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Orion Office REIT, Equity Based Compensation

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Orion Office REIT, Equity Based Compensation
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2022
Share-Based Payment Arrangement [Abstract]  
Equity Based Compensation
Note 13 - Equity-Based Compensation
The Company has an equity-based incentive award plan (the “Equity Plan”) for officers, employees, non-employee directors and consultants who provide services to the Company. Awards under the Equity Plan are accounted for under U.S. GAAP as share-based payments. The expense for such awards is recognized over the vesting period or when the requirements for exercise of the award have been met. Under the Equity Plan, the Company may grant various types of awards, including restricted stock units that will vest if the recipient maintains employment with the Company over the requisite service period (the “Time-Based Restricted Stock Units”) and restricted stock units that may vest in a number ranging from 0% to 100% of the total number of units granted, based on the Company’s total shareholder return measured on an absolute basis (“TSR-Based Restricted Stock Units”) and certain operational performance metrics (“Metrics-Based Restricted Stock Units”), in each case during a three-year performance period, subject to the recipient’s continued service with the Company (collectively, the “Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units”).

During the nine months ended September 30, 2022, the Company granted Time-Based Restricted Stock Units and Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units to certain officers and employees of the Company. The fair value of the Time-Based Restricted Stock Units granted to non-executive directors and employees under the Equity Plan is determined using the closing stock price on the grant date and is expensed over the requisite service period on a straight-line basis. The fair value of the TSR-Based Restricted Stock Units granted to employees under the Equity Plan is determined using a Monte Carlo simulation which takes into account multiple input variables that determine the probability of satisfying the required total shareholder return, and such fair value is expensed over the performance period. The fair value of the Metrics-Based Restricted Stock Units is determined using the closing stock price on the grant date and is expensed over the requisite service period to the extent that the likelihood of achieving the performance metrics is probable. As of September 30, 2022, the Company determined that the likelihood of achieving the performance metrics was improbable and recognized no compensation expense related to the Metrics-Based Restricted Stock Units.

Time-Based Restricted Stock Units and Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units do not provide for any rights of a common stockholder prior to the vesting of such restricted stock units. Equity-based compensation expense related to Orion Time-Based Restricted Stock Units and Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, was $0.4 million and $0.8 million, respectively. As of September 30, 2022, total unrecognized compensation expense related to Time-Based Restricted Stock Units and Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units was approximately $2.6 million, with an aggregate weighted-average remaining term of 2.2 years.

The Company is also required under GAAP to recognize equity-based compensation expense for awards to its employees of Realty Income time-based restricted stock units and stock options granted in connection with the Mergers. Equity-based compensation expense for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, related to such Realty Income equity-based compensation awards, was $0.1 million and $0.3 million, respectively. As of September 30, 2022, total unrecognized compensation expense related to Realty Income time-based restricted stock units and stock options was approximately $0.3 million, with an aggregate weighted-average remaining term of 1.2 years.