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STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2017
STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION  
STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION
4. STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION

 

The Company reserved 3,000,000 shares of common stock under the 2014 Stock Incentive Plan with a term of ten years expiring in April 2024. All future equity compensation awards by the Company will be issued under the 2014 plan. This plan provides for the issuance of various forms of stock incentives, including among others, incentive and non-qualified stock options and restricted shares. As of September 30, 2017, there were approximately 2,054,200 shares available for grant.

 

Stock-based compensation for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016 were as follows:

 

(in thousands)   Three months ended 
September 30,
    Nine months ended 
September 30,
 
    2017     2016     2017     2016  
Pre – tax cost   $ 874     $ 487     $ 2,235     $ 2,142  
After tax cost   $ 563     $ 314     $ 1,441     $ 1,381  

 

Restricted Stock

 

The following is a summary of the changes in non-vested restricted shares for the nine months ended September 30, 2017:

 

    Shares     Weighted 
Average 
Grant-Date 
Fair Value
 
Non-vested shares at December 31, 2016     1,200,900     $ 6.58  
Granted     202,400       13.39  
Vested     (344,250 )     6.93  
Forfeited     (7,350 )     8.62  
Non-vested shares at September 30, 2017     1,051,700       7.76  

 

The total fair value of shares vested was approximately $4,182,680 during the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and $2,560,000 during the nine months ended September 30, 2016. Excess tax benefits realized from tax compensation deductions in excess of compensation expense have been reflected as follows:

 

· Approximately $672,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 has been recorded as a discrete income tax provision adjustment and classified within operating activities in the consolidated statements of cash flows; and

 

· Approximately $134,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 were credited to capital in excess of par value and classified within financing activities as an inflow in addition to being disclosed as an outflow within operating activities in the consolidated statements of cash flows.

 

The change in classification beginning in the first quarter of 2017 resulted from the adoption of the amendments in ASU 2016-09.

 

Other Information

 

As of September 30, 2017, total unrecognized compensation cost related to non-vested restricted shares was approximately $6,906,000. This cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 3.5 years.