Share-Based Payments

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2023

Share-Based Payment Arrangement [Abstract]

12. Share-based Payments

The Zoetis 2013 Equity and Incentive Plan (Equity Plan) provides long-term incentives to our employees and non-employee directors. The principal types of share-based awards available under the Equity Plan may include, but are not limited to, stock options, restricted stock and restricted stock units (RSUs), deferred stock units (DSUs), performance-vesting restricted stock units (PSUs) and other equity-based or cash-based awards.

The components of share-based compensation expense are as follows:


	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	September 30,				September 30,
(MILLIONS OF DOLLARS)	2023		2022		2023		2022
Stock options / stock appreciation rights	$	3	$	2	$	6	$	7
RSUs / DSUs	10		9		27		26
PSUs	4		4		10		13
Share-based compensation expense—total(a)	$	17	$	15	$	43	$	46

(a) For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, we capitalized less than $1 million of share-based compensation expense to inventory.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2023, the company granted 271,150 stock options with a weighted-average exercise price of $162.12 per stock option and a weighted-average fair value of $43.56 per stock option. The fair-value based method for valuing each Zoetis stock option grant on the grant date uses the Black-Scholes-Merton option-pricing model, which incorporates a number of valuation assumptions. The weighted-average fair value was estimated based on the following assumptions: risk-free interest rate of 3.84%; expected dividend yield of 0.92%; expected stock price volatility of 28.63%; and expected term of 4.2 years. In general, stock options granted prior to 2023 vest after three years of continuous service, while stock options granted in 2023 are subject to graded vesting over three years. The values determined through this fair-value based method generally are amortized on a straight-line basis over the vesting term into Cost of sales, Selling, general and administrative expenses, or Research and development expenses, as appropriate.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2023, the company granted 270,960 RSUs, with a weighted-average grant date fair value of $162.53 per RSU. RSUs are accounted for using a fair-value-based method that utilizes the closing price of Zoetis common stock on the date of grant. In general, RSUs granted prior to 2023 vest after three years of continuous service from the grant date while RSUs granted in 2023 are subject to graded vesting over three years. The values generally are amortized on a straight-line basis over the vesting term into Cost of sales, Selling, general and administrative expenses, or Research and development expenses, as appropriate.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2023, the company granted 99,626 PSUs with a weighted-average grant date fair value of $238.24 per PSU. PSUs are accounted for using a Monte Carlo simulation model. The units underlying the PSUs will be earned and vested over a three-year

performance period, based upon the total shareholder return of the company in comparison to the total shareholder return of the companies comprising the S&P 500 stock market index at the start of the performance period, excluding companies that during the performance period are acquired or no longer publicly traded (Relative TSR). The weighted-average fair value was estimated based on volatility assumptions of Zoetis common stock and an average of the S&P 500 companies, which were 31.8% and 40.9%, respectively. Depending on the company’s Relative TSR performance at the end of the performance period, the recipient may earn from 0% to 200% of the target number of units. Vested units are settled in shares of the company’s common stock. PSU values are amortized on a straight-line basis over the vesting term into Cost of sales, Selling, general and administrative expenses, or Research and development expenses, as appropriate.