Prologis, Inc. Stock Compensation Disclosure
NOTE 11. LONG-TERM COMPENSATION
2020 Long-Term Incentive Plan
The 2020 Long-Term Incentive Plan ("2020 LTIP") provides for grants of awards to officers, directors, employees and consultants of the Parent or its subsidiaries. Awards can be in the form of: full value awards, stock appreciation rights and stock options (non-qualified options and incentive stock options). Full value awards generally consist of: (i) common stock; (ii) restricted stock units (“RSUs”); (iii) OP LTIP units (“LTIP Units”) and (iv) performance stock units ("PSUs”). Awards may be made under the 2020 LTIP until it is terminated by the Board or until the ten-year anniversary of the effective date of the plan.
The awards have been issued under the following components of our equity-based compensation programs at December 31, 2025: (i) Performance Stock Unit Program; (ii) Prologis Outperformance Plan ("POP"); (iii) Prologis Promote Plan (“PPP”); (iv) annual long-term incentive (“LTI”) equity award program (“Annual LTI Award”); and (v) annual bonus exchange program.
At December 31, 2025, we had 15.1 million shares of common stock remaining available for future issuance under equity compensation plans.
Equity-Based Compensation Programs
Performance Stock Unit ("PSU") Program
PSUs are granted under the Company's 2020 Long-Term Incentive Plan and are settled in equity at the end of a three-year performance period if applicable market-based performance hurdles are met. Such hurdles are based on a performance scale of Prologis’ percentile ranking in the Morgan Stanley Capital International US REIT Index (the “Index”) for a three-year performance period. Prologis must perform at the 55th percentile to earn a target award of 100.0%. The award is capped at 200.0% of the target for performance at or above the 85th percentile, and there is no payout in the event Prologis’ performance is below the 35th percentile. There is a proportional scaling between the 35th and the 85th percentiles, starting with 50.0% of the target being earned at the 35th percentile. If an award meets applicable market-based performance hurdles and is earned at the end of the initial three-year performance period, one-third of the award vests at the end of the performance period and the remaining award vests equally one and two years after the award is earned. The award is subject to an additional three-year holding requirement. Awards are in the form of common stock, restricted stock units ("RSUs") and LTIP Units.
The fair value of the awards is measured at the grant date using a Monte Carlo valuation model and amortized over the period from the grant date to the date at which the awards vest, regardless of whether the market condition has been satisfied, which ranges from to five years. We granted PSUs for the 2025 – 2027 performance period in January 2025.
The following table details the assumptions used for each PSU grant based on the year it was granted (dollars in thousands):
|
|
|
2025 |
|
|
|
2024 |
|
Risk-free interest rate |
|
|
4.4 |
% |
|
|
4.2 |
% |
Prologis expected volatility |
|
|
29.0 |
% |
|
|
27.0 |
% |
Index expected volatility |
|
|
30.2 |
% |
|
|
30.5 |
% |
Grant date fair value |
|
$ |
83,900 |
|
|
$ |
31,500 |
|
Prologis Outperformance Plan ("POP")
In prior years, we allocated participation points or a percentage of the compensation pool to participants under our POP, corresponding to three-year performance periods beginning each January 1. POP awards were measured at the grant-date fair value and amortized over vesting periods ranging from to ten years, with awards earned only if our three-year compound annualized total stockholder return (“TSR”) exceeded the applicable index by 100 basis points and the absolute TSR was positive. If earned, 20% of the award was payable after the initial three-year performance period (subject to a holding requirement), with the remaining 80% subject to additional long-term vesting. Awards were paid in the form of common stock, RSUs, POP LTIP Units or LTIP Units. Commencing in 2024 for named executive officers (“NEOs”) and in 2025 for other employees who previously received participation points, those individuals received the PSUs discussed above. No new awards will be granted under the POP.
The performance criteria was met for the performance period ended 2023. The absolute maximum cap was earned and awarded in January of the following year. The performance criteria was not met for the performance periods ended 2024 and 2025. The RSUs and LTIP Units tables below include POP awards that were earned but are unvested, while any vested awards are reflected within the Consolidated Statements of Equity and Capital.
The following table details the assumptions used for each POP grant based on the year it was granted, using a Monte Carlo model (dollars in thousands):
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|
|
2024 |
|
|
|
2023 |
|
Risk-free interest rate |
|
|
4.2 |
% |
|
|
4.2 |
% |
Prologis expected volatility |
|
|
27.0 |
% |
|
|
35.0 |
% |
Index expected volatility |
|
|
20.0 |
% |
|
|
31.0 |
% |
Grant date fair value |
|
$ |
19,000 |
|
|
$ |
28,300 |
|
Total remaining compensation cost at December 31, 2025, was $39.9 million, prior to adjustments for capitalized amounts due to our development activities. The remaining compensation cost will be recognized through 2033, with a weighted average period of 2.6 years.
Prologis Promote Plan (“PPP”)
Under the PPP, for promotes earned after January 2024, we award up to 25% of the third-party portion of promotes earned by Prologis from co-investment ventures to employees through a compensation pool. The awards may be settled in some combination of cash and full value awards, at our election. For promotes earned prior to January 2024, up to 40% of the third-party portion of promotes was awarded to certain employees.
Annual LTI Equity Award Program (“Annual LTI Award”)
The Annual LTI Award provides for grants to certain employees related to the most recent performance period.
Annual Bonus Exchange Program
Under our bonus exchange program, generally all our employees may elect to receive all or a portion of their annual cash bonus in equity. Equity awards granted through the bonus exchange are valued at a premium to the cash bonus exchanged and vest over three years, excluding certain executive officers. As certain executive officers do not receive a bonus exchange premium for participating in the bonus exchange program, the equity they receive upon exchange for their cash bonuses does not have a vesting period.
Under the PPP, Annual LTI Award and Annual Bonus Exchange Program, awards may be issued in the form of RSUs or LTIP Units at the participants’ elections. RSUs and LTIP Units are valued based on the market price of the Parent’s common stock at the grant date, and the grant date fair value is recognized as compensation expense over the service period. The service period is generally four years, except for awards under the annual bonus exchange program. Dividends and distributions are paid with respect to both RSUs and LTIP Units during the vesting period, and therefore they are considered participating securities. We do not allocate undistributed earnings to participating securities as our net earnings per share or unit would not be materially different. The value of the dividend is
charged to retained earnings for RSUs and the distribution is charged to Net Earnings Attributable to Noncontrolling Interests in the OP for LTIP Units in the Consolidated Financial Statements of the Parent.
Summary of Award Activity
PSUs
The following table summarizes the activity for PSUs for the year ended December 31, 2025 (units in thousands):
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|
Unearned |
|
|
Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value |
|
||
Balance at January 1, 2025 |
|
|
244 |
|
|
$ |
129.10 |
|
Granted |
|
|
878 |
|
|
|
95.53 |
|
Earned |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
Forfeited |
|
|
(17 |
) |
|
|
95.53 |
|
Balance at December 31, 2025 |
|
|
1,105 |
|
|
$ |
102.95 |
|
See the discussion of the fair value of PSUs above. Total remaining compensation cost related to the PSUs at December 31, 2025, was $65.5 million, prior to adjustments for capitalized amounts due to our development activities. The remaining compensation cost will be recognized through 2030, with a weighted average period of 1.4 years.
RSUs
Each RSU represents the right to receive one share of common stock of the Parent.
The following table summarizes the activity for RSUs for the year ended December 31, 2025 (units in thousands):
|
|
Unvested |
|
|
Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value |
|
||
Balance at January 1, 2025 |
|
|
2,063 |
|
|
$ |
99.39 |
|
Granted |
|
|
481 |
|
|
|
109.70 |
|
Conversion of earned PSUs |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
Vested |
|
|
(698 |
) |
|
|
120.44 |
|
Forfeited |
|
|
(90 |
) |
|
|
120.15 |
|
Balance at December 31, 2025 |
|
|
1,756 |
|
|
$ |
92.80 |
|
The fair value of stock awards granted and vested was $52.8 million and $84.0 million for 2025, $91.0 million and $81.7 million for 2024 and $122.1 million and $65.0 million for 2023, respectively, based on the weighted average grant date fair value per unit.
Total remaining compensation cost related to RSUs outstanding, excluding POP awards, at December 31, 2025, was $76.9 million, prior to adjustments for capitalized amounts due to our development activities. The remaining compensation cost will be recognized through 2029, with a weighted average period of 1.0 years.
LTIP Units
An LTIP Unit represents a partnership interest in the OP. After vesting and the satisfaction of certain conditions, an LTIP Unit may be exchangeable for a common limited partnership unit in the OP and then redeemable for a share of common stock or cash at our option. Once LTIP Units are vested and converted into common stock, they reduce the total share reserve under the equity compensation plan but do not count as available shares for future awards. At December 31, 2025, 6.9 million LTIP Units were vested but not yet converted, and therefore, they remain excluded from the available share pool but included in fully diluted share calculations.
The following table summarizes the activity for LTIP Units for the year ended December 31, 2025 (units in thousands):
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|
Unvested |
|
|
Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value |
|
||
Balance at January 1, 2025 |
|
|
5,250 |
|
|
$ |
72.15 |
|
Granted |
|
|
586 |
|
|
|
109.46 |
|
Conversion of earned PSUs |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
Vested |
|
|
(1,115 |
) |
|
|
120.83 |
|
Forfeited |
|
|
(15 |
) |
|
|
120.54 |
|
Balance at December 31, 2025 |
|
|
4,706 |
|
|
$ |
65.11 |
|
The fair value of unit awards granted and vested was $64.2 million and $134.7 million for 2025, $125.1 million and $153.6 million for 2024 and $259.0 million and $151.1 million for 2023, respectively, based on the weighted average grant date fair value per unit.
Total remaining compensation cost related to LTIP Units, excluding POP awards, at December 31, 2025, was $119.0 million, prior to adjustments for capitalized amounts due to our development activities. The remaining compensation cost will be recognized through 2030, with a weighted average period of 1.0 years.
Other Plans
The Prologis 401(k) Plan (the “401(k) Plan”) includes a matching employer contribution of $0.50 for every dollar contributed by an employee, up to 12% of the employee’s annual compensation (within the statutory compensation limit). In the 401(k) Plan, vesting in the matching employer contributions is based on the employee's years of service, with 100% vesting at the completion of one year of service. Our contributions under the matching provisions were $11.1 million, $10.2 million and $8.9 million for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023, respectively.
We have a non-qualified savings plan that allows highly compensated employees the opportunity to defer the receipt and income taxation of a certain portion of their compensation in excess of the amount permitted under the 401(k) Plan. There has been no employer matching within this plan in the three-year period ended December 31, 2025.
Historical Timeline
| Fiscal Year | Filed | |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Feb 13, 2026 | Showing above |
| 2024 | Feb 14, 2025 | |
| 2023 | Feb 13, 2024 | |
| 2022 | Feb 14, 2023 | |
| 2021 | Feb 9, 2022 | |
| 2020 | Feb 11, 2021 | |
About Stock Compensation Disclosures
Stock-based compensation disclosures detail the equity awards granted to employees and executives — including stock options, restricted stock units (RSUs), and performance shares — along with the valuation methods and assumptions used to expense them. This section reveals the true cost of talent retention and the alignment between management incentives and shareholder interests.
Key signals: total unrecognized compensation expense and its expected recognition period signal future earnings headwinds from already-granted awards. For stock options, examine Black-Scholes assumptions — expected volatility, risk-free rate, and expected term — as understating any of these reduces reported compensation expense. Compare stock compensation expense as a percentage of revenue against peers to assess dilution cost. Watch vesting schedules for acceleration clauses tied to change-of-control events. Performance-based awards with undemanding targets may indicate weak governance. Add back stock compensation to operating cash flow to calculate a more conservative free cash flow figure.