Equity-Based Compensation

12 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

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

Equity-Based Compensation

EQUITY-BASED COMPENSATION

Under UGI Corporation’s 2013 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan (the “2013 OICP”) and prior UGI equity compensation plans, certain key employees of UGI Utilities may be granted stock options to acquire shares of UGI Common Stock, stock appreciation rights (“SARs”), UGI Units (comprising “Stock Units” and “UGI Performance Units”) and other equity-based awards. The exercise price for UGI stock options may not be less than the fair market value on the grant date. Awards granted under the 2013 OICP and the prior plans may vest immediately or ratably over a period of years (generally three-year periods), and stock options for UGI Common Stock can be exercised no later than ten years from the grant date. In addition, the 2013 OICP and the prior UGI equity compensation plans provide that awards of UGI Units may also provide for the crediting of dividend equivalents to participants’ accounts. Except in the event of retirement, death or disability, each grant, unless paid, will terminate when the participant ceases to be employed. There are certain change of control and retirement eligibility conditions that, if met, generally result in accelerated vesting or elimination of further service requirements.

UGI Stock Unit and UGI Performance Unit awards entitle the grantee to shares of UGI Common Stock or cash once the service condition is met and, with respect to UGI Performance Unit awards, subject to market performance conditions. UGI Performance Unit grant recipients are awarded a target number of Performance Units. With respect to Performance Units awards, the actual number of UGI shares actually issued (or their cash equivalent) at the end of the performance period and the actual amount of dividend equivalents paid, may range from 0% to 200% of the target award based on UGI’s Total Shareholder Return (“TSR”) percentile rank relative to the Russell Midcap Utility Index, excluding telecommunication companies (“UGI comparator group”). Dividend equivalents are paid in cash only on UGI Performance Units that eventually vest.

We use a Black-Scholes option-pricing model to estimate the fair value of UGI stock options. We use a Monte Carlo valuation approach to estimate the fair value of UGI Performance Unit awards. We recorded total net pre-tax equity-based compensation expense associated with both UGI Units and UGI stock options of $1,924 ($1,126 after-tax) during Fiscal 2016; $1,847 ($1,081 after-tax) during Fiscal 2015; and $1,912 ($1,119 after-tax) during Fiscal 2014.

As of September 30, 2016, there was $862 of unrecognized compensation cost related to non-vested UGI stock options that is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 1.9 years. As of September 30, 2016, there was a total of $1,104 of unrecognized compensation expense associated with 57,783 UGI Unit awards that is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 1.8 years. At September 30, 2016 and 2015, total liabilities of $1,304 and $1,182, respectively, associated with UGI Unit awards are reflected in other current liabilities and other noncurrent liabilities on the Consolidated Balance Sheets.

The following table summarizes UGI Unit award activity for Fiscal 2016:

	Total				Vested				Non-Vested
	Number of UGI Units		Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value (per Unit)		Number of UGI Units		Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value (per Unit)		Number of UGI Units		Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value (per Unit)
September 30, 2015	60,583		$	32.01	15,358		$	29.46	45,225		$	32.88
Granted	21,900		$	33.30	1,083		$	32.97	20,817		$	33.32
Vested	—		$	—	15,724		$	26.92	(15,724	)	$	26.92
Forfeitures & transfers	(2,851	)	$	36.53	—		$	—	(2,851	)	$	36.53
Unit awards paid	(21,849	)	$	25.51	(21,849	)	$	25.51	—		$	—
September 30, 2016	57,783		$	34.66	10,316		$	34.31	47,467		$	34.74