Share Based Compensation | 9. Share‑Based Compensation Equity Incentive Plans Until the IPO was completed, equity-based awards were issued to executives, directors and key employees of the Company under the Victory Capital Holdings, Inc. Equity Incentive Plan (“the 2013 Plan”) and the Outside Director Equity Incentive Plan (“the Director Plan”). In connection with the IPO, the Company’s board of directors adopted, and the Company’s stockholders approved, the Victory Capital Holdings, Inc. 2018 Stock Incentive Plan (“the 2018 Plan”), and the Victory Capital Holdings, Inc. 2018 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (“the 2018 ESPP”), each of which became effective upon the completion of the IPO. The 2018 Plan authorizes the grant of non-qualified stock options, incentive stock options, restricted stock awards, restricted stock units, stock appreciation rights, performance awards and other awards that may be settled in or based upon shares of the Company’s Class A common stock or Class B common stock, collectively, the Shares, though the Company currently intend to grant these awards based upon shares of Class B common stock. As the 2018 Plan took effect upon completion of the IPO, no further grants will be made under the 2013 Plan. A total of 3,372,484 shares of either Class A or Class B common stock, or any combination thereof, as determined by the Compensation Committee are reserved for and available for issuance under the 2018 Plan. Shares underlying awards that are settled in cash, expire or are canceled, forfeited or otherwise terminated without delivery to a participant will again be available for issuance under the 2018 Plan. Shares withheld or surrendered in connection with the payment of an exercise price of an award or to satisfy tax withholding will again become available for issuance under the 2018 Plan. A total of 350,388 shares of Class A common stock is available to issue under the 2018 ESPP. On June 8, 2018, the Compensation Committee approved the terms and conditions for the 2018 ESPP offering to begin on July 1, 2018. The offering will run for eighteen months, from July 1, 2018 to December 31, 2019, and will include three six month offering periods. Shares of Class A common stock will be purchased at three month calendar intervals at a 5 percent discount from the market price on the purchase date, which is the last day of each calendar quarter during the offering. The 2018 ESPP is a noncompensatory plan and includes no option features other than employees may change their contributions or withdraw from the plan once during each six month offering period during a specified time approved by the Company. All U.S.-based employees may participate in the 2018 ESPP. As of June 30, 2018, 16,198 restricted share grants and 2,362 stock option awards had been issued under the 2018 Plan, and the 2018 ESPP was not yet funded. Current Period Activity On January 1, 2018, the Company issued grants for 1,678,743 restricted shares of common stock and stock option awards for 357,256 shares of common stock under the 2013 Plan. Grants for 1,609,857 restricted shares of common stock consisted of time-vested restricted shares (50%) and performance-vested restricted shares (50%). The performance-vested restricted shares will vest in three equal installments based on achievement of certain share price targets. The time-vested portion of the restricted share awards vest over a three to five year period. For the remaining grants of 68,886 restricted shares of common stock, the shares vest based on service over a four year period. For the stock option awards granted on January 1, 2018, sixty percent of the shares of common stock subject to each option vest based on service over a four year period; the remaining forty percent of the shares of common stock subject to each option vest upon satisfaction of various performance conditions. During the three months ended June 30, 2018, the Company issued grants for 16,198 restricted shares of common stock, which were fully vested on the grant date, and stock option awards for 2,362 shares of common stock. Fifty percent of the shares of common stock subject to this option award vest based on service over a three year period; the remaining fifty percent of the shares of common stock subject to this option award vest upon achievement of certain performance and market conditions. Activity during the six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017 related to stock option awards and restricted stock awards is shown in the tables below. Shares Subject to Stock Option Awards Six Months Ended June 30, 2018 2017 Avg wtd Avg wtd Avg wtd Avg wtd grant-date exercise grant-date exercise fair value price Units fair value price Units Outstanding at beginning of period $ 3.66 $ 5.71 9,078,728 $ 3.40 $ 4.90 8,669,475 Granted 6.51 14.25 359,618 6.16 13.51 447,795 Forfeited 6.26 13.73 (7,682) 2.73 2.99 (113,175) Exercised 2.54 2.45 (5,000) 2.44 2.54 (73,406) Modified to liability to be cash settled — — — 2.57 2.54 (156,273) Outstanding at end of the period $ 3.76 $ 6.04 9,425,664 $ 3.57 $ 5.43 8,774,416 Vested $ 3.24 $ 4.46 6,331,146 $ 3.04 $ 3.81 3,737,939 Unvested 4.83 9.26 3,094,518 3.96 6.63 5,036,477 Restricted Stock Awards Six Months Ended June 30, 2018 2017 Avg wtd grant- Avg wtd grant- date fair value Units date fair value Units Unvested at beginning of period $ 11.82 1,293,107 $ 9.48 1,018,228 Granted 14.24 1,694,941 13.51 502,981 Vested 11.96 (33,028) 7.99 (8,409) Forfeited — — 5.71 (2,803) Unvested at end of period $ 13.20 2,955,020 $ 10.82 1,509,997 Director Plan Restricted Stock Awards Six Months Ended June 30, 2018 2017 Avg wtd grant- Avg wtd grant- date fair value Units date fair value Units Unvested at beginning of period $ — — $ 5.71 49,230 Granted — — — — Vested — — 5.71 (32,937) Forfeited — — — — Unvested at end of period $ — — $ 5.71 16,293 Share-based compensation expense for equity awards is measured at the grant date, based on the estimated fair value of the award, and recognized over the requisite employee service period. Stock option awards have a ten year contractual life. For awards granted in the three months ended June 30, 2018, the Company used the Class A common stock closing price on the grant date as the grant date fair value of the stock. The fair value of stock option awards was determined using a number of inputs including expected volatility, which was based on a consideration of the average volatility of companies in the same or similar lines of business adjusted for differing levels of leverage and the Company’s volatility for the post-IPO period. In the three months ended March 31, 2018, the Company revised the estimate of time it expected to take to achieve the performance conditions on certain performance-vested restricted share awards. A cumulative catch up adjustment was recorded so that the cumulative compensation cost for these awards was equal to what would have been recognized had the new estimate been used since the grant date. Dividend Payments As of June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, the amount of cash bonuses and distributions related to dividends previously declared on unvested and outstanding restricted share awards and stock options totaled $2.0 million, which is not recorded as a liability as of the balance sheet date. A liability will be recorded for these cash bonuses and dividends when the restricted shares and options vest. |