SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Share-based Payment Arrangement [Abstract]

RSUs and PSUs

We granted RSUs in 2019 to certain officers and key employees, and those units vest generally over four years in equal annual installments commencing one year after the grant date. We also granted performance-based RSUs (“PSUs”) in 2019 to certain executive officers, which are earned, subject to continued employment and the satisfaction of certain performance conditions based on achievement of pre-established targets for gross room openings, active Marriott Bonvoy loyalty member growth, and adjusted operating income growth over, or at the end of, a three-year performance period.

We had deferred compensation costs for RSUs of approximately $176 million at year-end 2019 and $167 million at year-end 2018. The weighted average remaining term for RSUs outstanding at year-end 2019 was two years.

The following table provides additional information on RSUs for the last three fiscal years:



	2019		2018		2017
Share-based compensation expense (in millions)	$	177	$	170	$	172
Weighted average grant-date fair value (per RSU)	$	117	$	132	$	85
Aggregate intrinsic value of distributed RSUs (in millions)	$	276	$	294	$	322

The following table presents the changes in our outstanding RSUs, including PSUs, during 2019 and the associated weighted average grant-date fair values:



	Number of RSUs (in millions)		Weighted Average Grant-Date Fair Value (per RSU)
Outstanding at year-end 2018	4.8		$	90
Granted	1.7		117
Distributed	(2.3	)	79
Forfeited	(0.1	)	112
Outstanding at year-end 2019	4.1		$	106

Other Information

At year-end 2019, we had 29 million remaining shares authorized under the Marriott and Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, LLC, formerly known as Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (“Starwood”) stock plans.