On the Effective Date and pursuant to the plan of reorganization, all of the Predecessor's ordinary shares were cancelled. In accordance with the plan of reorganization, all agreements, instruments and other documents evidencing, relating or otherwise connected with any of Legacy Valaris' equity interests outstanding prior to the Effective Date, including all equity-based awards, were cancelled. Therefore, any Predecessor remaining long-term incentive plans were cancelled, including Legacy Valaris's 2018 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the "2018 LTIP") as well as plans assumed in the Rowan Transaction ("Rowan LTIP") and in connection with the Atwood Merger (the “Atwood LTIP”, and together with the 2018 LTIP and the Rowan LTIP, the "Legacy LTIPs"). See "Note 2 - Chapter 11 Proceedings" for additional information.

In accordance with the plan of reorganization, Valaris Limited adopted the MIP as of the Effective Date and authorized and reserved 8,960,573 Common Shares for issuance pursuant to equity incentive awards to be granted under the MIP, which may be in the form of incentive stock options, nonstatutory stock options, restricted stock, restricted stock units, stock appreciation rights, dividend equivalents and cash awards or any combination thereof. As of December 31, 2021, there were 7,493,135 shares available for issuance under the MIP.

Under the Company's MIP, time-based restricted stock unit awards were granted to certain employees and senior officers which vest ratably over a three year period from the date of grant. The grant-date fair value per share for these time-based restricted stock awards was equal to the closing price of the Company's stock on the grant date. For senior officers, delivery of the shares underlying vested restricted stock awards is deferred until the third anniversary of the date of grant.

Non-employee directors received a one-time grant of time-based restricted awards upon our emergence from the Chapter 11 Cases which vest ratably over a three year period from the date of grant. Additionally, non-employee directors received an annual grant of time-based restricted awards which vest in full on the earlier of the first anniversary of the grant date or the next annual meeting of shareholders following the grant. Non-employee directors are permitted to elect to receive deferred share awards which can be settled and delivered at the vesting date, six-month anniversary following the termination of the director's service or a specific pre-determined date.

During the eight months ended December 31, 2021 (Successor), 1.1 million share unit awards were granted to our employees and non-employee directors pursuant to the MIP. No cash-settled awards were granted during this period under the MIP.

Our non-vested share awards do not have voting or participating rights as the dividend equivalent provided for in the award agreement is forfeitable (except in certain limited circumstances) and further our debt agreements limit our ability to pay dividends and none have been declared. Compensation expense for share awards is measured at fair value on the date of grant and recognized on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period (usually the vesting period). Our compensation cost is reduced for forfeited awards in the period in which the forfeitures occur.

The Predecessor granted share awards and share units (collectively "share awards") and share units to be settled in cash ("cash-settled awards"), which generally vested at a rate of 33% per year, as determined by the compensation committee of Legacy Valaris' Board of Directors at the time of grant. Additionally, non-employee directors were permitted to elect to receive deferred share awards. Deferred share awards vested at the earlier of the first anniversary of the grant date or the next annual meeting of shareholders following the grant but were not to be settled until the director terminated service from the Board. Deferred share awards were to be settled in cash, shares or a combination thereof at the discretion of the compensation committee.

Predecessor's non-vested share awards had voting and dividend rights effective on the date of grant, and the non-vested share units had dividend rights effective on the date of grant. Compensation expense for share awards was measured at fair value on the date of grant and recognized on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period (usually the vesting period). Compensation expense for cash-settled awards was remeasured each quarter with a cumulative adjustment to compensation cost during the period based on changes in the Legacy Valaris share price. Compensation cost was also reduced for forfeited awards in the period in which the forfeitures occurred.

As discussed above, in accordance with the plan of reorganization, the unvested awards of employees, senior executive officers and non-employee directors remaining on the Effective Date were cancelled for no consideration.


	Successor		Predecessor
	Eight Months Ended December 31, 2021		Four Months Ended April 30, 2021		Year Ended December 31, 2020		Year Ended December 31, 2019
Contract drilling	$	1.6	$	2.4	$	10.7	$	22.1
General and administrative	2.0		2.4		9.2		17.4
	3.6		4.8		19.9		39.5
Tax benefit	(0.2)		(0.5)		(1.8)		(2.5)
Total	$	3.4	$	4.3	$	18.1	$	37.0

As of December 31, 2021, there was $19.9 million of total estimated unrecognized compensation cost related to Successor share awards, which has a weighted-average remaining vesting period of 1.7 years.


	Share Awards
	Successor		Predecessor
	Eight Months Ended December 31, 2021		Four Months Ended April 30, 2021		Year Ended December 31, 2020		Year Ended December 31, 2019
Weighted-average grant-date fair value of share awards granted (per share) (1)	$	26.07	$	—	$	3.07	$	11.50
Total fair value of share awards vested during the period (in millions) (2)	$	—	$	0.02	$	3.26	$	17.70


	Cash-Settled Awards
		Successor		Predecessor
		Eight Months Ended December 31, 2021		Four Months Ended April 30, 2021		Year Ended December 31, 2020		Year Ended December 31, 2019
Weighted-average grant-date fair value of share awards granted (per share) (1)		$	—	$	—	$	0.75	$	—
Total fair value of share awards vested during the period (in millions) (2)		$	—	$	—	$	0.22	$	3.50

The following table summarizes share awards and cash-settled awards activity for the four months ended April 30, 2021 (Predecessor) and eight months ended December 31, 2021 (Successor) (shares in thousands):


	Share Awards			Cash-settled Awards
	Awards	Weighted-Average Grant-Date Fair Value		Awards	Weighted-Average Grant-Date Fair Value
Share awards and cash-settled awards as of December 31, 2020 (Predecessor)	2,982	$	16.40	311	$	22.74

Vested	(195)	16.93		(25)	11.35
Forfeited	(295)	32.98		(5)	29.18
Cancelled	(2,492)	14.25		(281)	23.65
Share awards and cash-settled awards as of April 30, 2021 (Predecessor)	—	$	—	—	$	—

Share awards and cash-settled awards as of May 1, 2021 (Successor)	—	$	—	—	$	—
Granted	1,050	26.07		—	—

Forfeited	(192)	25.02		—	—
Share awards and cash-settled awards as of December 31, 2021 (Successor)	858	$	26.30	—	$	—

Under the Company's MIP, performance awards may be issued to our senior executive officers. The 2021 performance awards are allocated based on three performance goals and subject to achievement of those performance goals based on (a) designated share price hurdles whereby our closing stock price must equal or exceed certain market price targets for ninety consecutive trading days (the "Market-Based Objectives"); (b) relative return on capital employed ("ROCE") as compared to a specified peer group, all as defined in the award agreements (the "ROCE Objective"), and (c) specified strategic goals as established by a committee of the Board of Directors (the "Strategic Goal Objective" and together with the ROCE Objective, the "Performance-Based Objectives"). Awards are payable in equity following a three-year performance period and subject to attainment of relative Market-Based Objectives and Performance-Based Objectives ranging from 0% to 150% of target performance under such objectives.

Performance awards generally vest at the end of a three-year measurement period based on attainment of performance goals. The estimated probable outcome of attainment of the specified performance goals is based primarily on relative performance over the requisite performance period. Any subsequent changes in this estimate as it relates to the Performance-Based Objectives are recognized as a cumulative adjustment to compensation cost in the period in which the change in estimate occurs. Compensation cost for the Market-Based Objectives is recognized as long as the requisite service period is completed and will not be reversed even if the Market-Based Objectives are never satisfied. Compensation expense for performance awards is recognized over the requisite service period using the accelerated method and is reduced for forfeited awards in the period in which the forfeitures occur.

The fair value of the 2021 performance awards granted during the eight months ended December 31, 2021 (Successor) are measured on the date of grant. The grant-date fair value per unit for the portion of the performance awards related to Performance-Based Objectives was equal to the closing price of the Company's stock on the grant date. The portion of these awards that were based on the Company's achievement of Market-based Objectives were valued at the date of grant using a Monte Carlo simulation with the following weighted average assumptions for the grants made over the eight months ended December 31, 2021:

The expected price volatility assumption is estimated using market data for certain peer companies during periods in which our own trading history is limited. As our trading history increases, it will bear greater weight in determining our expected price volatility assumption.


	Awards	Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value Price
Balance as of May 1, 2021 (Successor)	—	—
Granted - Market-Based Objectives (1)	984	12.09
Granted - Performance-Based Objectives (1)	328	27.44
Total Granted	1,312	15.93

Forfeited - Market-Based Objectives	(527)	11.04
Forfeited - Performance-Based Objectives	(176)	25.02
Total Forfeited	(703)	14.54
Balance as of December 31, 2021 (Successor)	609	17.53

(1)The number of awards granted reflects the shares that would be granted if the target level of performance were to be achieved. The number of shares actually issued after considering forfeitures may range from zero to 913,585.

During the eight months ended December 31, 2021 (Successor), we recognized of $0.7 million of compensation expense for performance awards, which was included in General and administrative expense in our Consolidated Statements of Operations.

Under the 2018 LTIP, performance awards were permitted to be issued to senior executive officers. The 2019 performance awards were subject to achievement of specified performance goals based on both relative and absolute total shareholder return ("TSR"). The 2020 performance awards were forfeited in exchange for cash-based incentive and retention awards.

Performance awards generally vest at the end of a three-year measurement period based on attainment of performance goals. Performance awards granted during 2019 were classified as liability awards, all with compensation expense recognized over the requisite service period. The estimated probable outcome of attainment of the specified performance goals was based primarily on relative performance over the requisite performance period. Any subsequent changes in this estimate were recognized as a cumulative adjustment to compensation cost in the period in which the change in estimate occurred.

The aggregate grant-date fair value of performance awards granted during 2019 was $6.7 million. Subsequent to issuance, the 2020 performance awards were forfeited. The aggregate fair value of performance awards vested during 2020 and 2019 (Predecessor) totaled $5.2 million and $2.2 million, respectively.

During the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 (Predecessor) we recognized $1.0 million and $3.2 million of compensation expense for performance awards, respectively, which was included in General and administrative expense in our Consolidated Statements of Operations. No compensation expense was recognized in connection with these awards during the four months ended April 30, 2021 (Predecessor), or the eight months ended December 31, 2021 (Successor) as per the terms of these awards no amount could be or can be earned due to the TSR provisions of the award. While this award was not cancelled in accordance with the plan of reorganization, it has no value.

Share Appreciation Rights ("SARs") granted to employees generally became exercisable in 33% increments over a three-year period and, to the extent not exercised, expired on the tenth anniversary of the date of grant. The exercise price of SARs granted under the Rowan LTIP equals the excess of the market value of the underlying shares on the date of exercise over the market value of the shares on date of grant multiplied by the number of shares covered by the SAR. The Predecessor had accounted for SARs as equity awards. No SARs had been granted since 2013 under the Rowan LTIP. As of December 31, 2020, SARs granted to purchase 426,049 shares were outstanding under the Rowan LTIP. During the four months ended April 30, 2021 (Predecessor), 106,408 of SARs expired unexercised, and as discussed above, in accordance with the plan of reorganization, the remaining outstanding SARs were cancelled.