Stock-based Compensation

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2020

Share-based Payment Arrangement [Abstract]

2004 Stock Option Plan and 2013 Equity Incentive Plan

The Company’s 2004 Stock Option Plan, 2013 Equity Incentive Plan, and the 2018 Inducement Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plans”) authorize the grant of stock options, restricted stock units (“RSUs”) and other equity awards to employees, directors and consultants. As of December 31, 2020, there were 11,835,327 shares authorized under the Plans. The Company has also granted RSUs that include service or service and certain performance conditions. These RSUs generally vest over service periods of 1-3 years at which time award recipients receive shares of common stock equivalent to the originally awarded number of RSUs. In the case of RSUs with service and performance obligation requirements, the number of RSUs that vest will be contingent on satisfying the service period and also based on achievement of all or part of the required performance obligations. All stock options granted have a ten-year term and generally vest and become exercisable over four years of continued employment or service as defined in each option agreement. The Board of Directors determines the option exercise price and may designate stock options granted as either incentive or nonstatutory stock options. The Company generally grants stock options to employees with exercise prices equal to the estimated fair value of the Company’s common stock on the date of grant.

Stock Option Activity

A summary of the Company’s stock option activity under the Plans is as follows:


	Shares	Weighted- average exercise price per share		Weighted- average remaining contractual term (in years)	Aggregate intrinsic value (in thousands)
Outstanding at January 1, 2020	4,192,122	$	14.42	6.47	$	56,218
Granted	91,052	26.06
Canceled and forfeited	(169,049)	16.55
Exercised	(1,483,602)	12.64
Outstanding at December 31, 2020	2,630,523	$	15.68	5.84	$	134,670

December 31, 2020:
Options vested and expected to vest	2,630,523	$	15.68	5.84	$	134,670
Options exercisable	1,901,861	$	14.13	5.02	$	34,348

The weighted-average grant-date fair value per share of options granted with exercise prices equal to the market price on the date of the grant were $18.89, $12.99 and $4.78 for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018, respectively. The aggregate intrinsic value in the table above is calculated as the difference between the exercise price of the underlying options and the quoted price of the Company’s common stock for all options that were in-the-money at December 31, 2020. The aggregate intrinsic value of options exercised was $80.6 million during 2020, $19.9 million during 2019, and $2.2 million during 2018, determined as of the option exercise date. The fair value of options vested was $14.5 million, $6.3 million and $6.8 million for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018, respectively.

The following table summarizes information about the Company’s stock options outstanding at December 31, 2020:


	Outstanding		Exercisable
Exercise Price	Number of Shares	Weighted- Average Remaining Contractual Life in Years	Number of Shares	Weighted- Average Remaining Contractual Life in Years
$1.92 – $12.56	686,488	4.81	527,069	4.12
$12.77 – $14.99	584,628	4.74	563,444	4.64
$15.21 – $18.55	344,177	4.41	297,704	3.99
$18.68 – $22.71	393,152	6.55	302,418	6.04
$23.00 – $29.13	622,078	8.33	211,226	8.28
	2,630,523		1,901,861

Restricted Stock Unit (RSU) Activity

A summary of RSU activity under the Plans is as follows:


Non-vested RSUs	Share Equivalent	Weighted-Average Grant Date Fair Value
Non-vested at January 1, 2020	1,435,774	$	18.69
Changes during the year:
Granted	824,827	29.15
Vested	(455,278)	15.29
Forfeited	(200,601)	21.98
Non-vested at December 31, 2020	1,604,722	$	24.61

The fair value of the RSUs is determined based on the closing price of the Company’s common stock on the date of grant. The fair value of vested RSUs was $12.5 million, $17.6 million and $1.0 million for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018, respectively. During 2020, the Company modified certain of its RSUs for approximately 10 employees that contained both service and performance conditions which were originally granted in 2019. This modification resulted in incremental stock-based compensation expense of $4.7 million which will be recognized beginning from the date of the modification and over the remaining vesting period of the awards.

Stock-based compensation

The following table sets forth stock-based compensation expense related to stock-based arrangements under the Plans as presented within the consolidated statement of operations for the years ended December 31 as follows (in thousands):


	2020		2019		2018
Cost of revenue	$	983	$	786	$	616
Research and development	3,864		4,100		3,156
Selling, general and administrative	13,643		11,726		6,982
Total stock-based compensation expense	$	18,490	$	16,612	$	10,754

As of December 31, 2020, total unrecognized stock-based compensation cost related to non-vested options and RSUs was $26.2 million for awards with a service component and $7.1 million for awards with a service and performance component. This cost will be recognized on a straight-line basis over the weighted-average remaining service period of 2.07 years, for stock awards with a service component, and 1.67 years for stock awards with a service and performance component . The Company utilizes newly issued shares to satisfy option exercises. No tax benefit was recognized related to stock-based compensation cost since the Company has not reported taxable income to date and has established a full valuation allowance to offset all of the potential tax benefits associated with its deferred tax assets.

Valuation assumptions

The fair value of each employee stock option grant was estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option pricing model with the following assumptions:


	2020	2019	2018
Risk-free interest rates	0.54% — 1.69%	1.41% — 2.56%	2.22% — 3.01%
Expected term (years)	6.08	5.12 — 6.08	5.50 — 6.09
Expected dividend yield	—%	—%	—%
Expected volatility	53.0% — 59.6%	52.6% — 58.0%	56.0% — 57.7%

The risk-free interest rates are based on the implied yield currently available in U.S. Treasury securities at maturity with an equivalent term. For purposes of determining the expected term of the awards in the absence of sufficient historical data relating to stock-option exercises, the Company applies a simplified approach in which the expected term of an award is presumed to be the mid-point between the vesting date and the expiration date of the award. The Company has not declared or paid any dividends and does not currently expect to do so in the foreseeable future. Expected volatility is based on the historical cumulative volatility of the Company’s stock price.

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

The Company’s 2013 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (“ESPP”) provides eligible employees with an opportunity to purchase common stock from the Company and to pay for their purchases through payroll deductions. The ESPP has overlapping offering periods of approximately 12 months in length. The offering periods generally start with the first trading day on or after March 1 and September 1 of each year and end on the first trading day on or after March 1 and September 1 of the following year, approximately 12 months later. Within each offering period, shares are purchased each six months on an exercise date.

An employee electing to participate in the ESPP (a “participant”) will be granted an option at the start of the offering period to purchase shares with contributions in any whole percentage ranging from 0% to 10% (or greater or lesser percentages or dollar amounts that the administrator determines) of the participant’s eligible compensation. The participant’s contributions will be accumulated and then used to purchase the Company’s shares on each exercise date. The purchase price on the exercise date will be 85% of the fair market value of the lesser of the Company’s share price on either the first trading day of the offering period or on the exercise date.

During 2020, 2019 and 2018, shares issued under the ESPP were 89,477, 203,464 and 257,132, respectively. The Company recorded share-based compensation expense for shares issued from the ESPP of $0.9 million, $0.8 million and $0.7 million for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018, respectively. A total of 1,642,147 shares of common stock have been reserved for issuance under the ESPP, of which 536,443 shares were available for issuance as of December 31, 2020.