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Stock-Based Compensation
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2021
Share-based Payment Arrangement [Abstract]  
Stock-Based Compensation Stock-Based Compensation
The Company has adopted equity plans that allow for grants of stock-based compensation awards. The following sections describe each of these plans.

Wynn Resorts, Limited 2014 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the "WRL Omnibus Plan")

On May 16, 2014, the Company adopted the WRL Omnibus Plan after approval from its stockholders, which was adopted for a period of 10 years. The WRL Omnibus Plan allows for the grant of stock options, restricted stock, restricted stock units, stock appreciation rights, performance awards, and other share-based awards to eligible participants. The Company reserved 4,409,390 shares of its common stock for issuance under the WRL Omnibus Plan. On June 25, 2020, the Company's shareholders approved an amendment to the WRL Omnibus Plan that increases the shares authorized for issuance by 1,500,000 shares, for an aggregate number of shares authorized for issuance to 5,909,390 shares.

As of December 31, 2021, the Company had an aggregate of 3,003,920 shares of its common stock available for grant as share-based awards under the WRL Omnibus Plan.

Wynn Macau, Limited Share Option and Share Award Plans

The Company's majority-owned subsidiary, WML, has two stock-based compensation plans that provide awards based on shares of WML's common stock. The shares available for issuance under these plans are separate and distinct from the common stock of Wynn Resorts' share plan and are not available for issuance for any awards under the Wynn Resorts share plan.

WML Share Option Plan ("WML Share Option Plan")

WML adopted the WML Share Option Plan for the grant of stock options to purchase shares of WML to eligible directors and employees of WML and its subsidiaries. The WML Share Option Plan is administered by WML's Board of Directors, which has the discretion on the vesting and service requirements, exercise price, performance targets to exercise if applicable and other conditions, subject to certain limits.

The WML Share Option Plan was adopted for a period of 10 years commencing from May 30, 2019. The maximum number of shares which may be issued pursuant to the WML Share Option Plan is 519,695,860 shares. As of December 31, 2021, there were 501,735,860 shares available for issuance under the WML Share Option Plan.

WML Employee Share Ownership Scheme (the "WML Share Award Plan")

On June 30, 2014, WML adopted the WML Share Award Plan. The Share Award Plan allows for the grant of nonvested shares of WML's common stock to eligible employees. The WML Share Award Plan has been mandated under the plan to allot, issue and process the transfer of a maximum of 75,000,000 shares. As of December 31, 2021, there were 45,094,570 shares available for issuance under the WML Share Award Plan.

Wynn Interactive Ltd. 2020 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the "WIL Omnibus Plan")

On October 23, 2020, the Wynn Interactive board of directors adopted the WIL Omnibus Plan. The WIL Omnibus Plan, which is administered by the Wynn Interactive board of directors, allows for an aggregate number of shares totaling 101,419 for the grant of stock options, restricted stock, restricted stock units, stock appreciation rights, performance awards, and other share-based awards to eligible participants. As of December 31, 2021, there were 14,660 shares available to grant under the WIL Omnibus Plan.
Stock Options

The summary of stock option activity for the year ended December 31, 2021 is presented below:
Options
Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
Weighted
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Term
Aggregate
Intrinsic
Value
WRL Omnibus Plan
Outstanding as of January 1, 202123,700 $80.42 
Granted— $— 
Exercised— $— 
Forfeited or expired— $— 
Outstanding as of December 31, 202123,700 $80.42 4.16$230,023 
Fully vested and expected to vest as of December 31, 202123,700 $80.42 4.16$230,023 
Exercisable as of December 31, 202123,700 $80.42 4.16$230,023 
WML Share Option Plan
Outstanding as of January 1, 202119,858,400 $2.36 
Granted9,065,000 $0.89 
Exercised— $— 
Forfeited or expired(400,000)$3.33 
Outstanding as of December 31, 202128,523,400 $1.87 7.70$— 
Fully vested and expected to vest as of December 31, 202128,523,400 $1.87 7.70$— 
Exercisable as of December 31, 202110,030,200 $2.39 5.34$— 
WIL Omnibus Plan
Outstanding as of January 1, 202190,298 $1,134.00 
Granted5,297 $760.79 
Exercised— $— 
Forfeited or expired(4,961)$593.15 
Outstanding as of December 31, 202190,634 $1,143.48 8.94$1,185 
Fully vested and expected to vest as of December 31, 202190,634 $1,143.48 8.94$1,185 
Exercisable as of December 31, 2021— $— — $— 
The following is provided for stock options under the Company's stock-based compensation plans (in thousands, except weighted average grant date fair value):
Years Ended December 31,
202120202019
WRL Omnibus Plan (1)
Intrinsic value of stock options exercised$— $— $24,731 
Cash received from the exercise of stock options$— $— $14,696 
WML Share Option Plan (2)
Weighted average grant date fair value$0.26 $0.54 $0.55 
Intrinsic value of stock options exercised$— $57 $— 
Cash received from the exercise of stock options$— $70 $— 
WIL Omnibus Plan (3)
Weighted average grant date fair value$159.51 $146.97 $— 
(1) As of December 31, 2021, there was no unamortized compensation expense related to stock options.
(2) As of December 31, 2021, there was $6.8 million of unamortized compensation expense related to stock options, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 3.8 years.
(3) As of December 31, 2021, there was $6.4 million of unamortized compensation expense related to stock options, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 2.7 years.

Option Valuation Inputs

There were no stock options granted under the WRL Omnibus Plan during the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020, and 2019.

The fair value of stock options granted under WML's Share Option Plan was estimated on the date of grant using the following weighted average assumptions:
Years Ended December 31,
202120202019
Expected dividend yield2.9 %4.7 %5.7 %
Expected volatility46.4 %42.6 %40.7 %
Risk-free interest rate1.1 %1.0 %1.4 %
Expected term (years)6.56.56.5

The fair value of stock options granted under the WIL Omnibus Plan was estimated on the date of grant using the following weighted average assumptions:
Years Ended December 31,
20212020
Expected dividend yield— %— %
Expected volatility50.0 %50.0 %
Risk-free interest rate0.60 %0.61 %
Expected term (years)6.36.5
Nonvested and performance nonvested shares

The summary of nonvested and performance nonvested share activity under the Company's stock-based compensation plans for the year ended December 31, 2021 is presented below:
Shares
Weighted
Average
Grant Date
Fair Value
WRL Omnibus Plan
Nonvested as of January 1, 2021929,635 $112.11 
Granted415,360 $108.68 
Vested(417,146)$95.50 
Forfeited(26,221)$113.85 
Nonvested as of December 31, 2021901,628 $118.09 
WML Share Award Plan
Nonvested as of January 1, 202110,878,778 $2.33 
Granted5,319,814 $1.56 
Vested(4,934,549)$2.06 
Forfeited(1,239,306)$2.12 
Nonvested as of December 31, 202110,024,737 $2.06 
WIL Omnibus Plan
Nonvested as of January 1, 2021— $— 
Granted4,094 $3,150.00 
Vested— $— 
Forfeited(54)$3,150.00 
Nonvested as of December 31, 20214,040 $3,150.00 

Certain members of the executive management team receive grants of nonvested share awards that are subject to service and performance conditions. Generally, these awards vest if certain revenue and Adjusted Property EBITDA fair share metrics (as approved by the Company's Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors) are attained over a one-, two-, or three-year performance period. The Company records expense for these awards if it determines that vesting is probable. At December 31, 2021, all performance nonvested awards were deemed to be probable of vesting; however, none of the performance criteria contingencies have been resolved. The activity for these performance nonvested shares is included in the table above.

The following is provided for the share awards under the Company's stock-based compensation plans (in thousands, except weighted average grant date fair value):
Years Ended December 31,
202120202019
WRL Omnibus Plan
Weighted average grant date fair value$108.68 $99.21 $119.61 
Fair value of shares vested$41,133 $34,068 $19,428 
WML Share Award Plan
Weighted average grant date fair value$1.56 $1.86 $2.43 
Fair value of shares vested$4,771 $8,371 $5,139 

As of December 31, 2021, there was $49.4 million of unamortized compensation expense related to nonvested shares, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 1.88 years under the WRL Omnibus Plan. As of December 31, 2021, there was $8.5 million of unamortized compensation expense, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 2.14 years under the WML Share Award Plan.
Annual Incentive Bonus

Certain members of the Company's management team receive a portion of their annual incentive bonus in shares of the Company's stock. The number of shares is determined based on the closing stock price on the date the annual incentive bonus is settled. As the number of shares is variable, the Company records a liability for the fixed monetary amount over the service period. The Company recorded stock-based compensation expense associated with these awards of $9.3 million, $5.7 million and $6.7 million for each of the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively. The Company settled its obligations for the 2021, 2020, and 2019 annual incentive bonuses by issuing 108,224, 58,058, 44,788 of vested shares with a weighted-average grant date fair value of $85.80, $108.03, and $150.03, in January of the respective following year.

Compensation Cost

The total compensation cost for stock-based compensation plans was recorded as follows (in thousands):
Years Ended December 31,
202120202019
Casino (1)
$13,899 $8,538 $7,903 
Rooms1,525 1,618 1,046 
Food and beverage3,264 3,189 1,807 
Entertainment, retail and other (2)
19,978 432 174 
General and administrative56,572 48,477 28,772 
Pre-opening— — 670 
Total stock-based compensation expense95,238 62,254 40,372 
Total stock-based compensation capitalized5,058 2,212 350 
Total stock-based compensation costs$100,296 $64,466 $40,722 
(1) In 2020, reflects the reversal of $3.3 million of compensation cost previously recognized for awards forfeited in connection with the departure of an employee.
(2) In 2021, reflects compensation cost of $2.7 million recognized in connection with the vesting of restricted stock performance awards.

During the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019, the Company recognized income tax benefits in the Consolidated Statements of Operations of $14.9 million, $9.3 million, and $5.8 million, respectively, related to stock-based compensation expense. Additionally, during the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020, and 2019, the Company realized tax benefits of $8.0 million, $3.7 million, and $8.4 million, respectively, related to stock option exercises and restricted stock vesting that occurred in those years.