Stock Incentive Plan and Stock-based Compensation

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2021

Disclosure Of Compensation Related Costs Sharebased Payments [Abstract]

Stock Incentive Plan and Stock-based Compensation

12. STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN AND STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION

2020 Stock Incentive Plan

In connection with the Company’s IPO, the board of directors adopted, and its stockholders approved, the 2020 Incentive Award Plan (the “2020 Plan”), in order to facilitate the grant of cash and equity incentives to directors, employees (including the Company’s named executive officers) and consultants of the Company and its subsidiaries. Upon the effectiveness of the 2020 Plan, no further grants will be made under the 2017 Plan. However, the 2017 Plan will continue to govern the terms and conditions of outstanding awards granted under it. The 2020 Plan provides for the grant of stock options, including incentive stock options (“ISOs”) and non-qualified stock options (“NSOs”), SARs, restricted stock, dividend equivalents, restricted stock units (“RSUs”) and other stock or cash-based awards.

Stock options and stock appreciation rights under the 2017 Plan and the 2020 Plan have a 10-year contractual term and vest over the vesting period specified in the applicable award agreement, at achievement of a performance requirement, or upon change of control (as defined in the applicable plan). RSUs vest over the vesting period specified in the applicable award agreement, at achievement of a performance requirement, or upon change of control (as defined in the applicable plan).

2017 Stock Incentive Plan

On August 7, 2017, the Company adopted an equity incentive plan (the “2017 Plan”). Under the 2017 Plan, directors, officers, employees, consultants, and advisors of the Company can be paid incentive compensation measured by the value of the Company’s common shares through grants of stock options, stock appreciation rights (“SARs”), or restricted stock.

Stock Options

The following table summarizes stock option activity for the nine months ended September 30, 2021:

				Weighted-
		Weighted-		Average
		Average		Remaining
	Number of	Exercise		Contractual
	Awards	Price		Term
Awards outstanding—December 31, 2020	5,210,832	$	17.66	8.63
Awards issued	1,391,803	$	35.02
Awards exercised	(268,569)	$	8.29
Awards forfeited	(357,617)	$	23.66
Awards outstanding—September 30, 2021	5,976,449	$	21.76	8.28

Stock Appreciation Rights

The following table summarizes SARs activity for the nine months ended September 30, 2021:

				Weighted-
		Weighted-		Average
		Average		Remaining
	Number of	Exercise		Contractual
	Awards	Price		Term
Awards outstanding—December 31, 2020	49,294	$	9.24	8.29
Awards issued	—	$	—
Awards exercised	—	$	—
Awards forfeited	—	$	—
Awards outstanding—September 30, 2021	49,294	$	9.24	7.54

Restricted Stock Units

The following table summarizes RSU activity for the nine months ended September 30, 2021:

				Weighted-
		Weighted-		Average
		Average		Remaining
	Number of	Exercise		Contractual
	Awards	Price		Term
Awards outstanding—December 31, 2020	—	$	—	—
Awards issued	60,000	$	29.03
Awards exercised	—	$	—
Awards forfeited	—	$	—
Awards outstanding—September 30, 2021	60,000	$	29.03	9.49

As of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, stock awards issued under the 2017 and 2020 Plans of 1,473,881 and 987,538 common shares, respectively, were vested. The Company has elected early

adoption of ASU No. 2016-09 to recognize forfeitures as they occur. As a result of the adoption, for the nine months ended September 30, 2020, the Company reversed $2 out of stock-based compensation previously recorded.

Value of Stock Options and SARs

The Company has valued awards for each of the plans included herein using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model. The Company historically has been a private company and lacks company-specific historical and implied volatility information. Therefore, the Company estimates its expected stock volatility based on historical volatility of peer companies and expects to continue to do so until such time as it has adequate historical data regarding the volatility of its own traded stock price. For options with service-based vesting conditions, the expected term of the Company’s stock options has been determined utilizing the “simplified” method for awards that qualify as “plain-vanilla” options. For SARs, the expected term is based upon the weighting of certain future events. The risk-free interest rate is determined by reference to the U.S. Treasury yield curve in effect at the time of grant of the award for the time periods approximately equal to the expected term of the award. Expected dividend yield is based on the fact that the Company has never paid cash dividends and does not expect to pay any cash dividends in the foreseeable future.

The assumptions used to value the awards are summarized in the following table.

	As of
	September 30,		December 31,
	2021		2020
Dividend yield	0.00	%	0.00	%
Expected volatility	60.00	%	55.00 - 95.80	%
Risk-free interest rate	0.66 - 1.19	%	0.32 - 0.56	%
Lack of marketability discount	0.00	%	0.00 - 20.48	%
Expected term (years)	4.6 - 6.3		5.4 - 6.5

Value of RSUs

The fair value of RSUs is equal to the value of the Company’s common stock on the grant date.

The weighted average per share fair value of awards issued under the 2017 Plan and 2020 Plan was $12.52 and $10.06 on September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively.

Stock-Based Compensation

Stock-based compensation expense, net for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively, was recorded in the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss) in the following line items:

	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2021		2020		2021		2020
Research and development expense	$	579	$	141	$	1,548	$	310
Sales and marketing expense		852		159		2,248		378
General and administrative expense		3,233		1,030		7,926		1,578
	$	4,664	$	1,330	$	11,722	$	2,266

Options and RSUs issued under the 2017 Plan and 2020 Plan are included in stockholder’s equity, and SARs are included in other non-current liabilities, in the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet.  As of September 30, 2021, the total unrecognized stock-based compensation expense related to

Options and RSUs was $63,450. Such amount will be recognized in the Company’s consolidated statement of operations over a weighted average period of 3.8 years.

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

The 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (“ESPP”) was adopted by the Company’s Board of Directors on April 30, 2021. The ESPP permits eligible employees to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock at a 15% discount from the lesser of the fair market value per share of the Company’s common stock on the first day of the offering period or the fair market value of the Company’s common stock on the purchase date. Funds are collected from employees through after-tax payroll deductions. The total number of shares reserved for issuance under the ESPP was initially 629,805. It is intended that the ESPP meet the requirements for an “employee stock purchase plan” under Section 423 of the Internal Revenue Code. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021, there were no shares issued under the ESPP, respectively. The discount on the ESPP for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021 was $60 and $80, respectively, and is recorded within stock-based compensation expense.