Company: MATV
Filing Date: 2025-02-27
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001000623-25-000009
Chunk: 157

Company: Mativ Holdings, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-02-27
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 8
Chunk 157
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 anniversary of the grant date. Vesting is contingent upon continued employment or service. The unvested portion of a grantee’s RSU will be immediately forfeited and cancelled if the grantee ceases employment or service, except for retirement awards which vest on a pro rata basis according to the proportion of days employed during the vesting period of one year. RSUs, and PSUs have grant date fair values equal to the fair market value of the underlying stock on the date of grant. Forfeitures are accounted for as they occur. The Company recognizes compensation expense for PSUs when it is probable that the performance conditions will be achieved. The Company reassesses the probability of vesting at each reporting period and adjusts its compensation cost accordingly. Substantially all stock-based compensation expense has been recorded in Selling and general expenses on the consolidated statements of operations. Stock-based compensation expense was $11.3 million, $9.9 million, and $19.7 million for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022, respectively. As of December 31, 2024, unrecognized compensation expense was $9.2 million and is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 1.7 years.Acquired Equity-Based Compensation AwardsAs provided in the Merger Agreement, all stock options (“Options”), SARs, RSUs and PSUs granted pursuant to Neenah’s 2018 Omnibus Stock and Incentive Compensation Plan that were outstanding immediately prior to the Merger were generally automatically converted into Options, SARs, RSUs and PSUs, respectively, with respect to the Company's common stock at the exchange ratio set forth in the Merger Agreement ("Exchange Ratio") and otherwise generally on the same terms and conditions (including vesting exercisability and/or settlement requirements) as applied to such awards prior to the closing of the Merger.At the closing of the Merger, the Options and SARs had fully vested and are exercisable by the grantees. Accordingly, there is no ongoing compensation expense related to the Options or SARs. Upon the closing of the Merger, the Company assumed 180,149 unvested Neenah RSUs, converted at the Exchange Ratio, with a total fair value of $4.2 million, which were converted to RSUs of the Company. In accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement, the change in control eliminated the performance condition and market-based vesting conditions applicable to the Neenah PS