On June 20, 2023, the Company adopted the Drilling Tools International Corporation 2023 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the "2023 Plan"). The 2023 Plan became effective on the closing of the Merger. The 2023 Plan provides for the issuance of shares of Common Stock up to ten percent (10%) of the shares of outstanding Common Stock as of the closing of the Merger and automatically increases on the first trading day of each calendar year by the number of shares of Common Stock equal to three percent (3%) of the total number of outstanding Common Stock on the last day of the prior calendar year. The 2023 Plan allows for awards to be issued to employees, non-employee directors, and consultants in the form of options, stock appreciation rights, restricted shares, restricted stock units, performance based awards, other share-based awards, other cash-based awards, or a combination of the foregoing. As of June 30, 2024, there were 1,126,910 shares of Common Stock available for issuance under the 2023 Plan.

In connection with the Merger, all outstanding options to purchase shares of DTIH common stock were canceled and exchanged for options to purchase shares of DTIC Common Stock ("Company Options"). The number of Company Options issued and the associated exercise prices were adjusted using the Common Exchange Ratio used for the Merger. As a result of the Merger, the Company issued options to purchase a total of 2,361,722 shares of the Company's Common Stock to former holders of the DTIH stock options. The vesting schedules, remaining term, and provisions (other than the adjusted number of underlying shares and exercise prices) of the Company Options issued, are identical to the vesting schedules, remaining term, and other provisions of the DTIH stock options that were exchanged. Per a post-closing amendment, Company Options currently held by former holders of DTIH stock options are no longer subject to employment considerations.

The fair value of each stock option award is estimated on the date of grant using a Black-Scholes model. Expected volatilities are based on comparable public company data. The Company uses future estimated employee termination and forfeiture rates of the options within the valuation model. The expected term of options granted is derived using the “plain vanilla” method due to the lack of history and volume of option activity at the Company. The risk-free rate is based on the approximate U.S. Treasury yield rate in effect at the time of grant. The Company’s calculation of share price involves the use of different valuation techniques, including a combination of an income and market approach. For any grants of stock options subsequent to the Company being publicly traded, the Company will use the quoted market price as of the grant date as an input into the Black-Scholes model.

During the three and six months ended June 30, 2023, there were no options granted, exercised or forfeited.

During the three and six months ended June 30, 2023, the Company recognized $1.7 million of stock-based compensation expense within selling, general, and administrative expense on the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of income and comprehensive income related to the accelerated vesting of an executive's 534,063 performance-based stock options. The performance conditions were satisfied upon completion of the Merger and all 534,063 performance-based stock options vested on June 20, 2023 .

During the three and six months ended June 30, 2023, the Company recognized $2.3 million of stock-based compensation expense within other expense on the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of income and comprehensive income as a result of the issuance of shares in accordance with the Transaction Service Agreement.

The following table summarizes our stock option activity for the six months ended June 30, 2024:


	Shares		Weighted Average Exercise Price		Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life (in Years)		Aggregate Intrinsic Value
OUTSTANDING, December 31, 2023		2,361,722	$	4.02		3.12	$	—
Granted		2,600,000		3.02		—		—
Exercised		68,470		3.72		—		130
Forfeited		—	$	—		—		—
OUTSTANDING, June 30, 2024		4,893,252	$	3.49		6.41	$	10,847
UNVESTED, June 30, 2024		2,600,000	$	3.02		9.63	$	6,765
EXERCISABLE, June 30, 2024		2,293,252	$	4.03		2.74	$	4,082

During the three months ended June 30, 2024, the Company recognized $0.4 million of stock-based compensation expense related to stock options within selling, general, and administrative expenses on the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of income and comprehensive income. During the six months ended June 30, 2024, the Company recognized $0.6 million of stock-based compensation expense within selling, general, and administrative expenses on the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of income and comprehensive income. As of June 30, 2024, total unrecognized compensation expense related to the stock options totaled $4.0 million.

In May 2024, the Company issued an aggregate 143,000 restricted stock units (“RSUs”) to five members of the Board (the “Directors”). Of the awards, 74,440 RSUs were deemed to be related to services performed during the year ended December 31, 2023, and were to vest immediately, while the remaining 68,560 RSUs are subject to a vesting term of one year. The Directors are considered to be employees of the Company under ASC 718.

During the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, the Company recognized $0.4 million of stock based compensation related to RSUs within selling, general, and administrative expenses on the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of income and comprehensive income related to the RSUs. As of June 30, 2024, unrecognized compensation expense related to the RSUs totaled $0.3 million