Share-based compensation plans

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2025

Share-Based Payment Arrangement [Abstract]

We have share-based compensation plans to attract and retain employees and non-employee directors and to more closely align their interests with those of our shareholders.

We have outstanding share-based awards granted to employees under the 2017 Equity Incentive Plan (the "2017 Plan") and under the 2024 Equity Incentive Plan (the "2024 Plan"). The 2017 Plan and the 2024 Plan each permit grants of restricted stock, restricted stock units, performance stock, performance stock units, stock appreciation rights, and stock options, as well as other share-based awards to eligible employees. The 2017 Plan and the 2024 Plan also permit cash awards to eligible employees. The 2017 Plan became effective May 2017. The 2024 Plan became effective May 2024. No further grants of awards will be made under the 2017 Plan.

We have outstanding deferred stock units granted to directors under the 2017 Plan and the 2024 Plan. Share-based awards were previously granted to directors and remain outstanding under the Non-Employee Directors' Equity Plan and the Directors’ Stock Accumulation Plan, each of which has expired.

Outstanding awards at June 30, 2025 include performance stock units, restricted stock units, deferred stock units, time-based stock options and certain awards that will be settled in cash.

Compensation Expense

Compensation expense is measured using the fair-value-based method. For all share-based awards outstanding at June 30, 2025, the retirement eligibility provisions require a minimum of a one year service period in order to meet the retirement eligible conditions. We recognize expense from the grant date to the earlier of the retirement-eligible date (provided it is not less than one year from the grant date) or the vesting date.

For awards considered liability awards, compensation cost is based on the change in the fair value of the instrument for each reporting period and the percentage of the requisite service that has been rendered.

Compensation expenses are classified as selling, general and administrative expenses in the condensed consolidated statements of operations. Compensation expenses for the share-based awards were as follows:


	Compensation Expense			Compensation Expense
	Three Months Ended June 30,			Six Months Ended June 30,
(In millions)	2025		2024	2025		2024

Performance stock units	$	4.7	4.4	$	7.7	10.8

Restricted stock units	3.1		2.6	5.4		5.1
Deferred stock units and fees paid in stock	0.3		0.3	0.7		0.7


Cash based awards	0.5		0.7	0.8		1.4
Share-based payment expense	8.6		8.0	14.6		18.0
Income tax benefit	(1.9)		(1.8)	(3.3)		(4.1)
Share-based payment expense, net of tax	$	6.7	6.2	$	11.3	13.9

Time-Based Stock Options

In 2020, we granted time-based stock options to certain senior executives. We measure the fair value of these time-based options at the grant date using a Black-Scholes-Merton option pricing model. When vested, options entitle the holder to purchase a specified number of shares of Brink's stock at a price set at the date the options were granted. Options granted to employees have a maximum term of six years.

The following table summarizes time-based stock option activity during the first six months of 2025:


	Shares (in thousands)	Weighted-Average Grant-Date Fair Value
Outstanding balance as of December 31, 2024	22.5	$	20.98


Exercised	—	—
Outstanding balance as of June 30, 2025	22.5	$	20.98

Restricted Stock Units (“RSUs”)

We granted RSUs, which contain only a service condition, as part of our compensation program. RSUs are paid out in shares of Brink's stock when the awards vest. For RSUs granted during the last three years, the units generally vest in three equal annual installments following the grant date. We measure the fair value of RSUs based on the price of Brink’s stock at the grant date, adjusted for a discount for dividends not received or accrued during the vesting period.

The following table summarizes RSU activity during the first six months of 2025:


	Shares (in thousands)	Weighted-Average Grant-Date Fair Value
Nonvested balance as of December 31, 2024	290.4	$	74.24
Granted	145.8	86.71
Forfeited	(19.8)	83.53

Vested	(134.9)	69.49
Nonvested balance as of June 30, 2025	281.5	$	82.32

Performance Stock Units ("PSUs”)

Historically, we have granted Internal Metric PSUs ("IM PSUs") and Relative Total Shareholder Return PSUs ("TSR PSUs") as part of our compensation program.

The majority of outstanding IM PSUs contain a performance condition as well as a service condition. We measure the fair value of these PSUs based on the price of Brink’s stock at the grant date, adjusted for a discount for dividends not received or accrued during the vesting period. For IM PSUs granted in 2021, the performance period was from January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2022 with an additional one year of service requirement after 2022. For IM PSUs granted in 2022, the performance period was from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2024. For IM PSUs granted in 2023, the performance period is from January 1, 2023 to December 31, 2025. For IM PSUs granted in 2024, the performance period is from January 1, 2024 to December 31, 2026. For IM PSUs granted in 2025, the performance period is from January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2027. In 2023, 2024 and 2025, we also granted IM PSUs to certain employees which contain a market condition (in the form of a relative TSR modifier), a performance condition, and a service condition. We measure the fair value of IM PSUs containing a market condition at the grant date using a Monte Carlo simulation model. IM PSUs are paid out in shares of Brink's stock when the awards vest. For IM PSUs granted in 2023, 2024 and 2025, the number of shares paid out ranges from 0% to 200% of an employee's award, depending on the achievement of pre-established financial goals over the performance period. Shares are not paid out if the financial results do not meet a pre-established threshold level of performance.

Before 2023, we granted TSR PSUs containing a market condition as well as a service condition. We measure the fair value of TSR PSUs at the grant date using a Monte Carlo simulation model. For TSR PSUs granted in 2022, the service period was from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2024.

The following table summarizes all PSU activity during the first six months of 2025:


	Shares (in thousands)	Weighted-Average Grant-Date Fair Value
Nonvested balance as of December 31, 2024	639.1	$	72.64
Granted	221.7	89.86
Forfeited or expired	(54.1)	80.66

Vested(a)	(235.0)	67.17
Nonvested balance as of June 30, 2025	571.7	$	80.81

(a)The vested PSUs presented are based on the target amount of the award. In accordance with the terms of the underlying award agreements, the actual shares earned and distributed for the performance period ended December 31, 2024 were 440.2 thousand, compared to target shares of 235.0 thousand.

Deferred Stock Units ("DSUs")

We granted DSUs to our non-employee directors as part of our compensation program. We measure the fair value of DSUs at the grant date, based on the price of Brink's stock, and, if applicable, adjusted for a discount for dividends not received or accrued during the vesting period.

DSUs granted after 2014 will be paid out in shares of Brink's stock approximately one year after the grant date, provided that the director has not elected to defer the distribution of shares until a later date. DSUs granted prior to 2015, in general, will be paid out in shares of stock following separation from service.

The following table summarizes all DSU activity during the first six months of 2025:


	Shares (in thousands)	Weighted-Average Grant-Date Fair Value
Nonvested balance as of December 31, 2024	13.6	$	87.93
Granted	14.8	92.19

Vested	(13.6)	87.93
Nonvested balance as of June 30, 2025	14.8	$	92.19