STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2016

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

STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION

STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION

In February 2012, 2011 and 2010, the Company granted approximately 809,000, 1,043,000 and 437,000 SARs, respectively, to certain employees. The SARs granted in February 2012 (“2012 SARs”) and in February 2011 (“2011 SARs”) vested 25.0% on the grant date and 25.0% on each of the next three anniversaries of the grant date. The SARs granted in February 2010 (“2010 SARs”) vested 33.3% on each of the three anniversaries of the grant date. All SARs have a term of five years from date of grant. The SARs are payable in cash or, at the election of the Company, in stock. As the Company anticipates paying out SARs exercised in the form of cash, the SARs are being treated as liability awards for accounting purposes.

The Company has total outstanding awards of approximately 238,000 and 603,000 as of March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015. As of March 31, 2016, all 2011 SARs and all 2010 SARs were expired.

The Company did not recognize any SARs income for the three months ended March 31, 2016 and recognized $1 million in income for the three months ended March 31, 2015.