Stockholders' Equity

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2019

Notes To Financial Statements [Abstract]

Stockholders’ Equity

Summary of Stock-Based Compensation Expense

As of June 30, 2019, the 2005 Incentive Plan (as amended) has a total reserve of 27,783,379 shares of which 5,315,116 shares are available for issuance.

Stock-based compensation is based on the estimated fair value of awards, net of estimated forfeitures, and recognized over the requisite service period. Estimated forfeitures are based on historical experience at the time of grant and may be revised, if necessary, in subsequent periods if actual forfeitures differ from those estimates. The stock-based compensation related to all of our stock-based awards and employee stock purchases for the three and six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018 is as follows (in thousands):



	Three Months Ended June 30,				Six Months Ended June 30,
	2019		2018		2019		2018
Cost of net revenues	$	1,278	$	900	$	2,390	$	1,781
Selling, general and administrative	18,037		13,216		34,927		25,794
Research and development	3,152		2,774		6,194		5,145
Total stock-based compensation	$	22,467	$	16,890	$	43,511	$	32,720

Stock Options

We have not granted options since 2011 and all outstanding options were fully vested and associated stock-based compensation expenses was recognized as of December 31, 2015. During the six months ended June 30, 2019, 8,187 stock options were exercised at a weighted average exercise price of $8.07 per share. As of June 30, 2019, there were no options outstanding and exercisable.

Restricted Stock Units (“RSUs”)

The fair value of RSUs is based on our closing stock price on the date of grant. A summary for the six months ended June 30, 2019 is as follows:



	Number of Shares Underlying RSUs (in thousands)		Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value		Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term (in years)	Aggregate Intrinsic Value (in thousands)
Nonvested as of December 31, 2018	931		$	129.39
Granted	269		256.81
Vested and released	(391	)	100.51
Forfeited	(43	)	171.64
Nonvested as of June 30, 2019	766		$	186.47	1.5	$	209,599

As of June 30, 2019, we expect to recognize $114.2 million of total unamortized compensation cost, net of estimated forfeitures, related to RSUs over a weighted average period of 2.4 years.

Market-performance Based Restricted Stock Units (“MSUs”)

We grant MSUs to our executive officers. Each MSU represents the right to one share of Align’s common stock. The actual number of MSUs which will be eligible to vest will be based on the performance of Align’s stock price relative to the performance of a stock market index over the vesting period, and certain MSU grants are also based on Align’s stock price at the end of the performance period. Generally, the vesting period of MSUs is three years. For MSUs granted during the six months ended June 30, 2019, the maximum number of MSUs which will be eligible to vest are 250% of the MSUs initially granted.

A summary for the six months ended June 30, 2019 is as follows:



	Number of Shares Underlying MSUs (in thousands)		Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value		Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term (in years)	Aggregate Intrinsic Value (in thousands)
Nonvested as of December 31, 2018	324		$	215.07
Granted	133		245.69
Vested and released	(179	)	72.74
Forfeited	(5	)	265.42
Nonvested as of June 30, 2019	273		$	322.53	1.6	$	74,615

As of June 30, 2019, we expect to recognize $51.9 million of total unamortized compensation cost, net of estimated forfeitures, related to MSUs over a weighted average period of 1.6 years.

Employee Stock Purchase Plan (“ESPP”)

In May 2010, our shareholders approved the 2010 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “2010 Purchase Plan”) which will continue until terminated by either the Board of Directors or its administrator. The maximum number of shares available for purchase under the 2010 Purchase Plan is 2,400,000 shares. As of June 30, 2019, we have 490,417 shares available for future issuance.

The fair value of the option component of the 2010 Purchase Plan shares was estimated at the grant date using the Black-Scholes option pricing model with the following weighted average assumptions:



	Six Months Ended June 30,
	2019			2018
Expected term (in years)	1.4			1.3
Expected volatility	48.6		%	35.7		%
Risk-free interest rate	2.5		%	1.9		%
Expected dividends	—			—
Weighted average fair value at grant date	$	90.36		$	78.38

As of June 30, 2019, there was $7.5 million of total unamortized compensation costs related to employee stock purchases which we expect to be recognized over a weighted average period of 0.8 year.