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Equity-based Compensation
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2025
Share-Based Payment Arrangement [Abstract]  
Equity-based Compensation Equity-based Compensation
The Company recognized equity-based compensation expense of $26.0 million and $22.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively.
2020 Incentive Award Plan
The Company’s 2020 Incentive Award Plan, as amended and restated in June 2022 (the “Restated Equity Plan”), provides for the grant of restricted stock units (“RSUs”), performance restricted stock units (“PRSUs”), stock options, dividend equivalent awards, stock payments, stock appreciation rights, and other stock or cash awards. The number of shares available for issuance is subject to an annual increase on the first day of each year beginning in 2023 and ending in and including 2032, equal to the lesser of (1) 2% of the shares outstanding (on an as-converted basis, taking into account any and all securities convertible into, or exercisable, exchangeable or redeemable for, shares of Class A common stock (including LLC Interests of Shift4 Payments, LLC)) on the last day of the immediately preceding fiscal year and (2) such smaller number of shares as determined by the Board.
As of March 31, 2025, a maximum of 3,140,006 shares of the Company’s Class A common stock were available for issuance under the Restated Equity Plan.
RSUs and PRSUs
RSUs and PRSUs represent the right to receive shares of the Company’s Class A common stock at a specified date in the future.
The RSU and PRSU activity for the three months ended March 31, 2025 was as follows:
Three Months Ended March 31, 2025
Number of
RSUs and PRSUs
Weighted Average
Grant Date
Fair Value
Unvested balance at December 31, 20242,169,343 $62.13 
Granted569,548 98.87 
Vested(430,892)77.34 
Forfeited or cancelled(98,406)63.81 
Unvested balance at March 31, 20252,209,593 $68.52 
The grant date fair value of RSUs and PRSUs subject to continued service or those that vest immediately was determined based on the price of the Company’s Class A common stock on the grant date.
As of March 31, 2025, the Company had $113.5 million of total unrecognized equity-based compensation expense related to outstanding RSUs and PRSUs, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 2.22 years.