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Context: zero . to the extent earned , these performance units convert into unrestricted shares after performance results for the three-year performance period are certified by the compensation committee . we recognize share-based compensation expense based on the grant-date fair value of the performance-based restricted stock units , as determined by use of a monte carlo model , on a straight-line basis over the performance period . leveraged performance units during the year ended may 31 , 2015 , certain executives were granted performance units that we refer to as 201cleveraged performance units , 201d or 201clpus . 201d lpus contain a market condition based on our relative stock price growth over a three-year performance period . the lpus contain a minimum threshold performance which , if not met , would result in no payout . the lpus also contain a maximum award opportunity set as a fixed dollar and fixed number of shares . after the three-year performance period , which concluded in october 2017 , one-third of the earned units converted to unrestricted common stock . the remaining two-thirds converted to restricted stock that will vest in equal installments on each of the first two anniversaries of the conversion date . we recognize share-based compensation expense based on the grant date fair value of the lpus , as determined by use of a monte carlo model , on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period for each separately vesting portion of the lpu award . the following table summarizes the changes in unvested restricted stock and performance awards for the years ended december 31 , 2018 and 2017 , the 2016 fiscal transition period and the year ended may 31 , 2016 : shares weighted-average grant-date fair value ( in thousands ) .
||shares ( in thousands )|weighted-averagegrant-datefair value|
|unvested at may 31 2015|1848|$ 28.97|
|granted|461|57.04|
|vested|-633 ( 633 )|27.55|
|forfeited|-70 ( 70 )|34.69|
|unvested at may 31 2016|1606|37.25|
|granted|348|74.26|
|vested|-639 ( 639 )|31.38|
|forfeited|-52 ( 52 )|45.27|
|unvested at december 31 2016|1263|49.55|
|granted|899|79.79|
|vested|-858 ( 858 )|39.26|
|forfeited|-78 ( 78 )|59.56|
|unvested at december 31 2017|1226|78.29|
|granted|650|109.85|
|vested|-722 ( 722 )|60.08|
|forfeited|-70 ( 70 )|91.47|
|unvested at december 31 2018|1084|$ 108.51|
the total fair value of restricted stock and performance awards vested was $ 43.4 million and $ 33.7 million for the years ended december 31 , 2018 and 2017 , respectively , $ 20.0 million for the 2016 fiscal transition period and $ 17.4 million for the year ended may 31 , 2016 . for restricted stock and performance awards , we recognized compensation expense of $ 53.2 million and $ 35.2 million for the years ended december 31 , 2018 and 2017 , respectively , $ 17.2 million for the 2016 fiscal transition period and $ 28.8 million for the year ended may 31 , 2016 . as of december 31 , 2018 , there was $ 62.7 million of unrecognized compensation expense related to unvested restricted stock and performance awards that we expect to recognize over a weighted-average period of 2.0 years . our restricted stock and performance award plans provide for accelerated vesting under certain conditions . 94 2013 global payments inc . | 2018 form 10-k annual report .
Question: what was the value in thousands of unvested restricted stock and performance awards at the weighted-averagegrant-datefair value as of december 31 , 2018?\\n


Answer: The answer is:117624.84