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Note 12 - Share Option and Equity Incentive Plans
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019
Notes to Financial Statements  
Share-based Payment Arrangement [Text Block]
12.
Share option and equity incentive plans
 
The Company has issued share options since
2003,
restricted shares in
2014
and RSUs since
2015
to incentivize employees and directors providing services to the Company. Currently, the Company maintains
two
equity compensation plans, the Amended and Restated
2008
Stock Incentive Plan and the
2013
Share Incentive Plan, or the Plans. With the adoption of the
2013
Share Incentive Plan or the
2013
Plan, the Company is
no
longer authorized to grant awards under the Amended and Restated
2008
Stock Incentive Plan.
 
In
November 2013,
in connection with the Company’s IPO, the Company adopted the
2013
Plan, which provides for the grant of share options, restricted shares, RSUs and other share-based awards to employees, officers, directors and consultants of the Company. The
2013
Plan authorized the Company to grant up to
2,684,563
ordinary shares with such amount automatically increasing annually on each
January 1
st
 through
January 1, 2023
by
4%
of the number of shares outstanding on the close of business of the immediately preceding
December 31
st
, provided that the board of directors
may
limit the increase to a smaller amount or to
no
increase in any given year. The
2013
Plan was amended in
April 2017
to delete the provision that allows for yearly increases to the shares available for issuance under the Plan. At that time, the maximum number of shares available for future issuance was also capped at
2,684,563,
which is the original amount of shares allocated for issuance under the
2013
Plan. At
December 31, 2019
, there were
1,552,474
shares available for future issuance under the
2013
Plan.
 
Under both the
2008
Plan and the
2013
Plan, share options, and only under the
2013
Plan, restricted shares and RSUs, have been granted to employees, officers and directors who provide services to the Company. Options generally vest based on the grantee’s continued service with the Company during a specified period following grant or, in rare instances, based on the achievement of performance or other conditions as determined by the board of directors, and expire after
ten
years. For options granted prior to
2015,
the vesting percentage was generally
0%
until the
second
anniversary of the vesting start date of the employee’s
first
option award under the
2008
Plan and either the
second
anniversary of the employee’s date of hire or the
first
day of the month following the
second
anniversary of the employee’s date of hire under the
2013
Plan. Effective in
2015,
the Company began granting options that vest in equal parts over
four
years starting on the vesting start date. Generally, restricted shares and RSUs vest based on the grantees’ continued service with the Company during a specified period following grant as follows:
40%
on the
second
anniversary of the grant date;
30%
on the
third
anniversary of the grant date; and
30%
on the
fourth
anniversary of the grant date.
 
The fair value of the options was estimated at the grant date using the Black-Scholes option pricing model, taking into account the terms and conditions upon which options are granted. The fair value of the options is amortized on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period of the awards. The weighted-average grant date fair value per share relating to share options granted under the Plans during the years ended
December 31, 2019
and
2018
 was 
$7.23
and 
$6.15,
respectively. Share-based compensation expense for restricted shares and RSUs is calculated based on the grant date market price of the shares and is also amortized on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period of the awards.
 
The fair value of each option granted under the Plans has been calculated on the date of grant using the following assumptions: 
 
   
2019
   
2018
 
Expected dividend yield (%)
   
     
 
Expected volatility (%)
   
43.82
     
43.70
 
Risk-free interest rate (%)
   
2.19
     
2.70
 
Expected life of option (years)
   
6.25
     
6.25
 
Weighted-average share price ($)
   
15.83
     
13.37
 
Weighted-average exercise price ($)
   
15.83
     
13.37
 
Model used
   
Black-Scholes Model
     
Black-Scholes Model
 
 
Expected dividend yield:
The Company has
not
paid and does
not
anticipate paying any dividends in the foreseeable future.
 
Expected volatility:
As the Company operated as a private company until
November 2013,
there is limited historical volatility for the expected term of the options. Therefore, in the
first
half of the year, the Company used
50%
of average share price volatility of the peer group companies and
50%
of its own average share price volatility. In the
second
half of the year, the Company used
100%
of its own average share price volatility, since a sufficient amount of historical information regarding the volatility of its own share price is now available.
 
Risk-free interest rate: 
The Company determined the risk-free interest rate by using a weighted-average equivalent to the expected term based on the U.S. Treasury yield curve in effect as of the date of grant.
 
Expected life of options (in years):
Expected life of options represents the period that the Company’s share option grants are expected to be outstanding. As the Company operated as a private company until
November 2013,
there is limited historical share data to calculate the expected term of the options. Therefore, the Company elected to utilize the “simplified” method to value share option grants during the year. Under this approach, the weighted-average expected life is presumed to be the average of the vesting term and the contractual term of the option. Expected term calculated using the simplified method was in line with historical actuals.
 
Forfeitures are estimated at the time of grant and revised, if necessary, in subsequent periods if actual forfeitures differ from estimates. The Company estimates forfeitures based on historical termination behavior and future expectations. The forfeiture rates are rounded in
5%
increments. For the year ended
December 31, 2018
, forfeiture rates of
5%
were applied to both management and non-management grants. For the year ended
December 31, 2019
, forfeiture rates of
0%
and
5%
were applied to management and non-management grants, respectively. The Company expects a lower management forfeiture rate due to changes in the business following the Quest transaction.
 
The following table illustrates the number of ordinary shares and weighted-average exercise prices, or WAEP, of, and movements in, share options during the year:
 
   
Number of ordinary shares
   
WAEP
 
Outstanding as of December 31, 2018
   
2,563,169
    $
13.37
 
Granted
   
495,460
     
15.83
 
Exercised
   
(394,078
)    
10.24
 
Forfeited
   
(254,283
)    
14.10
 
Expired    
(187,513
)    
16.34
 
Outstanding as of December 31, 2019
   
2,222,755
     
14.15
 
Vested or expected to vest as of December 31, 2019
   
2,210,714
    $
14.14
 
Exercisable as of December 31, 2019
   
1,228,244
    $
13.93
 
 
The following table illustrates the number of RSUs, and weighted-average fair value, or WAFV, of, and movements in, RSUs during the year:
 
   
Number of ordinary shares
   
WAFV
 
Outstanding as of December 31, 2018
   
300,954
    $
13.88
 
Granted
   
167,159
     
16.07
 
Forfeited
   
(96,496
)    
14.56
 
Vested
   
(79,286
)    
13.70
 
Unvested balance as of December 31, 2019
   
292,331
     
14.96
 
 
As of
December 31, 2019
, there was
$4.5
million and
$3.2
million of total unrecognized compensation cost related to unvested share options and unvested RSUs, respectively, granted under the Plans. The cost for unvested share options and unvested RSUs is expected to be recognized over weighted-average periods of
2.5
years and
2.7
years, respectively.
 
The aggregate intrinsic value of all share options outstanding under the Plans as of
December 31, 2019
and
2018
was
$6.5
million and
$2.8
 million, respectively. The aggregate intrinsic value of share options that were exercisable under the Plans as of
December 31, 2019
and
2018
was
$4.4
million and
$2.4
million, respectively.
 
During the years ended
December 31, 2019
and
2018
, current and former employees of the Company exercised a total of
394,078
and 
694,322
 share options, respectively, resulting in total proceeds of
$4.0
million during
2019
 and
$3.2
million during
2018
. The intrinsic value of share options exercised during the years ended
December 31, 2019
and
2018
 was 
$1.9
million and 
$6.7
 million, respectively. In accordance with Company policy, the shares were issued from a pool of shares reserved for issuance under the Plans described above. 
 
A summary of the activity of the Company’s unvested share options is as follows:
 
   
Number of shares
   
Weighted-average grant date fair value
 
Balance as of December 31, 2018
   
1,161,530
    $
6.06
 
Granted
   
495,460
     
15.83
 
Vested
   
(408,196
)    
5.94
 
Forfeited
   
(254,283
)    
14.10
 
Balance as of December 31, 2019
   
994,511
     
6.59
 
 
The total fair value of shares vested for the years ended
December 31, 2019
and
2018
 was 
$2.4
million and 
$3.7
million, respectively.
 
The impact on the Company’s results of continuing and discontinued operations from share-based compensation for the years ended
December 31, 2019
and
2018
 was as follows:
 
(in thousands)
 
2019
   
2018
 
Cost of revenue
  $
74
    $
182
 
Research and development
   
385
     
758
 
Sales and marketing
   
1,173
     
965
 
General and administrative
   
1,981
     
2,602
 
Total continuing operations
   
3,613
     
4,507
 
Discontinued operations
   
     
1,044
 
Total share-based compensation
  $
3,613
    $
5,551
 
 
On
September 10, 2018,
the Company’s board of directors approved the modification of unvested equity awards awarded to approximately
35
employees expected to move to Quest. Per the terms of the modification, upon closing of the transaction, all outstanding awards became fully vested. The Company accounted for the modification as of
September 25, 2018,
when the Company signed the Purchase Agreement with Quest and the performance criteria became probable. At that time, all expense related to unvested awards was reversed, and the modified awards were revalued. The Company compared the fair value of the award immediately before and after the modification, and there was
no
incremental compensation to be recognized. Expense related to the modified awards was fully recognized on the closing date. Approximately
120,000
options and
28,100
RSUs were accelerated.
 
For the year ended
December 31, 2019
, the Company incurred shared-based compensation expense related to share options and RSUs of approximately
$2.6
million and
$1.0
million, respectively. For the year ended
December 31, 2018
, the Company incurred shared-based compensation expense related to share options, restricted shares and RSUs of approximately
$3.6
million and
$2.0
million, respectively.