Stock-Based Compensation

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2023

Share-Based Payment Arrangement [Abstract]

HYMC 2020 Performance and Incentive Pay Plan (“PIPP”)

On June 2, 2022, the Company’s stockholders approved an amendment to the PIPP that increased the number of authorized shares of common stock available for issuance by 12.0 million shares of common stock. As a result, 14,508,002 shares are authorized for issuance under the PIPP. As of September 30, 2023, all awards granted under the PIPP were in the form of restricted stock units to employees, directors, or consultants of the Company. As of September 30, 2023, there were 5,135,882 shares available for issuance under the PIPP.

For restricted stock units granted prior to August 2020, a price per share was not determined upon the grant date. The number of shares of common stock of the Company to be issued upon vesting was calculated on the vesting date that was either the second or third anniversary of the date of the grant or the annual date the compensation committee determined the achievement of the corporate performance targets. Such unvested restricted stock unit awards were included in Other liabilities until each vesting date when the amount was transferred to Additional paid-in capital. As of September 30, 2023 and 2022, there were no remaining restricted stock unit grants outstanding required to be accounted for as Other liabilities. Prior to each vesting date, the Company estimated the number of shares of common stock to be issued upon vesting using the closing share price of its common stock on the last day of each reporting period as quoted on the Nasdaq Capital Market.

The following table summarizes the Company’s unvested share awards outstanding under the PIPP:


	Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2023	2022
Unvested at beginning of year(1)	3,547,153	2,210,911
Granted	5,016,912	3,007,069
Impact of fluctuations in share price(2)	—	(515,198)
Canceled/forfeited	(600,527)	(282,500)
Vested	(1,831,028)	(1,141,980)
Unvested end of period(1)	6,132,510	3,278,302

(1)As of September 30, 2022, unvested at the beginning of year and unvested end of period includes liability-based awards for which the number of units awarded was not determined until the vesting date. The number of liability-based award units included in this amount are estimated using the market value of the Company’s common shares as of the end of each reporting period.

(2)As of September 30, 2022, the impact of fluctuations in share price represents the difference between liability-based awards estimated as of June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021.