STOCK-BASED AWARDS

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2020

Share-based Payment Arrangement [Abstract]

13. STOCK-BASED AWARDS

We have equity incentive plans that provide for the grant to employees and board members of stock-based awards, including stock options and restricted stock. Employee accounting applies to awards granted by the Company or subsidiary of the Company or subsidiary's shares only to its own employees, respectively. Stock-based compensation expense is classified within the corresponding operating expense categories on our consolidated statements of operations as follows (in thousands):



	Three months ended September 30,					Nine months ended September 30,
	2020			2019		2020		2019
Cost of goods sold — retail	$	50		$	55	$	153	$	156
Sales and marketing	(76		)	486		621		1,460
Technology	460			1,428		1,822		4,325
General and administrative	2,189			2,498		5,760		7,682
Total stock-based compensation	$	2,623		$	4,467	$	8,356	$	13,623

When an award is forfeited prior to the vesting date, we recognize an adjustment for the previously recognized expense in the period of the forfeiture.

Overstock restricted stock awards

The Overstock.com, Inc. Amended and Restated 2005 Equity Incentive Plan (the "Plan") provides for the grant of incentive stock options to employees and directors of the Company and non-qualified stock options to consultants, as well as restricted stock units and other types of equity awards of the Company. These restricted stock awards generally vest over three years at 33.3% at the end of the first year, 33.3% at the end of the second year and 33.3% at the end of the third year, subject to the recipient's continuing service to us. In addition to our traditional equity awards, during the quarter ended March 31, 2019, we granted 502,765 restricted stock awards with a cumulative grant date fair value of $8.6 million which vested over a one-year period.

The cost of restricted stock units is determined using the fair value of our common stock on the date of the grant and compensation expense is either recognized on a straight-line basis over the vesting schedule or on an accelerated schedule when vesting of restricted stock awards exceeds a straight-line basis. The cumulative amount of compensation expense recognized at any point in time is at least equal to the portion of the grant date fair value of the award that is vested at that date.

The following table summarizes restricted stock award activity during the nine months ended September 30, 2020 (in thousands, except per share data):



	Nine months ended September 30, 2020
	Units		Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value
Outstanding—beginning of year	1,051		$	26.22
Granted at fair value	478		9.82
Vested	(696	)	23.50
Forfeited	(156	)	24.72
Outstanding—end of period	677		$	17.78

Medici Ventures stock options

The Medici Ventures, Inc. ("Medici Ventures") 2017 Stock Option Plan, as amended, provides for the grant of options to employees and directors of and consultants to Medici Ventures to acquire up to approximately 9% of the authorized shares of Medici Ventures' common stock. Medici Ventures authorized 1.5 million shares, 900,000 of which are issued and outstanding to Overstock, and 130,000 of which are subject to the 2017 Stock Option Plan. The remaining 470,000 are authorized but unissued. Options vested under this plan expire at the end of ten years. During the nine months ended September 30, 2020, Medici Ventures granted 13,650 stock options with a cumulative grant date fair value of $282,000 which vest over a three-year period.

tZERO equity awards

The tZERO Group, Inc. 2017 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended, provides for grants of equity awards to employees and directors of and consultants to tZERO to acquire up to 5% of the authorized shares of tZERO's common stock. During the nine months ended September 30, 2020, tZERO granted 60,000 stock option awards with a cumulative grant date fair value of $46,000. In June 2020, tZERO completed the restructuring of its outstanding equity awards through the amendment and cancellation of each of its outstanding stock option awards in favor of the issuance of restricted stock unit awards, with each participant under its plan receiving one restricted stock unit for each stock option canceled. In addition to the original service-based vesting condition (generally three years), the restricted stock unit awards include an added performance-based vesting condition that a liquidity event must occur in order for the restricted stock unit awards to vest. The exchange was accounted for as a Type II modification with an incremental fair value of $6.9 million for the modified awards which will be expensed for the fully vested portion of the grant once the performance-based vesting condition becomes probable and the remaining fair value of the grant will be expensed on a straight-line basis over the remaining vesting period. As such, no incremental compensation cost was recognized on the modification date. The original grant date fair value of the stock option awards exchanged for restricted stock unit awards will continue to be expensed on a straight-line basis over their remaining vesting period. During the nine months ended September 30, 2020, tZERO granted 11,528,016 restricted stock awards, including 7,851,016 restricted stock unit awards related to the exchange of stock option unit awards for restricted stock awards. The incremental restricted stock unit awards granted that were not part of the exchange totaled 3,677,000 and had a cumulative grant date fair value of $3.5 million which will be expensed for the fully service-based vested portion of the grant once the performance-based vesting condition becomes probable and the remaining fair value of the grant will be expensed on a straight-line basis over the remaining service-based vesting period.