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| STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION AND EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS | STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION AND EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS Incentive Plan
In October 2020, the Company’s stockholders approved the 2020 Plan, which is administered by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors. The 2020 Plan reserves for issuance a total of 5.5 million shares of Class A common stock to the Company's officers, directors, employees or consultants eligible to receive awards under the 2020 Plan.
The 2020 Plan provides for the granting of incentive stock options, nonqualified stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock awards, restricted stock units, other stock-based awards, cash awards or a combination of the foregoing, to employees, directors or consultants, provided that only employees may be granted incentive stock options.
As of December 31, 2023, there were approximately 2.8 million shares of Class A common stock available to be granted under the 2020 Plan. The 2020 Plan will terminate ten years after its adoption, unless terminated earlier by the Company’s Board of Directors.
Restricted Stock Units
RSUs granted to employees in connection with the Company's IPO vest 25% on the second and third anniversary of the grant and 50% on the fourth anniversary. Subsequent RSUs granted to employees vest over to three years. RSUs granted to non-employee directors generally vest on the first anniversary of the grant. RSUs are authorized to settle in shares of the Company's Class A common stock.
The following table shows a summary of the unvested RSUs under the 2020 Plan as of December 31, 2023 as well as activity during the year:
Compensation costs recognized for these restricted stock grants were approximately $8.7 million and $7.3 million for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively. The income tax benefit recognized related to this expense was approximately $0.9 million and $1.4 million for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively. As of December 31, 2023, there was approximately $11.6 million of unrecognized compensation costs related to these restricted stock grants which is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 1.5 years. The total fair value of RSUs vested during the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022 was $7.5 million and $4.8 million, respectively.
Defined Contribution Plan
The Company has a 401(k) profit sharing plan covering substantially all employees. Employees may contribute amounts subject to certain Internal Revenue Service and plan limitations. The Company may make discretionary matching and nonelective contributions. Upon completion of the acquisition of Residential Mortgage Services Holdings, Inc. (“RMS”) on July 1, 2021, employees of RMS were eligible to participate in the Company's 401(k) plan or continue participating in RMS’s plan through December 31, 2022. The RMS plan was merged into the Company's plan in January 2023. For the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, the Company contributed $7.1 million and $8.8 million, respectively, for 401(k) contributions and related administrative expenses.
Deferred Compensation Plans
The Company has a deferred compensation plan for executives which was frozen effective December 31, 2007. Distribution of a participant’s vested balance is payable in a single lump sum upon death or disability, termination of employment, retirement after attaining age 65 (55 for participants who had an account balance in the plan as of May 1, 2001), or upon termination of the plan. During 2023, the Company distributed cash payments of $5.8 million under this plan. There were no distributions in 2022.
In 2017, the Company commenced a Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Plan for certain highly compensated executives and employees that allows the participants to defer a portion of their earnings. Distribution of a participant’s vested balance is payable in a single lump sum upon death or disability, termination of employment, retirement, or upon termination of the plan.
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