Employee Stock and Benefit Plans
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Share-based Compensation, Allocation and Classification in Financial Statements [Abstract]  
Employee Stock and Benefit Plans
Employee Stock and Benefit Plans
In May 2012, our stockholders adopted the 2012 Incentive Compensation Plan, which replaced our prior incentive compensation plans. The 2012 Incentive Compensation Plan provides us with the ability to award stock options, restricted stock, restricted stock units, and cash-based incentives to our employees, directors and consultants. The 2012 Incentive Compensation Plan incorporated the outstanding equity grants and remaining shares available for grant under our prior plans. Our stockholders previously authorized the Company to grant equity and equity-related incentives up to a maximum of 64,933,332 shares of common stock, subject to adjustments. At the time of adoption of the 2012 Incentive Compensation Plan, there were 9,731,179 shares authorized, unissued and available for grant under the 2012 Incentive Compensation Plan. All grants or awards made under the 2012 Incentive Compensation Plan are governed by written agreements between us and the participants and have a maximum term of ten years.
Historically, our Board of Directors has granted equity-related incentives consisting of stock options, restricted stock awards and restricted stock units to employees on an annual basis near the end of April. On April 30, 2014, our Board of Directors granted 1,752,921 stock options, 2,271,555 restricted stock awards and 358,373 restricted stock units to certain of our employees and directors in connection with this annual grant of equity-related incentives. Stock options, restricted stock awards, and restricted stock units are also granted to certain new employees on the later of their date of hire or the date that the grant is approved. In addition, under the provisions outlined in the 2012 Incentive Compensation Plan, our chief executive officer may grant, under authority delegated to him by the Compensation Committee of our Board of Directors, a limited number of stock options (not to exceed 1,000,000 shares in the aggregate for the plan year) and restricted stock/restricted stock unit awards (not to exceed 500,000 shares in the aggregate for the plan year) to employees who are not executive officers.
Prior to April 2014, upon the exercise of a stock option award or vesting of a restricted stock award or restricted stock units, we issued shares of our common stock from an available pool of shares that were authorized but not yet issued. Beginning in April 2014, our practice is to settle awards in cash upon vesting. As a result of this change, we changed the classification of outstanding awards from equity-classified to liability-classified and recorded an immaterial liability in our consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2014. There was no incremental compensation cost that resulted from this change in practice.
For the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012, we recognized $4.0 million, $9.0 million and $20.3 million, respectively, in share-based compensation expense related to stock options. For the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012, we recognized $10.4 million, $20.0 million and $22.2 million, respectively, in share-based compensation expense related to restricted stock and restricted stock units. Amounts recognized in the income statement for tax benefits related to share-based payment arrangements in 2014, 2013 and 2012 were not material. We include substantially all share-based compensation expense, including restricted stock expense, as a component of selling, general and administrative expenses based on classification of the compensation expense for the applicable grantee. We classify tax benefits resulting from tax deductions in excess of the compensation cost recognized for share-based awards as financing cash flows. As of December 31, 2014, there was approximately $5.2 million in unrecognized compensation cost related to non-vested employee stock option awards. We expect this cost to be recognized over a weighted average period of 1.27 years. Cash paid for exercises under all share-based payment arrangements was $0.1 million for 2014, $1.0 million for 2013 and $2.0 million for 2012.
Stock Option Awards
The following table summarizes stock option activity for the year ended December 31, 2014:
 
Number of
Options
 
Weighted Average
Exercise Price
per Option
 
Weighted Average
Remaining Life
 
Aggregate Intrinsic
Value
Outstanding, December 31, 2013
11,259,868

 
$
36.20

 
 

 
 

Granted
1,752,921

 
0.86

 
 

 
 

Exercised

 

 
 

 
 

Forfeited
(6,978,638
)
 
35.63

 
 

 
 

Outstanding, December 31, 2014
6,034,151

 
26.57

 
5.71

 
$

Exercisable, December 31, 2014
3,996,673

 
38.55

 
4.04

 


There were no options exercised during the year ended December 31, 2014. The total fair value of vested options was $16.4 million, $39.1 million and $54.3 million for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012, respectively. Generally, our stock options are non-transferable, except by will or laws of descent or distribution, and the actual value of the stock options that a recipient may realize, if any, will depend on the excess of the market price on the date of exercise over the exercise price. As a result of our Chapter 11 filing and the proposals for reorganization, which do not contemplate any recoveries with respect to equity interests, the holders of these stock option awards will not realize any value or receive any recovery from the long-term incentives granted during 2014 or in prior years.
The weighted average fair value of the stock option awards on their grant dates using the Black-Scholes-Merton option-pricing model was less than $0.01 for each option granted during the year ended December 31, 2014, $4.64 for each option granted during the year ended December 31, 2013 and $7.31 for each option granted during the year ended December 31, 2012 based on the following assumptions:
 
2014
 
2013
 
2012
Risk free interest rate
1.60% - 1.63%
 
0.63% - 1.49%
 
0.62% - 0.95%
Expected stock price volatility
69.53% - 96.99%
 
56.56% - 69.53%
 
50.00% - 56.56%
Expected term in years
4.78 - 4.81
 
4.78 - 4.81
 
4.65 - 4.78
Expected dividend yield
 
 

The expected term of stock option awards granted represents the period that we expect our stock option awards will be outstanding and was determined based on (1) historical data on employee exercise and post-vesting employment termination behavior, (2) the contractual terms of the stock option awards, (3) vesting schedules and (4) expectations of future employee behavior. The risk-free interest rate for periods consistent with the contractual life of the stock option award is based on the yield curve of U.S. Treasury strip securities in effect at the time of the grant. Expected volatility takes into consideration historical volatility and the implied volatility from traded options on our stock.
Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Unit Awards
Restricted stock includes both non-vested restricted stock awards and restricted stock units. Following is a summary of our restricted stock:
 
Number of
Shares
 
Weighted Average
Grant Date
Fair Value
Per Share
Restricted stock awards as of December 31, 2013
3,919,485

 
$12.99
Granted
3,605,538

 
0.85
Vested
(1,140,667
)
 
16.80
Forfeited
(2,294,608
)
 
7.69
Restricted stock awards as of December 31, 2014
4,089,748

 
3.75

If a participant terminates employment prior to the vesting dates, the unvested shares are forfeited and available for reissuance under the terms of the 2012 Incentive Compensation Plan. The fair value of our restricted stock is determined based on the quoted price of our common stock at the grant date. As of December 31, 2014, there was approximately $7.8 million in unrecognized compensation cost related to restricted stock. We expect this cost to be recognized over a weighted average period of 1.52 years. The total fair value of restricted stock awards vested was $1.2 million during 2014 and $7.7 million during 2013. During 2014, we paid an immaterial amount to settle vested restricted stock awards. The weighted average grant date fair value of restricted stock awards granted during 2014 was $0.85 per unit compared to $8.69 per unit for 2013 and $16.97 per unit for 2012. As a result of our Chapter 11 filing and the proposals for reorganization, which do not contemplate any recoveries with respect to equity interests, the holders of these restricted stock awards will not realize any value or receive any recovery from the long-term incentives granted during 2014 or in prior years.