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Note 8 - Stock Based Compensation
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2025
Notes to Financial Statements  
Share-Based Payment Arrangement [Text Block]

NOTE 8STOCK BASED COMPENSATION

 

The Company is authorized to issue up to 4.7 million shares of common stock under the 2021 Long-Term Incentive Plan (“the Plan”) which was approved by shareholders in September 2021. As of March 31, 2025, 1.0 million shares were available to be granted under the Plan.

 

The Company recorded stock-based compensation expense of $3.7 million and $2.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively.

 

Long-Term Incentive Compensation

 

During the three months ended March 31, 2025, the Company awarded 444,212 restricted stock units (“RSUs”) with a weighted average grant price of $10.35. The RSUs will generally vest equally over three years on the anniversary of the grant date, subject to the recipient’s continued employment or service with the Company on the applicable vesting date. The number of shares were determined based upon the closing price of our common stock on the date of the award.

 

During the three months ended March 31, 2025, the Company awarded 229,023 performance-based restricted share units (“PSUs”) with a weighted average grant price of $10.57. The PSUs generally vest three years following the date of grant based on the attainment of performance- or market-based goals, all of which are subject to a service condition. The Company does not deliver the shares associated with the PSUs to the recipient until the performance and vesting conditions are met. 

 

Options

 

As of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, options to purchase an aggregate of 2.3 million and 2.4 million shares of the Company’s common stock, respectively, with weighted average exercise price of $8.77 for both periods, were outstanding. As of March 31, 2025, 1,669,548 options were exercisable.

 

In connection with the 2016 acquisition of Natural Habitat, Mr. Bressler’s employment agreement, as amended, provides Mr. Bressler, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Natural Habitat, with an equity incentive opportunity to earn an award of options based on the future financial performance of Natural Habitat, where if the final year equity value of Natural Habitat, as defined in Mr. Bressler's employment agreement, as amended, exceeds $25.0 million, effective as of  December 31, 2025, Mr. Bressler will be granted options with a fair value equal to 10.1% of such excess, subject to certain conditions. The actual number of options granted will be determined by the calculated final year equity value of Natural Habitat and the Black-Scholes per share option value, factoring in the Company’s stock price on the date of the grant, its volatility and an appropriate risk-free rate. During the three months ended March 31, 2024, Mr. Bressler exercised a one-time right to elect to receive 50% of such award early, which was calculated based on performance through December 31, 2023. As of result of the early exercise, during the three months ended March 31, 2024, the Company granted 1.3 million options, with an exercise price of $8.44, to Mr. Bressler. The options vested on the grant date and have a term of ten years. During 2023, the Company determined it was probable the performance condition would be met related to this award and had recorded all expense related to the December 31, 2023 award performance date. The expense related to the remaining equity incentive opportunity through December 31, 2025 was also deemed probable in 2023 and is being expensed over Mr. Bressler’s service period. For the three months ended  March 31, 2025, stock-based compensation expense related to this award was $2.0 million.