麻豆最新出品

Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Stock-Based Compensation

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Stock-Based Compensation
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Share-based Compensation [Abstract]
Stock-Based Compensation

(14)Stock-Based Compensation

麻豆最新出品 - Incentive Plans

Pursuant to the 麻豆最新出品 2013 Incentive Plan (the "2013 Plan"), the Company has granted and may grant to certain of its employees stock options and stock appreciation rights ("SARs") (collectively, "Awards") to purchase shares of Series A, Series B and Series C 麻豆最新出品 common stock.听听The 2013 Plan provides for Awards to be made in respect of a maximum of 75 million shares of 麻豆最新出品 common stock. Awards generally vest over 4-5 years and have a term of 7-10 years. 麻豆最新出品 issues new shares upon exercise of equity awards.听听The Company measures the cost of employee services received in exchange for an Award of equity instruments (such as stock options and restricted stock) based on the grant-date fair value of the Award, and recognizes that cost over the period during which the employee is required to provide service (usually the vesting period of the Award).听听The Company measures the cost of employee services received in exchange for an Award of liability instruments (such as SARs that will be settled in cash) based on the current fair value of the Award, and remeasures the fair value of the Award at each reporting date.

Pursuant to the 麻豆最新出品 2013 Nonemployee Director Incentive Plan, as amended from time to time (the "2013 NDIP"), the 麻豆最新出品 Board of Directors has the full power and authority to grant eligible nonemployee directors stock options, SARs, stock options with tandem SARs, and restricted stock.

On July 23, 2014 a dividend of Series C common stock was distributed and adjustments to the Awards outstanding were required to reflect the changes to the capital structure of the Company. For every Series A Award held, two Series C Awards were issued with an exercise price equal to one third the exercise price of the outstanding Award. Additionally, the exercise price of the outstanding Series A Awards was adjusted to one third the exercise price associated with such Award. The change to outstanding Awards did not change the aggregate intrinsic value associated with the Awards outstanding just prior to the distribution and immediately following the distribution.

In connection with the Broadband Spin-Off in November 2014, all outstanding 麻豆最新出品 Awards were adjusted pursuant to the anti-dilution provisions of the incentive plans under which the equity awards were granted, such that a holder of a 麻豆最新出品 Award received:

i.

An adjustment to the exercise price or base price, as applicable, and the number of shares subject to the 麻豆最新出品 Award (as so adjusted, an 鈥淎djusted 麻豆最新出品 Award鈥) and

ii.

A corresponding equity award relating to shares of 麻豆最新出品 Broadband common stock (a 鈥淏roadband Award鈥).

The exercise prices and number of shares subject to the Adjusted 麻豆最新出品 Award and the Broadband Award were determined based on 1) the exercise prices and number of shares subject to the 麻豆最新出品 Award, 2) the distribution ratio, 3) the pre-distribution trading price of 麻豆最新出品 common stock and 4) the post-distribution trading prices of 麻豆最新出品 common stock and 麻豆最新出品 Broadband common stock, such that all of the pre-distribution intrinsic value of the 麻豆最新出品 Award was allocated between the Adjusted 麻豆最新出品 Award and the Broadband Award.

Following the Broadband Spin-Off, employees of 麻豆最新出品 hold Awards in both 麻豆最新出品 common stock and 麻豆最新出品 Broadband common stock.听听The compensation expense relating to employees of 麻豆最新出品 is recorded at 麻豆最新出品.

Similarly, following the Starz Spin-Off during 2013, employees of 麻豆最新出品 and Starz hold Awards in both 麻豆最新出品 common stock and Starz common stock.听听The compensation expense relating to the employees of 麻豆最新出品 is recorded at 麻豆最新出品 and the compensation expense relating to employees of Starz is recorded at Starz.

麻豆最新出品 - Grants of stock options

Awards granted in 2014, 2013 and 2012 pursuant to the Incentive Plans discussed above are summarized as follows:

Years听ended听December听31,

2014

2013

2012

Weighted

Weighted

Weighted

Options

average

Options

average

Options

average

granted

grant-date

granted

grant-date

granted

grant-date

(000's)

fair听value

(000's)

fair听value

(000's)

fair听value

Series听A 麻豆最新出品 common stock

1听

$

38.86听

23听

$

55.16听

834听

$

42.04听

Series听C 麻豆最新出品 common stock

3,359听

11.09听

NA

NA

NA

NA

Series A 麻豆最新出品 common stock from Option Exchange

NA

NA

NA

NA

3,713听

$

37.25听

During the year ended December 31, 2014, 麻豆最新出品 granted 3.3 million options to purchase 麻豆最新出品 Series C common stock to the CEO of 麻豆最新出品 in connection with a new employment agreement (see note 13); of those options, one half vest on December 24, 2018 and the other half vest on December 24, 2019.听听The remainder of the options granted typically vest quarterly over a 4 year vesting period.

During the fourth quarter of 2012, the Company entered into a series of transactions with certain officers of 麻豆最新出品 and its subsidiaries, which transactions were associated with stock options, in order to recognize tax deductions in the current year versus future years (the "Option Exchange").听听On December 4, 2012 (the "Grant Date"), pursuant to the approval of the Compensation Committee of its Board of Directors, the Company effected the acceleration of each unvested in-the-money option to acquire shares of LMCA held by certain of its and its subsidiaries' officers (collectively, the 鈥Eligible Optionholders鈥). Following this acceleration, also on the Grant Date, each Eligible Optionholder exercised, on a net settled basis, substantially all of his or her outstanding in-the-money vested and unvested options to acquire LMCA shares (the 鈥Eligible Options鈥), and:

with respect to each vested Eligible Option, the Company granted the Eligible Optionholder a vested new option with substantially the same terms and conditions as the exercised vested Eligible Option;

and with respect to each unvested Eligible Option:

the Eligible Optionholder sold to the Company, for cash, the shares of LMCA received upon exercise of such unvested Eligible Option and used the proceeds of that sale to purchase from the Company an equal number of restricted LMCA shares which have a vesting schedule identical to that of the exercised unvested Eligible Option; and

the Company granted the Eligible Optionholder an unvested new option, with substantially the same terms and conditions as the exercised unvested Eligible Option, except that (a) the number of shares underlying the new option is equal to the number of shares underlying such exercised unvested Eligible Option less the number of restricted shares purchased from the Company as described above and (b) the exercise price of the new option is the closing price per LMCA share on The Nasdaq Global Select Market on the Grant Date.

The Option Exchange was considered a modification under ASC 718 - Stock Compensation and resulted in incremental compensation expense in 2012 of $18 million.听听Incremental compensation expense is also being recognized over the remaining vesting periods of the new unvested options and the restricted shares and is included in unrecognized compensation until recognized over the vesting period.

The Company has calculated the grant-date fair value for all of its equity classified awards and any subsequent remeasurement of its liability classified awards using the Black-Scholes Model. The Company estimates the expected term of the Awards based on historical exercise and forfeiture data.听听For grants made in 2014, 2013 and 2012, the range of expected terms was 1.3 to 9.0 years. The volatility used in the calculation for Awards is based on the historical volatility of 麻豆最新出品's stocks and the implied volatility of publicly traded 麻豆最新出品 options. The Company uses a zero dividend rate and the risk-free rate for Treasury Bonds with a term similar to that of the subject options.

The following table presents the volatilities used by the Company in the Black-Scholes Model for the 2014, 2013 and 2012 grants.

Volatility

2014 grants

听听听听

听听听听

听听听听

听听听听

麻豆最新出品 options

28.2听

%

-

31.3听

%

2013 grants

听听听听

听听听听

听听听听

听听听听

麻豆最新出品 options

31.3听

%

-

41.4听

%

2012 grants

麻豆最新出品 options

25.1听

%

-

54.2听

%

麻豆最新出品 - Outstanding Awards

The following table presents the number and weighted average exercise price ("WAEP") of Awards to purchase 麻豆最新出品 common stock granted to certain officers, employees and directors of the Company, as well as the weighted average remaining life and aggregate intrinsic value of the Awards.

Series听A

听听听听

听听听听

听听听听

Weighted

听听听听

Aggregate

average

intrinsic

麻豆最新出品

remaining

value

听Awards听(000's)

WAEP

life

(in millions)

Outstanding at January听1, 2014

3,656听

$

30.58听

Granted

1听

$

45.10听

Exercised

(397)

$

49.49听

Forfeited/Cancelled/Exchanged

(1)

$

25.26听

Broadband Spin-Off adjustment

(52)

$

23.22听

Outstanding at December 31, 2014

3,207听

$

23.21听

4.2听

years

$

39听

Exercisable at December听31, 2014

2,698听

$

22.99听

4.1听

years

$

33听

Series听C

听听听听

听听听听

听听听听

Weighted

听听听听

Aggregate

average

intrinsic

麻豆最新出品

remaining

value

听Awards听(000's)

WAEP

life

(in millions)

Outstanding at January听1, 2014

听鈥

$

听鈥

Series C Dividend Adjustment

6,942听

$

46.01听

Granted

3,359听

$

34.06听

Exercised

(428)

$

22.46听

Forfeited/Cancelled/Exchanged

(1)

$

42.32听

Broadband Spin-Off adjustment

(39)

$

22.92听

Outstanding at December 31, 2014

9,833听

$

26.71听

5.2听

years

$

82听

Exercisable at December听31, 2014

5,446听

$

22.69听

4.1听

years

$

67听

There were nooutstanding Series B options during 2014.

As of December听31, 2014, the total unrecognized compensation cost related to unvested 麻豆最新出品 Awards was approximately $58 million, including incremental compensation under the Option Exchange. Such amount will be recognized in the Company's consolidated statements of operations over a weighted average period of approximately 2.3听years.

麻豆最新出品 - Exercises

The aggregate intrinsic value of all options exercised during the years ended December听31, 2014, 2013 and 2012 was $17 million, $23 million and $494 million, respectively.听听The aggregate intrinsic value of options exercised for the year ended December 31, 2012 includes approximately $358 million related to the intrinsic value of options exercised as a result of the Option Exchange.

麻豆最新出品 - Restricted Stock

Associated with the Option Exchange the Company issued unvested restricted shares of 麻豆最新出品 common stock, of which594,000 shares remain unvested as of December听31, 2014.听听These shares continue to vest over the next year and since the Option Exchange was accounted for as a modification, the compensation expense associated with these restricted shares was treated as incremental compensation, as discussed above, and is included in unrecognized compensation costs under the outstanding Awards section above.听听听The Company had approximately听224,000 unvested restricted shares of 麻豆最新出品 common stock held by certain directors, officers and employees of the Company as of December听31, 2014, not issued under the Option Exchange, with a weighted average grant-date fair value of $16.88 per share.

The aggregate fair value of all restricted shares of 麻豆最新出品 common stock that vested during the years ended December听31, 2014, 2013 and 2012 was $1 million, $7 million and $10 million, respectively.

SIRIUS XM - Stock-based Compensation

During the year ended December听31, 2014, SIRIUS XM granted stock options and restricted stock units to its employees and members of its board of directors. SIRIUS XM also calculates the grant-date fair value for all of its equity classified awards and any subsequent remeasurement of its liability classified awards using the Black-Scholes Model. The weighted average volatility applied to the fair value determination of SIRIUS XM鈥檚 option grants during 2014 and 2013 was 33% and 47%, respectively. During the year ended December 31, 2014, SIRIUS XM granted approximately 61.9 million stock options with a weighted-average exercise price of $3.39 per share and a grant date fair value of $1.05 per share. As of December听31, 2014, SIRIUS XM has approximately 268 million options outstanding of which approximately 121 million are exercisable, each with a weighted-average exercise price per share of $2.72 and $2.27, respectively.听听The aggregate intrinsic value of these outstanding and exercisable options was $246 million and $180 million, respectively.听听During the year ended December 31, 2014, SIRIUS XM granted approximately 6.1 million restricted stock units with a grant date fair value of $3.38 per share.听听The stock-based compensation related to SIRIUS XM stock options and restricted stock awards was $148 million and $133 million for the years ended December听31, 2014 and 2013, respectively. As of December听31, 2014, the total unrecognized compensation cost related to unvested SIRIUS XM stock options was $236 million. The SIRIUS XM unrecognized compensation cost will be recognized in the Company's consolidated statements of operations over a weighted average period of approximately 2.4 years.

Other

Certain of the Company's other subsidiaries have stock based compensation plans under which employees and non-employees are granted options or similar stock based awards. Awards made under these plans vest and become exercisable over various terms. The awards and compensation recorded, if any, under these plans is not significant to the Company.