SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION

We have adopted stock incentive plans and other arrangements pursuant to which our Board of Directors (the “Board”) may grant stock options, restricted stock, stock units, stock appreciation rights, common stock or performance awards to officers, directors and key employees. At March 31, 2018, there were approximately 1.6 million restricted stock units, performance awards and stock options outstanding to officers, directors and key employees. The exercise price, terms and other conditions applicable to each form of share-based compensation under our plans are generally determined by the Compensation Committee of our Board at the time of grant and may vary.

Our share-based payments consist primarily of stock units, performance awards, common stock and stock options. In May 2016, our shareholders approved the 2016 Team, Inc. Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”), which replaced all of our previous equity compensation plans. The Plan authorizes the issuance of share-based awards representing up to 2,000,000 shares of common stock. Shares issued in connection with our share-based compensation are issued out of authorized but unissued common stock.

Compensation expense related to share-based compensation totaled $2.4 million and $1.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively. Share-based compensation expense reflects an estimate of expected forfeitures. At March 31, 2018, $21.1 million of unrecognized compensation expense related to share-based compensation is expected to be recognized over a remaining weighted-average period of 2.3 years. The excess tax benefit derived when share-based awards result in a tax deduction for the Company was not material for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017.

Stock units are settled with common stock upon vesting unless it is not legally feasible to issue shares, in which case the value of the award is settled in cash. We determine the fair value of each stock unit based on the market price on the date of grant. Stock units generally vest in annual installments over four years and the expense associated with the units is recognized over the same vesting period. We also grant common stock to our directors, which typically vests immediately. Compensation expense related to stock units and director stock grants totaled $1.7 million in each of the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017.

Transactions involving our stock units and director stock grants during the three months ended March 31, 2018 are summarized below:



	Three Months Ended March 31, 2018
	(unaudited)
	No. of Stock Units		Weighted Average Fair Value
	(in thousands)
Stock and stock units, beginning of period	854		$	21.42
Changes during the period:
Granted	5		$	16.68
Vested and settled	(33	)	$	20.05
Cancelled	(2	)	$	21.26
Stock and stock units, end of period	824		$	21.38

We have a performance stock unit award program whereby we grant Long-Term Performance Stock Unit (“LTPSU”) awards to our executive officers. Under this program, the Company communicates “target awards” to the executive officers at the beginning of a performance period. LTPSU awards cliff vest with the achievement of the performance goals and completion of the required service period. Settlement occurs with common stock as soon as practicable following the vesting date. LTPSU awards granted on October 15, 2015 are subject to a three-year performance period and a concurrent three-year service period. The performance target is based on results of operations over the three-year performance period with possible payouts ranging from 0% to 300% of the target awards. LTPSU awards granted on March 15, 2017 and March 21, 2018 are subject to a two-year performance period and a concurrent two-year service period. For March 15, 2017 awards, the performance goal is separated into three independent performance factors based on (i) relative total shareholder total return (“RTSR”) as measured against a designated peer group, (ii) RTSR as measured against a designated index and (iii) results of operations over the two-year performance period, with possible payouts ranging from 0% to 200% of the target awards for the first two performance factors and ranging from 0% to 300% of the target awards for the third performance factor. For the March 21, 2018 awards, the performance goal is separated into two independent performance factors based on (i) RTSR as measured against a designated peer group and (ii) results of operations over the two-year performance period, with possible payouts ranging from 0% to 200% of the target awards for each of the two performance factors.

On January 24, 2018, we granted 350,000 performance units to our Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) that vest in 20% increments upon the achievement of five specified Company stock price milestones, subject to a minimum vesting period of one year and the provision of service through each of the vesting dates. Settlement occurs with common stock within 30 days of the respective vesting dates. Any outstanding unvested performance units are forfeited on the fifth anniversary of the grant date.

The RTSR and the stock price milestone factors are considered to be market conditions under GAAP. For performance units subject to market conditions, we determine the fair value of the performance units based on the results of a Monte Carlo simulation, which uses market-based inputs as of the date of grant to simulate future stock returns. Compensation expense for awards with market conditions is recognized on a straight-line basis over the longer of (i) the minimum required service period and (ii) the service period derived from the Monte Carlo simulation, separately for each vesting tranche. For performance units subject to market conditions, because the expected outcome is incorporated into the grant date fair value through the Monte Carlo simulation, compensation expense is not subsequently adjusted for changes in the expected or actual performance outcome. For performance units not subject to market conditions, we determine the fair value of each performance unit based on the market price of our common stock on the date of grant. For these awards, we recognize compensation expense over the vesting term on a straight-line basis based upon the performance target that is probable of being met, subject to adjustment for changes in the expected or actual performance outcome. Compensation expense related to performance awards totaled $0.7 million and $0.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively.

Transactions involving our performance awards during the three months ended March 31, 2018 are summarized below:



	Three Months Ended March 31, 2018
	(unaudited)
	Performance Units Subject to Market Conditions			Performance Units Not Subject to Market Conditions
	No. of Stock Units¹	Weighted Average Fair Value		No. of Stock Units¹		Weighted Average Fair Value
	(in thousands)			(in thousands)
Performance stock units, beginning of period	45	$	17.66	84		$	25.76
Changes during the period:
Granted	453	$	13.94	103		$	14.15
Vested and settled	—	$	—	(15	)	$	13.45
Cancelled	—	$	—	—		$	—
Performance stock units, end of period	498	$	14.26	172		$	19.89

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1	Performance units with variable payouts are shown at target level of performance.

We determine the fair value of each stock option at the grant date using a Black-Scholes model and recognize the resulting expense of our stock option awards over the period during which an employee is required to provide services in exchange for the awards, usually the vesting period. Compensation expense related to stock options for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017 was not material. Our options typically vest in equal annual installments over a four-year service period. Expense related to an option grant is recognized on a straight line basis over the specified vesting period for those options. Stock options generally have a ten-year term. Transactions involving our stock options during the three months ended March 31, 2018 are summarized below:



	Three Months Ended March 31, 2018
	(unaudited)
	No. of Options		Weighted Average Exercise Price
	(in thousands)
Shares under option, beginning of period	79		$	31.94
Changes during the period:
Granted	—		$	—
Exercised	—		$	—
Cancelled	—		$	—
Expired	(2	)	$	34.19
Shares under option, end of period	77		$	31.88
Exercisable at end of period	77		$	31.88

Options exercisable at March 31, 2018 had a weighted-average remaining contractual life of 3.7 years, and exercise prices ranged from $21.12 to $50.47.