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SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES  
SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

3.   SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Cash and Cash Equivalents

The Company considers all highly liquid investments purchased with an original maturity of three months or less to be cash equivalents. As of December 31, 2024 and 2023, cash equivalents consisted of money market funds.

Restricted Cash and Deferred and Contingent Consideration

The deferred and contingent consideration payable and restricted cash balances relate to Greenbrook’s acquisition of Achieve TMS East, LLC and Achieve TMS Central, LLC prior to our acquisition of Greenbrook. At December 31, 2024, the Deferred and contingent consideration was $1.0 million and restricted cash that was held in an escrow account, subject to finalization of the escrow conditions, was $1.0 million.

Concentrations of Credit Risk

The Company’s cash is held on deposit in demand accounts at large financial institutions in amounts in excess of the FDIC insurance coverage limit of $250,000 per depositor, per FDIC-insured bank, per ownership category.

Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk principally consist of cash equivalents and accounts receivable. The Company limits its credit risk associated with cash equivalents by placing investments in highly-rated money market funds. The Company limits its credit risk with respect to accounts receivable by performing credit evaluations when deemed necessary, but it does not require collateral to secure amounts owed by its customers.

Segments

The Company currently operates in one business segment as it is managed and operated as one business in the medical device market. The Company’s chief executive is the chief operating decision maker (“CODM”). The CODM regularly reviews entity-wide net income and operating results compared to budget and forecast information to assess the Company’s performance and to allocate resources. The measure of profit or loss is reported in the Consolidated Statement of Operations. The measure of segment assets is reported on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets. All long-lived assets are maintained in the United States and Canada.

Business Combinations

The Company allocates the purchase consideration to the identifiable assets and liabilities acquired, including intangible assets at fair value on the date of the acquisition. The excess of the fair value of the purchase consideration over the fair value of the identifiable assets and liabilities, if any, is recorded as goodwill. During

the measurement period, which is up to one year from the acquisition date, the Company may adjust initial amounts that were recognized at the acquisition date to reflect new information obtained about facts and circumstances that existed as of the acquisition date.

Determining the fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed requires significant judgment, including the selection of valuation methodologies that may include the income approach, the cost approach, or the market approach. Significant assumptions used in those methodologies include the timing and amounts of cash flow projections, including revenue growth rates, margins, royalty rates, counterparty risk rates, and other discount rates.

Intangible Assets

The Company has acquired intangible assets through the acquisition of Greenbrook. Intangible assets are recorded at fair value on the date of acquisition and are subject to amortization over the estimated useful lives of each asset. Estimates of fair value and useful lives are based on historical factors, current circumstances, and the experience and judgment of management. Estimates and assumptions used to value intangible assets are evaluated by management on an ongoing basis.

Goodwill

Goodwill represents the excess of the purchase price as compared to the fair value of net assets acquired and liabilities assumed. Goodwill is not amortized but is tested for impairment annually or when indications of impairment exist. The Company can elect to qualitatively assess goodwill for impairment if it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit exceeds its carrying value.

Impairment exists when the carrying amount, including goodwill, of the reporting unit exceeds its fair value, resulting in an impairment charge for this excess (not to exceed the carrying amount of the goodwill). The Company's annual impairment testing date is October 1. The impairment, if determined, is recorded within operating expenses in the Consolidated Statements of Operations in the period the determination is made. There were no impairments recorded during the periods presented.

Allowance for Credit Losses

The Company adopted ASC Topic 326, Financial Instruments-Credit losses on January 1, 2023. The Company monitors accounts receivable and long-term notes receivable and estimates the allowance for lifetime expected credit losses. Estimates of expected credit losses are based on historical collection experience and other factors, including those related to current market conditions and events.

Leases

The Company accounts for leases in accordance with ASC Topic 842, Leases (“Topic 842”). The Company determines if an arrangement is a lease at contract inception. A lease exists when a contract conveys to the customer the right to control the use of identified property, plant, or equipment for a period of time in exchange for consideration. The definition of a lease embodies two conditions: (1) there is an identified asset in the contract that is land or a depreciable asset (i.e., property, plant, and equipment), and (2) the customer has the right to control the use of the identified asset.

The Company leases warehouse, office spaces, treatment centers, a training facility and office equipment pursuant to net operating leases. Operating leases where the Company is the lessor are included in revenue on the Consolidated Statements of Operations.

From time to time the Company enters into sales-type lease arrangements that include a lessee obligation to purchase the leased equipment at the end of the lease term, automatic transfer of ownership of the leased equipment at the end of the lease, a lessee purchase option reasonably certain to be exercised, or provides

for minimum lease payments with a present value equal to or exceeding substantially all of the fair value of the underlying leased equipment at the date of lease inception. Sales-type leases where the Company is the lessor are included in revenue on the Consolidated Statements of Operations.

Operating leases where the Company is the lessee are included in operating lease right-of-use assets and operating lease liabilities on the Consolidated Balance Sheets. The lease liabilities are initially measured at the present value of the unpaid lease payments at the lease commencement date.

The Company uses the following inputs in its lease calculations under Topic 842: (1) the discount rate the Company uses to discount the unpaid lease payments to present value, (2) lease term, and (3) lease payments.

(1)Topic 842 requires a lessor to discount its unpaid lease payments using the interest rate implicit in the lease and a lessee to discount its unpaid lease payments using the interest rate implicit in the lease or, if that rate cannot be readily determined, its incremental borrowing rate. As the rate implicit in the Company’s lease is not readily determinable, the Company uses the incremental borrowing rate based on the information available at commencement date in determining the present value of lease payments. The incremental borrowing rate for a lease is the rate of interest the Company would have to pay on a collateralized basis to borrow an amount equal to the lease payments under similar terms. The Company uses the implicit rate when readily determinable.
(2)The lease term for all leases includes the noncancelable period of the lease plus any additional periods covered by either a lessee option to extend (or not to terminate) the lease that the lessee is reasonably certain to exercise, or an option to extend (or not to terminate) the lease controlled by the lessor.
(3)Lease payments included in the measurement of the lease asset or liability comprise the following: fixed payments (including in-substance fixed payments), and the exercise price of a lessee option to purchase the underlying asset if the lessee is reasonably certain to exercise.

For operating leases where the Company is the lessor, the Company continues recognizing the underlying asset and depreciating it over its estimated useful life. Lease income from lessees is recognized on a straight-line basis over the terms of the relevant lease agreement in revenue. Operating leases for equipment with fixed rentals and step rentals are recognized on a straight-line basis over the term of the lease, assuming no renewals, in revenue. Revenue is not recognized when collection is not reasonably assured. When collectability is not reasonably assured, the customer is placed on non-accrual status and revenue is recognized when cash payments are received.

The lease asset for sales-type leases is initially measured as the total net investment in the lease, which comprises the initial amount of the lease receivable plus the deferred initial direct costs.

The lease asset for sales-type leases is subsequently measured throughout the lease term at the carrying amount of the net investment in the lease which is increased by interest income and reduced by lease payments collected. The lease payments are segregated into principal and interest components similar to a loan. Equipment leasing revenues are recognized on an effective interest method over the lease term. The principal component of the lease payment is reflected as a reduction to the net investment in the lease.

For operating leases where the Company is the lessee, the right-of-use (“ROU”), asset is initially measured at cost, which comprises the initial amount of the lease liability adjusted for lease payments made at or before the lease commencement date, plus any initial direct costs incurred less any lease incentives received. The ROU asset is subsequently measured throughout the lease term at the carrying amount of the lease liability, plus initial direct costs, plus (minus) any prepaid (accrued) lease payments, less the unamortized balance of lease incentives received. Lease expense for lease payments is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term.

Lease assets for sales-type leases where the Company is the lessor and ROU assets for operating leases where the Company is the lessee are periodically reduced by impairment losses. The Company uses the loans impairment guidance in ASC Subtopic 330-10, Receivables, and the long-lived assets impairment guidance in ASC Subtopic 360-10, Property, Plant, and Equipment – Overall, to determine whether a lease asset or a ROU asset, respectively, is impaired, and if so, the amount of the impairment loss to recognize. There were no impairment losses recorded during the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023, and 2022.

The Company monitors for events or changes in circumstances that require a reassessment of its leases. When a reassessment results in the remeasurement of a lease liability, a corresponding adjustment is made to the carrying amount of the corresponding ROU asset unless doing so would reduce the carrying amount of the ROU asset to an amount less than zero. In that case, the amount of the adjustment that would result in a negative ROU asset balance is recorded in profit or loss.

The Company has elected not to recognize ROU assets and lease liabilities for all short-term leases that have a lease term of 12 months or less. The Company recognizes the lease payments associated with the short-term leases as an expense on a straight-line basis over the lease term. Variable lease payments associated with these leases are recognized and presented in the same manner as for all other leases. The Company has elected to exclude sales and other similar taxes from lease payments in arrangements where the Company is a lessor.

Inventory

Inventory is stated at the lower of cost and net realizable value, with cost being determined on a first in, first out basis. The Company’s inventory is primarily comprised of finished goods and work-in-process. For the year ended December 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, the Company recorded $0.6 million and $1.9 million respectively as inventory impairment within Cost of revenues on the Consolidated Statements of Operations.

Property and Equipment and Capitalized Software

Property and equipment are recorded at cost. Maintenance and repairs are charged to expense as incurred and costs of improvements and renewals are capitalized. Depreciation and amortization are recognized using the straight-line method based on the estimated useful lives of the related assets. The Company uses an estimated useful life of three years for computers and software, five years for laboratory, auto and office equipment, ten years for TMS devices used at TMS centers, six years for devices in the rental agreement program and the lesser of five years or the remaining life of the underlying facility lease for leasehold improvements.

Software development costs relating to assets to be sold in the normal course of business are included in research and development and are expensed as incurred until technological feasibility is established. After technological feasibility is established, software development costs are capitalized. The Company uses an estimated useful life of two years for capitalized software and amortizes these costs beginning at the product release.

Impairment of Long-Lived Assets

Long-lived assets, such as property and equipment and finite-lived intangible assets, are tested for impairment when events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying value of the asset may not be recoverable. Impairment testing requires management to estimate the future net undiscounted cash flows of an asset using assumptions believed to be reasonable. Actual cash flows may differ from the estimates used in the impairment testing. If such assets are considered to be impaired, the Company recognizes an impairment loss when and to the extent that the estimated fair value of an asset is less than its carrying value. For the year ended December 31, 2024, the Company recorded a $4.0 million capitalized software impairment charge within research and development expense on the Consolidated Statement of Operations.

The Company has not recorded any impairment of its long-lived assets for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022.

Notes Receivable

Notes receivable are reported on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets at amortized cost basis. The Company recognizes interest income within other income, net within the Consolidated Statements of Operations.

The Company monitors long-term notes receivable and estimates the allowance for lifetime expected credit losses. Estimates of expected credit losses are based on historical collection experience and other factors, including those related to current market conditions and events.

Deferred Debt Issuance Costs

The Company capitalizes direct costs incurred to obtain debt financing and amortizes these costs to interest expense over the term of the debt using the effective interest method. These costs are recorded as a debt discount and are netted against the related debt on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets.

Revenue Recognition

ASC Topic 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (“Topic 606”) is principles-based and provides a five-step model to determine when and how revenue is recognized. The core principle is that an entity should recognize revenue when it transfers promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services.

Sales and usage-based taxes are excluded from revenues.

Contract Formation

The Company accounts for a contract with a customer when there is a legally enforceable contract between the Company and the customer, the rights of the parties are identified, the contract has commercial substance, and collectability of the contract consideration is probable. For all NeuroStar Advance Therapy System sales, the Company uses either a signed agreement or a binding purchase order as evidence of an arrangement.

Performance Obligations

The unit of account for Topic 606 is the performance obligation. A performance obligation is a promise in a contract to transfer a distinct good or service to the customer or a series of distinct goods or services that are substantially the same and have the same pattern of transfer. A contract’s transaction price is allocated to each performance obligation and recognized as revenue when, or as, the performance obligation is satisfied. The majority of the Company’s contracts are comprised of the following performance obligations:

(1)The NeuroStar TMS Therapy System (the “System”) which includes a chair, an electromagnet coil, a monitoring console and accessories. The various components are inputs that function together to deliver a combined output and together form one performance obligation (a NeuroStar Advanced Therapy System). Revenues from the sale of the System are satisfied at the point-in-time when shipped from our premises.
(2)NeuroStar Treatment Session (the “Treatment Session”) is a single use consumable that is delivered via an encrypted activation code and is required in order for a clinician to perform TMS therapy. Revenues from the sale of the Treatment Sessions are satisfied at the point-in-time when delivered to
the customer. The Company determined that sales of Treatment Sessions are not part of the enforceable rights and obligations of the System sales, except when sold with System sales.
(3)Separately priced extended warranties and when-and-if-available upgrade rights are considered service-type warranties. Warranty services are considered stand-ready obligations satisfied over-time and recognized using a straight-line time-based measurement toward completion.
(4)The System clinical and reimbursement training enable the clinician to provide patient treatment. The trainings are not required in order to operate the System but are required in order to receive a certification from the Company and accordingly are not essential to the functionality of other performance obligations. Training services are recognized at a point-in-time when training is complete, typically simultaneous to or near the time of delivery of the System.

In addition, the Company has determined that there are various perfunctory deliverables such as installation of the System, the technical support hotline and marketing materials which the Company does not separately recognize as revenue nor does the Company accrue the estimated cost of providing these goods and services because they are not material. The Company provides a one-year warranty on all new System sales which were determined to be assurance-type warranties and thus not considered a separate performance obligation. The Company accrues the cost of providing these warranties.

There is no right of return or refund for any of the Company’s products or services and the Company has elected to treat shipping and handling as a fulfillment activity and expenses the costs as incurred.

Sales Type Lease

The System is typically purchased but the Company does offer certain customers the option to lease instead. These leases are typically accounted for as a sales-type lease which results in the derecognition of the underlying asset, the recognition of profit or loss on the sale, and the recognition of an investment in sales-type lease. The investment is periodically increased for interest earned and reduced as lease payments are received.

Clinic revenue

Clinic revenue is from treatment centers based in the United States, offering NeuroStar Therapy and SPRAVATO to patients for the treatment of MDD and other mental health disorders.

Clinic revenue is recognized at a point in time upon the performance of services under contracts with customers and represents the consideration to which the Company expects to be entitled. Service fee revenue is determined based on net patient fees, which includes estimates for contractual allowances and discounts. Net patient fees are estimated using an expected value approach where management considers such variables as the average of previous net patient fees received by the applicable payor and fees received by other patients for similar services and management’s best estimate leveraging industry knowledge and expectations of third-party payors’ fee schedules. Third-party payors include federal and state agencies (under the Medicare programs), managed care health plans and commercial insurance companies.

A key determinant of Topic 606 is estimating the transaction price when variable consideration may arise. Topic 606 allows for the transaction price with variable consideration to be estimated using either the expected value method or the most-likely value method. The Company’s estimates are calculated using the expected value method when using the sum of probability-weighted amounts in a range of possible consideration amounts.

Variable consideration also exists in the form of settlements with certain insurance companies, including Medicare, as a result of retroactive adjustments due to audits and reviews. The Company applies constraint to the transaction price, such that net revenues are recorded only to the extent that it is probable that a

significant reversal in the amount of the cumulative revenue recognized will not occur in the future. If actual amounts of consideration ultimately received differ from the Company’s estimates, the Company adjusts these estimates, which would affect net revenues in the period such variances become known.

Due to the nature of the industry and complexity of the Company’s revenue arrangements, where price lists are subject to the discretion of payors, variable consideration exists that may result in price concessions and constraints to the transaction price for the services rendered.

In estimating this variable consideration, the Company uses significant judgment and considers various factors including, but not limited to, the following:

commercial payors and the administrators of federally-funded healthcare programs exercise discretion over pricing and may establish a base fee schedule for TMS (which is subject to change prior to final settlement) or negotiate a specific reimbursement rate with an individual TMS provider;
average of previous net service fees received by the applicable payor and fees received by other patients for similar services;
management’s best estimate, leveraging industry knowledge and expectations of third-party payors’ fee schedules;
factors that would influence the contractual rate and the related benefit coverage, such as obtaining pre-authorization of services and determining whether the procedure is medically necessary;
probability of failure in obtaining timely proper provider credentialing (including re-credentialling) and documentation, in order to bill various payors which may result in enhanced price concessions; and
variation in coverage for similar services among various payors and various payor benefit plans.

The Company updates the estimated transaction price (including updating its assessment of whether an estimate of variable consideration is constrained) to represent faithfully the circumstances present at the end of the reporting period and the changes in circumstances during the reporting period in which such variances become known.

The above factors are not related to the creditworthiness of the large medical insurance companies and government-backed health plans encompassing the significant majority of the Company’s payors. The payors (large insurers and government agencies) have the ability and intent to pay, but price lists for the Company’s services are subject to the discretion of payors. As a result, the adjustment to reduce the transaction price and constrain the variable consideration is a price concession and not indicative of credit risk on the payors and is not a bad debt expense.

Distribution Agreement

The Company has an exclusive distribution agreement that began in October 2017 with a foreign entity for a period of 7 ½ years with two 2 year renewal options. As consideration for the right to be the sole distributor of the Company’s products and use of the Company’s intellectual property in the foreign territory, the distributor is required to make certain fixed milestone payments upon contract execution and regulatory approval. In addition, the distributor is required to make variable milestone payments depending upon regulatory reimbursement rates. Furthermore, the distributor is required to make certain minimum purchases based upon sales history and forecasts subject to a ceiling and floor. The Company assessed the potential

performance obligations in this contract and concluded that the contract contained the following performance obligations:

Exclusive distribution and intellectual property license
NeuroStar TMS Therapy System
NeuroStar Treatment Session

The distribution agreement contains pricing for the Company’s products and services. The contractual purchase prices were determined to be at the standalone selling prices based on the expected sales volumes of this customer type and thus the Company concluded that this agreement did not contain a separate performance obligation for the material right to discounted Systems and Treatments Sessions. The Company allocated the transaction price through a combination of the cost plus a margin approach and the residual method. For the System and Treatment Sessions, the Company maximized the use of observable inputs by beginning with average historical contractual selling prices and adjusting on a consistent and rational basis for pricing trends, the customer type and expected sales volumes and the Company’s changing cost and margins. Since it was determined that the contractual selling prices for the Company’s products and services in the distribution agreement were at the standalone selling prices, the residual consideration which is made up of the fixed and variable milestone payments was allocated to the exclusive distribution and intellectual property license. The exclusive distribution and intellectual property rights were determined to be symbolic IP and thus recognized over time. The Systems and Treatment Sessions were determined to be performance obligations recognized at a point-in-time when delivered to the distributor.

Contract Estimates

Accounting for the Company’s contracts involves the use of significant judgments and estimates including determining the separate performance obligations, allocating the transaction price to the different performance obligations and determining the method to measure the entity’s performance toward satisfaction of performance obligations that most faithfully depicts when control is transferred to the customer. The Company allocates the contract’s transaction price to each performance obligation using the Company’s best estimate of the standalone selling price for each distinct good or service in the contract. The Company maximizes the use of observable inputs by beginning with average historical contractual selling prices and adjusting as necessary and on a consistent and rational basis for other inputs such as pricing trends, customer types, volumes and changing cost and margins.

Contract Balances

Payment terms typically require payment upon shipment of the System and additional payments as access codes are delivered, which can span several years after the System is first delivered and installed. The timing of revenue recognition compared to billings and cash collections typically results in accounts receivable. However, sometimes customer advances and deposits might be required for certain customers and are recorded as contract liabilities. Changes in the contract asset and liability balances during the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023 were not materially impacted by any other factors.

As of December 31, 2024, the Company expects to recognize approximately the following percentages of deferred revenue by year:

    

Revenue

 

Year:

Recognition

 

2025

 

90

%

2026

 

9

%

2027

 

1

%

Total

 

100

%

Revenue recognized for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023 that was included in the contract liability balance at the beginning of the year was $1.6 million and $2.0 million, respectively, and primarily represented revenue earned from separately priced extended warranties, rent-to-own revenue, milestone revenue, and clinical training.

Customers

Significant customers are those which represent more than 10% of the Company’s total revenue. For the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022, one customer, Greenbrook accounted for 12%, 15% and 17%, respectively, of the Company’s revenue. Following the acquisition Greenbrook is no longer a customer.

Accounts receivable outstanding related to the customer was $0 and $1.9 million as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively.

Notes receivable outstanding related to the customer was $0 and $5.2 million as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively.

Geographical Information

The following geographic data includes revenue generated from the Company’s third-party distributors. The Company’s revenue was generated in the following geographic regions and by product line for the periods indicated (in thousands):

Revenues by Geography

 

Year ended December 31, 

 

2024

2023

 

% of

% of

 

Amount

Revenues

Amount

Revenues

 

(in thousands, except percentages)

U.S.

$

72,488

    

97

%  

$

69,336

    

97

%

International

 

2,402

 

3

%  

 

2,012

 

3

%

Total revenues

$

74,890

 

100

%  

$

71,348

 

100

%

U.S. Revenues by Product Category

 

Year ended December 31, 

 

2024

2023

 

% of

% of

 

    

Amount

    

Revenues

    

Amount

    

Revenues

 

 

(in thousands, except percentages)

NeuroStar Advanced Therapy System

$

15,267

21

%  

$

16,460

24

%

Treatment sessions

 

50,832

 

70

%

 

50,896

 

73

%

Clinic revenue

4,445

6

%

%

Other

 

1,944

 

3

%

 

1,980

 

3

%

Total U.S. revenues

$

72,488

 

100

%

$

69,336

 

100

%

International Revenues by Product Category

 

Year ended December 31, 

 

2024

2023

 

% of

% of

 

    

Amount

    

Revenues

    

Amount

    

Revenues

 

 

(in thousands, except percentages)

NeuroStar Advanced Therapy System

$

826

 

34

%  

$

629

 

31

%

Treatment sessions

 

613

 

26

%  

 

754

 

38

%

Other

 

963

 

40

%  

 

629

 

31

%

Total International revenues

$

2,402

 

100

%  

$

2,012

 

100

%

Revenues by Geography

 

Year ended December 31, 

 

2023

2022

 

% of

% of

 

    

Amount

    

Revenues

    

Amount

    

Revenues

 

(in thousands, except percentages)

United States

$

69,336

 

97

%  

$

63,406

 

97

%

International

 

2,012

 

3

%  

 

1,800

 

3

%

Total revenues

$

71,348

 

100

%  

$

65,206

 

100

%

U.S. Revenues by Product Category

 

Year ended December 31, 

 

2023

2022

 

    

    

% of

    

    

% of

 

Amount

Revenues

Amount

Revenues

 

 

(in thousands, except percentages)

NeuroStar Advanced Therapy System

$

16,460

 

24

%  

$

16,575

 

26

%

Treatment sessions

 

50,896

 

73

%  

 

45,077

 

71

%

Other

 

1,980

 

3

%  

 

1,754

 

3

%

Total U.S. revenues

$

69,336

 

100

%  

$

63,406

 

100

%

International Revenues by Product Category

 

Year ended December 31, 

 

2023

2022

 

% of

% of

 

    

Amount

    

Revenues

    

Amount

    

Revenues

 

(in thousands, except percentages)

 

NeuroStar Advanced Therapy System

$

629

    

31

%  

$

811

    

45

%

Treatment sessions

 

754

 

38

%  

 

354

 

20

%

Other

 

629

 

31

%  

 

635

 

35

%

Total International revenues

$

2,012

 

100

%  

$

1,800

 

100

%

Research and Development Expenses

Research and development activities are expensed as incurred. Costs incurred in obtaining technology licenses are charged immediately to research and development expense if the technology licensed has not reached technological feasibility and has no alternative future uses.

Share-based Compensation

The Company recognizes the grant-date fair value of share-based awards issued as compensation as expense on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period, which is generally the vesting period of the award. The fair value of restricted stock units is estimated at the time of grant, based on the grant date fair value of the Company’s common stock. The fair value of performance restricted stock units (“PRSUs”) with a market condition is estimated at the time of grant and is determined using a risk neutral Monte Carlo

simulation valuation model, which requires the use of inputs and assumptions such as the fair value of the underlying common stock, risk free interest rate, and expected volatility. The PRSUs generally vest based on appreciation of the Company’s common stock to a certain price as determined by the Company’s board of directors measured using a trailing 30-day “volume-weighted” average price of a share of the Company’s common stock. The fair value of PRSUs with a performance condition is estimated at the time of grant, based on the grant date fair value of the Company’s common stock. For awards with a performance condition, compensation cost is recognized when the achievement of the performance condition is considered probable of achievement.The fair value of stock options is estimated at the time of grant using the Black-Scholes option pricing model, which requires the use of inputs and assumptions such as the fair value of the underlying common stock, exercise price of the option, expected term, risk-free interest rate, expected volatility and dividend yield.

Income Taxes

Income taxes are accounted for under the asset and liability method. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the consolidated financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases and operating loss and tax credit carryforwards. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in operations in the period that includes the enactment date. A valuation allowance is recorded to the extent it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized.

Unrecognized income tax benefits represent income tax positions taken on income tax returns that have not been recognized in the consolidated financial statements. The Company recognizes the benefit of an income tax position only if it is more likely than not (greater than 50%) that the tax position will be sustained upon tax examination, based solely on the technical merits of the tax position. Otherwise, no benefit is recognized. The tax benefits recognized are measured based on the largest benefit that has a greater than 50% likelihood of being realized upon ultimate settlement. The Company accrues interest and related penalties are classified as income tax expense in the Consolidated Statements of Operations. The Company does not anticipate significant changes in the amount of unrecognized income tax benefits over the next year.