v3.20.4
Employee Incentive Plans (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2020
Share-based Payment Arrangement [Abstract]  
Schedule of Restricted Stock Units, Vested and Expected to Vest
The table below presents the 2020 activity related to stock settled RSUs.
 
   
Restricted Stock
Units Outstanding
              
Weighted Average
Grant-Date Fair Value of

Restricted Stock
Units Outstanding
 
           
 
   
 
Future
Service
Required
 
 
 
    
 
No Future
Service
Required
 
 
 
 
 
   
Future
Service
Required
 
 
 
    
 
No Future
Service
Required
 
 
 
Beginning balance
    4,513,476        14,698,855           $196.69        $191.25  
Granted
 
 
3,527,884
 
  
 
5,395,829
 
     
 
$218.17
 
  
 
$221.94
 
Forfeited
 
 
(412,352
  
 
(217,114
     
 
$208.89
 
  
 
$198.33
 
Delivered
 
 
 
  
 
(8,292,011
     
 
$         –
 
  
 
$194.55
 
Vested
 
 
(3,637,660
  
 
3,637,660
 
 
 
 
 
$204.57
 
  
 
$204.57
 
Ending balance
 
 
3,991,348
 
  
 
15,223,219
 
 
 
 
 
$207.23
 
  
 
$203.41
 
In the table above:
 
 
The weighted average grant-date fair value of RSUs granted was $220.45 during 2020, $177.42 during 2019 and $218.06 during 2018. The fair value of the RSUs granted included a liquidity discount of 10.1% during 2020, 10.5% during 2019 and 11.9% during 2018, to reflect post-vesting and delivery transfer restrictions, generally of up to 4 years.
 
 
The aggregate fair value of awards that vested was $2.01 billion during 2020, $2.00 billion during 2019 and $1.79 billion during 2018.
 
 
The ending balance included restricted stock subject to future service requirements of 72,369 shares as of December 2020 and 23,068 shares as of December 2019.
 
The ending balance included RSUs subject to performance conditions and future service requirements of 210,692 RSUs as of December 2020 and 224,898 RSUs as of December 2019, and represents the maximum amount of such RSUs that may be earned as of December 2020 and December 2019.
 
 
The ending balance also included RSUs subject to performance conditions but not subject to future service requirements of 489,602 RSUs as of December 2020 and 268,433 RSUs as of December 2019, and the maximum amount of such RSUs that may be earned was 734,403 RSUs as of December 2020 and 402,650 RSUs as of December 2019.
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Tax Benefit from Compensation Expense
The table below presents the share-based compensation and the related excess tax benefit.
 
    Year Ended December  
       
$ in millions
 
 
2020
 
     2019        2018  
Share-based compensation
 
 
$1,985
 
     $2,120        $1,850  
Excess net tax benefit for options exercised
 
 
$       –
 
     $  
  
    –
       $     64  
Excess net tax benefit for share-based awards
 
 
$   120
 
     $     63        $   269