Stock-Based Compensation	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2021
Stock-Based Compensation [Abstract]
Stock-Based Compensation	9. Stock-Based Compensation Stock Plans The Loral amended and restated 2005 stock incentive plan (the “Stock Incentive Plan”) which allowed for the grant of several forms of stock-based compensation awards including stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, restricted stock units, stock bonuses and other stock-based awards, had a ten-year term and has expired. As of September 30, 2021 and 2020, outstanding and unconverted restricted stock units (“RSUs”) were 98,917 and 92,857, respectively, that are vested and do not expire. We paid special dividends of $5.50 per share in the second quarter of 2020 (see Note 2) and $1.50 per share in the fourth quarter of 2020 for an aggregate dividend amount of $216.5 million. In accordance with Loral’s Stock Incentive Plan, an equitable adjustment was made to outstanding stock-based awards to reflect the cash dividend. As a result, RSUs outstanding under the Stock Incentive Plan increased by 17,595 during the second quarter of 2020 and by 6,060 during the fourth quarter of 2020.

Stock-Based Compensation

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2021

9. Stock-Based Compensation

Stock Plans

The Loral amended and restated 2005 stock incentive plan (the “Stock Incentive Plan”) which allowed for the grant of several forms of stock-based compensation awards including stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, restricted stock units, stock bonuses and other stock-based awards, had a ten-year term and has expired. As of September 30, 2021 and 2020, outstanding and unconverted restricted stock units (“RSUs”) were 98,917 and 92,857, respectively, that are vested and do not expire.

We paid special dividends of $5.50 per share in the second quarter of 2020 (see Note 2) and $1.50 per share in the fourth quarter of 2020 for an aggregate dividend amount of $216.5 million. In accordance with Loral’s Stock Incentive Plan, an equitable adjustment was made to outstanding stock-based awards to reflect the cash dividend. As a result, RSUs outstanding under the Stock Incentive Plan increased by 17,595 during the second quarter of 2020 and by 6,060 during the fourth quarter of 2020.