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Stock-Based Compensation
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2025
Share-Based Payment Arrangement [Abstract]  
Stock-Based Compensation
8.
STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION

 

The LINKBANCORP, Inc. 2019 Equity Incentive Plan (the "2019 Plan") authorized the issuance or delivery to participants of up to 450,000 shares of LINKBANCORP common stock pursuant to grants of incentive and non-statutory stock options. The Plan is administered by the members of LINKBANCORP’s Compensation Committee (the "Committee"). Unless the Committee specified a different vesting schedule, awards under the Plan were granted with a vesting rate of 20 percent per year. Vesting may be accelerated under certain conditions or at the discretion of the Committee at any time. Employees and directors of LINKBANCORP or its subsidiaries were eligible to receive awards under the plan, except that nonemployees were not granted incentive stock options. Stock options are either “incentive” stock options or “nonqualified” stock options. Incentive stock options have certain tax advantages and must comply with the requirements of Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code. The 2019 Plan was frozen such that no new awards would be granted under the 2019 Plan following receipt of shareholder approval of the LINKBANCORP, Inc. 2022 Equity Incentive Plan described within this footnote.

On May 26, 2022, the Company's shareholders approved the LINKBANCORP, Inc. 2022 Equity Incentive Plan (the "2022 Plan"). The 2022 Plan authorizes the issuance or delivery to participants of up to 475,000 shares of the Company's common stock pursuant to grants of restricted stock, restricted stock units, stock options, and non-qualified stock options. The 2022 Plan is administered by the Committee. At least 95% of the awards under the 2022 Plan will vest no earlier than one year after the grant date. The 2022 Plan was frozen such that no new awards would be granted under the 2022 Plan following receipt of shareholder approval of the LINKBANCORP, Inc. 2025 Equity Incentive Plan described within this footnote.

On May 22, 2025, the Company's shareholders approved the LINKBANCORP, Inc. 2025 Equity Incentive Plan (the "2025 Plan"). The 2025 Plan authorizes the issuance or delivery to participants of up to 1,100,000 shares of the Company's common stock pursuant to grants of restricted stock, restricted stock units, stock options, including incentive stock options and non-qualified stock options. The 2025 Plan is administered by the Committee. At least 95% of the awards under the 2025 Plan will vest no earlier than one year after the grant date.

The table below provides details of the Company's stock options at June 30, 2025.

 

 

Number
of Shares

 

 

Weighted-
Average
Exercise
Price

 

 

Weighted-
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Term in
Years

 

 

Aggregate
Intrinsic
Value
(in ‘000s)

 

Outstanding, December 31, 2024

 

 

591,791

 

 

$

9.10

 

 

 

6.0

 

 

$

145

 

Granted

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expired/terminated

 

 

(18,600

)

 

 

10.07

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exercised

 

 

(10,227

)

 

 

5.49

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Outstanding, June 30, 2025

 

 

562,964

 

 

$

9.13

 

 

 

5.6

 

 

$

94

 

Exercisable at period end

 

 

401,314

 

 

$

9.71

 

 

 

4.5

 

 

$

33

 

 

The exercise prices for options outstanding as of June 30, 2025 ranged from $6.08 to $12.00. The Company recognized compensation expense for options of $21 and $41 during the three and six months ended June 30, 2025 and $31 and $61 during the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, respectively.

The Company determined the expected life of the stock options using a simplified method approach allowed for basic share options. The risk-free interest rate is based on the U.S. treasury yield curve in effect as of the grant date. Expected volatility was determined using the calculated value method of an option pricing model that substitutes the historical volatility of an appropriate industry sector index for the expected volatility.

The table below provides details of the Company's restricted stock activity at June 30, 2025.

 

 

Number
of Shares

 

 

Average Market Price at Grant

 

Outstanding, December 31, 2024

 

 

393,083

 

 

$

6.40

 

Restricted stock units granted

 

 

203,400

 

 

 

6.90

 

Expired/terminated

 

 

(800

)

 

 

 

Vested

 

 

(58,380

)

 

 

 

Outstanding, June 30, 2025

 

 

537,303

 

 

$

6.57

 

 

The Company recognized stock-based compensation expense related to restricted shares of $273 and $629 for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025 and $187 and $359 for the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, respectively.

At June 30, 2025, the total unrecognized stock-based compensation costs totaled $3,014 and $262 for restricted stock and stock options, respectively. These expenses will be recognized ratably as expense through May 2029.

The Company issued stock purchase warrants in connection with its initial stock offering via private placement, giving organizers the right to purchase shares of common stock at the initial offering price of $10 per share. For organizers, the warrants serve as a reward for bearing the financial risk of the Company’s organization by advancing “seed money” for its organizational and pre-opening expenses. The organizers’ warrants are non-voting and are exercisable for a period of ten years from the date of grant. All grants were issued during 2019. These warrants are transferable in accordance with the warrant agreement, but are not puttable to the Company. These shares may be issued from previously authorized but unissued shares of stock. The Board has made no additional authorization to issue any further warrants as of June 30, 2025 and has no current plans for future issuance of warrants. To date, organizers have not exercised any warrants since their issuance. As of June 30, 2025, there were 1,537,484 warrants outstanding with a strike price of $10 and an intrinsic value of $0.