2023 Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes
AIR CANADA
2023 Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes
13. SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION
Air Canada Long-Term Incentive Plan
Certain of the Corporation's employees participate in the Air Canada Long-term Incentive Plan (the "Long-term
Incentive Plan"). The Long-term Incentive Plan provides for the grant of stock options, performance share units and
restricted share units to senior management and officers of Air Canada. With respect to the stock options, 19,381,792
shares were initially authorized for issuance under the Long-term Incentive Plan of which 3,929,646 remain available
for future issuance. The outstanding performance share units and restricted share units will generally not result in the
issuance of new shares as these share units will be redeemed for shares purchased on the secondary market (and not
issued from treasury) and/or equivalent cash, at the discretion of the Corporation.
Stock Options
The options to purchase shares granted under the Long-term Incentive Plan have a maximum term of up to ten years
and an exercise price based on the fair market value of the shares at the time of the grant of the options. Fifty percent
of options are time-based and vest over four years. The remaining options vest based upon performance conditions,
which are based on operating margin (operating income over operating revenues) targets established by the Air Canada
Board over the same time period. Each option entitles the employee to purchase one share at the stated exercise price.
The number of Air Canada stock options granted to employees, the related compensation expense recorded and the
assumptions used to determine stock-based compensation expense, using the Black-Scholes option valuation model
are as follows:
Compensation expense ($ millions)
$
SA
Number of stock options granted to Air Canada employees
Weighted average fair value per option granted ($)
69 69
Aggregated fair value of options granted ($ millions)
Weighted average assumptions:
Share price
Risk-free interest rate
Expected volatility
Dividend yield
Expected option life (years)
2023
2022
15 $
16
1,644,782
10.01 $
16 $
1,242,544
11.39
14
$
19.88 $
24.25
2.81%-4.59%
1.43%-3.39%
58.60%
0%
55.64%
0%
5.25
5.25
Expected volatility was determined at the time of grant using the share price on a historical basis. It reflects the
assumption that the historical volatility is indicative of future trends, which may not necessarily be the actual outcome.
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