Share-Based Payments

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2020

Share-based Payment Arrangement [Abstract]

Mattel has various stock compensation plans, which are more fully described in Part II, Item 8 "Financial Statements and Supplementary Data—Note 8 to the Consolidated Financial Statements—Share-Based Payments" in the 2019 Annual Report on Form 10-K. Under the Mattel, Inc. Amended and Restated 2010 Equity and Long-Term Compensation Plan, Mattel has the ability to grant nonqualified stock options, incentive stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, RSUs, performance awards, dividend equivalent rights, and shares of common stock to officers, employees, and other persons providing services to Mattel. Stock options are granted with exercise prices at the fair market value of Mattel's common stock on the applicable grant date and expire no later than ten years from the date of grant. Stock options and RSUs generally provide for vesting over a period of three years from the date of grant.

As of September 30, 2020, three long-term incentive programs were in place with the following performance cycles: (i) a January 1, 2018–December 31, 2020 performance cycle (ii) a January 1, 2019–December 31, 2021 performance cycle and (iii) a January 1, 2020–December 31, 2022 performance cycle.

Compensation expense, included within other selling and administrative expenses in the consolidated statements of operations, related to stock options and RSUs is as follows:


	For the Three Months Ended				For the Nine Months Ended
	September 30, 2020		September 30, 2019		September 30, 2020		September 30, 2019
	(In thousands)
Stock option compensation expense	$	3,095	$	2,786	$	8,602	$	7,359
RSU compensation expense (a)	13,437		12,045		31,344		31,781
	$	16,532	$	14,831	$	39,946	$	39,140

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(a)Includes compensation expense associated with Mattel's long-term incentive programs of $5.5 million and $9.4 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, respectively, and $3.9 million and $6.0 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, respectively.

As of September 30, 2020, total unrecognized compensation expense related to unvested share-based payments totaled $88.3 million and is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 2.1 years.

Mattel uses treasury shares purchased under its share repurchase program to satisfy stock option exercises and the vesting of RSUs. No cash was received for stock option exercises during the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019.