Share-based Compensation

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2024

Share-Based Payment Arrangement [Abstract]

Long-term Incentive Plan ("LTIP")

During the three months ended March 31, 2022, 2023 and 2024, the Compensation Committee (the "Compensation Committee") of the Company's Board of Directors ("Board") approved grants of restricted stock units (“RSUs”) to executives and certain employees pursuant to the 2022 LTIP, 2023 LTIP and 2024 LTIP, respectively, all under the terms of the Company's 2022 Equity Incentive Plan. Under the LTIPs, the Company granted RSUs to eligible participants as time-based awards and/or performance-based awards.

The vesting of the RSUs is dependent upon service and/or performance conditions as defined in the award agreements. Employees that received time-based awards with service conditions are entitled to receive a specific number of shares of the Company’s common stock on the vesting date if the employee provides services to the Company through the vesting date. Time-based awards generally vest over a period of three years in substantially equal installments commencing on the grant date and ending on February 25 of each year for the 2022 LTIP, February 24 of each year for the 2023 LTIP and February 28 of each year for the 2024 LTIP. In 2022 and 2023, the Company also granted time-based awards with a three year service vesting period which will cliff vest on February 25, 2025 and February 24, 2026, respectively.

For the performance-based awards under the 2022 LTIP, 2023 LTIP, and 2024 LTIP, the Compensation Committee established adjusted earnings before interest, income taxes, depreciation and amortization ("Adjusted EBITDA") as the primary performance measure while maintaining focus on total shareholder return through the use of a market-based total shareholder return ("TSR") performance modifier. The Adjusted EBITDA measure is based on annual Adjusted EBITDA targets and can result in a payout between 0% and 200%, depending on the performance level. The TSR modifier adjusts the shares earned based on the Adjusted EBITDA performance upwards or downwards (+/- 25%) based on the Company’s relative TSR at the end of the three-year performance period as compared to the companies in the Russell 2000 Index. The Adjusted EBITDA performance measure will be calculated for the one-year period commencing on January 1 of the year of the grant and ending on December 31 of the same year, relative to the goals set by the Compensation Committee for this same period. The shares earned will be subject to an additional two-year service vesting period and will vest on February 25, 2025 for the 2022 LTIP, February 24, 2026 for the 2023 LTIP and February 28, 2027 for the 2024 LTIP. Unless otherwise specified in the award agreement, or in an employment agreement, awards are forfeited if the employee voluntarily ceases to be employed by the Company prior to vesting.

The following table summarizes nonvested RSUs activity for the three months ended March 31, 2024:


Nonvested RSUs	Shares	Weighted-average grant date fair value
Nonvested at December 31, 2023	1,799,012	$	39.42
Granted	1,097,178	36.89
Vested	(738,996)	36.92
Forfeited	(10,220)	38.90
Nonvested at March 31, 2024	2,146,974	$	38.56

For the three months ended March 31, 2024, the Company recognized $7.3 million of share-based compensation expense, compared with $5.6 million for the corresponding period in 2023.

As of March 31, 2024, the maximum unrecognized cost for RSUs was $64.0 million. The cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 2.5 years.