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EQUITY-BASED COMPENSATION
 6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2019
Share-based Payment Arrangement [Abstract]  
EQUITY-BASED COMPENSATION
EQUITY-BASED COMPENSATION
The Corporation and ESH REIT each maintain a long-term incentive plan (“LTIP”), as amended and restated in 2015, approved by their shareholders. Under the LTIPs, the Corporation and ESH REIT may issue to eligible employees or directors restricted stock units (“RSUs”) or other equity-based awards, in respect of Paired Shares, with service, performance or market vesting conditions. The aggregate number of Paired Shares that may be the subject of awards under the LTIPs shall not exceed 8.0 million, of which no more than 4.0 million may be granted as incentive stock options. Each of the Corporation’s and ESH REIT’s LTIP has a share reserve of an equivalent number of shares of Corporation common stock and ESH REIT Class B common stock. As of June 30, 2019, 4.5 million Paired Shares were available for future issuance under the LTIPs.
Equity-based compensation expense is recognized by amortizing the grant-date fair value on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period of each award. A portion of the grant-date fair value of all equity-based awards is allocated to a share of Corporation common stock and a portion is allocated to a share of ESH REIT Class B common stock. Equity-based compensation expense, which is included in general and administrative expenses in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations, was $2.1 million and $1.8 million for the three months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively, and $4.3 million and $4.2 million for the six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively.
As of June 30, 2019, unrecognized compensation expense related to outstanding equity-based awards and the related weighted-average period over which it is expected to be recognized subsequent to June 30, 2019, is presented in the following table. Total unrecognized compensation expense will be adjusted for actual forfeitures.
 
Unrecognized Compensation Expense Related to Outstanding Awards (in thousands)
 
Remaining Weighted-Average Amortization Period (in years)
RSUs with service vesting conditions
$
9,207

 
1.5
RSUs with performance vesting conditions
218

 
0.5
RSUs with market vesting conditions
5,051

 
2.1
Total unrecognized compensation expense
$
14,476

 
 

RSU activity during the six months ended June 30, 2019, was as follows:
 
 
 
 
 
Performance-Based Awards
 
Service-Based Awards
 
Performance Vesting
 
Market Vesting
 
Number of
RSUs
(in thousands)
 
Weighted-
Average Grant-
Date Fair
Value
 
Number of
RSUs
(in thousands)
 
Weighted-
Average Grant-
Date Fair
Value
 
Number of
RSUs
(in thousands)
 
Weighted-
Average Grant-
Date Fair
Value(1)
Outstanding at January 1, 2019
523

 
$
18.42

 
32

 
$
19.52

 
297

 
$
16.79

Granted
382

 
$
17.22

 
24

 
$
17.20

 
247

 
$
15.35

Settled
(177
)
 
$
17.81

 
(32
)
 
$
19.52

 
(50
)
 
$
12.03

Forfeited
(10
)
 
$
17.97

 
—

 
$
—

 
(6
)
 
$
16.55

Outstanding at June 30, 2019
718

 
$
17.94

 
24

 
$
17.20

 
488

 
$
16.55

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Vested at June 30, 2019
75

 
$
18.79

 
1

 
$
17.20

 
3

 
$
18.58

Nonvested at June 30, 2019
643

 
$
17.84

 
23

 
$
17.20

 
485

 
$
16.54

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(1)
An independent third-party valuation was performed contemporaneously with the issuance of grants.
The grant-date fair value of awards with service vesting conditions is based on the closing price of a Paired Share on the date of grant. Service-based awards vest over a period of one to three years, subject to the grantee’s continued employment or service. The grant-date fair value of awards with performance vesting conditions is based on the closing price of a Paired Share on the date of grant. Equity-based compensation expense with respect to these awards is adjusted over the vesting period to reflect the probability of achievement of performance targets defined in the award agreements. These awards vest over a one-year period, subject to the grantee’s continued employment, with the ability to earn Paired Shares in a range of 0% to 200% of the awarded number of RSUs based on the achievement of defined performance targets. The grant-date fair value of awards with market vesting conditions is based on an independent third-party valuation. These awards vest at the end of a three-year period, subject to the grantee’s continued employment, with the ability to earn Paired Shares in a range of 0% to 150% of the awarded number of RSUs based on the total shareholder return of a Paired Share relative to the total shareholder return of other publicly traded companies identified in the award agreements. During the six months ended June 30, 2019, the grant-date fair value of awards with market vesting conditions was calculated using a Monte Carlo simulation model with the following key assumptions:
Expected holding period
2.90 years

Risk-free rate of return
2.46
%
Expected dividend yield
5.12
%