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Equity-Based Compensation | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2025
Share-Based Payment Arrangement [Abstract] |
Equity-Based Compensation | 7. EQUITY‑BASED COMPENSATION Omnibus Incentive Plans In connection with the IPO, the Company adopted the Moelis & Company 2014 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “2014 Plan”) to provide additional incentives to selected officers, employees, Managing Directors, non-employee directors, independent contractors, partners, senior advisors and consultants. On June 6, 2024, stockholders approved the Moelis & Company 2024 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the "2024 Plan"), which replaces the 2014 Plan that expired by its terms on April 14, 2024. The 2024 Plan provides for the issuance of a maximum of 15,000,000 shares plus any shares associated with awards granted under the 2014 Plan outstanding as of April 14, 2024 that are subsequently forfeited, canceled, exchanged or surrendered without distribution of shares, or settled in cash. Issuances pursuant to the 2024 Plan may be in the form of incentive stock options (“ISOs”), nonqualified stock options, stock appreciation rights (“SARs”), restricted stock, RSUs, stock bonuses, other stock-based awards (including partnership interests that are exchangeable into stock upon satisfaction of certain conditions) and cash awards. Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) and other stock-based awards Pursuant to the 2024 Plan and in connection with the Company’s annual compensation process and ongoing hiring process, the Company issues RSUs and other stock-based awards which generally vest over a service life of four to five years. For the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, the Company recognized expenses of $86,232 and $59,978, respectively. The following table summarizes activity related to RSUs for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024.
| Restricted Stock Units
| 2025 |  | 2024
|  |  | Weighted |  |  |  | Weighted
|  |  | Average |  |  |  | Average
| Number of |  | Grant Date |  | Number of |  | Grant Date
| Shares |  | Fair Value |  | Shares |  | Fair Value
Unvested Balance at January 1, | 7,730,958 |  | $ | 51.04 |  | 7,850,574 |  | $ | 46.82
Granted | 2,697,984 |  |  | 74.63 |  | 3,503,469 |  |  | 54.84
Forfeited | (40,572) |  |  | 60.15 |  | (13,693) |  |  | 49.86
Vested | (2,820,146) |  |  | 50.94 |  | (2,903,954) |  |  | 46.51
Unvested Balance at March 31, | 7,568,224 |  | $ | 59.69 |  | 8,436,396 |  | $ | 50.43
The Company also issues partnership units that are intended to qualify as "profits interest" for U.S. federal income tax purposes ("Partnership Units") that, subject to certain terms and conditions, are exchangeable into shares of Moelis & Company Class A common stock on a one-for-one basis. These Partnership Units are recorded as noncontrolling interests in the Company's condensed consolidated statements of financial condition. Partnership Units generally vest over a service life of two to five years, however in certain arrangements the Partnership Units are granted without a service requirement, but do not have exchange rights until the second through fifth anniversaries of the grant-date. The expense for Partnership Units is recognized over the service period and reflects the fair value determined at grant-date, which may factor in other attributes, such as post-vesting restrictions. For the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, the Company granted 822,931 and 415,753 Partnership Units with grant-date fair values of $54,766 and $20,914, respectively. Certain Partnership Units and RSUs vest upon the achievement of both market conditions and service requirements that are generally over three to five years ("Performance Units"). These units accrue distributions in kind, which are subject to the same vesting conditions as the underlying Performance Units. The expense for Performance Units is recognized over the service period and reflects the fair value determined at grant-date, which factors in the probability of the market conditions being achieved. During the three months ended March 31, 2024, the Company granted 91,498 target Performance Units (with maximum vesting of up to 150% of the target units if the pre-specified market conditions are achieved and service requirements are met) with a grant-date fair value of $5,133. As of March 31, 2025, the total compensation expense related to unvested RSUs and other stock-based awards not yet recognized was $321,705, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 2.2 years.

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