Note 7 - Share-based Compensation | 6 Months Ended |
Dec. 31, 2014 |
Notes to Financial Statements | |
Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Text Block] | For the three months ended December 31, 2014 and 2013, the Company recorded share-based compensation expense related to grants from equity incentive plans of $0.6 million and $0.5 million, respectively. For the six months ended December 31, 2014 and 2013, the Company recorded share-based compensation expense related to grants from equity incentive plans of $1.0 million and $0.9 million, respectively. No income tax benefit was recognized in the statements of operations and no share-based compensation expense was capitalized as part of any assets for the six months ended December 31, 2014 and 2013. |
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Stock Options |
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The fair value of each stock option award was estimated at its respective date of grant using the Black-Scholes method with the following assumptions: |
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| | 2014 | | | 2013 | | | 2014 | | | 2013 | | | | | |
Weighted-average risk-free interest rate | | | 1.7 | % | | | 1.4 | % | | | 1.7 | % | | | 1.49 | % | | | | |
Dividend yield | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | | |
Expected weighted-average volatility | | | 0.82 | | | | 0.78 | | | | 0.82 | | | | 0.78 | | | | | |
Expected weighted-average life of options (years) | | | 6 | | | | 6 | | | | 6 | | | | 6 | | | | | |
Weighted-average fair value of options granted | | $ | 1.68 | | | $ | 2.78 | | | $ | 1.67 | | | $ | 2.75 | | | | | |
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The risk-free interest rate is based on the expected life of the option and the corresponding U.S. Treasury bond, which in most cases is the U.S. five year Treasury bond. The expected term of stock options granted is derived from actual and expected option behavior and represents the period of time that options granted are expected to be outstanding. The Company uses historical data to estimate option exercise patterns and future employee terminations to determine expected life and forfeitures. Expected volatility is based on the historical volatility of the Company’s publicly- traded common stock. |
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Biota Pharmaceuticals, Inc. |
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Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements |
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(for the quarterly period ended December 31, 2014) |
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A summary of the Company’s outstanding stock option activity for the six months ended December 31, 2014 is as follows: |
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| | Number of | | | Weighted | | | Weighted-Average | | | Aggregate Intrinsic | | | | | |
Stock | Average | Remaining Contractual | | | | |
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Balance at June 30, 2014 | | | 2,463,369 | | | $ | 9.09 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Granted | | | 1,275,000 | | | | 2.44 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Exercised | | | — | | | | — | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Forfeited or expired | | | (444,945 | ) | | | 9.73 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Balance at December 31, 2014 | | | 3,293,424 | | | $ | 6.43 | | | | 8.18 | | | $ | - | | | | | |
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In August 2014, the Company's Board of Directors made a determination that a performance-based milestone was not achieved and as a result, performance-based stock options previously issued during fiscal 2014 would not vest and were cancelled. |
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The total intrinsic value of stock options exercised during the three month period ended December 31, 2014 was zero, and no cash proceeds were received by the Company. Further, no actual tax benefits were realized, as the Company currently records a full valuation allowance for all tax benefits due to uncertainties with respect to its ability to generate sufficient taxable income in the future. |
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The following tables summarize information relating to outstanding and exercisable options as of December 31, 2014: |
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| | 31-Dec-14 | |
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| | Number of | | | Remaining | | | Weighted | | | Number of | | | Weighted Average | |
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Exercise Prices | | Stock Options | | | Contractual Life | | | Exercise Price | | | Stock Options | | | Exercise Price | |
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$ | | | 115,000 | | | | 9.69 | | | $ | 2.29 | | | | — | | | $ | — | |
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$2.30 |
$ | | | 1,035,000 | | | | 9.75 | | | | 2.45 | | | | — | | | | — | |
2.45 |
$ | | | 605,000 | | | | 9.07 | | | | 3.18 | | | | 86,250 | | | | 3.96 | |
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$4.05 |
$ | | | 1,538,424 | | | | 6.67 | | | | 10.69 | | | | 1,046,645 | | | | 13.66 | |
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| | | 3,293,424 | | | | 8.18 | | | $ | 6.43 | | | | 1,132,895 | | | | 12.92 | |
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Restricted and Market Stock Units (MSUs). |
A summary of the Company’s outstanding restricted stock and market stock unit (MSU) activity for the six months ended December 31, 2014 is as follows: |
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Balance at June 30, 2014 | | | 261,447 | | | $ | 3.98 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Awarded | | | 40,000 | | | | 2.45 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Released | | | — | | | | — | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Forfeited | | | (38,152 | ) | | | 4.02 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Balance at December 31, 2014 | | | 263,295 | | | $ | 3.74 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Biota Pharmaceuticals, Inc. |
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Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements |
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(for the quarterly period ended December 31, 2014) |
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In December 2013, the Company awarded 108,183 MSUs to employees that may vest on January 1, 2017. The vesting of these awards is subject to the respective employee’s continued employment through this settlement period. Further, the number of MSUs granted represents the target number of units that are eligible to be earned based on the attainment of certain market-based criteria involving the Company’s stock price. The number of MSUs actually earned, if any, is calculated upon the vesting of the award. Participants may ultimately earn between 0% and 250% of the target number of units granted based on actual stock performance. Accordingly, additional MSUs may be issued or currently outstanding MSUs may be cancelled upon final determination of the number of awards earned. Compensation expense, including the effect of forfeitures, is recognized over the applicable service period. |
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As of December 31, 2014 there was $4.1 million of unrecognized share-based compensation expense related to all unvested share-based awards. |
Unrecognized stock-based compensation expense for equity awards will be adjusted for future changes in estimated forfeitures. This balance is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of three years. |