Employee equity-based compensation expense under the RE/MAX Holdings, Inc. 2013 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “Incentive Plan”), net of the amount capitalized in internally developed software, is as follows (in thousands):

(a)

Includes awards granted to booj, First, wemlo and Gadberry employees and former owners at the time of acquisition.

(b)

During the three months ended March 31, 2021, the Company recognized $5.5 million of expense as a result of the acceleration of significant grants that were issued to two employees of an acquired company who departed during the period.

(c)

Expense recognized for performance-based awards is re-assessed each quarter based on expectations of achievement against the performance conditions.

(d)

A portion of the annual corporate bonus earned is to be settled in shares. These amounts are recognized as “Accrued liabilities” in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets and are not included in “Additional paid-in capital” until the shares are issued.

Time-based Restricted Stock

The following table summarizes equity-based compensation activity related to time-based restricted stock units and restricted stock awards:


	Shares	Weighted average grant date fair value per share
Balance, January 1, 2021	1,018,008	$	36.74
Granted	240,101	$	41.72
Shares vested (including tax withholding) ^(a)	(410,418)	$	38.42
Forfeited	(13,347)	$	37.88
Balance, March 31, 2021	834,344	$	37.33

(a)

Pursuant to the terms of the Incentive Plan, shares withheld by the Company for the payment of the employee's tax withholding related to shares vesting are added back to the pool of shares available for future awards.

As of March 31, 2021, there was $24.9 million of total unrecognized expense. This compensation expense is expected to be recognized over the weighted-average remaining vesting period of 1.9 years.

Performance-based Restricted Stock

As discussed in more detail in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, the Company has historically issued performance-based restricted stock awards (PSUs) that contained revenue performance targets and relative total shareholder return (rTSR) targets, both measured over a 3-year performance period. In 2021, the Company changed the structure of its PSUs by issuing awards with only a revenue target and eliminated the rTSR component. Additionally, the revenue target will be measured over three distinct 1-year performance periods, with the target determined near the beginning of each performance period. As a result, the target for 2021 has been determined but will be determined subsequently for 2022 and 2023. These awards cliff-vest at the end of a 3-year period, although the amount of shares that may be earned is fixed after each 1-year performance period ends and performance against target for that period is measured. As with prior revenue performance awards, the Company’s expense will be adjusted based on the estimated achievement of revenue versus each target. Because the performance targets for the 1-year periods in 2022 and 2023 have not yet been determined, they do not yet have a grant date under GAAP and are therefore excluded from the table below.

The following table summarizes equity-based compensation activity related to performance-based restricted stock units:


	Shares	Weighted average grant date fair value per share
Balance, January 1, 2021	281,735	$	32.34
Granted^(a)	55,229	$	41.72
Forfeited	(2,573)	$	28.29
Balance, March 31, 2021	334,391	$	33.92

(a)	Represents the total participant target award.

As of March 31, 2021, there was $5.8 million of total unrecognized expense. This compensation expense is expected to be recognized over the weighted-average remaining vesting period of 1.9 years.