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Equity-Based Compensation
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2022
Share-based Payment Arrangement [Abstract]  
Equity-Based Compensation

10. Equity-Based Compensation

2018 Stock Option and Grant Plan

In November 2018, the Company adopted, and its stockholders approved, the 2018 Stock Option and Grant Plan (the “2018 Plan”), which provides for the granting of stock options and other equity-based awards at the discretion of the Board of Directors or any subcommittee of the Board of Directors to the Company’s employees, officers, directors, and independent contractors. No further grants will be made under the 2018 Plan. However, the 2018 Plan will continue to govern outstanding equity awards granted thereunder. To the extent outstanding options granted under the 2018 Plan are cancelled, forfeited or otherwise terminated without being exercised and would otherwise have been returned to the share reserve under the 2018 Plan, the number of shares underlying such awards will be available for future grant under the 2020 Stock Option and Incentive Plan.

2020 Stock Option and Incentive Plan

In August 2020, the Company and its stockholders approved the 2020 Stock Option and Incentive Plan (the “2020 Plan”), which became effective on August 20, 2020. The 2020 Plan replaced the 2018 Plan as the Company’s Board of Directors has determined not to make additional awards under the 2018 Plan following the closing of the Company’s IPO. The 2020 Plan allows the Company to make equity-based and cash-based incentive awards to its officers, employees, directors and consultants. The Company has initially reserved 4,457,370 shares of its common stock for the issuance of awards under the 2020 Plan, which includes the shares of common stock remaining available for issuance under its 2018 Plan as of the business day immediately prior to the effective date of the registration statement. The 2020 Plan provides that the number of shares reserved and available for issuance will automatically increase on January 1, 2021 and each January 1 thereafter, by 4% of the Company’s outstanding number of shares of common stock on the immediately preceding December 31, or such lesser number of shares as determined by the Company’s compensation committee. These limits are subject to adjustment in the event of a stock split, stock dividend or other change in the Company’s capitalization. As of March 31, 2022, there were an aggregate of 4,024,494 shares remaining available for future grants.

2020 Employee Stock Purchase Plan

In August 2020, the Company and its stockholders approved the 2020 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “2020 ESPP”), which became effective August 20, 2020. The 2020 ESPP initially reserves and authorizes the issuance of up to a total of 445,653 shares of common stock to participating employees. The 2020 ESPP provides that the number of shares reserved and available for issuance will automatically increase on January 1, 2021 and each January 1 thereafter through January 1, 2030, by the lesser of (i) 438,898 shares of common stock, (ii) 1% of the Company’s outstanding number of shares of common stock on the immediately preceding December 31 or (iii) such lesser number of shares of common stock as determined by the administrator of the 2020 ESPP. The number of shares reserved under the 2020 ESPP is subject to adjustment in the event of a stock split, stock dividend or other change in the Company’s capitalization. As of March 31, 2022, there were an aggregate 1,303,762 shares remaining available for future grants.

Stock Options

A summary of stock option activity under the 2020 Plan during the three months ended March 31, 2022 is as follows (in thousands except share and per share data):

 

 

 

Number of
Options
Outstanding

 

 

Weighted
Average
Strike
Price per
Option

 

 

Weighted
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Term
(in years)

 

 

Aggregate
Intrinsic
Value

 

Outstanding at December 31, 2021

 

 

6,239,182

 

 

$

23.91

 

 

 

8.56

 

 

$

246,933

 

Granted

 

 

1,202,466

 

 

 

40.66

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exercised

 

 

(142,270

)

 

 

3.16

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Forfeited

 

 

(179,854

)

 

 

32.62

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Outstanding at March 31, 2022

 

 

7,119,524

 

 

$

26.94

 

 

 

8.59

 

 

$

131,553

 

Exercisable at March 31, 2022

 

 

2,220,906

 

 

$

15.33

 

 

 

8.00

 

 

$

63,215

 

 

The intrinsic value of stock options exercised during the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021 was $6.2 million and $19.9 million, respectively.

 

The weighted-average fair value of options granted during the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021 was $22.96 and $29.25, respectively.

As of March 31, 2022, the total unrecognized stock-based compensation expense for unvested stock options was $82.7 million, with a weighted average recognition period of 2.6 years.

The following table outlines our equity-based compensation expense for stock options for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021:

 

 

 

Three Months Ended
March 31,

 

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

Research and development

 

$

3,689

 

 

$

1,676

 

General and administrative

 

 

3,912

 

 

 

1,439

 

Total equity-based compensation

 

$

7,601

 

 

$

3,115

 

 

The weighted-average assumptions that the Company used in the Black-Scholes option pricing model to determine the grant date fair value of stock options granted to employees and non-employees for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021 were as follows:

 

 

 

Three Months Ended
March 31,

 

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

Expected term (in years)

 

 

5.81

 

 

 

5.81

 

Volatility

 

 

62

%

 

 

66

%

Risk-free interest rate

 

 

1.59

%

 

 

0.84

%

Dividend yield

 

 

0.00

%

 

 

0.00

%

 

Restricted Common Stock

The Company has granted shares of restricted common stock with service-based and performance-based vesting conditions. A summary of restricted stock activity during the three months ended March 31, 2022 is as follows:

 

 

 

Number of
Units
Outstanding

 

 

Grant Date
Fair Value
per Share

 

Unvested at December 31, 2021

 

 

37,745

 

 

$

1.60

 

Granted

 

 

97,974

 

 

 

38.53

 

Vested

 

 

(14,215

)

 

 

1.60

 

Unvested at March 31, 2022

 

 

121,504

 

 

$

31.38

 

 

The Company granted 97,974 shares of restricted common stock during the three months ended March 31, 2022. No restricted stock awards were granted during the three months ended March 31, 2021. As of March 31, 2022, the total unrecognized stock-based compensation expense for unvested restricted stock was $3.7 million with a weighted average recognition period of 2.9 years.

During the three months ended March 31, 2022 the Company recognized approximately $0.1 million for restricted stock of which an immaterial amount were included in research and development and general and administrative expense, respectively. During the three months ended March 31, 2021, the Company recognized an immaterial amount of equity-based compensation expense for restricted stock.

Equity-Based Compensation Expense

Total equity-based compensation expense recorded as research and development and general and administrative expenses for employees, directors, and non-employees during the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021 is as follows (in thousands):

 

 

 

Three Months Ended
March 31,

 

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

Research and development

 

$

3,906

 

 

$

1,725

 

General and administrative

 

 

3,967

 

 

 

1,447

 

Total equity-based compensation

 

$

7,873

 

 

$

3,172