Stock-Based Compensation

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2016

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

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

Stock-Based Compensation

The following table summarizes OG&E's pre-tax compensation expense and related income tax benefit during the three and six months ended June 30, 2016 and 2015 related to performance units and restricted stock for OG&E employees.



	Three Months Ended June 30,				Six Months Ended June 30,
(In millions)	2016		2015		2016		2015
Performance units
Total shareholder return	$	0.4	$	0.7	$	1.0	$	1.3
Earnings per share	0.2		0.2		0.4		0.4
Total performance units	0.6		0.9		1.4		1.7
Restricted stock	—		0.1		—		0.1
Total compensation expense	$	0.6	$	1.0	$	1.4	$	1.8
Income tax benefit	$	0.2	$	0.4	$	0.5	$	0.7

During the three and six months ended June 30, 2016, OG&E issued an immaterial number of shares to satisfy restricted stock grants.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for compensation-related costs for equity-based compensation, which may include disclosure of policies, compensation plan details, allocation of equity compensation, incentive distributions, equity-based arrangements to obtain goods and services, deferred compensation arrangements, employee stock ownership plan details and employee stock purchase plan details.

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