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EQUITY COMPENSATION
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2024
Share-Based Payment Arrangement [Abstract]  
EQUITY COMPENSATION
13. EQUITY COMPENSATION
SMLP Long-Term Incentive Plan. The Partnership’s 2022 Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended by the First Amendment, effective as of March 16, 2022 (the “SMLP LTIP”) provided for equity awards to eligible officers, employees, consultants and directors of the Partnership, thereby linking the recipients’ compensation directly to SMLP’s performance. Significant items to note: 
For the nine-month period ended September 30, 2024, the Partnership granted 230,815 time-based phantom units and associated distribution equivalent rights to employees in connection with the Partnership’s annual incentive compensation award cycle. The grant date fair value of these awards totaled $3.7 million and the awards vest ratably over a 3-year period.
For the nine-month period ended September 30, 2024, the Partnership granted 122,867 performance-based phantom units and associated distribution equivalent rights to certain members of management in connection with the Partnership’s annual incentive compensation award cycle. The grant date fair value of these awards totaled $2.4 million and the awards vest at the end of three years.
For the nine-month period ended September 30, 2024, the Partnership issued 39,486 common units to the Partnership’s six independent directors in connection with their annual compensation plan. The grant date fair value of these awards totaled $0.6 million and became fully vested at the grant date.
On May 16, 2024, the Board of Directors of the General Partner approved the First Amendment to the SMLP LTIP, which increased the number of common units that may be delivered with respect to awards granted under the SMLP LTIP by 750,000 common units.
SMC Long-Term Incentive Plan. In connection with the consummation of the Corporate Reorganization, the Company assumed the SMLP LTIP, and all the obligations of the Partnership thereunder. The SMLP LTIP units were exchanged on a one-for-one basis with equivalent terms. In connection with the assumption of the SMLP LTIP and the Corporate Reorganization, the Board of Directors approved the amendment and restatement of the 2022 LTIP, with such amendment and restatement effective as of August 1, 2024 (such amended and restated plan, the Summit Midstream Corporation 2024 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “SMC LTIP”)). The SMC LTIP authorizes the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors, in its discretion, to grant awards of restricted stock, restricted stock units, stock options, stock appreciation rights and other awards related to the Company’s common stock upon such terms and conditions as it may determine appropriate and in accordance with the terms of the SMC LTIP.
As of September 30, 2024, approximately 0.6 million shares of common stock remained available for future issuance under the SMC LTIP, which includes the impact of 0.9 million granted but unvested restricted stock and performance-based awards.