Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Equity Incentive Plan

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Equity Incentive Plan
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2012
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]  
Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Text Block]
Equity Incentive Plan
In 2009, the Company adopted an equity incentive plan which provides incentive compensation to attract and retain qualified directors, officers, advisors, consultants and other personnel, including PRCM Advisers and affiliates and personnel of PRCM Advisers and its affiliates, and any joint venture affiliates of the Company.
The 2009 equity incentive plan is administered by the compensation committee. The Compensation Committee of the Company's Board of Directors, has the full authority to administer and interpret the 2009 equity incentive plan, to authorize the granting of awards, to determine the eligibility of directors, officers, advisors, consultants and other personnel, including PRCM Advisers and affiliates and personnel of PRCM Advisers and its affiliates, and any joint venture affiliates of the Company, to receive an award, to determine the number of shares of common stock to be covered by each award (subject to the individual participant limitations provided in the 2009 equity incentive plan), to determine the terms, provisions and conditions of each award (which may not be inconsistent with the terms of the 2009 equity incentive plan), to prescribe the form of instruments evidencing awards and to take any other actions and make all other determinations that it deems necessary or appropriate in connection with the 2009 equity incentive plan or the administration or interpretation thereof. In connection with this authority, the Compensation Committee may, among other things, establish performance goals that must be met in order for awards to be granted or to vest, or for the restrictions on any such awards to lapse.
The Company's 2009 equity incentive plan provides for grants of restricted common stock, phantom shares, dividend equivalent rights and other equity-based awards, subject to a ceiling of 200,000 shares available for issuance under the plan. The plan allows for the Company's Board of Directors to expand the types of awards available under the plan to include long-term incentive plan (“LTIP”) units in the future. The maximum number of shares that may underlie awards in any one year to any eligible person may not exceed 100,000. If an award granted under the 2009 equity incentive plan expires or terminates, the shares subject to any portion of the award that expires or terminates without having been exercised or paid, as the case may be, will again become available for the issuance of additional awards. Unless previously terminated by the Company's Board of Directors, no new award may be granted under the 2009 equity incentive plan after the tenth anniversary of the date that such plan was initially approved by the Company's Board of Directors. No award may be granted under the Company's 2009 equity incentive plan to any person who, assuming payment of all awards held by such person, would own or be deemed to own more than 9.8% of the outstanding shares of the Company's common stock.
On May 18, 2011 and May 23, 2012, the Company granted 19,750 and 32,021 shares of restricted common stock, respectively, to its independent directors pursuant to the 2009 equity incentive plan. The estimated fair value of these awards was $10.76 and $10.15 per share, respectively, based on the closing price of the Company's common stock on such date.
 
2012
 
2011
 
Shares
 
Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Market Value
 
Shares
 
Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Market Value
Outstanding at Beginning of Period
51,447

 
$
9.55

 
51,235

 
$
8.86

Granted
32,021

 
10.15

 
19,750

 
10.76

Vested
(58,143
)
 
(9.82
)
 
(19,538
)
 
(8.96
)
Forfeited
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

Outstanding at End of Period
25,325

 
$
9.69

 
51,447

 
$
9.55


For the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010, the Company recognized compensation costs related to restricted stock of $0.5 million, $0.3 million, and $0.2 million, respectively.