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COMMON UNIT-BASED COMPENSATION PLANS
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023
COMMON UNIT-BASED COMPENSATION PLANS  
COMMON UNIT-BASED COMPENSATION PLANS

16.COMMON UNIT-BASED COMPENSATION PLANS

Long-Term Incentive Plan

A summary of non-vested LTIP grants of restricted units is as follows:

    

Number of units

 

Weighted average grant date fair value per unit

 

Intrinsic value

 

(in thousands)

Non-vested grants at January 1, 2021

1,430,489

$

5.02

$

6,409

Granted (1)

1,818,190

6.03

Forfeited

(118,204)

 

5.48

Non-vested grants at December 31, 2021

3,130,475

5.59

39,569

Granted (1)

769,907

14.65

Forfeited

(203,249)

 

6.93

Non-vested grants at December 31, 2022

3,697,133

7.40

75,126

Granted (1)

 

450,125

21.54

Vested (2)

 

(1,291,330)

 

5.02

Forfeited

 

(145,584)

 

6.86

Non-vested grants at December 31, 2023

 

2,710,344

 

10.91

57,405

(1)Restricted units granted have certain minimum-value guarantees per unit, regardless of whether or not the awards vest.
(2)During the year ended December 31, 2023, we issued 860,060 unrestricted common units to the LTIP participants. The remaining vested units were settled in cash to satisfy our tax withholding obligations.

For the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022 and 2021, our LTIP expense for grants of restricted units was $10.4 million, $9.4 million and $5.4 million, respectively. The total obligation associated with LTIP grants of restricted units as of December 31, 2023 and 2022 was $19.5 million and $16.0 million, respectively, and is included in the partners' capital Limited partners-common unitholders line item in our consolidated balance sheets. As of December 31, 2023, there was $10.0 million in total unrecognized compensation expense related to the non-vested LTIP restricted unit grants that are expected to vest. That expense is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 1.4 years.

On January 24, 2024, the Compensation Committee authorized additional grants of 440,470 restricted units, of which 425,470 units were granted. These restricted units have certain minimum-value guarantees, regardless of whether or not the awards vest.

Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan and Directors' Deferred Compensation Plan

A summary of SERP and Directors' Deferred Compensation Plan activity is as follows:

    

Number of units

 

Weighted average grant date fair value per unit

 

Intrinsic value

 

(in thousands)

Phantom units outstanding as of January 1, 2021

760,630

$

22.04

$

3,408

Granted

46,638

9.45

Settled (1)

(138,570)

25.86

Phantom units outstanding as of December 31, 2021

668,698

20.37

8,452

Granted

73,842

19.44

Phantom units outstanding as of December 31, 2022

742,540

20.28

15,088

Granted

118,737

20.46

Settled (1)

 

(49,331)

20.27

Phantom units outstanding as of December 31, 2023

 

811,946

 

20.44

17,197

(1)During the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2021, we purchased 27,576 ARLP common units and 102,962 ARLP common units on the open market to settle the accounts of participants under the SERP. Units purchased were net of units settled in cash to satisfy tax-withholding obligations.

Total SERP and Directors' Deferred Compensation Plan expense was $2.4 million, $1.4 million and $0.4 million for the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022 and 2021, respectively. As of December 31, 2023 and 2022, the total obligation associated with the SERP and Directors' Deferred Compensation Plan was $16.6 million and $15.1 million, respectively, and is included in the partners' capital Limited partners-common unitholders line item in our consolidated balance sheets.