Stock Option Plans | Stock Option Plans Plans 2017 Plan The Company’s 2017 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2017 Plan”) was approved in June 2017 by the Company’s stockholders. The 2017 plan covers employees, consultants, and nonemployee directors of the Company and provides for the grant of incentive stock options, nonstatutory stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock awards, restricted stock units, performance stock awards, performance cash awards, and other stock awards to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock. Options to date have been granted to employees at 100% of the fair value at the date of the grant. The fair value, vesting period, and expiration dates of the options granted are determined by the Board of Directors at the time of grant. The maximum term of options granted under the 2017 Plan is 10 years from the date of grant. Options generally vest over a period of time, typically not more than 5 years. The plan’s reserve is automatically increased by 4% of the total number of shares outstanding at the prior year end for a period of ten years. Shares subject to awards granted under the 2017 Plan which expire, are repurchased, or are canceled or forfeited will again become available for issuance under the 2017 Plan. The shares available will not be reduced by awards settled in cash or by shares withheld to satisfy tax withholding obligations. Only the net number of shares issued upon the exercise of stock appreciation rights or options exercised by means of a net exercise will be deducted from the shares available under the 2017 Plan. Certain of the outstanding options were granted under prior equity incentive plans which are no longer in effect. As of December 31, 2021, the Company has 799,630 shares of common stock reserved for issuance under the 2017 Plan. Stock Option Activity A summary of the stock option activity under the Company’s 2017 Plan and Prior Plans (collectively, the “Equity Plans”) as of December 31, 2021 is presented below. Options Weighted Average Exercise Price Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term Aggregate Intrinsic Value Options outstanding, December 31, 2020 2,921,946 $3.86 7.6 years $1,664 Options granted 1,507,872 $6.36 Options exercised (698,070) $3.57 Options forfeited (248,865) $3.27 Options outstanding, vested and expected to vest, December 31, 2021 3,482,883 $5.04 8.0 years $12,307 Options exercisable 1,484,884 $4.60 6.7 years $6,148 The fair value for options under the Equity Plans was estimated at the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option pricing model. The Black-Scholes model requires estimating dividend yield, volatility, risk-free rate of return during the service period and the expected term of the award. The expected dividend yield assumption is based on the Company’s expectation of zero future dividend payouts. The volatility assumption is based on the historical volatilities of the Company’s common stock and of comparable public companies. The risk free rate of return assumption utilizes yields on U.S. treasury zero-coupon bonds with maturity that is commensurate with the expected term for awards issued to employees and the contractual term for awards issued to non-employees. The expected term is derived using the simplified method and represents the weighted average period that the stock awards are expected to remain outstanding. The fair value of stock option grants has been estimated at the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option pricing model with the following weighted average assumptions for the years ended December 31: 2021 2020 Risk free interest rate 1.0% 0.4% Expected dividend yield —% —% Estimated volatility 81.1% 73.8% Expected life 6.1 years 5.8 years Additional information regarding options is as follows: 2021 2020 Stock-based compensation cost $6,386 $2,114 Weighted-average grant date fair value of options granted during the period $4.40 $1.31 Aggregate intrinsic value of options exercised during the period $3,494 $8 The aggregate intrinsic value in the table above represents the total pre-tax value of the options shown, calculated as the difference between the Company’s closing stock price on December 31, 2021 and the exercise prices of the options shown, multiplied by the number of in-the money options. This is the aggregate amount that would have been received by the option holders if they had all exercised their options on December 31, 2021 and sold the shares thereby received at the closing price of the Company’s stock on that date. This amount changes based on the closing price of the Company’s stock. In March 2021, the Company awarded 848,733 stock options to the Company’s chief executive officer in connection with the commencement of his employment. In August 2021, the Company awarded 150,000 stock options to the Company’s chief financial officer in connection with the commencement of his employment. The option grant will vest over a period of four years, with one-quarter of the shares underlying the option vesting on the first anniversary of the grant date and the remainder vesting in equal monthly installments thereafter. In connection with the departure of two executive officers, the terms for the stock option vesting period and exercise period were modified which resulted in additional stock-based compensation of $222 for the year ended December 31, 2021. Unrecognized compensation expense related to unvested options was approximately $6,034 at December 31, 2021, with a weighted-average remaining amortization period of less than 2.9 years. A summary of the restricted stock unit activity, including performance-based stock units, under the Company’s Equity Plans as of December 31, 2021 is presented below: Units Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value Aggregate Intrinsic Value Restricted stock units outstanding, December 31, 2020 664,666 $2.55 $2,260 Restricted stock units granted 1,111,437 $6.53 Restricted stock units released (433,172) $3.97 Restricted stock units forfeited (148,499) $3.08 Restricted stock units outstanding, December 31, 2021 1,194,432 $5.67 $10,069 In March 2021, the Company awarded 707,278 performance-based restricted stock units to the Company’s chief executive officer in connection with the commencement of his employment. The performance-based restricted stock units vest in four equal tranches upon the achievement of revenue for the trailing four quarters equal to $50,000, $65,000, $80,000, and $95,000. The revenue milestone for the first tranche was achieved as of June 30, 2021. In August 2021, the Company awarded 80,000 time-based restricted stock units and 120,000 performance-based restricted stock units to the Company’s chief financial officer in connection with the commencement of his employment. The time-based restricted stock units vest in four equal tranches upon completion of each year of employment. The performance-based restricted stock units vest in three equal tranches upon the achievement of revenue for the trailing four quarters equal to $70,000, $90,000, and $110,000. In connection with the departure of an executive officer, the vesting terms for restricted stock units outstanding were modified which resulted in additional stock-based compensation of $76 for the year ended December 31, 2021. Unrecognized compensation expense related to unvested restricted stock units and performance-based stock units was approximately $1,988 and $2,284, respectively, at December 31, 2021, with a remaining weighted-average amortization period of 1.6 years. |