EQUITY-BASED COMPENSATION

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2023

Share-based Payment Arrangement [Abstract]

EQUITY-BASED COMPENSATION

9. EQUITY-BASED COMPENSATION

In 2015, we established a Nonqualified Stock Option and Incentive Award Plan (“Incentive Plan”) which provides for the ability to grant equity compensation awards in the form of stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, and performance awards to eligible employees, consultants, directors, and other individuals who provide services to us, each as determined by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors.

As of March 31, 2023, the Incentive Plan provides for the issuance of up to 29.8 million shares. We account for equity-based compensation expense in accordance with ASC 718 Compensation-Stock Compensation and is reported within operating expenses and general and administrative in the Consolidated Statements of Operations.

The Consolidated Statements of Operations includes the following expense related to our stock-based compensation arrangements:

	Three Months Ended March 31,				Remaining Expense To Be Recognized, If All Vesting Conditions Are Met		Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term (in years)
	2023		2022
Restricted Shares	$	108	$	—	$	8,663	3.8 years

Options

In connection with our March 2023 offering of preferred shares (see Note 13), we granted options to the Manager related to 248,947 ordinary shares at an exercise price of $26.11, which had a grant date fair value of $2.1 million. The assumptions used in valuing the options were: a 3.471% risk-free rate, a 6.263% dividend yield, a 37.879% volatility and a ten-year term.

During the three months ended March 31, 2023, the Manager did not transfer any options to employees.

Restricted Shares

During the three months ended March 31, 2023, we issued restricted shares of the Company to select employees of FTAI Aviation LLC (a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company) that had a grant date fair value of $8.8 million and vest over 4.3 years. These awards are subject to continued employment, and the compensation expense is recognized ratably over the vesting periods, with 50% of the units vesting on June 30, 2026 and the remaining units vesting on June 30, 2027. The fair value of these awards were calculated based on the closing price of FTAI Aviation Ltd.’s ordinary shares on grant date of March 13, 2023.