Stock Based Compensation

Under the Union Bankshares, Inc. 2014 Equity Incentive Plan, 50,000 shares of the Company’s common stock were reserved for equity awards of incentive stock options, nonqualified stock options, restricted stock and RSUs to eligible officers and (except for awards of incentive stock options) nonemployee directors. Shares available for issuance of awards under the 2014 Equity Plan consist of unissued shares of the Company’s common stock and/or shares held in treasury. As of March 31, 2020, there were outstanding grants of RSUs and incentive stock options under the 2014 Equity Plan with respect to an aggregate of 15,971 shares of common stock.

RSUs. Each outstanding RSU represents the right to receive one share of the Company's common stock upon satisfaction of applicable vesting conditions. The general terms of the awards are described in the Company's 2019 Annual Report. Prior to vesting, the RSUs do not earn dividends or dividend equivalents, nor do they bear any voting rights.

The following table summarizes the RSUs awarded to Company executives in 2018, 2019 and 2020, and the number of such RSUs remaining unvested as of March 31, 2020:



	Number of RSUs Granted	Weighted-Average Grant Date Fair Value		Number of Unvested RSUs
2018 Award	3,225	$	52.95	433
2019 Award	3,734	47.75		2,120
2020 Award	8,918	$	36.26	8,918
Total	15,877			11,471

Unrecognized compensation expense related to the unvested RSUs as of March 31, 2020 and 2019 was $167 thousand and $254 thousand, respectively.

On April 15, 2020, the Compensation Committee adopted criteria for provisional 2021 RSU awards, including performance goals, with one half of the 2021 grants to be in the form of Time-Based RSUs and one-half in the form of Performance-Based RSUs. Under the 2021 award criteria and solely for modeling purposes, assuming achievement of 2020 performance goals at the target level and assuming a stock price of $25.76 per share (the closing price on April 15, 2020), approximately 15,751 RSUs would be granted in 2021. However, actual awards will be subject to Compensation Committee approval and made in the first quarter of 2021, with the number of RSUs actually granted to be determined based on the Company’s stock price on the 2021 approval date, and in the case of Performance-Based RSUs, also on the level of achievement of 2020 performance goals. The number of potential grantees for 2021 RSU awards is 15, compared to seven grantees in 2020 and prior years. As of March 31, 2020, the estimated unrecognized executive compensation expense related to the modeled 2021 target level RSU grants, based on the April 15, 2020 closing market price of the Company's stock, would be $294 thousand.

On May 15, 2019, the Company's board of directors, as a component of total director compensation, granted an aggregate of 1,185 RSUs to the Company's non-employee directors. Each RSU represents the right to receive one share of the Company's common stock upon satisfaction of applicable vesting conditions. The RSUs will vest on May 19, 2020, subject to continued board service through the vesting date, other than in the case of the director's death or disability. Prior to vesting, the RSUs do not earn dividends or dividend equivalents, nor do they bear any voting rights. Unrecognized director compensation expense related to the unvested RSUs as of March 31, 2020 was $7 thousand.

Stock options. As of March 31, 2020, 4,500 incentive stock options granted in December 2014 under the 2014 Equity Plan remained outstanding and exercisable and will expire in December 2021. There was no unrecognized compensation expense related to those options as of March 31, 2020. The intrinsic value of those options was $0 due to the stock options not being in the money as of March 31, 2020.

During the quarter ended March 31, 2020, 1,000 incentive stock options granted under the 2008 ISO Plan were exercised. There are no remaining options outstanding under the 2008 ISO Plan. There was no unrecognized compensation expense related to those options as of March 31, 2020.