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Employee Incentive Plan
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2014
Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract]  
Employee Incentive Plans
Employee Incentive Plans
 
(a)         Long-Term Incentive Plans
 
The Partnership and ENLC each have similar unit or unit-based payment plans for employees, which are described below.  Unit-based compensation associated with ENLC's unit-based compensation plan awarded to officers and employees of the Partnership are recorded by the Partnership since ENLC has no substantial or managed operating activities other than its interests in the Partnership and Midstream Holdings. Amounts recognized in the condensed consolidated financial statements with respect to these plans are as follows (in millions):
 
 
Three Months Ended 
 March 31,
 
 
2014
 
2013
Cost of share-based compensation allocated Predecessor general and
administrative expense (1)
 
$
2.8

 
$
3.1

Cost of share-based compensation charged to general and administrative
    expense
 
1.0

 

Cost of share-based compensation charged to operating expense
 
0.2

 

Total amount charged to income
 
$
4.0

 
$
3.1

Interest of non-controlling partners in share-based compensation
 
$
0.5

 
$

Amount of related income tax benefit (expense) recognized in income
 
$
1.2

 
$
1.1



(1)
Share-based compensation expense was treated as a contribution by the Predecessor in the Consolidated Statement of Changes in Partners' Equity.

The Partnership accounts for share-based compensation in accordance with FASB ASC 718, which requires that compensation related to all stock-based awards, including stock options, be recognized in the consolidated financial statements. On March 7, 2014, the General Partner amended and restated the amended and restated EnLink Midstream GP, LLC Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) (formerly the Crosstex Energy GP, LLC Long-Term Incentive Plan). Amendments to the Plan included a change in name and other technical amendments. The Plan provides for the issuance of up to 9,070,000 awards.

(b)  Restricted Partnership's Incentive Units

The restricted incentive units are valued at their fair value at the date of grant which is equal to the market value of common units on such date. A summary of the restricted incentive unit activity for the three months ended March 31, 2014 is provided below:
 
 
Three Months Ended
March 31, 2014
EnLink Midstream Partners, LP Restricted Incentive Units:
 
Number of
Units
 
Weighted
Average
Grant-Date
 Fair Value
Non-vested, beginning of period
 

 
$

Assumed in business combination
 
371,225

 
30.51

Granted
 
361,926

 
31.55

Forfeited
 
(3,971
)
 
31.48

Non-vested, end of period
 
729,180

 
$
31.02

Aggregate intrinsic value, end of period (in millions)
 
$
22.2

 
 


Restricted incentive units assumed in the business combination were valued as of March 7, 2014, will vest at the end of two years and are included in the restricted incentive units outstanding and the current unit-based compensation cost calculations at March 31, 2014. The Partnership issued restricted incentive units in 2014 to officers and other employees. These restricted incentive units typically vest at the end of three years.
As of March 31, 2014, there was $16.2 million of unrecognized compensation cost related to non-vested restricted incentive units. That cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 2.4 years.
(c)  Unit Options
During the three months ended March 31, 2014, 3,776 unit options of the Partnership were exercised with an intrinsic value of $0.1 million. As of March 31, 2014, all unit options were fully vested and fully expensed.
 (d)         EnLink Midstream, LLC's Restricted Units
On February 5, 2014, ENLC's sole unitholder at the time, EnLink Midstream Manager, LLC, approved the EnLink Midstream, LLC 2014 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “Company Plan”). The Company Plan provides for the issuance of 11,000,000 awards.
On March 7, 2014, effective as of the closing of the business combination, ENLC (i) assumed the Crosstex Energy, Inc. 2009 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “2009 Plan”) and all awards thereunder outstanding following the business combination and (ii) amended and restated the 2009 Plan to reflect the conversion of the awards under the 2009 Plan relating to EMI’s common stock to awards in respect of Common Units of ENLC.
ENLC’s restricted units are valued at their fair value at the date of grant which is equal to the market value of the common units on such date. A summary of the restricted units activities for the three months ended March 31, 2014 is provided below:
 
 
Three Months Ended
March 31, 2014
EnLink Midstream, LLC Restricted Units
 
Number of Units
 
Weighted
Average
Grant-Date
Fair Value
Non-vested, beginning of period
 

 
$

Assumed in business combination
 
435,674

 
37.60

Granted
 
339,665

 
36.58

Forfeited
 
(3,415
)
 
36.60

Non-vested, end of period
 
771,924

 
$
37.16

Aggregate intrinsic value, end of period (in millions)
 
$
26.2

 
 


Restricted units assumed in the business combination were valued as of March 7, 2014, will vest at the end of two years and are included in restricted units outstanding and the current unit-based compensation cost calculations at March 31, 2014. ENLC issued restricted units in 2014 to officers and other employees. These restricted units typically vest at the end of three years and are included in restricted units outstanding.
 
As of March 31, 2014, there was $19.3 million of unrecognized compensation costs related to non-vested ENLC restricted units. The cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 2.4 years.