised during the nine months ended September 30, 2012.  There were no stock options exercised during the nine months ended September 30, 2011.  The total intrinsic value of stock options exercised during the nine months ended September 30, 2012 was $52 thousand.  All options outstanding are vested as of September 30, 2012.

Restricted Stock Units and Performance Share Units

The Olympic Steel 2007 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the Plan) was approved by the Company’s shareholders in 2007.  The Plan authorizes the Company to grant stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted shares, restricted share units, performance shares, and other stock- and cash-based awards to employees and Directors of, and consultants to, the Company and its affiliates.  Under the Plan, 500,000 shares of common stock are available for equity grants.

On January 3, 2012 and March 1, 2011, the Compensation Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors approved the grant of 1,800 restricted stock units (RSUs) to each non-employee Director.  Subject to the terms of the Plan and the RSU agreement, the RSUs vest after one year of service (from the date of grant).  The RSUs are not converted into shares of common stock until the director either resigns or is terminated from the Board of Directors.

The fair value of each RSU was estimated to be the closing price of the Company’s common stock on the date of the grant, which was $25.55 and $26.91 for the grants on January 3, 2012 and March 1, 2011, respectively.

In 2011, the Compensation Committee for the Company’s Board of Directors approved changes to the Senior Management Compensation Program to include an equity component in order to encourage more ownership of Common Stock by senior management.  Starting in 2011, the Senior Management Compensation Program imposed stock ownership requirements upon the participants.  Beginning in 2011, each participant is required to own at least 750 shares of Common Stock for each year that the participant participates in the Senior Management Compensation Program.  Any participant that fails to meet the stock ownership requirements will be ineligible to receive any equity awards under the Company’s equity compensation plans, including the Plan, until the participant satisfies the ownership requirements.  To assist participants in meeting the stock ownership requirements, on an annual basis, if a participant purchases 500 shares of Common Stock on the open market, the Company will award that participant 250 shares of Common Stock.  During the nine months ended September 30, 2012, the Company matched 7,250 shares.  Additionally, any participant who continues to comply with the stock ownership requirements as of the five-year, 10-year, 15-year, 20-year and 25-year anniversaries of the participant’s participation in the Senior Management Compensation Program will receive a restricted stock unit award with a dollar value of $25 thousand, $50 thousand, $75 thousand, $100 thousand and $100 thousand, respectively.  Restricted stock unit awards will convert into the right to receive shares of Common Stock upon a participant’s retirement, or earlier upon the executive’s death or disability or upon a change in control of the Company.

In recognition of their performance and dedicated years of service, on December 31, 2011, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors granted 81,475 RSUs to Messrs. Michael D. Siegal, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, David A. Wolfort, President and Chief Operating Officer, and Richard T. Marabito, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer.  The fair value of each RSU was estimated to be the closing price of the Company’s common stock on the date of the grant, which was $23.32 on December 31, 2011.  The RSUs vest in five years.  Except in limited circumstances, the RSUs will not convert into shares of Common Stock until the retirements of Messrs. Siegal, Wolfort and Marabito, respectively.  These RSUs are not a part of the 2011 Senior Management Compensation Program discussed above.

Stock-based compensation expense recognized on RSUs for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively, is summarized in the following table:

   
Three Months Ended
September 30,
   
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
   
2012
   
2011
   
2012
   
2011
 
(in thousands, except per share data)
                       
RSU expense before taxes
  $ 326     $ 135     $ 878     $ 351  
RSU expense after taxes
  $ 209     $ 118     $ 536     $ 234  
Impact per basic share
  $ 0.02     $ 0.01     $ 0.05     $ 0.02  
Impact per diluted share
  $ 0.02     $ 0.01     $ 0.05     $ 0.02  

All pre-tax charges related to RSUs were included in the caption “Administrative and general” on the accompanying Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income.

The following table summarizes the activity related to RSUs for the nine months ended September 30, 2012:

   
Number of
Shares
   
Weighted Average
Granted Price
   
Aggregate
Intrinsic Value
(in thousands)
 
Outstanding at December 31, 2011
    147,603     $ 27.16        
Granted
    40,368       23.97        
Converted into shares
    (375 )     22.68        
Forfeited
    (1,684 )     25.96        
Outstanding at September 30, 2012
    185,912     $ 26.49       -  
Vested at September 30, 2012
    123,930     $ 25.08       -  

During the nine months ended September 30, 2012, 375 RSUs were converted into shares.  No RSUs were converted into shares during the nine months ended September 30, 2011.