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Stock-Based Compensation
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019
Stock-Based Compensation  
Stock-Based Compensation

13. Stock-Based Compensation

Key employees, outside directors, consultants and advisors of PAG are eligible to receive stock-based compensation pursuant to the terms of our 2015 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2015 Plan”). This plan allows for the issuance of shares for stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, restricted stock units, performance shares and other awards. The 2015 Plan is a five-year plan which allows for up to 4,000,000 awards of which 2,259,169 shares of common stock were available for grant as of December 31, 2019. Compensation expense related to our equity incentive plan was $17.8 million, $16.8 million, and $16.0 million during 2019, 2018, and 2017, respectively.

Restricted Stock

During 2019, 2018, and 2017, we granted 524,063, 330,048, and 320,018 shares, respectively, of restricted common stock and restricted stock units at no cost to participants under the plan. These awards provide the holder voting and dividend rights prior to vesting. The awards are subject to forfeiture and are non-transferable, which restrictions generally lapse over a four year period from the grant date at a rate of 15%, 15%, 20% and 50% per year. We have determined that the grant date quoted market price of the underlying common stock is the appropriate measure of compensation cost. This cost is amortized as expense over the restriction period. As of December 31, 2019, there was $30.3 million of unrecognized compensation cost related to the restricted stock, which is expected to be recognized over the restricted period.

Presented below is a summary of the status of our restricted stock as of December 31, 2019 and 2018, and changes during the year ended December 31, 2019:

    

    

Weighted Average

    

Aggregate

 

Shares

Grant Date Fair Value

Intrinsic Value

 

December 31, 2018

 

912,408

$

47.19

Granted

 

524,063

 

45.75

Vested

 

(278,320)

 

46.94

Forfeited

 

(31,446)

 

48.34

December 31, 2019

 

1,126,705

$

46.55

$

56.6