(11) Stock-Based Compensation

Included in selling, general and administrative expenses in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations are $28 million, $34 million and $37 million of stock-based compensation during the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022, respectively.

Incentive Plans

Liberty Broadband grants, to certain of its directors, employees and employees of its subsidiaries, RSUs and stock options to purchase shares of its common stock. The Company measures the cost of employee services received in exchange for an equity classified Award (such as stock options and restricted stock) based on the grant-date fair value (“GDFV”) of the Award and recognizes that cost over the period during which the employee is required to provide service (usually the vesting period of the Award). The Company measures the cost of employee services received in exchange for a liability classified Award based on the current fair value of the Award and re-measures the fair value of the Award at each reporting date.

Pursuant to the Liberty Broadband 2024 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “2024 Plan”), the Company may grant Awards to be made in respect of a maximum of 5.0 million shares of Liberty Broadband common stock plus the shares remaining available for Awards under the prior Liberty Broadband 2019 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “2019 Plan”), as of close of business on May 23, 2024, the effective date of the 2024 Plan. Any forfeited shares from the 2019 Plan shall also be available again under the 2024 Plan.

Awards generally vest over 1-5 years and have a term of 7-10 years. Liberty Broadband issues new shares upon exercise of equity awards.

Grants

During the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022, Liberty Broadband granted 183 thousand, 129 thousand and 136 thousand options, respectively, to purchase shares of LBRDK to our former Chief Executive Officer in connection with his employment agreement. Such options had a GDFV of $20.18, $27.83 and $39.10 per share, respectively, at the time they were granted and vested on December 31, 2024, December 29, 2023 and December 30, 2022, respectively.

During the year ended December 31, 2024, Liberty Broadband granted cash awards equal to $12.9 million to its employees and non-employee directors. These cash awards vested 50% on December 11, 2024 and the remaining 50% will vest on December 11, 2025.

During the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, Liberty Broadband granted to its employees 407 thousand and 11 thousand options, respectively, to purchase shares of LBRDK. Such options had a weighted average GDFV of $27.68 per share and $30.43 per share, respectively, and vest between one and three years.

During the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, Liberty Broadband granted 21 thousand and 24 thousand options, respectively, to purchase shares of LBRDK to its non-employee directors with a weighted average GDFV of $27.73 per share and $30.43 per share, respectively, which cliff vest over a one year vesting period.

During the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022, Liberty Broadband granted 132 thousand, 227 thousand and 227 thousand time-based and performance-based RSUs, respectively, of LBRDK to its employees, employees of subsidiaries and non-employee directors. The RSUs had a weighted average GDFV of $56.93, $84.02 and $120.70 per share, respectively. The time-based RSUs generally vest between one and five years for employees and employees of subsidiaries and in one year for non-employee directors. The performance-based RSUs mainly cliff vest one year from the month of grant, subject to the satisfaction of certain performance objectives. Performance objectives, which are subjective, are considered in determining the timing and amount of the compensation expense recognized. When the satisfaction of the performance objectives becomes probable, the Company records compensation expense. The probability of satisfying the performance objectives is assessed at the end of each reporting period.

There were no options to purchase shares of LBRDA or LBRDB granted during 2024, 2023 and 2022.

The Company has calculated the GDFV for all of its equity classified awards and any subsequent re-measurement of its liability classified awards using the Black-Scholes Model. The Company estimates the expected term of the Awards based on historical exercise and forfeiture data. For grants made in 2024, 2023 and 2022, the range of expected terms was 5.1 to 5.2 years. The volatility used in the calculation for Awards is based on the historical volatility of Liberty Broadband common stock. For grants made in 2024, 2023 and 2022, the range of volatilities was 27.4% to 31.3%. The Company uses a zero dividend rate and the risk-free rate for Treasury Bonds with a term similar to that of the subject option.

Outstanding Awards

The following table presents the number and weighted average exercise price (“WAEP”) of options to purchase Liberty Broadband common stock granted to certain officers, employees and directors of the Company, as well as the weighted average remaining life and aggregate intrinsic value of the options.

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As of December 31, 2024, there were no outstanding options to purchase shares of LBRDA common stock.

During the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, Liberty Broadband had 150 thousand and 69 thousand LBRDB options, respectively, each with a WAEP of $97.21, that were forfeited. During the year ended December 31, 2022, the

Company’s former Chief Executive Officer exercised 37 thousand LBRDB options at an exercise price of $97.21 per share. Immediately following this exercise, the resulting LBRDB shares were exchanged for the same number of LBRDK shares pursuant to the terms of a stipulation and order where Mr. Maffei agreed to exchange LBRDB shares for LBRDK shares following the exercise of certain stock options. As of December 31, 2024, Liberty Broadband had 96 thousand LBRDB options outstanding and exercisable at a WAEP of $94.05, a weighted average remaining contractual life of 0.3 years and aggregate intrinsic value of zero.

As of December 31, 2024, the total unrecognized compensation cost related to unvested Awards was approximately $18 million. Such amount will be recognized in the Company’s consolidated statements of operations over a weighted average period of approximately 1.2 years.

As of December 31, 2024, Liberty Broadband reserved approximately 3 million shares of LBRDB and LBRDK for issuance under exercise privileges of outstanding stock options.

Exercises

The aggregate intrinsic value of all options exercised during the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022 was $52 million, $1 million and $3 million, respectively.

Restricted Stock Awards and RSUs

The aggregate fair value of all LBRDA and LBRDK restricted stock awards and RSUs that vested during the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022 was $12 million, $12 million and $18 million, respectively.

As of December 31, 2024, the Company had approximately 317 thousand unvested restricted stock awards and RSUs of LBRDK held by certain officers and employees of the Company with a weighted average GDFV of $88.51 per share.