Microsoft provides compensation to executives in the form of a variety of incentive compensation plans, including restricted stock award grants. The following is an excerpt from a disclosure note from Microsoft's $2020$ annual report:

Note $18$ Employee Stock and Savings Plans $($in part$)$

Stock awards entitle the holder to receive shares of Microsoft common stock as the award vests. Stock awards generally vest over a five$-$year period. $...$ During fiscal year $2020,$ the following activity occurred under our plans:

$\backslash$table$[[,$Shares $($in millions$),\backslash$table$[[$Weighted$.$Average$],[$Grant$-$Date Fair$],[$Value$]]],[$Stock awards:,$147,$$$78\mathrm{.}49$