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Incentive Plans
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2026
Share-Based Payment Arrangement [Abstract]  
Incentive Plans Incentive Plans
2021 Omnibus Incentive Plan
The Clear Secure, Inc 2021 Omnibus Incentive Plan (“2021 Omnibus Incentive Plan”) became effective on June 29, 2021 to provide grants of equity-based awards to the employees, consultants, and directors of the Company and its affiliates.
The 2021 Omnibus Incentive Plan authorized the issuance of up to 20,000,000 shares of Class A Common Stock as of the date of the Reorganization. The 2021 Omnibus Incentive Plan authorized the issuance of shares pursuant to the grant, settlement or exercise of RSUs, RSAs, stock options and other share-based awards. Beginning with the first business day of each calendar year beginning in 2022 through 2031, the number of shares available will increase in an amount up to 5% of the total number of common shares outstanding (assuming exchange and/or conversion of all classes of common shares into Class A Common Stock) as of the last day of the immediately preceding year or a lesser amount approved by the Board or its compensation committee, so long as the total share reserve available for future awards at the time is not more than 12% of common shares outstanding (assuming exchange and/or conversion of all classes of common shares into Class A Common Stock). For fiscal year 2026, the Compensation Committee of the Board approved no increase in the 2021 Omnibus Incentive Plan, which such increase would have been effective on the first business day of 2026.

Restricted Stock Units
RSUs are subject to both service-based and, in some cases, performance-based vesting conditions. RSUs will vest on a specified date, provided the applicable service (generally three years) and, if applicable, when certain performance conditions are probable of satisfaction. The RSUs with performance-based vesting conditions are generally subject to long-term revenue and cash-basis earnings performance hurdles. The Company determines the fair value of each RSU based on the grant date and records the expense over the vesting period or requisite service period on a straight-line basis and for performance-based vesting awards, whether they are probable or not.

The following is a summary of activity related to the RSUs associated with compensation arrangements during the three months ended March 31, 2026:
RSU’sWeighted-
Average
Grant-Date
Fair Value
Unvested balance as of January 1, 20264,357,412 $23.31 
Granted1,554,255 44.26 
Vested(676,831)22.61 
Forfeited(141,955)24.20 
Unvested balance as of March 31, 2026
5,092,881 $29.77 

The following is a schedule of the expected vesting period for unvested RSUs as of March 31, 2026:

Unvested RSUs
Expected to vest within 1 year1,872,884 
Expected to vest between 1 to 2 years2,004,592 
Expected to vest between 2 to 3 years1,215,405 
Unvested balance as of March 31, 2026
5,092,881 

Below is the compensation expense recognized related to the RSUs within the condensed consolidated statements of operations:
Three months ended March 31,
20262025
Cost of direct salaries and benefits$92 $137 
Research and development3,345 3,097 
Sales and marketing214 140 
General and administrative7,660 3,428 
Total$11,311 $6,802 
As of March 31, 2026, estimated unrecognized expense for RSUs that are probable of vesting was $133,787 with such expense to be recognized over a weighted-average period of approximately 2.47 years.

Founder PSUs
During June 2021, the Company established a long-term incentive compensation plan for our co-founders, Caryn Seidman Becker and Kenneth Cornick, which consists of performance restricted awards (the “Founder PSUs”), that will be settled in shares of Class A Common Stock pursuant to the 2021 Omnibus Incentive Plan, subject to the satisfaction of both service and market based vesting conditions.
The grant date fair value for the Founder PSUs was determined by a Monte Carlo simulation and discounted by the risk-free rate on the grant date and an expected volatility of 45%. The Founder PSUs are estimated to vest over a five year period, based on the achievement of specified price hurdles of the Company’s Class A Common Stock. The specified price hurdles of the Company’s Class A Common Stock will be measured on the volume-weighted average price per share for the
trailing days during any 180 day period that ends within the applicable measurement period. In June 2021, the Company granted 4,208,617 Founder PSUs. The Company recorded the expense related to these awards within general and administrative in the condensed statements of operations, and as of December 31, 2025, there was no unrecognized expense remaining for Founder PSUs.
Below is a summary of total compensation expense recorded in relation to the Company’s incentive plans within the condensed consolidated statements of operations: `
Three months ended March 31,
20262025
RSUs11,311 6,802 
Founder PSUs— 996 
Total$11,311 $7,798 

Three months ended March 31,
20262025
Cost of direct salaries and benefits$92 $137 
Research and development3,345 3,097 
Sales and marketing214 140 
General and administrative7,660 4,424 
Total$11,311 $7,798