Stock Incentive Plan

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2020

Share-based Payment Arrangement [Abstract]

Stock Incentive Plan

Stock Incentive Plan

The Veoneer, Inc. 2018 Stock Incentive Plan was established and effective on June 29, 2018 to govern the Company’s stock-based awards that will be granted in the future. The Veoneer, Inc. 2018 Stock Incentive Plan authorizes the grant of 3 million shares of Veoneer common stock for future equity awards to Veoneer employees and non-employee directors and authorizes up to 1.5 million additional shares to be used for the conversion of outstanding Autoliv stock awards in connection with the Spin-Off. Approximately 1 million shares were used for the conversion of the outstanding grants.

During the six months ended June 30, 2020 under the Company’s long-term incentive (LTI) program, certain employees and non-employee directors received restricted stock units (RSUs) without dividend equivalent rights and performance shares (PSs) without dividend equivalent rights. The allocation between RSUs and PSs was 747,466 RSUs and 415,381 PSs at 100% target.

The majority of the RSUs granted will vest on the third anniversary of the grant date, subject to the grantee’s continued employment with the Company on the vesting date and acceleration of vesting in certain circumstances. The fair value of RSUs and PSs granted in 2020 were calculated by using the closing stock price on the grant dates. The grant date fair value for the RSUs and PSs, granted in 2020 was $11 million.

PSs granted in 2020 will earn out during the first quarter of 2023, upon the Compensation Committee’s certification of achievement of the applicable performance goals. The grantee may earn 0%-200% of the target number of PSs based on the Company’s achievement of specified targets. The performance target is the Company’s gross margin for the applicable performance period. Each PS represents a promise to transfer a share of the Company’s common stock to the employee following completion of the performance period, provided that the performance goals mentioned above are met and provided, further, that the grantee remains employed through the performance period, subject to certain limited exceptions.

Veoneer recognized total stock (RSUs PSs and Stock Options) compensation cost of $2 million and $4 million for the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2020, respectively. During the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2019, the Company recorded $2 million and $3 million, respectively.