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Stock-Based Compensation
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2021
Disclosure Of Compensation Related Costs Sharebased Payments [Abstract]  
Stock-Based Compensation

8.

Stock-Based Compensation

Equity Plans

 

On July 2, 2014, the stockholders of the Company approved the 2014 Stock Option and Incentive Plan (the “2014 Plan”), which became effective immediately prior to the completion of the Company’s IPO. The 2014 Plan provides for the grant of restricted stock awards, restricted stock units, incentive stock options and non-statutory stock options. The 2014 Plan replaced the Company’s 2011 Stock Option and Grant Plan (the “2011 Plan”). The Company no longer grants stock options or other awards under its 2011 Plan, but any stock options outstanding under the 2011 Plan remain outstanding and effective in accordance with their terms.

 

The 2014 Plan provides for an annual increase, to be added on the first day of each fiscal year, by up to 4% of the Company’s outstanding shares of common stock as of the last day of the prior year. On January 1, 2021, 2,332,336 shares of common stock, representing 4% of the Company’s outstanding shares of common stock as of December 31, 2020, were added to the 2014 Plan.

 

On December 15, 2016, the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) approved the 2016 Inducement Equity Plan (as amended and restated, the “2016 Plan”). The 2016 Plan provides for the grant of equity awards to individuals who have not previously been an employee or a non-employee director of the Company to induce them to accept employment and to provide them with a proprietary interest in the Company. On September 20, 2018, the Board amended the 2016 Plan to increase the total number of shares reserved for issuance by 1,200,000 shares.

Terms of equity grants, including vesting requirements, are determined by the Board or the Compensation Committee of the Board, subject to the provisions of the applicable plan. Stock options granted by the Company that are not performance-based are considered time-based because they generally vest based on the continued service of the grantee with the Company during a specified period following grant. These awards, when granted to employees, generally vest ratably over four years, with 25% cliff vesting at the one-year anniversary. All stock option awards expire 10 years after the date of grant.

 

As of September 30, 2021, the total number of shares underlying outstanding awards under all equity plans was 8,644,442 and the total number of shares available for future issuance under all equity plans was 5,687,262 shares.

 

Restricted Stock Units

The table below summarizes activity relating to time-based restricted stock units and performance restricted stock units:

 

 

 

Shares

 

Outstanding as of December 31, 2020

 

 

957,695

 

Granted

 

 

420,161

 

Vested

 

 

(218,017

)

Forfeited

 

 

(153,121

)

   Outstanding as of September 30, 2021

 

 

1,006,718

 

 

 

 

During the three months ended June 30, 2020, the Company granted 550,890 time-based restricted stock units to certain employees of the Company. These time-based restricted stock units will vest over two years, with 25% vesting at the one-year anniversary of the grant date and 75% vesting at the two-year anniversary of the grant date, which was in

April 2021 and will be in April 2022, respectively. During the three months ended June 30, 2021, 113,941 time-based restricted stock units vested, and the fair value of the restricted stock units that vested was $8.8 million.

 

During the nine months ended September 30, 2021, the Company granted no time-based restricted stock units.

During the three months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, the Company granted 47,040 and 11,800 performance restricted stock units to employees of the Company, respectively; and during the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, the Company granted 420,161 and 444,616 performance restricted stock units to employees of the Company, respectively. The performance restricted stock units granted during the nine months ended September 30, 2021 are related to the achievement of a certain regulatory development milestone related to product candidates and commercial milestones. The performance restricted stock units granted during the nine months ended September 30, 2020 are related to the achievement of certain clinical development milestones related to product candidates and commercial milestones.

Recognition of stock-based compensation expense associated with performance restricted stock units commences when the performance condition is considered probable of achievement, using management’s best estimates, which consider the inherent risk and uncertainty regarding the future outcomes of the milestones.

During the three months ended June 30, 2021, one milestone for outstanding performance restricted stock units was achieved.  The fair value of the performance restricted stock units that vested upon achievement was $6.1 million and the Company recognized stock-based compensation expense related to this milestone of $3.8 million. 39% of the performance restricted stock units that were granted during the year ended December 31, 2020 included this milestone as a vesting condition.

During the three months ended September 30, 2021, the Company considered probable the achievement of a specific clinical milestone which was the criteria for vesting of certain performance restricted stock units but which had not been met as of September 30, 2021. Therefore, $12.6 million of stock-based compensation expense was recognized related to these awards for the three months ended September 30, 2021. Performance restricted stock units with this milestone were granted during the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019.

No performance restricted stock units vested during the three months ended September 30, 2021 and the nine months ended September 30, 2020.

 

At September 30, 2021, 1,006,718 time-based restricted stock units and performance restricted stock units were both outstanding and unvested, and the total unrecognized stock-based compensation expense related to these awards was $64.7 million. Of that amount, $12.6 million was recognized during the three months ended September 30, 2021 for the milestone that was considered probable.

 

Stock Option Rollforward

The table below summarizes activity related to time-based and performance-based stock options:

 

 

 

Shares

 

 

Weighted

Average Exercise

Price

 

 

Weighted Average

Remaining Life

(in years)

 

 

Aggregate

Intrinsic Value

(in thousands)

 

Outstanding as of December 31, 2020

 

 

7,157,830

 

 

$

91.41

 

 

 

6.91

 

 

$

167,242

 

Granted

 

 

1,967,133

 

 

$

82.14

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exercised

 

 

(271,430

)

 

$

43.95

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Forfeited

 

 

(1,215,809

)

 

$

121.85

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Outstanding as of September 30, 2021

 

 

7,637,724

 

 

$

85.86

 

 

 

6.90

 

 

$

20,583

 

Exercisable as of September 30, 2021

 

 

4,344,625

 

 

$

84.79

 

 

 

5.58

 

 

$

19,215

 

 

 

At September 30, 2021, the Company had unrecognized stock-based compensation expense related to its unvested time-based stock option awards of $115.8 million, which is expected to be recognized over the remaining weighted average vesting period of 2.25 years.

 

The intrinsic value of stock options exercised during the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020 was $8.0 million and $0.9 million, respectively.

 

Performance-Based Stock Options

 

Recognition of stock-based compensation expense associated with performance-based stock options commences when the performance condition is considered probable of achievement, using management’s best estimates, which consider the inherent risk and uncertainty regarding the future outcomes of the milestones.

 

During the three months ended March 31, 2021, in connection with the hiring of its chief executive officer, the Company granted to its chief executive officer 650,000 stock options to purchase shares of common stock that contain performance-based vesting criteria which will vest upon the achievement of certain regulatory and commercial milestones.

 

During the year ended December 31, 2020, the Company granted no stock options to employees to purchase shares of common stock that contained performance-based vesting criteria.

 

As of September 30, 2021 and 2020, for performance-based stock option grants that were outstanding, the achievement of the milestones that had not been met that are the criteria for vesting of performance-based stock options was considered not probable, and therefore no expense has been recognized related to these awards in the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively.

 

As of September 30, 2021, 908,726 performance-based stock options were both outstanding and unvested, and the total unrecognized stock-based compensation expense related to these awards was $26.2 million.

 

Stock-Based Compensation Expense

Stock-based compensation expense recognized during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020 was as follows:

 

 

 

Three Months Ended September 30,

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

 

 

(in thousands)

 

Research and development

 

$

17,864

 

 

$

9,927

 

 

$

40,598

 

 

$

32,270

 

Selling, general and administrative

 

 

16,478

 

 

 

10,181

 

 

 

43,383

 

 

 

41,192

 

Restructuring

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,788

 

 

 

$

34,342

 

 

$

20,108

 

 

$

83,981

 

 

$

75,250

 

 

 

Stock-based compensation expense recognized during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020 by award type was as follows:

 

 

 

Three Months Ended September 30,

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

 

 

(in thousands)

 

Stock options

 

$

19,516

 

 

$

18,797

 

 

$

60,740

 

 

$

72,434

 

Restricted stock units

 

 

14,563

 

 

 

1,066

 

 

 

22,538

 

 

 

1,815

 

Employee stock purchase plan

 

 

263

 

 

 

245

 

 

 

703

 

 

 

1,001

 

 

 

$

34,342

 

 

$

20,108

 

 

$

83,981

 

 

$

75,250

 

 

The stock-based compensation expense recorded for the restructuring in the nine months ended September 30, 2020 is the incremental amount related to modifying the exercise period for outstanding, vested option grants that had been made to employees whose employment was terminated in the restructuring.

 

The weighted average grant date fair value per share of stock options granted under the Company’s stock option plans during the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020 was $53.42 and $37.04, respectively.