Prior to the 2019 Transaction, the Company operated under its 2016 Equity Incentive Plan, which provided for certain employees of the Company to be eligible to participate in equity ownership in the Company. On May 8, 2019, in anticipation of the 2019 Transaction, the Board adopted the 2019 Incentive Award Plan, which was an amendment, restatement and continuation of the 2016 Equity Incentive Plan. Upon closing of the 2019 Transaction, awards under the 2016 Equity Incentive Plan were converted using the exchange ratio established during the 2019 Transaction and assumed into the 2019 Incentive Award Plan (See Note 4 - Business Combinations). The 2019 Incentive Award Plan permits the granting of awards in the form of incentive stock options, non-qualified stock options, share appreciation rights, restricted shares, restricted share units and other stock-based or cash-based awards. Equity awards may be issued in the form of restricted shares or restricted share units with dividend rights or dividend equivalent rights subject to vesting terms and conditions specified in individual award agreements. The Company’s Management Incentive Plan provides for employees of the Company to be eligible to purchase shares of the Company. See Note 16 - Shareholders’ Equity for additional information.

A maximum aggregate amount of 60,000,000 ordinary shares are reserved for issuance under the 2019 Incentive Award Plan. Equity awards under the 2019 Incentive Award Plan may be issued in the form of options to purchase shares of the Company which are exercisable upon the occurrence of conditions specified within individual award agreements. As of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, 41,271,255 and 42,785,926, respectively, awards have not been granted.

Total share-based compensation expense, inclusive of cash and non-cash expense, included in the Consolidated Statements of Operations amounted to $11,997 and $6,796 for the three months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively, and $38,518 and $31,121 for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively. The total associated tax benefits recognized amounted to $1,027 and $0 for the three months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively, and $6,862 and $0 for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively.


	Number of Options	Weighted Average Exercise Price per Share		Weighted-Average Remaining Contractual Life (in years)	Aggregate Intrinsic Value
Balance at December 31, 2020	7,860,618	$	12.95	6.2	$	131,956
Granted	—	—		0	—
Expired	—	—		0	—
Forfeited	—	—		0	—
Exercised	(2,745,966)	12.12		0	(39,737)
Outstanding as of September 30, 2021	5,114,652	$	13.40	5.6	$	45,015
Vested and exercisable at September 30, 2021	5,114,652	$	13.40	5.6	$	45,015

The aggregate intrinsic value in the table above represents the difference between the Company’s most recent valuation and the exercise price of each in-the-money option on the last day of the period presented. 328,531 and 4,068,307 stock options were exercised in the three months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively, and 2,745,966 and 11,507,094 stock options were exercised during the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively. The total intrinsic value of stock options exercised was approximately $39,737 and $141,143 during the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively.

The Company uses the Black-Scholes option pricing model to estimate the fair value of options granted. The Black-Scholes model considers the fair value of an ordinary share and the contractual and expected term of the stock option, expected volatility, dividend yield, and risk-free interest rate. Prior to becoming a public company, the fair value of the Company’s ordinary shares were determined utilizing an external third-party pricing specialist.

The contractual term of the option ranges from one year to ten years. Expected volatility is the average volatility over the expected terms of comparable public entities from the same industry. The risk-free interest rate is based on a treasury rate with a remaining term similar to the contractual term of the option. The Company is recently formed and at this time does not expect to distribute any dividends to the holders of the Company's ordinary shares. The Company recognizes forfeitures as they occur.

RSUs typically vest from one year to three years and are generally subject to either cliff vesting or graded vesting. RSUs do not have non-forfeitable rights to dividends or dividend equivalents. The fair value of RSUs is typically based on the fair value of our ordinary shares on the date of grant. We amortize the value of these awards to expense over the vesting period on a graded-scale basis. The Company recognizes forfeitures as they occur.

The Company began granting PSUs (the "Original PSUs") to certain members of management on April 1, 2020 under the 2019 Incentive Award Plan. The Original PSUs typically vest over three years and are subject to performance conditions with a modifier of relative TSR as compared to the S&P 500 for vesting. The fair value of the PSUs is based on the fair value of our ordinary shares on the date of grant and valued using a Monte Carlo simulation. In years one and two of the three year vesting period, it was not possible to predict the likelihood of achieving the target and therefore, the performance condition was deemed not probable as of September 30, 2021. Accordingly, no compensation expense was recognized for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021.

During December of 2020, the Human Resources and Compensation Committee (the “HRCC”) considered the need to continue to align the interests of our named executive officers with those of Clarivate’s shareholders and to compensate our named executive officers for the significant value created for shareholders in 2020. In addition, the HRCC considered the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on the value of the Original PSUs granted to our named executive officers earlier in 2020,

The Company made a one-time grant of additional PSUs to certain key employees, including its named executive officers on December 17, 2020 under the 2019 Incentive Award Plan. The PSUs are eligible to vest based upon Clarivate’s three-year total shareholder return (“TSR”) as compared to the TSR of the S&P 500 for the same period (the “TSR PSUs”). The TSR PSUs cover the period from January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2022 and have a payout range of 0% to 120% of target. The TSR PSU grants vest over three years and are subject to market conditions for vesting. The probability of achieving the market conditions are incorporated into the fair value of the award, and related expense is recognized over the vesting period. The fair value of the PSUs is based on the fair value of our ordinary shares on the date of grant and valued using a Monte Carlo simulation. Accordingly, the Company recognized $790 and $3,048 of compensation expense for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021. In the event that the Original PSUs vest, the TSR PSUs will be forfeited.

On March 1, 2021, May 15, 2021, and August 15, 2021 the Company granted 499,141, 28,577, and 38,178 PSUs, respectively, to key employees under the 2019 Incentive Award Plan. These PSUs are eligible to vest based on Clarivate's three-year total shareholder return ("TSR") as compared to the TSR of the S&P 500 for the same period as well as the Company's performance against forecasted results. These PSUs cover from January 1, 2021 through December 31, 2023 and have a payout range of 0% to 200%. These PSUs vest over three years and are subject to market conditions. The probability of achieving the market conditions are incorporated into the fair value of the award, and related expense is recognized over the vesting period. The fair value of the PSUs is based on the fair value of our ordinary shares on the date of grant and valued using a Monte Carlo simulation. Accordingly, the Company recognized $306 and $741 of compensation expense for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021.

In connection with the acquisition of Churchill Capital Corp consummated on May 13, 2019, the Company had warrants outstanding for certain individuals to purchase an aggregate of 52,800,000 ordinary shares with an exercise price of $11.50 per share, consisting of 34,500,000 public warrants and 18,300,000 Private Placement Warrants. As of December 31, 2020, no public warrants were outstanding. On January 21, 2021, one warrant holder exercised warrants for 212,174 ordinary shares through a cashless redemption in which 80,610 shares were withheld to cover the exercise price. The net impact of the redemption was an issuance of 131,564 shares. As of September 30, 2021, there were 17,813,826 ordinary shares outstanding for Private Placement Warrants.

Upon consummation of the 2019 Transaction, there were 7,000,000 ordinary shares of Clarivate (the "Merger Shares") issuable if the last sale price of Clarivate’s ordinary shares is at least $20.00 for 40 days over a 60 consecutive trading day period on or before the sixth anniversary of the closing of the 2019 Transaction. In accordance with the terms of the Sponsor Agreement and in connection with our merger with Churchill in 2019, the Merger Shares were issued to persons designated by Messrs. Stead and Klein. On January 31, 2020, our Board agreed to waive the performance vesting condition, and the Merger Shares became issuable on or prior to December 31, 2020 to persons designated by Messrs. Stead and Klein. We engaged a third party specialist to fair value the awards at the modification date using the Monte Carlo simulation approach. The assumptions in the model included, but were not limited to, risk-free interest rate, 1.33%; expected volatility of the Company's and its peer group's stock prices, 20.00%; and dividend yield, 0.00%. The Company has evaluated and recorded additional stock compensation expense as required upon the assignment of Merger Shares as applicable. The Merger Shares were issued as ordinary shares to persons designated by Jerre Stead and Michael Klein on June 1, 2020 as part of the June 2020 underwritten public offering. The Company recognized $13,720 of expense during the year ended December 31, 2020, in Share-based compensation expense as a result of the waived performance vesting conditions.

2,654,856 ordinary shares of Clarivate held by such persons will vest at such time as the last sale price of Clarivate’s ordinary shares is at least $15.25 on or before the date that is 42 months after the closing of the 2019 Transaction; provided that none of such Clarivate ordinary shares will vest prior to the first anniversary of the closing of the 2019 Transaction, not more than 1/3 of such Clarivate warrants will vest prior to the second anniversary of the closing of the 2019 Transaction, and not more than 2/3 of such Clarivate warrants will vest prior to the third anniversary of the closing of the 2019 Transaction. Further, such vesting is not contingent on continuing or future service of the respective holders to the Company.

2,654,856 ordinary shares of Clarivate held by such persons will vest at such time as the last sale price of Clarivate’s ordinary shares is at least $17.50 on or before the fifth anniversary of the closing of the 2019 Transaction; provided that none of such Clarivate ordinary shares will vest prior to the first anniversary of the closing of the 2019 Transaction, not more than 1/3 of such Clarivate warrants will vest prior to the second anniversary of the closing of the 2019 Transaction, and not more than 2/3 of such Clarivate warrants will vest prior to the third anniversary of the closing of the 2019 Transaction. Further, such vesting is not contingent on continuing or future service of the respective holders to the Company.

17,265,826 of certain warrants held by persons designated in the Sponsor Agreement, will vest at such time as the last sale price of Clarivate’s ordinary shares is at least $17.50 on or before the fifth anniversary of the closing of the 2019 Transaction; provided that none of such Clarivate warrants will vest prior to the first anniversary of the closing of the 2019 Transaction, not more than 1/3 of such Clarivate warrants will vest prior to the second anniversary of the closing of the 2019 Transaction, and not more than 2/3 of such Clarivate warrants will vest prior to the third anniversary of the closing of the 2019 Transaction. Further, such vesting is not contingent on continuing or future service of the respective holders to the Company.

In considering the terms of the transaction related awards, the Company notes that the time-based vesting restrictions were not conditioned on any continuing or future service of the holders to the Company, and reflect “lock-up” periods of the issuable shares. Further, the above mentioned performance-based restrictions were considered market conditions pursuant to ASC 718, and are contemplated in the value of the awards. As such vesting restrictions were contemplated in conjunction with the granting of the merger shares (See Note 16 - Shareholders’ Equity), the Company considered such terms of the total basket of transaction awards in determination of the fair value of the awards. As no continued or future service was required by the holders of such awards, the Company recognized compensation expense in the second quarter of 2019 based on the fair value of such awards upon closing of the 2019 Transaction. The Company recognized $25,013 expense, net in Share-based compensation expense as of the date of the 2019 Transaction in accordance with the issuance of the merger shares offset by the addition of vesting terms to certain ordinary shares and warrants, as described above. The expense included the increases in value of $48,102 for the granting of merger shares, the increase in value of $1,193 for ordinary shares with only time vesting conditions, and the increase in value of shares purchased by the Founders immediately prior to the transaction of $4,411, all offset by the reduction in value of $9,396 for ordinary shares with performance vesting condition of $15.25, the reduction in value of $13,101 for ordinary shares with performance vesting condition of $17.50 and the reduction in value of $6,297 related to warrants. Pursuant to the Sponsor Agreement, certain founders of Churchill Capital Corp purchased an aggregate of 1,500,000 shares of Class B ordinary stock of Churchill immediately prior to the closing of the 2019 Transaction for an aggregate purchase price of $15,000.

We used a third-party specialist to fair value the awards at the 2019 Transaction close date of May 13, 2019 using the Monte Carlo simulation approach. The assumptions included in the model include, but are not limited to, risk-free interest rate, 2.20%; expected volatility of the Company’s and the peer group’s stock prices, 20.00%; and dividend yield, 0.00%. A discount for lack of marketability (“DLOM”) was applied to shares that are subject to remaining post vesting lock up restrictions. The DLOM was between 3% - 7% dependent on the length of the post vesting restriction period.

On August 14, 2019, Clarivate (on its behalf and on behalf of its subsidiaries) agreed to waive the performance and time vesting conditions, described above, subject to the consummation of the secondary offering. These shares and warrants nevertheless remain subject to a lock-up for a period ranging from two years to three years following the closing of the Mergers. We used a third-party specialist to fair value the awards at the modification date using the Monte Carlo simulation approach. The assumptions included in the model include, but are not limited to, risk-free interest rate, 1.42%; expected volatility of the Company’s and the peer group’s stock prices, 20.00%; and dividend yield, 0.00%. A DLOM was applied to shares that are subject to remaining post vesting lock up restrictions. The DLOM was between 3% - 7% dependent on the length of the post vesting restriction period.