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Stock Awards
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2016
Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract]  
Stock Awards

6. Stock Awards

We adopted the 2013 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Equity Incentive Plan”) during the second quarter of 2013, which authorizes the issuance of common stock options, restricted stock, restricted stock units, deferred stock units, stock appreciation rights, performance units and awards of interests in our Operating Partnership. The Equity Incentive Plan is administered by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors. We have reserved 8,196,770 shares of common stock for awards under the Equity Incentive Plan for which 5,615,497 shares remain available for future stock awards as of June 30, 2016. We awarded the following stock awards during 2016 and 2015:

Time-based awards —We granted 45,528 shares to independent directors in 2016 and 217,177 shares to management, independent directors and certain employees in time-based restricted stock. These awards vest quarterly based on service, over three years, in equal amounts.

Performance-based awards —Our management team and certain employees were awarded 176,046 shares of performance based awards in 2015. No such awards have been granted in 2016. These awards vest ratably over a three-year period based on the achievement of certain total shareholder return measures, with a carry-back and carry-forward provision through December 31, 2017. Dividends on these awards are paid only upon achievement of the performance measures.

Multi-year Performance-based awards —We awarded 505,050 shares in 2015 of multi-year performance-based awards to management. No such awards have been granted in 2016. These shares are subject to three-year cumulative performance hurdles based on measures of total shareholder return. At the end of the three-year performance period, any earned shares will be subject to an additional two years of ratable time-based vesting on an annual basis. Dividends are paid on these shares only upon achievement of the performance measures.