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(2)听听听Stock-Based Compensation The Company has granted to certain of its directors, employees and employees of its subsidiaries, restricted stock (鈥淩SAs鈥), restricted stock units (鈥淩SUs鈥) and options to purchase shares of the Company鈥檚 common stock (collectively, "Awards"). The Company measures the cost of employee services received in exchange for an equity classified Award (such as stock options and restricted stock) based on the grant-date fair value (鈥淕DFV鈥) of the Award, and recognizes that cost over the period during which the employee is required to provide service (usually the vesting period of the Award). The Company measures the cost of employee services received in exchange for a liability classified Award based on the current fair value of the Award, and remeasures the fair value of the Award at each reporting date. Included in selling, general and administrative expenses in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations are $19 million of stock-based compensation during both of the three months ended September听30, 2021 and 2020, and $54 million and $46 million of stock-based compensation during the nine months ended September听30, 2021 and 2020, respectively.
The following table presents the number and weighted average GDFV of options granted by the Company during the nine months ended September听30, 2021:
During the nine months ended September听30, 2021, jvid视频 granted to employees and directors 4.9 million RSUs of QRTEA, which RSUs have a GDFV of $12.87 per share and generally vest annually over four years. In connection with Gregory B. Maffei鈥檚 employment agreement, during the nine months ended September 30, 2021, jvid视频 granted 229 thousand performance-based RSUs of QRTEA to Mr. Maffei. The Series A RSUs had a GDFV of $12.90 per share at the time they were granted and will cliff vest one year from the month of grant, subject to the satisfaction of certain performance objectives. As a result of the Letter Agreement discussed in Note 8, during the nine months ended September 30, 2021, jvid视频 granted 1.1 million time-based RSAs of Series B jvid视频 common stock (鈥淨RTEB鈥) to Mr. Maffei, which RSAs have a GDFV of $13.65 per share and vest in two equal tranches on December 10, 2024 and June 3, 2026, subject to earlier vesting under certain circumstances. 听During the nine months ended September 30, 2021, jvid视频 also granted 423 thousand performance-based RSUs and 423 thousand time-based RSUs of QRTEA to Mike George, the former Chief Executive Officer (see note 8). 听Both the performance-based and time-based Series A RSUs had a of $12.90 per share at the time they were granted. The time-based RSUs vest on December 10, 2021, and the performance-based RSUs will cliff vest one year from the month of grant, subject to the satisfaction of certain performance objectives. Also during the nine months ended September 30, 2021, jvid视频 granted 143 thousand performance-based RSUs and 509 thousand time-based RSUs of QRTEA to Mr. Rawlinson in connection with his employment agreement. 听Both the performance-based and time-based Series A RSUs had a of $10.50 per share at the time they were granted. 听The time-based RSUs vest over three years, and the performance-based RSUs cliff vest in March 2022, subject to the satisfaction of certain performance objectives. 听Performance objectives, which are subjective, are considered in determining the timing and amount of compensation expense recognized. When the satisfaction of the performance objectives becomes probable, the Company records compensation expense. The probability of satisfying the performance objectives is assessed at the end of each reporting period.The Company has calculated the GDFV for all of its equity classified Awards and any subsequent remeasurement of its liability classified Awards using the Black-Scholes-Merton Model. The Company estimates the expected term of the Awards based on historical exercise and forfeiture data. The volatility used in the calculation for Awards is based on the historical volatility of jvid视频's stock and the implied volatility of publicly traded jvid视频 options. The Company uses a zero dividend rate and the risk-free rate for Treasury Bonds with a term similar to that of the subject options. jvid视频鈥擮utstanding Awards The following tables present the number and weighted average exercise price ("WAEP") of the Awards to purchase jvid视频 common stock granted to certain officers, employees and directors of the Company, as well as the weighted average remaining life and aggregate intrinsic value of the Awards.
As of September听30, 2021, jvid视频 had 12.9 million QRTEA RSUs and 1.1 million QRTEB RSAs outstanding with a weighted average GDFV of $9.76 and $13.65 per share, respectively.
As of September听30, 2021, the total unrecognized compensation cost related to unvested Awards was approximately $121 million. Such amount will be recognized in the Company's consolidated statements of operations over a weighted average period of approximately 2.6 years. As of September听30, 2021, jvid视频 reserved for issuance upon exercise of outstanding stock options approximately 37.3 million shares of QRTEA and 1.9 million shares of QRTEB common stock. |