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Share-Based Compensation
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2026
Share-Based Payment Arrangement [Abstract]  
Share-Based Compensation
9.
Share-Based Compensation

A summary of the Company’s aggregate share-based compensation expense is shown below. Share-based compensation expense related to incentive units allocated to the Company is recognized as a deemed non-cash contribution to shareholders’ equity on the condensed consolidated balance sheets. Substantially all share-based compensation expense is included in general and administrative expense on the condensed consolidated statements of operations.

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31,

 

 

 

2026

 

 

2025

 

Incentive Units

 

$

9,002

 

 

$

8,945

 

Restricted Share Units

 

 

2,262

 

 

 

2,195

 

Total share-based compensation expense

 

$

11,264

 

 

$

11,140

 

 

Incentive Units

 

A summary of Incentive Unit activity during the three months ended March 31, 2026 is shown in the following table:

 

 

 

Incentive Units

 

 

Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value

 

 

Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term (years)

 

Outstanding at December 31, 2025

 

 

30,220

 

 

$

5,144

 

 

 

 

Granted

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

 

Forfeited

 

 

(22

)

 

 

7,904

 

 

 

 

Outstanding at March 31, 2026

 

 

30,198

 

 

$

5,142

 

 

 

0.73

 

As of March 31, 2026, remaining unrecognized compensation expense for the Incentive Units was $36.1 million, which the Company expects to recognize over a weighted average remaining period of approximately 1.3 years.

Restricted Share Units

Under the LandBridge Company LLC Long Term Incentive Plan, participants were granted restricted share units (“RSUs”) which are subject to graded vesting generally ranging from one to three years. The fair value of the awards is based on our Class A share price on the date of grant with compensation expense recognized on a straight-line basis over the applicable vesting period.

A summary of RSU activity during the three months ended March 31, 2026 is shown in the following table:

 

RSUs

 

 

Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value

 

Nonvested at December 31, 2025

 

 

537,481

 

 

$

33.96

 

Granted

 

 

270

 

 

 

55.38

 

Forfeited

 

 

(363

)

 

 

55.08

 

Vested

 

 

(1,073

)

 

 

63.63

 

Nonvested at March 31, 2026

 

 

536,315

 

 

$

33.90

 

As of March 31, 2026, remaining unrecognized compensation expense for the RSUs was $11.6 million, which the Company expects to recognize over a weighted average remaining period of approximately 1.5 years.