Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Employee Benefits and Compensation Plans

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Employee Benefits and Compensation Plans
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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:

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Number of Share Option Awards

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Weighted-Average Exercise Price

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Average

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Aggregate

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Contractual

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Intrinsic

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Value

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Awards

    

Awards

    

Awards

    

Awards

    

Awards

    

Awards

    

(years)

    

(in thousands)

Outstanding as of January 1, 2020

 

4,918,554

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115,489

 

208,333

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$

51.84

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$

59.11

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$

59.43

 

5.42

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$

33,413

Exercised

 

(48,221)

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(906)

 

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44.38

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19.00

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Forfeited and cancelled

 

(163,792)

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50.39

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Outstanding as of June 30, 2020

 

4,706,541

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114,583

 

208,333

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51.97

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59.43

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59.43

 

4.93

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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:

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Awards

    

Date Fair Value

    

Based Awards

    

Date Fair Value

    

Based Awards

    

Date Fair Value

Non-vested as of January 1, 2020

 

3,245,625

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$

54.94

 

1,129,396

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$

56.09

 

50,000

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$

59.43

Granted

 

2,396,824

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35.81

 

611,808

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35.59

 

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Vested

 

(1,599,412)

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54.20

 

(181,682)

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56.33

 

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Forfeited or expired

 

(186,914)

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47.45

 

(63,026)

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47.45

 

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Non-vested as of June 30, 2020

 

3,856,123

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43.72

 

1,496,496

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48.04

 

50,000

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59.43

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

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

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Three Months Ended

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Six Months Ended

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June 30, 

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2020

    

2019

    

2020

    

2019

Payroll and related expense

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5,029

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$

4,681

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$

9,731

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$

8,485

Marketing, general and administrative expense

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17,360

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24,970

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45,416

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48,165

Total share-based compensation expense

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$

22,389

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$

29,651

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$

55,147

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$

56,650

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