Note 6 - Stock-based Compensation

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2016

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

6.	Stock-Based Compensation

We account for share-based awards in accordance with ASC 718 which requires that the cost resulting from all share-based payment transactions be recognized in the financial statements. ASC 718 requires all entities to apply a fair value-based measurement method in accounting for share-based payment transactions with employees except for equity instruments held by employee share ownership plans.

Total compensation expense recognized related to stock-based compensation was $3.8 million and $2.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively. As of March 31, 2016, total unrecognized stock-based compensation expense was $15.6 million, with a weighted average period over which the remaining unrecognized compensation expense is expected to be recorded of approximately 1.9 years.

- 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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