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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, 2020:

Weighted-

Number of Share Option Awards

Weighted-Average Exercise Price

Average

Aggregate

Time-

Performance-

Market-

Time-

Performance-

Market-

Contractual

Intrinsic

Based

Based

Based

Based

Based

Based

Term

Value

    

Awards

    

Awards

    

Awards

    

Awards

    

Awards

    

Awards

    

(years)

    

(in thousands)

Outstanding as of January 1, 2020

 

4,918,554

115,489

 

208,333

$

51.84

$

59.11

$

59.43

 

5.42

$

33,413

Exercised

 

(48,221)

(906)

 

44.38

19.00

 

  

 

  

Forfeited and cancelled

 

(163,792)

 

50.39

 

  

 

  

Outstanding as of June 30, 2020

 

4,706,541

114,583

 

208,333

51.97

59.43

59.43

 

4.93

Restricted Share Unit Awards

On March 2, 2020, NCLH granted 2.4 million time-based restricted share unit awards to our employees, which vest in substantially equal annual installments over three years. Additionally, on March 2, 2020, NCLH granted 0.6 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 2020 and 2021 calendar years and the satisfaction of an additional time-based vesting requirement that generally requires continued employment through March 1, 2023.

The following is a summary of restricted share unit activity for the six months ended June 30, 2020:

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, 2020

 

3,245,625

$

54.94

 

1,129,396

$

56.09

 

50,000

$

59.43

Granted

 

2,396,824

35.81

 

611,808

(1)

35.59

 

Vested

 

(1,599,412)

54.20

 

(181,682)

56.33

 

Forfeited or expired

 

(186,914)

47.45

 

(63,026)

47.45

 

Non-vested as of June 30, 2020

 

3,856,123

43.72

 

1,496,496

48.04

 

50,000

59.43

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

The compensation expense recognized for share-based compensation for the periods presented include the following (in thousands):

Three Months Ended

Six Months Ended

June 30, 

June 30, 

    

2020

    

2019

    

2020

    

2019

Payroll and related expense

$

5,029

$

4,681

$

9,731

$

8,485

Marketing, general and administrative expense

 

17,360

 

24,970

 

45,416

 

48,165

Total share-based compensation expense

$

22,389

$

29,651

$

55,147

$

56,650