Annual and transition report of foreign private issuers pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Stock-Based Compensation (Tables)

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Stock-Based Compensation (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract]  
Schedule of Stock-Based Compensation Expense

Total stock-based compensation expense consists of the following:

 

  31 March  
(Millions of US dollars) 2015   2014   2013  

Liability Awards Expense

  $ 3.3    $ 4.5    $ 3.8   

Equity Awards Expense

  9.2      8.5      7.0   
  

 

 

 

Total stock-based compensation expense

  $     12.5    $     13.0    $     10.8   
  

 

 

 
Summary of Stock Options Available for Grant and Outstanding Options Activity

The following table summarizes the Company’s shares available for grant as options, restricted stock units or other equity instruments under the LTIP and 2001 Equity Incentive Plan at 31 March 2015, 2014 and 2013:

 

  Shares
Available for
Grant
 

Balance at 31 March 2013

      24,503,783      
  

 

 

 

Granted

  (1,266,656)     

New Shares Authorized

  710,000      
  

 

 

 

Balance at 31 March 2014

  23,947,127      
  

 

 

 

Granted

  (1,192,225)     

New Shares Authorized

  2,000,000      
  

 

 

 

Balance at 31 March 2015

  24,754,902      
  

 

 

 

 

Stock Options

There were no stock options granted during the years ended 31 March 2015 and 2014. The following table summarizes the Company’s stock options activity during the noted period:

 

  Outstanding Options      
  Number   Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price (A$)
 

Balance at 31 March 2013

       5,156,136         7.94   
  

 

 

    

Exercised

  (4,056,860)        7.89   
  

 

 

    

Balance at 31 March 2014

  1,099,276         8.11   
  

 

 

    

Exercised

  (587,496)        8.06   
  

 

 

    

Balance at 31 March 2015

  511,780         8.17   
  

 

 

    
Outstanding and Exercisable Options under 2001 Equity Incentive Plan and Long-Term Incentive Plan

The following table summarizes outstanding and exercisable options under both the 2001 Equity Incentive Plan and the LTIP as of 31 March 2015:

 

    Options Outstanding     Options Exercisable  
Exercise
Price (A$)
  Number   Weighted
Average
Remaining
Life (in Years)
  Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price (A$)
  Aggregate
Intrinsic
Value (A$)
    Number   Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price (A$)
  Aggregate
Intrinsic
Value (A$)
 

6.38

  103,080        2.7      6.38      915,350        103,080        6.38      915,350     

8.40

  223,700        1.6      8.40      1,534,582        223,700        8.40      1,534,582     

8.90

  185,000        0.7      8.90      1,176,600        185,000        8.90      1,176,600     
   

 

 

       

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total

      511,780        $     3,626,532            511,780        $     3,626,532     
   

 

 

       

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

     

 

 

 
Restricted Stock Unit Activity

The following table summarizes the Company’s restricted stock unit activity during the noted period:

 

  Restricted
Stock Units
  Weighted
Average Fair
Value at Grant
Date (A$)

Non-vested at 31 March 2013

      4,004,368       5.99
  

 

 

    

Granted

  1,266,656       9.11

Vested

  (1,227,372)      5.42

Forfeited

  (159,734)      6.38
  

 

 

    

Non-vested at 31 March 2014

  3,883,918       7.17
  

 

 

    

Granted

  1,192,225       11.00

Vested

  (774,675)      6.63

Forfeited

  (293,467)      6.90
  

 

 

    

Non-vested at 31 March 2015

  4,008,001       8.44
  

 

 

    

Assumptions Used for Restricted Stock Grants

The following table includes the assumptions used for restricted stock grants (market condition) valued during the year ended 31 March 2015 and 2014, respectively:

 

Vesting Condition: Market   Market  
 

FY15

 

FY14

 

Date of grant

  16 Sep 2014      16 Sep 2013   

Dividend yield (per annum)

  4.5%      3.0%   

Expected volatility

  37.4%      43.3%   

Risk free interest rate

  1.6%      1.4%   

Expected life in years

  3.0      3.0   

JHX stock price at grant date (A$)

  12.42      10.17   

Number of restricted stock units

  459,317      489,888