Share Options And Awards

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

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

Share Options And Awards

Share Options and Awards

In April 2011, our Long-Term Incentive Plan for the issuance of options and share awards expired, and issued options of 2.3 million remain outstanding as of December 31, 2014.

In May 2010, our shareholders approved the adoption of the Amended and Restated 2010 Long-Term Incentive Plan, under which 3.0 million of our common shares were reserved for issuance, and options and share awards of 1.4 million are available for future grant at December 31, 2014. This plan expires in May 2020.

Compensation expense, net of forfeitures, associated with share options and restricted shares totaled $7.9 million in 2014, $8.8 million in 2013 and $9.7 million in 2012, of which $2.3 million in 2014, $2.4 million in 2013 and $2.0 million in 2012 was capitalized.

Options

The fair value of share options issued prior to 2012 was estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option pricing method based on the expected weighted average assumptions.

Following is a summary of the option activity for the three years ended December 31, 2014:

	Shares Under Option		Weighted Average Exercise Price
Outstanding, January 1, 2012	4,607,703		$	28.09
Forfeited or expired	(40,390	)	27.12
Exercised	(481,611	)	20.70
Outstanding, December 31, 2012	4,085,702		28.98
Forfeited or expired	(79,108	)	32.61
Exercised	(462,848	)	26.95
Outstanding, December 31, 2013	3,543,746		29.16
Forfeited or expired	(307,413	)	39.73
Exercised	(339,210	)	22.98
Outstanding, December 31, 2014	2,897,123		$	28.76

The total intrinsic value of options exercised was $4.2 million in 2014, $3.2 million in 2013 and $3.0 million in 2012. As of December 31, 2014 and 2013, there was approximately $0.5 million and $1.1 million, respectively, of total unrecognized compensation cost related to unvested share options, which is expected to be amortized over a weighted average of 0.8 years and 1.1 years, respectively.

The following table summarizes information about share options outstanding and exercisable at December 31, 2014:

Range of Exercise Prices	Outstanding						Exercisable
	Number	Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life	Weighted Average Exercise Price		Aggregate Intrinsic Value (000’s)		Number	Weighted Average Exercise Price		Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life	Aggregate Intrinsic Value (000’s)
$11.85 - $17.78	618,556	4.2 years	$	11.85			618,556	$	11.85	4.2 years
$17.79 - $26.69	801,760	5.8 years	$	23.78			584,698	$	23.64	5.7 years
$26.70 - $40.05	1,015,468	2.2 years	$	34.51			1,015,468	$	34.51	2.2 years
$40.06 - $49.62	461,339	1.9 years	$	47.46			461,339	$	47.46	1.9 years
Total	2,897,123	3.6 years	$	28.76	$	17,846	2,680,061	$	29.14	3.4 years	$	15,491

Restricted Shares

The fair value of the market-based share awards was estimated on the date of grant using a Monte Carlo valuation model based on the following assumptions:

	Year Ended December 31, 2014
	Minimum		Maximum
Dividend yield	0.0	%	4.1	%
Expected volatility	14.8	%	25.3	%
Expected life (in years)	N/A		3
Risk-free interest rate	0.1	%	0.8	%

A summary of the status of unvested restricted shares for the year ended December 31, 2014 is as follows:

	Unvested Restricted Share Awards		Weighted Average  Grant Date Fair  Value
Outstanding, January 1, 2014	575,167		$	26.54
Granted:
Service-based awards	112,329		30.24
Market-based awards relative to FTSE NAREIT U.S. Shopping Center Index	49,065		33.88
Market-based awards relative to three-year absolute TSR	49,065		27.63
Trust manager awards	29,043		31.00
Vested	(119,858	)	21.67
Forfeited	(1,006	)	28.11
Outstanding, December 31, 2014	693,805		$	28.76

As of December 31, 2014 and 2013, there was approximately $2.7 million and $3.9 million, respectively, of total unrecognized compensation cost related to unvested restricted shares, which is expected to be amortized over a weighted average of 0.9 years and 1.4 years, respectively.