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How is stock-based compensation expense determined for awards with service-based vesting?

Measured at grant-date fair value and recognized over the vesting period; modifications may require reassessment of fair value.

For awards that vest based on service, the cost is determined by the grant-date fair value of the award and is recognized over the period the employee must provide service (the vesting period). The grant-date value reflects the estimated total compensation the company expects to grant, and the expense is allocated as the employee earns the right to the award. If the award terms are later modified, the fair value is reassessed and the portion not yet recognized is adjusted accordingly, with the incremental cost recognized over the remaining vesting period. Volatility and other pricing inputs feed the fair value calculation, but they are not themselves the method of expense recognition. Recognizing expense immediately at grant date or based on exercise intrinsic value, or using volatility as the basis for recognition timing, does not fit this approach.

Measured at intrinsic value at exercise and recognized when exercised.

Recognized immediately at grant-date regardless of vesting.

Recognized based on a straight-line method of expected volatility.