9. Equity Incentive Plan

Our Board of Directors adopted and, with the approval of our stockholders, amended the 2010 Equity Award Incentive Plan (as amended, the “2010 Plan”). The 2010 Plan is administered by the Compensation Committee of our Board of Directors. Awards issuable under the 2010 Plan include common stock, stock options, restricted stock, stock appreciation rights, dividend equivalents, Operating Partnership units and other incentive awards. We have reserved a total of 6,000,000 shares of our common stock for issuance pursuant to the 2010 Plan, which may be adjusted for changes in our capitalization and certain corporate transactions. To the extent that an award expires, terminates or lapses, or an award is settled in cash without the delivery of shares of common stock to the participant, then any unvested shares subject to the award will be available for future grant or sale under the 2010 Plan. Shares of restricted stock that are forfeited or repurchased by us pursuant to the 2010 Plan may again be awarded under the 2010 Plan. The payment of dividend equivalents in cash in conjunction with any outstanding awards will not be counted against the shares available for issuance under the 2010 Plan.

As of June 30, 2017, 3,046,822 shares of our common stock were available for issuance pursuant to the 2010 Plan.

Stock Options

Stock option awards are granted with an exercise price equal to the closing market price of the Company’s common stock on the date of grant. The fair value of each option granted under the 2010 Plan is estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model. The fair values are amortized on a straight-line basis over the vesting periods. Stock options have not been granted since the year ending December 31, 2013.

The following table sets forth stock option activity under the 2010 Plan for the six months ended June 30, 2017:


	Number of
	Shares	Weighted-
	Subject to	Average
	Option	Exercise Price
Options outstanding, December 31, 2016	265,550	$	22.96
Granted	—		—
Exercised	(190,448)		24.56
Forfeited	—		—
Expired	—		—
Options outstanding, June 30, 2017	75,102	$	19.15

The following table sets forth the number of shares subject to options that are unvested as of June 30, 2017, and the fair value of these options at the grant date:


	Number of	Weighted-
	Shares	Average Fair
	Subject to	Value at Grant
	Option	Date
Unvested balance, December 31, 2016	16,323	$	9.99
Granted	—		—
Forfeited	—		—
Vested	(16,323)		9.99
Unvested balance, June 30, 2017	—	$	—

Restricted Awards and Units

Restricted stock awards and restricted stock units, or RSUs, are granted with a fair value equal to the closing market price of the Company’s common stock on the date of grant. The principal difference between restricted stock awards and RSUs is that RSUs are not shares of our common stock and do not have any of the rights or privileges thereof, including voting rights. On the applicable vesting date, the holder of an RSU becomes entitled to a share of common stock. The restricted stock awards and RSUs are amortized on a straight-line basis to expense over the vesting period. The following table sets forth the number of unvested restricted stock awards and RSUs and the weighted-average fair value of these awards at the date of grant:


		Weighted-
	Restricted	Average Fair
	Awards and	Value at Grant
	Units	Date
Unvested balance, December 31, 2016	323,641	$	53.84
Granted	137,260		86.24
Forfeited	(29,806)		63.84
Vested	(127,517)		42.69
Unvested balance, June 30, 2017	303,578	$	70.54

As of June 30, 2017, total unearned compensation on restricted awards was approximately $18.6 million, and the weighted-average vesting period was 2.7 years.

Performance Stock Awards

We grant long-term incentives to members of management in the form of performance-based restricted stock awards (“PSAs”) under the 2010 Plan. The number of PSAs earned is based on our achievement of relative total shareholder return (“TSR”) measured versus the MSCI US REIT Index over a three-year performance period and ranges between 0% and 150% of a target number of shares for PSAs granted in 2014 and between 25% and 175% of the target number of shares for PSAs granted in 2015, 2016, and 2017. The PSAs are granted at the maximum percentage of target and are retired annually to the extent we do not meet the maximum relative TSR performance threshold versus the MSCI US REIT Index. The PSAs are earned upon TSR achievement measured both annually and over the full three-year performance period. The PSAs have a service condition and will be released at the end of the three-year performance period, to the extent earned, provided that the holder continues to be employed by or otherwise in service of the Company at the end of the three-year performance period. The PSAs are amortized on a straight-line basis to expense over the vesting period. Holders of the PSAs are entitled to dividends on the PSAs, which are accrued and paid in cash at the end of the three-year performance period.

The following table sets forth the number of unvested PSAs and the weighted-average fair value of these awards at the date of grant:


				Weighted-
				Average Fair
	Performance-Based Restricted Stock Awards			Value at Grant
	Minimum	Maximum	Target	Date
Unvested balance, December 31, 2016	44,835	167,725	113,976	$	54.24
Granted	7,210	50,472	28,841		105.50
Performance adjustment (1)	62,841	—	23,725		—
Forfeited	(5,674)	(16,836)	(11,255)		79.09
Vested	(70,518)	(70,518)	(70,518)		25.89
Unvested balance, June 30, 2017	38,694	130,843	84,769	$	84.63

(1)

Includes the annual adjustment for the number of PSAs earned based on our achievement of relative TSR measured versus the MSCI US REIT Index for the applicable performance periods.

As of June 30, 2017, total unearned compensation on PSAs was approximately $4.4 million, and the weighted-average vesting period was 2.3 years. The fair value of each PSA award is estimated on the date of grant using a Monte Carlo simulation. The simulation requires assumptions for expected volatility, risk-free rate of return, and dividend yield. The following table summarizes the assumptions used to value the PSAs granted during the six months ended June 30, 2017, and 2016.


	Six Months Ended June 30,
	2017		2016
Expected term (in years)	2.81		2.83
Expected volatility	23.33	%	25.29	%
Expected annual dividend(1)	—		—
Risk-free rate	1.60	%	0.97	%

(1)

The fair value of the PSAs assumes reinvestment of dividends.