Huntsman Corporation Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION PLANS (Tables)

STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION PLANS (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2019

Schedule of compensation cost under the 2016 Stock Incentive Plan and the Prior Plan

The compensation cost from continuing operations under the 2016 Stock Incentive Plan and the Prior Plan for our Company and Huntsman International were as follows (dollars in millions):


	Three months				Nine months
	ended				ended
	September 30,				September 30,
	2019		2018		2019		2018
Huntsman Corporation compensation cost	$	7	$	7	$	22	$	22
Huntsman International compensation cost		7		7		21		21

Schedule of assumptions used to calculate fair value of each stock option award estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes valuation model


	Three months			Nine months
	ended			ended
	September 30,			September 30,
	2019	2018		2019		2018
Dividend yield	NA	2.0	%	2.9	%	1.5	%
Expected volatility	NA	54.5	%	54.0	%	55.2	%
Risk-free interest rate	NA	2.8	%	2.5	%	2.6	%
Expected life of stock options granted during the period	NA	5.9	years	5.9	years	5.9	years

Summary of stock option activity under the 2016 Stock Incentive Plan and the Prior Plan


					Weighted
			Weighted		Average
			Average		Remaining		Aggregate
			Exercise		Contractual		Intrinsic
Option Awards	Shares		Price		Term		Value
	(in thousands)				(years)		(in millions)
Outstanding at January 1, 2019		4,545	$	17.81
Granted		896		22.66
Exercised		(214)		10.32
Forfeited		(47)		25.24
Outstanding at September 30, 2019		5,180		18.89		6.4	$	27
Exercisable at September 30, 2019		3,750		16.72		5.5		26

Summary of status of nonvested shares


	Equity Awards					Liability Awards
				Weighted				Weighted
				Average				Average
				Grant-Date				Grant-Date
	Shares			Fair Value		Shares		Fair Value
	(in thousands)					(in thousands)
Nonvested at January 1, 2019		1,923		$	19.08		504	$	20.66
Granted		708			24.60		256		22.64
Vested		(968)	(1)(2)		13.61		(313)		16.32
Forfeited		(16)			26.15		(16)		25.17
Nonvested at September 30, 2019		1,647			24.60		431		24.81

(1)	As of September 30, 2019, a total of 389,095 restricted stock units were vested but not yet issued, of which 30,486 vested during the nine months ended September 30, 2019. These shares have not been reflected as vested shares in

this table because, in accordance with the restricted stock unit agreements, shares of common stock are not issued for vested restricted stock units until termination of employment.

(2)

A total of 412,246 performance share unit awards are reflected in the vested shares in this table, which represents the target number of performance share unit awards for this grant and were included in the balance at December 31, 2018. During the nine months ended September 30, 2019, an additional 357,006 performance share unit awards with a grant date fair value of $10.22 vested above the target in accordance the performance criteria of these awards.