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Stock-Based Compensation
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2020
Disclosure Of Compensation Related Costs Sharebased Payments [Abstract]  
Stock-Based Compensation

13. Stock-Based Compensation

2018 Equity Incentive Plan

The Company’s 2018 Plan provided for the Company to issue restricted stock, restricted stock units, incentive stock options, and non-statutory stock options and other stock-based awards to employees, officers, members of the Board, consultants and advisors of the Company. The 2018 Plan was most recently amended in July 2020. The awards granted under this plan generally vest over a four-year period and have a 10-year contractual term. 

At December 31, 2020, the Company had granted 6,715,415 shares of common stock under the 2018 Plan, including an aggregate of 98,643 shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of outstanding options under the 2018 Plan. Of the awards granted, 6,710 have been forfeited or cancelled. No shares remained available for future issuance under the 2018 Plan. Any options or awards outstanding under the 2018 Plan remain outstanding and effective.  

2020 Stock Option and Grant Plan

On July 2, 2020, the Company’s Board of Directors adopted and in July 2020 the stockholders approved the 2020 Stock Option and Grant Plan (the “2020 Plan”) which became effective on July 28, 2020, the date immediately prior to the date on which the registration statement related to the IPO was declared effective, and as a result no further awards will be made under the 2018 Plan thereafter. Initially, the aggregate number of shares of our common stock that may be issued pursuant to stock awards under the 2020 Plan will be 8,008,734 shares. The number of shares of our common stock reserved for issuance under the 2020 Plan shall be cumulatively increased on January 1, 2021 and each January 1 thereafter by 5% of the total number of shares of our common stock outstanding on December 31 of the preceding calendar year or a lesser number of shares determined by our board of directors. Unless our board of directors elects not to increase the number of shares available for future grant each year, our stockholders may experience additional dilution, which could cause our stock price to fall. Accordingly, on January 1, 2021, 3,255,343 shares were added to the number of available shares under the 2020 Plan. The awards granted under this plan generally vest over a four-year period and have a 10-year contractual term. 

At December 31, 2020, there were an aggregate of 3,874,266 shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of outstanding options under the 2020 Plan and 238,507 shares of restricted common stock granted under the 2020 Plan. Additionally, there were an aggregate of 3,895,961 shares reserved for future issuance under the 2020 Plan.

Restricted Common Stock

The Company granted 315,023 shares of restricted stock to employees in 2020. Stock-based compensation expense for restricted stock was $3.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2020.

The Company granted 2,434,515 shares of restricted common stock to employees in 2019. Stock-based compensation expense for restricted stock was $2.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2019.

Under the 2018 Plan the Company granted restricted common stock awards with service conditions. In May 2020, two employees grants were modified to include both a service and performance condition. Stock compensation is recognized over the vesting period based on the probability of achievement of the performance condition. The performance condition was based on the Company’s completion of its IPO, which was consummated on August 3, 2020. The awards earned upon satisfaction of the performance condition will become fully vested on the fourth anniversary of the vesting commencement date of the award (i.e. continued service is required beyond the satisfaction of the performance condition prior to vesting). At December 31, 2020, the performance condition was met and compensation expense of $1.7 million related to these performance-based awards has been recorded.       

The following table summarizes restricted common stock activity for the year ended December 31, 2020:

 

 

 

Shares

 

 

Weighted

Average

Grant Date

Fair Value

 

Unvested at January 1, 2020

 

 

4,403,148

 

 

$

1.87

 

Granted

 

 

315,023

 

 

 

21.07

 

Forfeited

 

 

(22,316

)

 

 

19.25

 

Vested

 

 

(1,284,876

)

 

 

1.84

 

Unvested at December 31, 2020

 

 

3,410,979

 

 

$

3.55

 

 

The weighted average grant date fair value of restricted stock granted in 2019 was $2.93 per share and the weighted average grant date fair value of restricted stock vested in 2019 was $1.80. At December 31, 2020, there was $10.4 million of unrecognized stock-based compensation cost related to the restricted stock, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 3.02 years.

Stock Options

The following table summarizes stock option activity (in thousands, except share and per share data):

 

 

 

Shares

 

 

Weighted

Average

Exercise

Price

 

 

Weighted

Average

Contractual

Life

 

 

Aggregate

Intrinsic

Value

 

Options outstanding at January 1, 2020

 

 

44,960

 

 

$

3.01

 

 

9.5

 

 

$

 

Granted

 

 

3,952,949

 

 

 

18.08

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Forfeited

 

 

(25,000

)

 

 

27.97

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

226

 

Exercised

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Options outstanding at December 31, 2020

 

 

3,972,909

 

 

$

17.84

 

 

 

9.6

 

 

$

81,822

 

Options vested and exercisable at December 31, 2020

 

 

20,609

 

 

$

5.56

 

 

 

8.9

 

 

$

678

 

 

The aggregate intrinsic value of options is calculated as the difference between the exercise price of the stock options and the fair value of the Company’s common stock for those stock options that had exercise prices lower than the fair value of the common stock as of the end of the period.  

The weighted average grant-date fair value of stock options granted in 2020 and 2019 was $13.77 per share and $2.17 per share, respectively. At December 31, 2020, there was $48.1 million of unrecognized stock-based compensation expense related to unvested stock options, which is being recognized over a period of 3.53 years.

The fair value was estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model, with the following weighted-average assumptions:

 

 

 

Year Ended December 31,

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

Expected term (in years)

 

 

6.08

 

 

 

6.25

 

Expected volatility

 

 

95

%

 

 

84

%

Risk-free interest rate

 

 

0.36

%

 

 

1.65

%

Expected dividend yield

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fair value of common stock

 

$

18.08

 

 

$

3.01

 

 

Stock-Based Compensation Expense

Stock-based compensation expense was as follows:

 

 

 

Years Ended December 31,

 

(in thousands)

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

Research and development

 

$

3,571

 

 

$

547

 

General and administrative

 

 

5,858

 

 

 

2,343

 

Total stock-based compensation expense

 

$

9,429

 

 

$

2,890

 

 

2020 Employee Stock Purchase Plan

In July 2020, the 2020 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “2020 ESPP”) was also adopted by the Board of Directors and approved by the stockholders. The purpose of the 2020 ESPP is to provide eligible employees of the Company and other designated companies, with opportunities to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share. 611,354 shares of common stock in the aggregate have been approved and reserved for this purpose, plus on January 1, 2021 and each January 1 thereafter until January 1, 2030, the number of shares of common stock reserved and available for issuance under the Plan shall be cumulatively increased by the least of (i) 1,222,707 shares of common stock, (ii) 1% of the number of shares of common stock issued and outstanding on the immediately preceding December 31, and (iii) such number of shares of common stock as determined by the Administrator. The Board of Directors elected not to increase the number of available shares as of January 1, 2021.