Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Employee Benefits and Compensation Plans

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Employee Benefits and Compensation Plans
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2019
Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract]  
Employee Benefits and Compensation Plans

10.   Employee Benefits and Compensation Plans

Share Option Awards

The following is a summary of option activity under NCLH’s Amended and Restated 2013 Performance Incentive Plan for the six months ended June 30, 2019:

Weighted-

Number of Share Option Awards

Weighted-Average Exercise Price

Average

Time-

Performance-

Market-

Time-

Performance-

Market-

Contractual

Aggregate

Based

Based

Based

Based

Based

Based

Term

Intrinsic Value

    

Awards

    

Awards

    

Awards

    

Awards

    

Awards

    

Awards

    

(years)

    

(in thousands)

Outstanding as of January 1, 2019

 

5,686,793

410,499

 

208,333

$

50.65

$

45.67

$

59.43

 

6.22

$

13,946

Exercised

 

(197,076)

(99,924)

 

39.19

19.00

 

  

 

  

Forfeited and cancelled

 

(35,333)

(156,251)

 

56.83

59.43

 

  

 

  

Outstanding as of June 30, 2019

 

5,454,384

154,324

 

208,333

$

51.02

$

49.02

$

59.43

 

5.82

$

27,599

Restricted Ordinary Share Awards

The following is a summary of restricted NCLH ordinary share activity for the six months ended June 30, 2019:

    

Number of

    

Time-

Weighted-

Based

Average Grant

Awards

Date Fair Value

Non-vested as of January 1, 2019

 

429

$

58.41

Vested

 

(429)

58.41

Non-vested as of June 30, 2019

 

$

Restricted Share Unit Awards

On March 1, 2019, NCLH granted 1.9 million time-based restricted share unit awards to our employees, which vest in substantially equal annual installments over three years. Additionally, on March 1, 2019, NCLH granted 0.5 million performance-based restricted share units to certain members of our management team, which vest upon the achievement of certain pre-established performance targets established for the 2019 and 2020 calendar years and the satisfaction of an additional time-based vesting requirement that generally requires continued employment through March 1, 2022.

The following is a summary of restricted share unit activity for the six months ended June 30, 2019:

Number of

Weighted-

Number of

Weighted-

Number of

Weighted-

Time-Based

Average Grant

Performance-

Average Grant

Market-

Average Grant 

    

Awards

    

Date Fair Value

    

Based Awards

    

Date Fair Value

    

Based Awards

    

Date Fair Value

Non-vested as of January 1, 2019

 

2,973,032

$

53.98

 

825,614

$

56.58

 

50,000

$

59.43

Granted

 

1,915,943

55.04

 

462,282

(1)

55.27

 

Vested

 

(1,425,290)

53.05

 

(121,000)

56.27

 

Forfeited or expired

 

(80,511)

54.89

 

(37,500)

56.27

 

Non-vested as of June 30, 2019

 

3,383,174

$

54.95

 

1,129,396

$

56.09

 

50,000

$

59.43

(1) Number of performance-based restricted share units included assumes maximum achievement of performance targets.

The share-based compensation expense for the three months ended June 30, 2019 was $29.7 million of which $25.0 million was recorded in marketing, general and administrative expense and $4.7 million was recorded in payroll and related expense. The share-based compensation expense for the six months ended June 30, 2019 was $56.7 million of

which $48.2 million was recorded in marketing, general and administrative expense and $8.5 million was recorded in payroll and related expense.

The share-based compensation expense for the three months ended June 30, 2018 was $31.7 million of which $27.3 million was recorded in marketing, general and administrative expense and $4.4 million was recorded in payroll and related expense. The share-based compensation expense for the six months ended June 30, 2018 was $59.8 million of which $52.1 million was recorded in marketing, general and administrative expense and $7.7 million was recorded in payroll and related expense.