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EQUITY-BASED COMPENSATION
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2026
Share-Based Payment Arrangement [Abstract]  
EQUITY-BASED COMPENSATION
8. EQUITY-BASED COMPENSATION
The Company has a FTAI Aviation Ltd. 2025 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “Incentive Plan”) which provides for the ability to award equity compensation awards in the form of stock options to eligible employees, consultants, directors, and other individuals who provide services to the Company, each as determined by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors.
As of September 30, 2026, the Incentive Plan provides for the issuance of up to 5.6 million shares. Equity-based compensation expense is reported within cost of sales and operating expenses.
Unvested equity-based awards are subject to forfeiture. The Company’s accounting policy is to record the impact of forfeitures when they occur.
Equity-based compensation for each type of award was as follows (unaudited):
Three Months Ended September 30,Nine Months Ended September 30,Remaining Expense To Be Recognized, If All Vesting Conditions Are MetWeighted Average Remaining Contractual Term
(in years)
2026202520262025
Stock Options$127 $127 $381 $381 $889 6.9
Performance shares4,520 3,502 12,882 10,265 36,043 2.1
Restricted Shares3,120 2,026 8,183 5,413 21,922 1.1
Total$7,767 $5,655 $21,446 $16,059 $58,854 
Options
During the nine months ended September 30, 2026 and 2025, the Company did not issue any options to employees.
Performance Shares
During the nine months ended September 30, 2026, the Company issued performance shares to select officers and employees of the Company with a grant date fair value of $12.2 million, vesting over a 3 year performance period based on the achievement of relative total shareholder return (50%) and cumulative diluted EPS (50%).
During the nine months ended September 30, 2025, the Company issued performance shares to select officers and employees of the Company with a grant date fair value of $4.4 million, vesting over a 3 year performance period based on the achievement of relative total shareholder return (50%) and cumulative diluted EPS (50%).
Restricted Shares
During the nine months ended September 30, 2026, the Company issued restricted shares to select officers and employees of the Company with a grant date fair value of $15.2 million, vesting over 3 years.
Additionally, the Company issued restricted shares to the directors of the Company with a grant date fair value of $0.9 million. These awards vest on the earlier of (i) the one-year anniversary of the grant date (May 28, 2027) or (ii) the date of the Company’s next annual general meeting of shareholders occurring after the grant date.
During the nine months ended September 30, 2025, the Company issued restricted shares to select officers and employees of the Company with a grant date fair value of $5.5 million, vesting over 3 years.
Additionally, the Company issued restricted shares to the directors of the Company with a grant date fair value of $0.8 million. These awards vest on the earlier of (i) the one-year anniversary of the grant date (May 29, 2026) or (ii) the date of the Company’s next annual general meeting of shareholders occurring after the grant date.
All awards are subject to continued employment, with compensation expense recognized ratably over the vesting periods. The fair values of the cumulative diluted EPS performance shares and restricted shares were based on the closing price of the Company’s ordinary shares on the respective grant dates, and the fair value of the total shareholder return performance shares was determined using the Monte Carlo simulation.