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Stock Option and Incentive Plans
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Stock Option and Incentive Plans  
Stock Option and Incentive Plans

8. Stock Option and Incentive Plans

 

In 2005, we adopted the 2005 Stock Option and Incentive Plan (2005 Plan) that authorizes us to grant options, restricted stock and other equity-based awards. As of December 31, 2014, 970,574 options to purchase shares of common stock were outstanding pursuant to grants in connection with the 2005 Plan. No addtional shares are available for issuance under the 2005 plan. The amount, terms of grants, and exercisability provisions are determined and set by our board of directors.

 

Effective in August 2014, we adopted our 2014 Equity Incentive Plan (2014 Plan) that authorizes us to grant options, restricted stock and other equity-based awards, subject to adjustment in accordance with the plan.  As of December 31, 2014, 700,000 options to purchase shares of common stock were outstanding pursuant to grants in connection with the 2014 Plan; and no shares of common stock were available for future issuance.  In accordance with the 2014 Plan, on January 1, 2015, 560,310 shares of common stock became available for future grant under the plan.

 

There were 1,670,574 stock options outstanding as of December 31, 2014 at a weighted average exercise price of $4.37 per share, and 54,000 options were granted to nonemployee directors and consultants during the year ended December 31, 2014.  Total compensation cost recognized for all stock option awards in the statements of operations is as follows (in thousands):

 

 

 

Year Ended
December 31,

 

 

 

2014

 

2013

 

Research and development

 

$

137 

 

$

15 

 

General and administrative

 

561 

 

221 

 

Total stock-based compensation expense

 

$

698 

 

$

236 

 

 

Stock Options

 

Options issued under both the 2005 Plan and 2014 Plan may have a contractual life of up to 10 years and may be exercisable in cash or as otherwise determined by the board of directors. Vesting generally occurs over a period of not greater than four years. A summary of activity for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013 is presented below (in thousands, except share and per share amounts):

 

 

 

Shares

 

Weighted-
Average
Exercise 
Price
Per Share

 

Aggregate
Intrinsic
Value

 

Outstanding—December 31, 2012

 

689,663

 

 

 

 

Granted

 

589,719

 

 

 

 

Exercised

 

(15,515

)

1.04

 

 

 

Forfeited

 

(170,659

)

 

 

 

Outstanding—December 31, 2013

 

1,093,208

 

1.04

 

 

 

Granted

 

700,000

 

8.99

 

 

 

Exercised

 

(122,634

)

1.04

 

 

 

Outstanding—December 31, 2014

 

1,670,574

 

$

4.37

 

$

10,357

 

Exercisable—December 31, 2014

 

764,338

 

$

1.75

 

$

6,740

 

Exercisable and Expected to vest—December 31, 2014

 

1,670,574

 

$

4.37

 

$

10,357

 

 

The weighted average remaining contractual term of options outstanding and exercisable as of December 31, 2014 is 8.6 and 7.4 years, respectively. The aggregate intrinsic value in the preceding tables represent the total intrinsic value that would have been received had all option holders exercised their options on December 31, 2014. Intrinsic value is determined by calculating the difference between the fair value of our common stock on the last day of the year and the exercise price, multiplied by the number of options.

 

The weighted-average grant date fair value of options granted was $6.09 and $0.85 per share in 2014 and 2013 and was estimated at the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model with the following weighted-average assumptions:

 

 

 

2014

 

2013

 

Expected stock price volatility

 

77.66 — 86.08%

 

103.9 - 118.0%

 

Expected term of options

 

5.5 — 6.06 years

 

5 - 6.25 years

 

Risk-free interest rate

 

1.75 — 1.98%

 

0.84 - 1.75%

 

Expected annual dividend yield

 

0% 

 

0% 

 

 

The weighted-average valuation assumptions were determined as follows:

 

·

Expected stock price volatility: The expected volatility is based on historical volatilities of similar entities within our industry which were commensurate with our expected term assumption as described in the SEC’s Staff Accounting Bulletin, or SAB, No. 107.

 

·

Expected term of options: We estimated the expected term of our stock options with service-based vesting using the “simplified” method, as prescribed in SAB No. 107, whereby the expected life equals the average of the vesting tranches and the original contractual term of the option due to our lack of sufficient historical data.

 

·

Risk-free interest rate: We base the risk-free interest rate on the interest rate payable on U.S. Treasury securities in effect at the time of grant for a period that is commensurate with the assumed expected option term.

 

·

Expected annual dividend yield: The estimated annual dividend yield is 0% because we have not historically paid, and do not expect for the foreseeable future to pay, a dividend on our common stock.

 

As of December 31, 2014, there was $4.1 million of total unrecognized compensation expense related to unvested stock options granted under the 2005 Plan and 2014 Plan. That expense is expected to be recognized in the years ended as follows, in thousands:

 

December 31, 2015

 

$

1,448 

 

December 31, 2016

 

1,302 

 

December 31, 2017

 

929 

 

December 31, 2018

 

403 

 

 

 

$

4,082