Stock-based Compensation Plans (Notes)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2018

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

We have stock-based employee compensation plans with awards outstanding under the Churchill Downs Incorporated 2007 Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan, the Churchill Downs Incorporated 2016 Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan ("the 2016 Plan"), and the Executive Long-Term Incentive Compensation Plan, which was adopted pursuant to the 2016 Plan. Our total stock-based compensation expense, which includes expenses related to restricted stock awards ("RSAs"), restricted stock unit awards ("RSUs"), performance share unit awards ("PSUs"), and stock options associated with our employee stock purchase plan was $2.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and $3.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2017.

During the three months ended March 31, 2018, the Company awarded RSAs to employees and RSUs and PSUs to certain named executive officers. The vesting criteria for the PSU awards granted in 2018 were based on a three year service period with two performance conditions and a market condition related to relative total shareholder return ("TSR") consistent with prior year grants. The total compensation cost we will recognize under the PSUs will be determined using the Monte Carlo valuation methodology, which factors in the value of the TSR market condition when determining the grant date fair value of the PSU. Compensation cost for each PSU is recognized during the performance and service period based on the probable achievement of the two performance criteria. The PSUs are converted into shares of our common stock at the time the PSU award value is finalized.

A summary of the RSAs, RSUs, and PSUs granted during 2018 is presented below:



Grant Year	Award Type	Number of Shares/Units Awarded (in thousands)	Vesting Terms
2018	RSA	18	Vest equally over three service periods ending in February of 2019, 2020, and 2021
2018	RSU	16	Vest equally over three service periods ending December 31 of 2018, 2019, and 2020
2018	PSU	16	Three year performance and service period ending December 31, 2020