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Pay vs Performance Disclosure - USD ($) | 1 Months Ended | 11 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended
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Pay vs Performance Disclosure, Table |  |  | Pay Versus Performance Pay Versus Performance Results & Discussion An assessment of Charter’s pay versus performance alignment was conducted pursuant to Item 402(v) of Regulation S-K, evaluating the alignment of Charter’s executive pay, stock price performance, and financial performance for the five-year period from January 1, 2020 through December 31, 2024 (referred to as the “measurement period” throughout this Pay Versus Performance discussion). As discussed in the Compensation Discussion and Analysis, Charter’s philosophy for NEO compensation is to provide the largest portion of pay in the form of long-term incentives that vest over a multi-year timeframe and are tied to stock price appreciation; it is Charter’s view that this creates the strongest possible alignment between executives and shareholders. When evaluating this philosophy through the lens of pay versus performance, actual compensation realized or earned by NEOs should therefore be primarily dependent upon Charter creating sustained stock price growth, with increases in executive pay from periods of stock price appreciation and decreases in executive pay from periods where the stock price declines. Furthermore, while financial performance achievement drives payouts under Charter’s annual bonus plan, such outcomes should have a lesser impact than stock price performance given that the vast majority of executive compensation is delivered in the form of long-term incentives which, as calculated and shown in the pay mix charts on page 28, represent 75% of Mr. Winfrey’s total compensation and 69% of total compensation for the other NEOs. For purposes of evaluating the impact of performance on pay, the required disclosure utilizes two measurements of compensation, referred to as the “Summary Compensation Table Total” and “Compensation Actually Paid”. These measures are formally defined under “Description of Disclosure Requirements” at the end of this section (which also provides complete information on the methodology for the pay versus performance analysis), but are summarized as follows:
• | Summary Compensation Table Total – Total compensation as disclosed in the Summary Compensation Table for each year, approximating an NEO’s target compensation opportunity with the exception that it reflects actual payouts from the annual bonus plan (versus target opportunities) and includes certain other compensation and benefits items not traditionally included in target compensation, such as matching contributions to the Company’s 401(k) plan.
• | Compensation Actually Paid – The Summary Compensation Table Total with certain modifications applied to capture the change in the actual value of such compensation over time. With respect to Charter’s executive pay program, the difference between the Summary Compensation Table Total and Compensation Actually Paid primarily represents the change in fair value of unvested long-term incentive awards, mainly stock options, over the course of the year.
As outlined above, in order to demonstrate alignment between pay and performance for Charter’s executive compensation program, Compensation Actually Paid should be greater than or less than the Summary Compensation Table Total in proportion to respective positive or negative TSR achievement and, to a lesser degree, financial performance. Based on the outcomes observed from the pay versus performance analysis as applied to Charter – detailed below in both the required Tabular Disclosure of Pay Versus Performance as well as the Pay Versus Performance Graph – Charter’s executive pay program demonstrates the anticipated alignment between targeted compensation, actual compensation, stock price performance, and financial performance. Tabular Disclosure of Pay Versus Performance(1)
| Year |  |  | Summary Compensation Table Total for CEO (Rutledge)(2)(3) |  |  | Compensation Actually Paid to CEO (Rutledge)(2)(3) |  |  | Summary Compensation Table Total for CEO (Winfrey)(2)(3) |  |  | Compensation Actually Paid to CEO (Winfrey)(2)(3) |  |  | Average Summary Compensation Table Total for Other NEOs(2)(3) |  |  | Average Compensation Actually Paid to Other NEOs(2)(3) |  |  | Value of Initial Fixed $100 Investment Based On: |  |  | Net Income ($M) |  |  | Adjusted EBITDA ($M) |
| Charter Total Shareholder Return |  |  | Primary Peer Group Total Shareholder Return |
| 2024 |  |  | n/a |  |  | n/a |  |  | $5,752,660 |  |  | ($24,899,026) |  |  | $3,381,915 |  |  | ($5,058,139) |  |  | $71 |  |  | $128 |  |  | $5,853 |  |  | $22,569 |
| 2023 |  |  | n/a |  |  | n/a |  |  | $89,077,078 |  |  | $93,575,272 |  |  | $25,243,133 |  |  | $27,459,371 |  |  | $80 |  |  | $96 |  |  | $5,261 |  |  | $21,894 |
| 2022 |  |  | $39,213,350 |  |  | ($35,738,207) |  |  | $15,626,967 |  |  | ($7,482,444) |  |  | $7,482,328 |  |  | ($4,316,044) |  |  | $70 |  |  | $84 |  |  | $5,849 |  |  | $21,616 |
| 2021 |  |  | $41,860,263 |  |  | $39,859,417 |  |  | n/a |  |  | n/a |  |  | $8,196,657 |  |  | $11,663,225 |  |  | $134 |  |  | $114 |  |  | $5,320 |  |  | $20,630 |
| 2020 |  |  | $38,846,705 |  |  | $251,702,262 |  |  | n/a |  |  | n/a |  |  | $16,403,815 |  |  | $74,038,050 |  |  | $136 |  |  | $113 |  |  | $3,676 |  |  | $18,518 |
(1) | See the “Description of Disclosure Requirements” section below for additional information on the requirements for this Pay Versus Performance Disclosure and the required Tabular List of Additional Performance Metrics.
(2) | Mr. Rutledge served as Chairman and CEO in each of 2020, 2021 and 2022 and is therefore included as the CEO in the table for each such year. Mr. Winfrey served as President and CEO from December 1, 2022 and is therefore included as the CEO for 2022, 2023 and 2024. The average values for Other NEOs pertain to the following executives and their roles for each year:
2020 – John R. Bickham (President and Chief Operating Officer, Mr. DiGeronimo (Chief Product & Technology Officer), David G. Ellen (Senior Executive Vice President), and Mr. Winfrey (Chief Financial Officer) 2021 – Mr. Bickham (Vice Chairman), Mr. DiGeronimo (Chief Product & Technology Officer), Mr. Ellen (Senior Executive Vice President), Ms. Fischer (Chief Financial Officer), and Mr. Winfrey (Chief Operating Officer) 2022 – Mr. DiGeronimo (President, Product & Technology), Mr. Ellen (Senior Executive Vice President), Ms. Fischer (Chief Financial Officer), and Mr. Hargis (Special Advisor to the COO). 2023 – Mr. DiGeronimo (President, Product & Technology), Ms. Fischer (Chief Financial Officer), Mr. Howard (EVP, Chief Accounting Officer & Controller), Mr. Ray (EVP, Chief Commercial Officer), and Mr. Rutledge (Former Executive Chairman) 2024 – Mr. DiGeronimo (President, Product & Technology), Ms. Fischer (Chief Financial Officer), Mr. Haughton (EVP, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary), and Mr. Ray (EVP, Chief Commercial Officer)
(3) | The table below provides a reconciliation of the adjustments to Summary Compensation Table Totals to Compensation Actually Paid; refer to the “Determination of Compensation Actually Paid” section below for additional information on the methodology and assumptions for determining the fair value of stock and option awards.
|  |  |  |  |  | Chief Executive Officer |  |  | Other Named Executive Officers |
|  |  |  |  |  | 2020 (Rutledge) |  |  | 2021 (Rutledge) |  |  | 2022 (Rutledge) |  |  | 2022 (Winfrey) |  |  | 2023 (Winfrey) |  |  | 2024 (Winfrey) |  |  | 2020 |  |  | 2021 |  |  | 2022 |  |  | 2023 |  |  | 2024 |  |  |  |
|  |  | Summary Compensation Table Total |  |  | $38,846,705 |  |  | $41,860,263 |  |  | $39,213,350 |  |  | $15,626,967 |  |  | $89,077,078 |  |  | $5,752,660 |  |  | $16,403,815 |  |  | $8,196,657 |  |  | $7,482,328 |  |  | $25,243,133 |  |  | $3,381,915 |  |  |  |
|  |  | Less change in pension value |  |  | ($176,085) |  |  | ($59,302) |  |  | $249,614 |  |  | $0 |  |  | $0 |  |  | $0 |  |  | ($33,655) |  |  | ($11,136) |  |  | $0 |  |  | $0 |  |  | $0 |  |  |  |
|  |  | Plus additional service cost of pension plan |  |  | $0 |  |  | $0 |  |  | $0 |  |  | $0 |  |  | $0 |  |  | $0 |  |  | $0 |  |  | $0 |  |  | $0 |  |  | $0 |  |  | $0 |  |  |  |
|  |  | Less grant value of stock and option awards made during the year, as disclosed in the Summary Compensation Table |  |  | ($30,005,695) |  |  | ($30,004,409) |  |  | ($30,005,043) |  |  | ($12,001,909) |  |  | ($83,653,337) |  |  | $0 |  |  | ($12,999,065) |  |  | ($4,000,613) |  |  | ($5,325,719) |  |  | ($22,689,724) |  |  | ($968,801) |
|  |  | Plus the fair value of unvested stock and option awards made during the year, measured as of year-end |  |  | $39,025,852 |  |  | $32,007,744 |  |  | $9,911,059 |  |  | $5,490,586 |  |  | $87,091,096 |  |  | $0 |  |  | $16,074,306 |  |  | $4,093,165 |  |  | $2,034,016 |  |  | $23,621,816 |  |  | $821,107 |  |  |  |
|  |  | Plus the change in fair value of unvested stock and option awards granted in prior years, measured as of year-end or the vesting date, if earlier |  |  | $204,011,485 |  |  | ($3,944,879) |  |  | ($55,107,188) |  |  | ($16,598,088) |  |  | $1,060,435 |  |  | ($30,651,686) |  |  | $54,592,650 |  |  | $3,385,151 |  |  | ($8,506,669) |  |  | $1,284,147 |  |  | ($8,292,361) |  |  |  |
|  |  | Compensation Actually Paid |  |  | $251,702,262 |  |  | $39,859,417 |  |  | ($35,738,207) |  |  | ($7,482,444) |  |  | $93,575,272 |  |  | ($24,899,026) |  |  | $74,038,050 |  |  | $11,663,225 |  |  | ($4,316,044) |  |  | $27,459,371 |  |  | ($5,058,139) |  |  |  |
Company Selected Measure Name |  |  | Adjusted EBITDA |  |  |  |
Named Executive Officers, Footnote |  |  |
(2) | Mr. Rutledge served as Chairman and CEO in each of 2020, 2021 and 2022 and is therefore included as the CEO in the table for each such year. Mr. Winfrey served as President and CEO from December 1, 2022 and is therefore included as the CEO for 2022, 2023 and 2024. The average values for Other NEOs pertain to the following executives and their roles for each year:
2020 – John R. Bickham (President and Chief Operating Officer, Mr. DiGeronimo (Chief Product & Technology Officer), David G. Ellen (Senior Executive Vice President), and Mr. Winfrey (Chief Financial Officer) 2021 – Mr. Bickham (Vice Chairman), Mr. DiGeronimo (Chief Product & Technology Officer), Mr. Ellen (Senior Executive Vice President), Ms. Fischer (Chief Financial Officer), and Mr. Winfrey (Chief Operating Officer) 2022 – Mr. DiGeronimo (President, Product & Technology), Mr. Ellen (Senior Executive Vice President), Ms. Fischer (Chief Financial Officer), and Mr. Hargis (Special Advisor to the COO). 2023 – Mr. DiGeronimo (President, Product & Technology), Ms. Fischer (Chief Financial Officer), Mr. Howard (EVP, Chief Accounting Officer & Controller), Mr. Ray (EVP, Chief Commercial Officer), and Mr. Rutledge (Former Executive Chairman) 2024 – Mr. DiGeronimo (President, Product & Technology), Ms. Fischer (Chief Financial Officer), Mr. Haughton (EVP, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary), and Mr. Ray (EVP, Chief Commercial Officer) |  |  |  |
Adjustment To PEO Compensation, Footnote |  |  |
(3) | The table below provides a reconciliation of the adjustments to Summary Compensation Table Totals to Compensation Actually Paid; refer to the “Determination of Compensation Actually Paid” section below for additional information on the methodology and assumptions for determining the fair value of stock and option awards.
|  |  |  |  |  | Chief Executive Officer |  |  | Other Named Executive Officers |
|  |  |  |  |  | 2020 (Rutledge) |  |  | 2021 (Rutledge) |  |  | 2022 (Rutledge) |  |  | 2022 (Winfrey) |  |  | 2023 (Winfrey) |  |  | 2024 (Winfrey) |  |  | 2020 |  |  | 2021 |  |  | 2022 |  |  | 2023 |  |  | 2024 |  |  |  |
|  |  | Summary Compensation Table Total |  |  | $38,846,705 |  |  | $41,860,263 |  |  | $39,213,350 |  |  | $15,626,967 |  |  | $89,077,078 |  |  | $5,752,660 |  |  | $16,403,815 |  |  | $8,196,657 |  |  | $7,482,328 |  |  | $25,243,133 |  |  | $3,381,915 |  |  |  |
|  |  | Less change in pension value |  |  | ($176,085) |  |  | ($59,302) |  |  | $249,614 |  |  | $0 |  |  | $0 |  |  | $0 |  |  | ($33,655) |  |  | ($11,136) |  |  | $0 |  |  | $0 |  |  | $0 |  |  |  |
|  |  | Plus additional service cost of pension plan |  |  | $0 |  |  | $0 |  |  | $0 |  |  | $0 |  |  | $0 |  |  | $0 |  |  | $0 |  |  | $0 |  |  | $0 |  |  | $0 |  |  | $0 |  |  |  |
|  |  | Less grant value of stock and option awards made during the year, as disclosed in the Summary Compensation Table |  |  | ($30,005,695) |  |  | ($30,004,409) |  |  | ($30,005,043) |  |  | ($12,001,909) |  |  | ($83,653,337) |  |  | $0 |  |  | ($12,999,065) |  |  | ($4,000,613) |  |  | ($5,325,719) |  |  | ($22,689,724) |  |  | ($968,801) |
|  |  | Plus the fair value of unvested stock and option awards made during the year, measured as of year-end |  |  | $39,025,852 |  |  | $32,007,744 |  |  | $9,911,059 |  |  | $5,490,586 |  |  | $87,091,096 |  |  | $0 |  |  | $16,074,306 |  |  | $4,093,165 |  |  | $2,034,016 |  |  | $23,621,816 |  |  | $821,107 |  |  |  |
|  |  | Plus the change in fair value of unvested stock and option awards granted in prior years, measured as of year-end or the vesting date, if earlier |  |  | $204,011,485 |  |  | ($3,944,879) |  |  | ($55,107,188) |  |  | ($16,598,088) |  |  | $1,060,435 |  |  | ($30,651,686) |  |  | $54,592,650 |  |  | $3,385,151 |  |  | ($8,506,669) |  |  | $1,284,147 |  |  | ($8,292,361) |  |  |  |
|  |  | Compensation Actually Paid |  |  | $251,702,262 |  |  | $39,859,417 |  |  | ($35,738,207) |  |  | ($7,482,444) |  |  | $93,575,272 |  |  | ($24,899,026) |  |  | $74,038,050 |  |  | $11,663,225 |  |  | ($4,316,044) |  |  | $27,459,371 |  |  | ($5,058,139) |  |  |  |
Non-PEO NEO Average Total Compensation Amount |  |  | $ 3,381,915 | $ 25,243,133 | $ 7,482,328 | $ 8,196,657 | $ 16,403,815
Non-PEO NEO Average Compensation Actually Paid Amount |  |  | $ (5,058,139) | 27,459,371 | (4,316,044) | 11,663,225 | 74,038,050
Adjustment to Non-PEO NEO Compensation Footnote |  |  |
(3) | The table below provides a reconciliation of the adjustments to Summary Compensation Table Totals to Compensation Actually Paid; refer to the “Determination of Compensation Actually Paid” section below for additional information on the methodology and assumptions for determining the fair value of stock and option awards.
|  |  |  |  |  | Chief Executive Officer |  |  | Other Named Executive Officers |
|  |  |  |  |  | 2020 (Rutledge) |  |  | 2021 (Rutledge) |  |  | 2022 (Rutledge) |  |  | 2022 (Winfrey) |  |  | 2023 (Winfrey) |  |  | 2024 (Winfrey) |  |  | 2020 |  |  | 2021 |  |  | 2022 |  |  | 2023 |  |  | 2024 |  |  |  |
|  |  | Summary Compensation Table Total |  |  | $38,846,705 |  |  | $41,860,263 |  |  | $39,213,350 |  |  | $15,626,967 |  |  | $89,077,078 |  |  | $5,752,660 |  |  | $16,403,815 |  |  | $8,196,657 |  |  | $7,482,328 |  |  | $25,243,133 |  |  | $3,381,915 |  |  |  |
|  |  | Less change in pension value |  |  | ($176,085) |  |  | ($59,302) |  |  | $249,614 |  |  | $0 |  |  | $0 |  |  | $0 |  |  | ($33,655) |  |  | ($11,136) |  |  | $0 |  |  | $0 |  |  | $0 |  |  |  |
|  |  | Plus additional service cost of pension plan |  |  | $0 |  |  | $0 |  |  | $0 |  |  | $0 |  |  | $0 |  |  | $0 |  |  | $0 |  |  | $0 |  |  | $0 |  |  | $0 |  |  | $0 |  |  |  |
|  |  | Less grant value of stock and option awards made during the year, as disclosed in the Summary Compensation Table |  |  | ($30,005,695) |  |  | ($30,004,409) |  |  | ($30,005,043) |  |  | ($12,001,909) |  |  | ($83,653,337) |  |  | $0 |  |  | ($12,999,065) |  |  | ($4,000,613) |  |  | ($5,325,719) |  |  | ($22,689,724) |  |  | ($968,801) |
|  |  | Plus the fair value of unvested stock and option awards made during the year, measured as of year-end |  |  | $39,025,852 |  |  | $32,007,744 |  |  | $9,911,059 |  |  | $5,490,586 |  |  | $87,091,096 |  |  | $0 |  |  | $16,074,306 |  |  | $4,093,165 |  |  | $2,034,016 |  |  | $23,621,816 |  |  | $821,107 |  |  |  |
|  |  | Plus the change in fair value of unvested stock and option awards granted in prior years, measured as of year-end or the vesting date, if earlier |  |  | $204,011,485 |  |  | ($3,944,879) |  |  | ($55,107,188) |  |  | ($16,598,088) |  |  | $1,060,435 |  |  | ($30,651,686) |  |  | $54,592,650 |  |  | $3,385,151 |  |  | ($8,506,669) |  |  | $1,284,147 |  |  | ($8,292,361) |  |  |  |
|  |  | Compensation Actually Paid |  |  | $251,702,262 |  |  | $39,859,417 |  |  | ($35,738,207) |  |  | ($7,482,444) |  |  | $93,575,272 |  |  | ($24,899,026) |  |  | $74,038,050 |  |  | $11,663,225 |  |  | ($4,316,044) |  |  | $27,459,371 |  |  | ($5,058,139) |  |  |  |
Compensation Actually Paid vs. Total Shareholder Return |  |  |
(1) | The ratio of Compensation Actually Paid to Summary Compensation Table Total is calculated based on the corresponding CEO and Other NEO values disclosed in the Tabular Disclosure of Pay Versus Performance.
Compensation Actually Paid vs. Net Income |  |  |
| 2020 – Strong stock price performance resulted in increased value for NEOs. |
| • |  |  | Charter stock price performance outperformed Primary Peers (with a $100 fixed investment on 12/31/2019 increasing to $136 for Charter and $113 for Primary Peers, representing returns of 36.4% and 12.8%, respectively) and resulted in Compensation Actually Paid that was 6.5x the Summary Compensation Table Total for the CEO and 4.5x for the other NEOs. |
| • |  |  | The significant upside leverage observed in Compensation Actually Paid was driven by Charter’s philosophy to deliver the substantial majority of NEO compensation in the form of stock options, including performance-based equity awards granted in 2016 and vesting based upon the achievement of stock price hurdles, a substantial portion of which were still unvested and outstanding in 2020 and therefore included in this analysis. |
| • |  |  | Strong financial performance results for this year, with 9.9% Adjusted EBITDA growth and 84.5% growth in Net Income(1), correlated with stock price performance achievement and also aligned with executive pay outcomes. |
| 2021 – Flat stock price performance resulted in flat value for NEOs relative to the prior year. |
| • |  |  | Charter’s stock price continued to grow for most of the year before declining to essentially flat performance by year-end (the closing stock price of $661.55 on 12/31/2020 increased to a high of $821.01 on 9/2/2021 and then fell to $651.97 on 12/31/2021), with similar flat stock price performance observed among Primary Peers; the value of an initial $100 investment made in Charter on 12/31/2019 fell 1.5% over 2021 (from $136 to $134) versus a 0.8% increase (from $113 to $114) for such an investment among Primary Peers. |
| • |  |  | Consistent with the change in stock price performance relative to 2020, Charter’s Compensation Actually Paid as a proportion of Summary Compensation Table Totals was much lower than in the prior year – declining from 6.5x to 1.0x for the CEO and 4.5x to 1.4x for the other NEOs. In addition, and consistent with Charter’s observed pay versus performance outcomes for 2021, Compensation Actually Paid should generally trend near 1.0x of Summary Compensation Table Totals for a short-term, single-year period of flat stock price performance, since the corresponding valuations of stock option and RSU awards should also remain flat over that period. |
| • |  |  | The higher ratio of Compensation Actually Paid to Summary Compensation Table Totals for other NEOs (1.4x) relative to Mr. Rutledge as CEO (1.0x) was driven primarily by the timing of when the 2016 performance-based awards vested during the year. In particular, Mr. Rutledge’s awards vested in April and were valued for purposes of calculating Compensation Actually Paid based on a fair market value of $654.88 (the average of the high and low prices on the vesting date, approximately equal to the year-ending fair market value of $655.55), and the awards for the other NEOs vested in June and were valued based upon a fair market value of $691.87 (the average of the high and low prices on the vesting date and approximately 5.5% above the year-ending fair market value). |
| • |  |  | Financial performance results were strong in 2021 – with 11.4% Adjusted EBITDA growth and 44.7% growth in Net Income – and initially correlated with strong stock price performance. However, in the latter half of the year, challenging macroeconomic conditions and an inflationary environment drove stock price declines among Charter, Primary Peers, and the broader market as a whole. |
| 2022 – Declining stock price performance resulted in a significant contraction in value for NEOs. |
| • |  |  | Stock prices for both Charter and Primary Peer companies continued to fall over the course of 2022; the value of an initial $100 investment made in Charter on 12/31/2019 fell 48.0% over 2022 (from $134 to $70) versus a 26.3% decline (from $114 to $84) for such an investment among Primary Peers. |
| • |  |  | The decline in stock price had a significant impact on Charter’s levels of Compensation Actually Paid, with all NEOs recognizing overall negative values of Compensation Actually Paid (i.e., the net losses in equity value driven by the declining stock price exceeded the Summary Compensation Table Totals). |
| • |  |  | Charter continued to achieve annual growth in both Net Income (increasing 9.9% from the prior year) and Adjusted EBITDA (increasing 4.8% from the prior year), albeit at lower growth rates than in prior years. As such growth in financial performance did not correspond to an increase in stock price, these results had no direct impact on Compensation Actually Paid. |
| • |  |  | As a result of Charter’s philosophy to deliver the substantial majority of compensation in the form of stock options, the pay versus performance outcome in 2022 (negative Compensation Actually Paid resulting from a decline in stock price) mirrored that which was observed in 2020 (high levels of Compensation Actually Paid resulting from stock price growth) and demonstrated alignment between shareholder returns and value realized by NEOs under differing performance scenarios. |
| 2023 – The near-term positive stock price performance over the year did not immediately translate into growth in value for NEOs due to the long-term, performance-based nature of Charter’s compensation program. |
| • |  |  | Over the year, stock prices for both Charter and Primary Peer companies recovered from multi-year lows in 2022, with the value of an initial $100 investment made in Charter on 12/31/2019 increasing 14.6% over 2023 (from $70 to $80), approximately equal to the corresponding 15.0% increase (from $84 to $96) in such an investment among Primary Peers. |
| • |  |  | The increase in stock price did not translate into meaningfully higher Compensation Actually Paid levels relative to Summary Compensation Table Totals, with the ratio of Compensation Actually Paid to Summary Compensation Table Totals equal to 1.1x for the CEO and 1.0x for the other NEOs. This outcome was driven primarily by awards under the 2023 Performance Equity Program, which were granted in February 2023, providing value equivalent to 5.0x each participating NEO’s annual LTI target in a single grant (net of the grant value from time-vested awards delivered earlier in January 2023), and with vesting tied to the achievement of stock price hurdles over a 3 to 5-year period following the grant date. The grant value of these awards therefore represented the substantial portion of unvested equity value for NEOs (including unvested grants from prior years), but saw limited appreciation in their fair market value between the grant date and year-end due to (i) the longer-time horizon for vesting (between 3 to 5 years) and (ii) aggressive stock price hurdle vesting requirements, with the lowest stock price hurdle of $507 representing approximately 30% appreciation relative to the fair market value of Charter stock at year-end ($390.73, equal to the average of Charter’s high and low stock price on December 29, 2023). |
| • |  |  | Charter’s Net Income decreased by 10.1% from $5.8 billion to $5.3 billion and Adjusted EBITDA increased 1.3% from $21.6 billion to $21.9 billion. As noted above, financial performance achievement only impacts Charter’s Compensation Actually Paid to the extent that such results translate into stock price performance. However, the mixed performance results reflected in these earnings measures – a $500 million decline in Net Income against a $300 million increase in Adjusted EBITDA – do align with the flat relationship between Compensation Actually Paid and Summary Compensation Table Totals. In particular, the limited change in equity value over 2023 resulted in Compensation Actually Paid that was approximately the same as the Summary Compensation Table Totals, and this is an appropriate outcome given the mixed earnings results. |
| • |  |  | The pay versus performance outcome in 2023 continues to demonstrate the high degree of performance accountability in Charter’s compensation program, with Compensation Actually Paid levels being comparable to Summary Compensation Table Totals in spite of stock price growth over the year (a similar outcome to 2021 but with positive versus flat stock price performance). In addition, given the multi-year nature of the 2023 Performance Equity Program – which is heavily tied to stock price performance through an option-heavy mix and stock price vesting hurdles – the awards made under the program will continue to be key drivers of pay versus performance outcomes in future years. |
| 2024 – The stock price declined over 2024, resulting in effectively flat performance since the end of 2022, with the highly performance-based nature of the 2023 Performance Equity Program driving negative Compensation Actually Paid values among the NEOs. |
| • |  |  | Stock price performance for both Charter and Primary Peer companies diverged over the course of 2024, with the value of an initial $100 investment made in Charter on 12/31/2019 falling 11.8% over 2024 (from $80 to $71) versus a 33.2% increase (from $96 to $128) for such an investment among Primary Peers. |
| • |  |  | The decline in Charter’s stock price – although less than what was observed in 2022 – had an outsized impact on Charter’s Compensation Actually Paid values due to the outstanding awards under the 2023 Performance Equity Program. These awards, which as described above delivered significant value tied to the achievement of stock price hurdles, saw a substantial decline in their valuation due to the impact of stock price decline being amplified by the awards’ stock price hurdles. As a result of the decline in the valuations of both the 2023 Performance Equity Program awards as well as other outstanding time-vested awards, all NEOs recognized overall negative values of Compensation Actually Paid that exceeded the total compensation reflected in the Summary Compensation Table. |
| • |  |  | The resulting ratios of Compensation Actually Paid to Summary Compensation Table Total values shifted significantly from 2023 to 2024 – falling from 1.1x to -4.3x for the CEO and from 1.0x to -1.5x for the other NEOs. The magnitude of this shift in relation to the corresponding decline in stock price demonstrates the degree of pay for performance accountability built into Charter’s executive compensation program. In particular, the 12.2% decline in stock price from $390.73 on December 29, 2023 to $343.03 on December 31, 2024 (in each case the average of the high and low prices of Charter common stock on such date) translated into a $30.7M decline in equity value for the CEO and an $8.4M average decline in equity value for the other NEOs. |
| • |  |  | Charter also achieved annual growth in Net Income (increasing 11.3% from the prior year) and continued to grow Adjusted EBITDA (increasing 3.1% from the prior year). As such growth in financial performance did not correspond to an increase in stock price, these results had no direct impact on Compensation Actually Paid as compared to Summary Compensation Table Totals. |
(1) | Based on 2019 Adjusted EBITDA of $16.855 billion and Net Income of $1.992 billion.
Compensation Actually Paid vs. Company Selected Measure |  |  |
| 2020 – Strong stock price performance resulted in increased value for NEOs. |
| • |  |  | Charter stock price performance outperformed Primary Peers (with a $100 fixed investment on 12/31/2019 increasing to $136 for Charter and $113 for Primary Peers, representing returns of 36.4% and 12.8%, respectively) and resulted in Compensation Actually Paid that was 6.5x the Summary Compensation Table Total for the CEO and 4.5x for the other NEOs. |
| • |  |  | The significant upside leverage observed in Compensation Actually Paid was driven by Charter’s philosophy to deliver the substantial majority of NEO compensation in the form of stock options, including performance-based equity awards granted in 2016 and vesting based upon the achievement of stock price hurdles, a substantial portion of which were still unvested and outstanding in 2020 and therefore included in this analysis. |
| • |  |  | Strong financial performance results for this year, with 9.9% Adjusted EBITDA growth and 84.5% growth in Net Income(1), correlated with stock price performance achievement and also aligned with executive pay outcomes. |
| 2021 – Flat stock price performance resulted in flat value for NEOs relative to the prior year. |
| • |  |  | Charter’s stock price continued to grow for most of the year before declining to essentially flat performance by year-end (the closing stock price of $661.55 on 12/31/2020 increased to a high of $821.01 on 9/2/2021 and then fell to $651.97 on 12/31/2021), with similar flat stock price performance observed among Primary Peers; the value of an initial $100 investment made in Charter on 12/31/2019 fell 1.5% over 2021 (from $136 to $134) versus a 0.8% increase (from $113 to $114) for such an investment among Primary Peers. |
| • |  |  | Consistent with the change in stock price performance relative to 2020, Charter’s Compensation Actually Paid as a proportion of Summary Compensation Table Totals was much lower than in the prior year – declining from 6.5x to 1.0x for the CEO and 4.5x to 1.4x for the other NEOs. In addition, and consistent with Charter’s observed pay versus performance outcomes for 2021, Compensation Actually Paid should generally trend near 1.0x of Summary Compensation Table Totals for a short-term, single-year period of flat stock price performance, since the corresponding valuations of stock option and RSU awards should also remain flat over that period. |
| • |  |  | The higher ratio of Compensation Actually Paid to Summary Compensation Table Totals for other NEOs (1.4x) relative to Mr. Rutledge as CEO (1.0x) was driven primarily by the timing of when the 2016 performance-based awards vested during the year. In particular, Mr. Rutledge’s awards vested in April and were valued for purposes of calculating Compensation Actually Paid based on a fair market value of $654.88 (the average of the high and low prices on the vesting date, approximately equal to the year-ending fair market value of $655.55), and the awards for the other NEOs vested in June and were valued based upon a fair market value of $691.87 (the average of the high and low prices on the vesting date and approximately 5.5% above the year-ending fair market value). |
| • |  |  | Financial performance results were strong in 2021 – with 11.4% Adjusted EBITDA growth and 44.7% growth in Net Income – and initially correlated with strong stock price performance. However, in the latter half of the year, challenging macroeconomic conditions and an inflationary environment drove stock price declines among Charter, Primary Peers, and the broader market as a whole. |
| 2022 – Declining stock price performance resulted in a significant contraction in value for NEOs. |
| • |  |  | Stock prices for both Charter and Primary Peer companies continued to fall over the course of 2022; the value of an initial $100 investment made in Charter on 12/31/2019 fell 48.0% over 2022 (from $134 to $70) versus a 26.3% decline (from $114 to $84) for such an investment among Primary Peers. |
| • |  |  | The decline in stock price had a significant impact on Charter’s levels of Compensation Actually Paid, with all NEOs recognizing overall negative values of Compensation Actually Paid (i.e., the net losses in equity value driven by the declining stock price exceeded the Summary Compensation Table Totals). |
| • |  |  | Charter continued to achieve annual growth in both Net Income (increasing 9.9% from the prior year) and Adjusted EBITDA (increasing 4.8% from the prior year), albeit at lower growth rates than in prior years. As such growth in financial performance did not correspond to an increase in stock price, these results had no direct impact on Compensation Actually Paid. |
| • |  |  | As a result of Charter’s philosophy to deliver the substantial majority of compensation in the form of stock options, the pay versus performance outcome in 2022 (negative Compensation Actually Paid resulting from a decline in stock price) mirrored that which was observed in 2020 (high levels of Compensation Actually Paid resulting from stock price growth) and demonstrated alignment between shareholder returns and value realized by NEOs under differing performance scenarios. |
| 2023 – The near-term positive stock price performance over the year did not immediately translate into growth in value for NEOs due to the long-term, performance-based nature of Charter’s compensation program. |
| • |  |  | Over the year, stock prices for both Charter and Primary Peer companies recovered from multi-year lows in 2022, with the value of an initial $100 investment made in Charter on 12/31/2019 increasing 14.6% over 2023 (from $70 to $80), approximately equal to the corresponding 15.0% increase (from $84 to $96) in such an investment among Primary Peers. |
| • |  |  | The increase in stock price did not translate into meaningfully higher Compensation Actually Paid levels relative to Summary Compensation Table Totals, with the ratio of Compensation Actually Paid to Summary Compensation Table Totals equal to 1.1x for the CEO and 1.0x for the other NEOs. This outcome was driven primarily by awards under the 2023 Performance Equity Program, which were granted in February 2023, providing value equivalent to 5.0x each participating NEO’s annual LTI target in a single grant (net of the grant value from time-vested awards delivered earlier in January 2023), and with vesting tied to the achievement of stock price hurdles over a 3 to 5-year period following the grant date. The grant value of these awards therefore represented the substantial portion of unvested equity value for NEOs (including unvested grants from prior years), but saw limited appreciation in their fair market value between the grant date and year-end due to (i) the longer-time horizon for vesting (between 3 to 5 years) and (ii) aggressive stock price hurdle vesting requirements, with the lowest stock price hurdle of $507 representing approximately 30% appreciation relative to the fair market value of Charter stock at year-end ($390.73, equal to the average of Charter’s high and low stock price on December 29, 2023). |
| • |  |  | Charter’s Net Income decreased by 10.1% from $5.8 billion to $5.3 billion and Adjusted EBITDA increased 1.3% from $21.6 billion to $21.9 billion. As noted above, financial performance achievement only impacts Charter’s Compensation Actually Paid to the extent that such results translate into stock price performance. However, the mixed performance results reflected in these earnings measures – a $500 million decline in Net Income against a $300 million increase in Adjusted EBITDA – do align with the flat relationship between Compensation Actually Paid and Summary Compensation Table Totals. In particular, the limited change in equity value over 2023 resulted in Compensation Actually Paid that was approximately the same as the Summary Compensation Table Totals, and this is an appropriate outcome given the mixed earnings results. |
| • |  |  | The pay versus performance outcome in 2023 continues to demonstrate the high degree of performance accountability in Charter’s compensation program, with Compensation Actually Paid levels being comparable to Summary Compensation Table Totals in spite of stock price growth over the year (a similar outcome to 2021 but with positive versus flat stock price performance). In addition, given the multi-year nature of the 2023 Performance Equity Program – which is heavily tied to stock price performance through an option-heavy mix and stock price vesting hurdles – the awards made under the program will continue to be key drivers of pay versus performance outcomes in future years. |
| 2024 – The stock price declined over 2024, resulting in effectively flat performance since the end of 2022, with the highly performance-based nature of the 2023 Performance Equity Program driving negative Compensation Actually Paid values among the NEOs. |
| • |  |  | Stock price performance for both Charter and Primary Peer companies diverged over the course of 2024, with the value of an initial $100 investment made in Charter on 12/31/2019 falling 11.8% over 2024 (from $80 to $71) versus a 33.2% increase (from $96 to $128) for such an investment among Primary Peers. |
| • |  |  | The decline in Charter’s stock price – although less than what was observed in 2022 – had an outsized impact on Charter’s Compensation Actually Paid values due to the outstanding awards under the 2023 Performance Equity Program. These awards, which as described above delivered significant value tied to the achievement of stock price hurdles, saw a substantial decline in their valuation due to the impact of stock price decline being amplified by the awards’ stock price hurdles. As a result of the decline in the valuations of both the 2023 Performance Equity Program awards as well as other outstanding time-vested awards, all NEOs recognized overall negative values of Compensation Actually Paid that exceeded the total compensation reflected in the Summary Compensation Table. |
| • |  |  | The resulting ratios of Compensation Actually Paid to Summary Compensation Table Total values shifted significantly from 2023 to 2024 – falling from 1.1x to -4.3x for the CEO and from 1.0x to -1.5x for the other NEOs. The magnitude of this shift in relation to the corresponding decline in stock price demonstrates the degree of pay for performance accountability built into Charter’s executive compensation program. In particular, the 12.2% decline in stock price from $390.73 on December 29, 2023 to $343.03 on December 31, 2024 (in each case the average of the high and low prices of Charter common stock on such date) translated into a $30.7M decline in equity value for the CEO and an $8.4M average decline in equity value for the other NEOs. |
| • |  |  | Charter also achieved annual growth in Net Income (increasing 11.3% from the prior year) and continued to grow Adjusted EBITDA (increasing 3.1% from the prior year). As such growth in financial performance did not correspond to an increase in stock price, these results had no direct impact on Compensation Actually Paid as compared to Summary Compensation Table Totals. |
(1) | Based on 2019 Adjusted EBITDA of $16.855 billion and Net Income of $1.992 billion.
Total Shareholder Return Vs Peer Group |  |  |
(1) | The ratio of Compensation Actually Paid to Summary Compensation Table Total is calculated based on the corresponding CEO and Other NEO values disclosed in the Tabular Disclosure of Pay Versus Performance.
Tabular List, Table |  |  |
| Performance |  | Total shareholder return (TSR) for Charter and Primary Peer companies Equals the change in value of a notional $100 investment in Charter and a $100 investment in Primary Peer organizations(1) (with such investment weighted between peers based on market capitalization) from the beginning of the pay versus performance analysis period through the end of each year of the analysis. |
| Charter’s GAAP net income Consolidated net income as disclosed in Charter’s annual report on Form 10-K for each year. |
| An additional financial performance measure considered to be the most important non-TSR related metric in determining compensation (Adjusted EBITDA) Charter identified Adjusted EBITDA, as disclosed in Charter’s annual report on Form 10-K for each year, as the appropriate metric based on the higher weighting of Adjusted EBITDA in the annual bonus plan relative to other metrics(1). Adjusted EBITDA is defined as net income attributable to Charter shareholders plus net income attributable to noncontrolling interest, net interest expense, income taxes, depreciation and amortization, stock compensation expense, other income (expenses), net and other operating (income) expenses, net, such as special charges and (gain) loss on sale or retirement of assets. |
| Identification of three to seven additional performance metrics most important for assessing pay Although not included in the analysis of pay and performance, regulations require the identification of additional performance measures tied to compensation, which for Charter applies to five performance metrics in the annual bonus plan(1) and listed below |
| Tabular List of Additional Performance Metrics |  |  |  |
| Metric |  |  | Description |  |  |  |
| Revenue |  |  | Financial metric used in 2020 – 2024 bonus designs for all NEOs |  |  |  |
| Capital and Free Cash Flow Management |  |  | Non-financial metric used in 2020 – 2024 bonus designs for all NEOs |  |  |  |
| Network Expansion and Evolution |  |  | Non-financial metric used in 2023 and 2024 bonus designs for all NEOs |  |  |  |
Total Shareholder Return Amount |  |  | $ 71 | 80 | 70 | 134 | 136
Peer Group Total Shareholder Return Amount |  |  | $ 128 | $ 96 | $ 84 | $ 114 | $ 113
Company Selected Measure Amount |  |  | 22,569,000,000 | 21,894,000,000 | 21,616,000,000 | 20,630,000,000 | 18,518,000,000
PEO Name | Mr. Winfrey | Mr. Rutledge | Mr. Winfrey | Mr. Winfrey |  | Mr. Rutledge | Mr. Rutledge
Additional 402(v) Disclosure |  |  | Charter believes that the pay versus performance statistics above demonstrate the desired linkage between NEO compensation and stock price performance and affirm the effectiveness of Charter’s executive compensation philosophy and the compensation-setting process described in the Compensation Discussion and Analysis. In particular, for each year of the analysis, the ratio of Compensation Actually Paid to the Summary Compensation Table Total aligned with corresponding TSR performance (i.e., higher or lower in proportion to an increase or decrease in TSR). From a financial performance perspective, Charter has achieved consistent growth in both Net Income and Adjusted EBITDA across all years of the analysis, although such performance does not directly impact any variance between the Summary Compensation Table Total and Compensation Actually Paid (while financial performance achievement impacts Charter’s actual bonus payouts, such payouts are included in both the Summary Compensation Table Total and Compensation Actually Paid). However, Charter views the financial metrics in its annual bonus plan – specifically Revenue and Adjusted EBITDA – as important drivers of stock price performance over the long-term, and such measures will therefore generally align with Charter’s executive pay outcomes that are driven predominately by stock price performance. On a relative stock price performance basis, Charter’s TSR has generally trended in line with corresponding Primary Peer performance levels each year, except for 2024 where such performance diverged, and there were no circumstances where NEOs realized higher levels of Compensation Actually Paid in connection with TSR underperformance on a relative basis. The chart and table below provide additional detail regarding what Charter views as the key highlights demonstrating pay versus performance alignment in each year of the analysis. In particular, these outcomes illustrate how the design of Charter’s executive compensation programs create alignment under varied performance scenarios (i.e., periods of positive, flat and negative stock price performance). Determination of “Compensation Actually Paid” Since Charter did not have any additional annual service cost for its frozen defined benefit pension plan and the change in pension value did not exceed 2.5% of the Total from the Summary Compensation Table in any given year, the variation in fair value of Charter stock and option awards over the measurement period exclusively drove any material difference between the Summary Compensation Table Total and Compensation Actually Paid. For awards granted during each year of the measurement period, Compensation Actually Paid replaces the value at grant disclosed in the Stock and Option Awards columns of the Summary Compensation Table with the fair value of such awards calculated as of year-end although such awards were unvested. In addition, for awards granted in prior years and unvested at the beginning of the applicable year of the measurement period, the change in value of such awards is included in Compensation Actually Paid and is equal to (i) the fair value calculated as of the end of the year or, if the award vested during the year, the vesting date, less (ii) the fair value calculated as of the beginning of the year. The applicable Charter equity awards included in the pay versus performance analysis – all of which were outstanding for at least a portion of the measurement period – and their corresponding valuation methodology were as follows:
• | Time-vested RSUs – Included grants made from 2017 – 2024, valued at the average of the high and low prices of Charter common stock on each applicable valuation date.
• | Time-vested stock options – Included grants made from 2017 – 2024, valued using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model. For each valuation date, the fair value was determined using the average of the high and low prices of Charter common stock on such date, the volatility and risk-free rate assumptions that were in effect for the given year, and the expected life assumption that was in effect on the original grant date of the stock options, less the time that had elapsed since the grant date.
• | Performance-based stock options & RSUs – Included portions of performance-based awards granted in 2016 and 2023 and vesting based upon the achievement of certain stock price objectives over a period of up to six years. The final tranches of the 2016 awards vested in 2020 and 2021, and all of the tranches of the 2023 awards were outstanding and unvested as of December 31, 2024. For valuation dates on which awards were outstanding and unvested, the fair value was calculated using a Monte Carlo valuation analysis. For valuation dates on which awards were vesting, stock options were valued using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model with the same assumptions as noted above for time-vested stock options, and RSUs were valued at the average of the high and low prices of Charter common stock on the applicable valuation date.
Net Income (Loss), Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest |  |  | $ 5,853,000,000 | $ 5,261,000,000 | $ 5,849,000,000 | $ 5,320,000,000 | $ 3,676,000,000
Measure:: 1 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Pay vs Performance Disclosure |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Name |  |  | Adjusted EBITDA |  |  |  |
Measure:: 2 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Pay vs Performance Disclosure |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Name |  |  | Revenue |  |  |  |
Measure:: 3 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Pay vs Performance Disclosure |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Name |  |  | Capital and Free Cash Flow Management |  |  |  |
Measure:: 4 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Pay vs Performance Disclosure |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Name |  |  | Network Expansion and Evolution |  |  |  |
Mr. Winfrey [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Pay vs Performance Disclosure |  |  |  |  |  |  |
PEO Total Compensation Amount |  |  | $ 5,752,660 | 89,077,078 | 15,626,967 |  |
PEO Actually Paid Compensation Amount |  |  | (24,899,026) | 93,575,272 | (7,482,444) |  |
Mr. Rutledge [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Pay vs Performance Disclosure |  |  |  |  |  |  |
PEO Total Compensation Amount |  |  |  |  | 39,213,350 | 41,860,263 | 38,846,705
PEO Actually Paid Compensation Amount |  |  |  |  | (35,738,207) | 39,859,417 | 251,702,262
PEO | Mr. Winfrey [Member] | Aggregate Change in Present Value of Accumulated Benefit for All Pension Plans Reported in Summary Compensation Table |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Pay vs Performance Disclosure |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Adjustment to Compensation, Amount |  |  | 0 | 0 | 0 |  |
PEO | Mr. Winfrey [Member] | Aggregate Pension Adjustments Service Cost |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Pay vs Performance Disclosure |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Adjustment to Compensation, Amount |  |  | 0 | 0 | 0 |  |
PEO | Mr. Winfrey [Member] | Aggregate Grant Date Fair Value of Equity Award Amounts Reported in Summary Compensation Table |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Pay vs Performance Disclosure |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Adjustment to Compensation, Amount |  |  | 0 | (83,653,337) | (12,001,909) |  |
PEO | Mr. Winfrey [Member] | Year-end Fair Value of Equity Awards Granted in Covered Year that are Outstanding and Unvested |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Pay vs Performance Disclosure |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Adjustment to Compensation, Amount |  |  | 0 | 87,091,096 | 5,490,586 |  |
PEO | Mr. Winfrey [Member] | Year-over-Year Change in Fair Value of Equity Awards Granted in Prior Years That are Outstanding and Unvested |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Pay vs Performance Disclosure |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Adjustment to Compensation, Amount |  |  | (30,651,686) | 1,060,435 | (16,598,088) |  |
PEO | Mr. Rutledge [Member] | Aggregate Change in Present Value of Accumulated Benefit for All Pension Plans Reported in Summary Compensation Table |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Pay vs Performance Disclosure |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Adjustment to Compensation, Amount |  |  |  |  | 249,614 | (59,302) | (176,085)
PEO | Mr. Rutledge [Member] | Aggregate Pension Adjustments Service Cost |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Pay vs Performance Disclosure |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Adjustment to Compensation, Amount |  |  |  |  | 0 | 0 | 0
PEO | Mr. Rutledge [Member] | Aggregate Grant Date Fair Value of Equity Award Amounts Reported in Summary Compensation Table |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Pay vs Performance Disclosure |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Adjustment to Compensation, Amount |  |  |  |  | (30,005,043) | (30,004,409) | (30,005,695)
PEO | Mr. Rutledge [Member] | Year-end Fair Value of Equity Awards Granted in Covered Year that are Outstanding and Unvested |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Pay vs Performance Disclosure |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Adjustment to Compensation, Amount |  |  |  |  | 9,911,059 | 32,007,744 | 39,025,852
PEO | Mr. Rutledge [Member] | Year-over-Year Change in Fair Value of Equity Awards Granted in Prior Years That are Outstanding and Unvested |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Pay vs Performance Disclosure |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Adjustment to Compensation, Amount |  |  |  |  | (55,107,188) | (3,944,879) | 204,011,485
Non-PEO NEO | Aggregate Change in Present Value of Accumulated Benefit for All Pension Plans Reported in Summary Compensation Table |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Pay vs Performance Disclosure |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Adjustment to Compensation, Amount |  |  | 0 | 0 | 0 | (11,136) | (33,655)
Non-PEO NEO | Aggregate Pension Adjustments Service Cost |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Pay vs Performance Disclosure |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Adjustment to Compensation, Amount |  |  | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Non-PEO NEO | Aggregate Grant Date Fair Value of Equity Award Amounts Reported in Summary Compensation Table |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Pay vs Performance Disclosure |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Adjustment to Compensation, Amount |  |  | (968,801) | (22,689,724) | (5,325,719) | (4,000,613) | (12,999,065)
Non-PEO NEO | Year-end Fair Value of Equity Awards Granted in Covered Year that are Outstanding and Unvested |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Pay vs Performance Disclosure |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Adjustment to Compensation, Amount |  |  | 821,107 | 23,621,816 | 2,034,016 | 4,093,165 | 16,074,306
Non-PEO NEO | Year-over-Year Change in Fair Value of Equity Awards Granted in Prior Years That are Outstanding and Unvested |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Pay vs Performance Disclosure |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Adjustment to Compensation, Amount |  |  | $ (8,292,361) | $ 1,284,147 | $ (8,506,669) | $ 3,385,151 | $ 54,592,650

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