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Incentive Compensation
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2024
Share-Based Payment Arrangement [Abstract]  
Incentive Compensation
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Incentive Compensation

 

Stock-Based Compensation

 

On May 16, 2024, our shareholders approved the 2024 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2024 Plan”), which allows for a maximum of 24,778,731 shares to be issued under the plan. The 2024 Plan, which is scheduled to expire in March 2034, replaced our Amended and Restated 2014 Equity Incentive Plan. The 2024 Plan provides for grants of equity awards to our executive officers, non-employee directors and employees in order to attract and motivate talent for which we compete. In addition, equity awards are an effective management retention tool as they vest over multiple years based on continued employment. Equity awards are granted in the form of (i) restricted stock and (ii) long-term incentive plan (“LTIP”) units, which represent a class of partnership interests in our Operating Partnership and are typically comprised of Time-Based LTIP units, Performance-Based LTIP units, Time-Based Appreciation Only LTIP units and Performance-Based Appreciation Only LTIP units.

 

We account for all stock-based compensation in accordance with ASC 718, Compensation – Stock Compensation. We recognized stock-based compensation expense of $5,068,000 and $4,214,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively, and $11,262,000 and $9,331,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively, related to awards granted in prior periods.

 

 

Completion of the 2021 Performance-Based Awards Program (“2021 Performance Program”)

 

On December 31, 2023, the three-year performance measurement period for our 2021 Performance Program ended. On January 30, 2024, the Compensation Committee determined that only 24.2%, or 409,046 of the LTIP units that were granted under the 2021 Performance Program, were earned. Of the LTIP units that were earned, 204,727 units vested immediately on January 30, 2024 and the remaining 204,319 units are scheduled to vest on December 31, 2024. As of June 30, 2024, the 2021 Performance Program had $392,000 of unrecognized compensation cost, which will be amortized into expense over the remaining weighted-average service period of 0.5 years.