Note 10: Share-Based Payments

We currently grant share-based awards to our employees, non-employee directors and consultants under our 2011 Incentive Plan (the “Plan”). The Plan permits the granting of stock options, restricted stock, restricted stock units, and performance-based restricted stock.

The following is the summary of grant information:



Shares in thousands	December 31, 2015
Unissued common stock reserved for issuance under all plans	1,034
Shares available for future grants	979

Certain information regarding our share-based payments is as follows:



	Year Ended December 31,
Dollars in thousands except per share data	2015		2014		2013
Share-based payments expense:
Share-based compensation - stock options	$	293	$	803	$	1,566
Share-based compensation - restricted stock	12,102		11,214		10,504
Share-based payments for content arrangements	4,982		1,367		4,761
Total share-based payments expense	$	17,377	$	13,384	$	16,831
Tax benefit on share-based payments expense	$	6,736	$	5,134	$	6,392
Per share weighted average grant date fair value of stock options granted	$	—	$	—	$	53.90
Per share weighted average grant date fair value of restricted stock granted	$	66.67	$	71.37	$	53.94
Total intrinsic value of stock options exercised	$	1,061	$	3,263	$	10,567
Grant date fair value of restricted stock vested	$	12,631	$	13,036	$	12,641



	December 31, 2015
Dollars in thousands	Unrecognized Share-Based Payments Expense		Weighted-Average Remaining Life
Unrecognized share-based payments expense:
Share-based compensation - stock options	$	149	0.9 years
Share-based compensation - restricted stock	19,032		2.2 years
Share-based payments for content arrangements	1,090		0.8 years
Total unrecognized share-based payments expense	$	20,271

Share-Based Compensation

Stock options

Shares of common stock are issued upon exercise of stock options. The following table presents a summary of stock option activity for 2015:



Shares in thousands	Options		Weighted Average Exercise Price
Outstanding, December 31, 2014	128		$	52.59
Granted	—		$	—
Exercised	(49	)	$	52.10
Canceled, expired, or forfeited	(24	)	$	53.99
Outstanding, December 31, 2015	55		$	52.40

Certain information regarding stock options outstanding as of December 31, 2015, is as follows:



	Options
Shares and intrinsic value in thousands	Outstanding		Exercisable
Number	55		39
Weighted average per share exercise price	$	52.40	$	51.67
Aggregate intrinsic value	$	35	$	35
Weighted average remaining contractual term (in years)	6.33		6.09

Restricted stock and performance based restricted stock awards

Restricted stock awards are granted to eligible executives, non-employee directors and employees. Awards granted to employees and executives vest annually in equal installments over four years. Non-employee director awards vest one year after the grant date. Performance-based restricted stock awards are granted to executives only, with established performance criteria approved by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors. The fair value of non-performance-based awards is based on the market price on the grant date. We estimate forfeitures for restricted stock awards and recognize share-based compensation expense for only those awards expected to vest.

Awards of performance-based restricted stock made prior to 2013, once earned, vest in equal installments over three years from the date of grant. Awards of performance-based restricted stock made in and subsequent to 2013, once earned, vest in two installments over three years from the date of grant (65% of the award vests two years from the date of grant and the remaining 35% of the award vests three years from the date of grant). The restricted shares require no payment from the grantee. The fair value of performance-based awards is based on achieving specific performance conditions and is recognized over the vesting period.

The following table presents a summary of restricted stock award activity for 2015:



Shares in thousands	Restricted Stock Awards		Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value
Non-vested, December 31, 2014	609		$	62.35
Granted	352		$	66.67
Vested	(188	)	$	59.09
Forfeited	(217	)	$	65.26
Non-vested, December 31, 2015	556		$	65.86

Share-Based Payments for Content Arrangements

We have granted restricted stock as part of content license agreements with certain movie studios. The expense related to these agreements is included within direct operating expenses in our Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income and is adjusted based on the number of unvested shares and market price of our common stock each reporting period. See Note 16: Commitments and Contingencies for more information on changes in commitments to issue restricted stock for content license agreements.

Information related to the shares of restricted stock granted as part of these agreements as of December 31, 2015, is as follows:



Whole shares	Granted	Vested	Unvested
Sony⁽¹⁾	243,348	243,348	—
Paramount⁽²⁾⁽³⁾	350,000	350,000	—


(1)	Includes 25,000 shares granted and fully vested in the fourth quarter of 2015 due to a one-year contract extension executed in 2015.


(2)	Includes 50,000 shares granted and fully vested in the first quarter of 2015 due to a one-year contract extension executed in 2015.


(3)	Includes 95,000 shares that vested on January 1, 2015.

On October 16, 2015, Paramount elected to exercise its option to extend our existing content license agreement. This required us to issue 50,000 shares of additional restricted stock to Paramount during the first quarter of 2016, which we issued on January 4, 2016.

Rights to Receive Cash

As a part of the acquisition of ecoATM, we issued replacement awards for unvested restricted stock and options in ecoATM with rights to receive cash equal to the per share merger consideration for restricted stock and net of the exercise price for options. The replacement awards vest in accordance with the terms of the original replaced award. The fair value of the original and replacement awards amounted to $32.1 million, of which $1.4 million was attributed to pre-combination services rendered and included in the calculation of total consideration transferred. The replacement awards are considered liability classified as they represent rights to receive cash. Expense associated with the post-combination awards is recognized net of forfeitures, and cash payments are made in accordance with the awards' vesting schedule, generally on a monthly basis.

We recognized $4.4 million, $13.3 million and $8.7 million in expense associated with the issuance of rights to receive cash for the twelve months ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013, respectively. The expected future recognition of expense associated with the rights to receive cash as of December 31, 2015 is as follows:



Dollars in thousands	Expected Expense
2016	$	1,868
2017	284
Remaining total expected expense	$	2,152