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STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2024
Share-Based Payment Arrangement [Abstract]  
STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION
2022 Equity Incentive Plan
The Board adopted, and the stockholders of the Company approved the 2022 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2022 Plan”), effective as July 18, 2022, the date of the closing of the transaction contemplated by the agreement dated December 20, 2021, by and among ITHAX, First Merger Sub, Second Merger Sub and Mondee. The maximum number of shares of common stock that may be issued pursuant to the 2022 Plan is 9,615,971.
Restricted Stock Units (“RSU”)
RSU activity during the six months ended June 30, 2024 was as follows:
Number of RSUs
Outstanding
Weighted-Average Grant Date Fair Value
Unvested - December 31, 20232,724,052$5.91 
Granted5,515,4382.32 
Vested(5,193,206)3.17 
Forfeited or canceled(122,482)3.86 
Unvested – June 30, 20242,923,802$4.10 
During the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, the Company recorded stock-based compensation expense related to RSUs of $11.3 million and $15.4 million, respectively. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2023 the Company recorded stock-based compensation expense related to RSUs of $1.4 million and $1.4 million, respectively. As of June 30, 2024, the Company had unamortized stock-based compensation expense of $12.0 million related to RSUs remaining to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 1.37 years.
The Company did not recognize any tax benefits related to stock-based compensation expense during the three and six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023.
Earn-out Shares
As of June 30, 2024, the earn-out shares of the Company's Class A Common Stock (“earn-out shares”) were allocated as follows:
Shareholder TypeGrant DateNumber of Shares
Employee7/18/20226,000,000 
Investor7/18/2022500,000 
Employee9/7/2022900,000 
Non-employee9/12/2022200,000 
Employee4/20/2023180,000 
Forfeit add back10/11/2023(200,000)
Employee12/31/20231,353,333 
Forfeit add back4/13/2024(20,000)
Unallocated shares—86,667 
Total9,000,000 
Excluding the 1,533,333 earn-out shares allocated, net of forfeitures, on September 12, 2022, April 20, 2023 and December 31, 2023, all other earn-out shares have been legally issued to the respective shareholders and have restrictions that prohibit the shareholders from transferring them until the vesting market conditions are met. These earn-out shares in escrow are not considered outstanding for accounting purposes until resolution of the earn-out contingency.
The Company recognized $0.2 million and $1.4 million of compensation expense related to earn-out shares for employees to personnel expenses within the condensed consolidated statement of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, respectively. The Company recognized $1.2 million and $3.3 million of compensation expense related to earn-out shares for employees to personnel expenses within the condensed consolidated statement of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2023, respectively. The Company recognized $0.3 million and $0.6 million of compensation expense related to earn-out shares issued to a non-employee advisor for the three and six months ended June 30, 2023, which was recorded to general and administrative expenses within the condensed consolidated statement of operations.
As of June 30, 2024, unrecognized earn-out compensation expense totaled $0.4 million expected to be recorded over the balance term. As of June 30, 2024, there are 86,667 earn-out shares that remain unallocated.