Company: UP
Filing Date: 2025-08-07
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0001819516-25-000044
Chunk: 60

Company: Wheels Up Experience Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-08-07
Form: 10-Q
Item: Item 1
Chunk 60
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,115 14,516 19,147 Total equity-based compensation expense$8,295 $14,268 $20,956 $25,479 The following table summarizes equity-based compensation expense recognized by condensed consolidated statement of operations line item for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively (in thousands):Three Months Ended June 30,Six Months Ended June 30,2025202420252024Cost of  revenue$100 $816 $178 $1,562 Technology and development330 353 764 636 Sales and marketing259 132 500 267 General and administrative7,606 12,967 19,514 23,014 Total equity-based compensation expense$8,295 $14,268 $20,956 $25,479 Earnout SharesAs part of the Business Combination, existing holders of WUP equity, including certain holders of WUP profits interests and restricted interests under the WUP Management Incentive Plan, but excluding holders of WUP stock options, have the right to receive up to 0.9 million additional shares of Common Stock (the “Earnout Shares”) that will vest, if at all, upon the achievement of separate market conditions. One-third of the Earnout Shares will vest and be issued if the Common Stock closing price is greater than or equal to $125.00, an additional one-third will vest and be issued if the Common Stock closing price is greater than or equal to $150.00 and the final one-third will vest and be issued when the Common Stock closing price is greater than or equal to $175.00, in each case over any 20 trading days within a period of 30 consecutive trading days on or before July 13, 2026. Earnout Shares are attributable to 

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vested WUP profits interests and restricted interests as of the date each of the Earnout Share market conditions are met. Any portion of the Earnout Shares for which the market condition has not been met on or before July 13, 2026 will be automatically canceled.The grant-date fair value of the Earnout Shares attributable to the holders of WUP profits interests and restricted interests, using a Monte Carlo simulation model, was $57.9 million. The derived service period began on the Business Combination Closing Date and had a weighted-average period of 1.7 years. Based on the Common Stock trading price as of