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| INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PROGRAM |
NOTE 15 — INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PROGRAM
On November 18, 2021, the Company’s Board of Directors approved the adoption of the Tellurian Incentive Compensation Program (the “Incentive Compensation Program” or “ICP”). The ICP allows the Company to award short-term and long-term performance and service-based incentive compensation to full-time employees of the Company. ICP awards may be earned with respect to each calendar year and are determined based on guidelines established by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors, as administrator of the ICP.
Short-term incentive awards
Short-term incentive (“STI”) awards are payable annually in cash at the discretion of the Company’s Board of Directors. Compensation expense for STI awards is recognized over the performance period when it is probable that the performance condition will be achieved. For the years ended December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, we recognized approximately $15.7 million and $26.2 million, respectively, in compensation expenses for STI awards.
Long-term incentive awards
Long-term incentive (“LTI”) awards under the ICP were granted in January 2022 in the form of “tracking units,” at the discretion of the Company’s Board of Directors (the “2021 LTI Award”). Each such tracking unit has a value equal to one share of Tellurian common stock and entitles the grantee to receive, upon vesting, a cash payment equal to the closing price of our common stock on the trading day prior to the vesting date. These tracking units will vest in three equal tranches at grant date, and the first and second anniversaries of the grant date. Non-vested tracking unit awards as of December 31, 2022, and awards granted during the period were as follows:
We recognize compensation expense for awards with graded vesting schedules over the requisite service periods for each separately vesting portion of the award as if each award was in substance multiple awards. Compensation expense for the first tranche of the 2021 LTI Award that vested at the grant date was recognized over the performance period when it was probable that the performance condition was achieved. Compensation expense for the second and third tranches of the 2021 LTI Award is recognized on a straight-line basis over the requisite service periods. Compensation expense for unvested tracking units is subsequently adjusted each reporting period to reflect the estimated payout levels based on changes in the Company’s stock price and actual forfeitures. For the year ended December 31, 2021, we recognized approximately $19.9 million in compensation expenses for LTI awards that have been earned over the 2021 performance period.
As of December 31, 2022, no tracking units for LTI awards had been granted under the ICP for the December 31, 2022 fiscal period. For the year ended December 31, 2022, we recognized approximately $10.3 million in compensation expenses for LTI awards that have been earned over the 2022 performance period.
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