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Equity compensation plans
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2020
Equity compensation plans  
Equity compensation plans

9. Equity compensation plans

 

Long‑term incentive plan (“LTIP”)

 

The following table summarizes the changes in outstanding LTIP notional shares during the three months ended March 31, 2020:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Grant Date

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted-Average

 

 

    

Notional Shares

 

 

 

 

Fair Value per Notional Share

 

Outstanding at December 31, 2019

 

3,578,092

 

 

 

$

2.38

 

Granted

 

1,866,748

 

 

 

 

2.49

 

Vested and redeemed

 

(1,702,571)

 

 

 

 

2.34

 

Forfeitures

 

(23,388)

 

 

 

 

2.40

 

Outstanding at March 31, 2020

 

3,718,881

 

 

 

$

2.45

 

 

Cash payments made for vested notional shares for the three months ended March 31, 2020 were $3.3 million and no payments were made in the comparable 2019 period. Compensation expense for LTIP and Transition Equity Participation Agreement notional shares was $1.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and $1.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2019. 

 

Transition Equity Participation Agreement

 

We also have 269,952 transition notional shares outstanding at March 31, 2020 under the Transition Equity Participation Agreement with James J. Moore, Jr. These notional shares will vest if the weighted average Canadian dollar closing price of our common shares on the Toronto Stock Exchange exceeds Cdn$4.77 for at least three consecutive calendar months.