Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Orion Office REIT, Equity-Based Compensation

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Orion Office REIT, Equity-Based Compensation
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023
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, other 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 requisite service period, which is generally the vesting period. 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 RSUs”) 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 RSUs”) and based on certain operational performance metrics (“Metrics-Based RSUs” and collectively with the TSR-Based RSUs, “Performance Based RSUs”), in each case for officers and other employees during a three-year performance period. The Company also granted Time-Based RSUs to its non-employee directors which are scheduled to vest on the earlier of the one-year anniversary of the grant date and the next annual meeting, subject to the recipient’s continued service with the Company.
During the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company granted Time-Based RSUs to non-employee directors and officers of the Company. During the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, the Company granted Time-Based RSUs and/or Performance-Based RSUs to non-employee directors and officers and other employees of the Company. The fair value of the Time-Based RSUs 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 RSUs 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 RSUs 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 December 31, 2023, the Company determined that the likelihood of achieving some of the performance metrics was probable and, accordingly, the Company recognized compensation expense for such Metrics-Based RSUs and determined that the likelihood of achieving the remaining performance metrics was improbable and the Company recognized no compensation expense for the remaining Metrics-Based RSUs.
Time-Based RSUs and Performance-Based RSUs 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 Time-Based RSUs and Performance-Based RSUs for the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022 and 2021 was $2.5 million, $1.4 million and $0.1 million, respectively. As of December 31, 2023 and 2022, total unrecognized compensation expense related to Time-Based RSUs and Performance-Based RSUs was approximately $3.7 million and $2.7 million, respectively, with an aggregate weighted-average remaining term of 1.7 years and 2.0 years, respectively.
The following table details the activity of the Time-Based RSUs during the year ended December 31, 2023:
Time-Based RSUs Weighted-Average Grant Date Fair Value
Unvested units, December 31, 2022
156,947  $ 17.12 
Granted 363,745  $ 7.10 
Vested (75,556) $ (16.17)
Forfeited —  $ — 
Unvested units, December 31, 2023
445,136  $ 9.09 
The following table details the activity of the Performance-Based RSUs during the year ended December 31, 2023:
Performance-Based RSUs Weighted-Average Grant Date Fair Value
Unvested units, December 31, 2022
212,154  $ 13.65 
Granted 509,273  $ 5.83 
Vested —  $ — 
Forfeited —  $ — 
Unvested units, December 31, 2023
721,427  $ 8.13 
The Company is also required under U.S. GAAP to recognize equity-based compensation expense for awards to its former employees of Realty Income time-based restricted stock units and stock options granted in connection with the Separation and Distribution. Equity-based compensation expense for the years ended December 31, 2023 2022 and 2021, related to such Realty Income equity-based compensation awards, was $0.2 million, $0.4 million and $0.1 million. As of December 31, 2023 and 2022, total unrecognized compensation expense related to Realty Income time-based restricted stock units and stock options was less than $0.1 million and $0.2 million, respectively, with an aggregate weighted-average remaining term of 0.1 years and 1.0 year, respectively.