Stock-Based Compensation

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2016

Stock-based Compensation

Stock-Based Compensation

8.Stock-Based Compensation

During the three months ended March 31, 2016, the Company granted an aggregate of 100,710 shares of restricted stock to employees and non-employee directors with a weighted average grant date fair value of $10.84 per share. Employee restricted stock awards generally vest over a period of two years: one-third immediately on the grant date and the remaining two-thirds in equal amounts on the first two anniversaries following the grant date, subject to continued service to the Company. Non-employee director restricted stock awards vest either immediately upon grant or over a period of one year, subject to continued service to the Company.

On January 1, 2016, the Company established its Long Term Incentive Plan (“LTIP”) and entered into agreements with certain of its employees to issue performance-based awards in the form of restricted stock units.  The performance period for these agreements is three years, with a required two-year service period immediately following the performance period. The compensation expense and the effect on the Company’s weighted average diluted shares calculation were immaterial.

During the three months ended March 31, 2016, the Company recognized $0.6 million of stock-based compensation expense. During the three months ended March 31, 2015, the Company recognized $0.6 million of stock-based compensation expense. As of March 31, 2016, there were 111,673 nonvested restricted shares outstanding; the total unrecognized compensation expense related to nonvested restricted shares was $0.8 million, which the Company expects to recognize over the next 24 months.