Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN

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STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2014
Disclosure Of Compensation Related Costs Sharebased Payments [Abstract]  
STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN

NOTE 6. STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN

The company has one stock incentive plan. The Amended and Restated 1999 Stock Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) allows the company to grant stock options and restricted stock to employees, directors, officers and advisors of the company. A maximum of 5,000,000 shares are authorized under the Plan. Options generally vest over a four year period and have a maximum term of five years from the vesting date. The Plan provides that vesting may be accelerated upon the occurrence of certain corporate transactions of the company. The Plan provides that the Board of Directors, or a committee appointed by the Board, has discretion, subject to certain limits, to modify the terms of outstanding options. We recognize non-cash stock-based compensation expense related to the estimated fair value of stock options granted in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718 Compensation—Stock Compensation.

The following table reflects the components of stock-based compensation expense recognized in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2013 and 2014:

 

     Three Months Ended June 30,     Six Months Ended June 30,  
     2013     2014     2013     2014  
     (Dollars in thousands)  

Stock option compensation expense included in Corporate expenses

   $ 234      $ 215      $ 312      $ 620   

Restricted stock shares compensation expense included in Corporate expenses

     —          —          481        —     

Stock option compensation expense included in Broadcast operating expenses

     48        64        217        189   

Stock option compensation expense included in Internet operating expenses

     59        36        133        94   

Stock option compensation expense included in Publishing operating expenses

     10        14        28        29   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total stock-based compensation expense, pre-tax

   $ 351      $ 329      $ 1,171      $ 932   

Tax provision for stock-based compensation expense

     (140     (132     (468     (373
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total stock-based compensation expense, net of tax

   $ 211      $ 197      $ 703      $ 559   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Stock option and restricted stock grants

The Plan allows the company to grant stock options and shares of restricted stock to employees, directors, officers and advisors of the company. For grants of stock options, the option exercise price is set at the closing price of the company’s common stock on the date of grant, and the related number of shares underlying the stock option is fixed at that point in time. The Plan also provides for grants of restricted stock. Eligible employees may receive stock options annually with the number of shares and type of instrument generally determined by the employee’s salary grade and performance level. In addition, certain management and professional level employees typically receive a stock option grant upon commencement of employment. The Plan does not allow key employees and directors (restricted persons) to exercise options during pre-defined blackout periods. Employees may participate in plans established pursuant to Rule 10b5-1 under the Exchange Act that allow them to exercise options according to pre-established criteria.

We use the Black-Scholes valuation model to estimate the grant date fair value of stock options and restricted stock. The expected volatility reflects the consideration of the historical volatility of our stock as determined by the closing price over a six to ten year term that is generally commensurate with the expected term of the award. Expected dividends reflect the quarterly distributions authorized and declared on our Class A and Class B common stock as of the grant date. The expected term of the awards are based on evaluations of historical and expected future employee exercise behavior. The risk-free interest rates for periods within the expected term of the award are based on the U.S. Treasury yield curve in effect during the period the options were granted. We use historical data to estimate future forfeiture rates to apply against the gross amount of compensation expense determined using the valuation model.

The weighted-average assumptions used to estimate the fair value of the stock options and restricted stock awards using the Black-Scholes valuation model were as follows for the three and six months ended June 30, 2013 and 2014:

 

     Three Months Ended June 30,     Six Months Ended June 30,  
     2013      2014     2013     2014  

Expected volatility

     n/a         67.08     100.8     74.98

Expected dividends

     n/a         2.82     2.05     2.70

Expected term (in years)

     n/a         8.0        6.6        7.8   

Risk-free interest rate

     n/a         2.21     1.06     2.27

Stock option information with respect to the company’s stock-based equity plans during the six months ended June 30, 2014 is as follows (Dollars in thousands, except weighted average exercise price and weighted average grant date fair value):

 

Options

   Shares     Weighted Average
Exercise Price
     Weighted Average
Grant Date Fair Value
     Weighted Average
Remaining Contractual
Term
     Aggregate
Intrinsic Value
 

Outstanding at January 1, 2014

     2,162,067      $ 5.09       $ 3.57         5.5 years       $ 8,491   

Granted

     25,000              

Exercised

     (203,083           

Forfeited or expired

     (70,026           
  

 

 

            

Outstanding at June 30, 2014

     1,913,958      $ 4.85       $ 3.39         5.4 years       $ 9,092   
  

 

 

            

Exercisable at June 30, 2014

     604,213      $ 5.72       $ 4.14         3.4 years       $ 2,537   
  

 

 

            

Expected to Vest

     1,243,607      $ 4.45       $ 3.04         6.3 years       $ 6,224   
  

 

 

            

 

The aggregate intrinsic value represents the difference between the company’s closing stock price on June 30, 2014 of $9.46 and the option exercise price of the shares for stock options that were in the money, multiplied by the number of shares underlying such options. The total fair value of options vested during the six months ended June 30, 2013 and 2014 was $0.5 million and $1.5 million, respectively.

As of June 30, 2014, there was $1.7 million of total unrecognized compensation cost related to non-vested awards of stock options. This cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 1.7 years.