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Stock-Based Compensation
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2020
Stock-Based Compensation  
Stock-Based Compensation

Note 10. Stock-Based Compensation

As of June 30, 2020, the only equity compensation plans from which the Company may currently issue new awards are the Company’s 2013 Stock Incentive Plan (as amended to date, the “2013 Plan”) and 2017 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (as amended to date, the “2017 ESPP”), each as more fully described below.

Equity Incentive and Employee Stock Purchase Plans

2013 Stock Incentive Plan

The 2013 Plan allows for the issuance of incentive stock options intended to qualify under Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code, non-statutory stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock awards, restricted stock units, other stock-based awards and performance awards. The total number of shares of common stock authorized for issuance under the 2013 Plan is 5,653,057 shares of the Company’s common stock, plus such additional number of shares of common stock (up to 868,372 shares) as is equal to the number of shares of common stock subject to awards granted under the Company’s 2005 Stock Incentive Plan or 2008 Stock Incentive Plan (the “2008 Plan”), to the extent such awards expire, terminate or are otherwise surrendered, canceled, forfeited or repurchased by the Company at their original issuance price pursuant to a contractual repurchase right.

As of June 30, 2020, options to purchase a total of 4,035,439 shares of common stock and 376,210 restricted stock units were outstanding and up to 1,464,378 shares of common stock remained available for grant under the 2013 Plan.

Other Awards and Inducement Grants

The Company has not made any awards pursuant to other equity incentive plans, including the 2008 Plan, since the Company’s stockholders approved the 2013 Plan. As of June 30, 2020, options to purchase a total of 327,262 shares of common stock were outstanding under the 2008 Plan. In addition, as of June 30, 2020, non-statutory stock options to purchase an aggregate of 393,750 shares of common stock were outstanding. These options were issued outside of the 2013 Plan to certain newly-hired employees in 2017, 2015 and 2014 pursuant to the Nasdaq inducement grant exception as a material component of such new hires’ employment compensation.

Note 10. Stock-Based Compensation (Continued)

2017 Employee Stock Purchase Plan

The 2017 ESPP is intended to qualify as an "employee stock purchase plan" as defined in Section 423 of the Internal Revenue Code. The total number of shares of common stock authorized for issuance under the 2017 ESPP is 412,500 shares of common stock, subject to adjustment as described in the 2017 ESPP. As of June 30, 2020, 281,317 shares remained available for issuance under the 2017 ESPP.

For the six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019, the Company issued 40,024 and 30,570 shares of common stock, respectively, under the 2017 ESPP and received proceeds of less than $0.1 million during each period, as a result of employee stock purchases.

Accounting for Stock-based Compensation

The Company recognizes non-cash compensation expense for stock-based awards under the Company’s equity incentive plans over an award’s requisite service period, or vesting period, using the straight-line attribution method, based on their grant date fair value determined using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model. The Company also recognizes non-cash compensation for stock purchases made under the 2017 ESPP. The fair value of the discounted purchases made under the Company’s 2017 ESPP is calculated using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model. The fair value of the look-back provision plus the 15% discount is recognized as compensation expense over each plan period.

Total stock-based compensation expense attributable to stock-based payments made to employees and directors and employee stock purchases included in operating expenses in the Company's condensed statements of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019 were as follows:

Three Months Ended

Six Months Ended

    

June 30, 

June 30, 

(in thousands)

2020

    

2019

2020

    

2019

Stock-based compensation:

    

    

Research and development

Employee Stock Purchase Plans

$

15

    

$

12

$

26

    

$

18

Equity Incentive Plans

192

    

320

385

    

650

$

207

    

$

332

$

411

    

$

668

General and administrative

 

 

Employee Stock Purchase Plans

$

1

    

$

8

$

2

    

$

14

Equity Incentive Plans

546

    

549

1,091

    

1,223

$

547

    

$

557

$

1,093

    

$

1,237

Total stock-based compensation expense

$

754

    

$

889

$

1,504

    

$

1,905

During the six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019, the weighted average fair market value of stock options granted was $1.09 and $1.83, respectively.

Note 10. Stock-Based Compensation (Continued)

The following weighted average assumptions apply to the options to purchase 727,129 and 610,002 shares of common stock granted to employees and directors during the six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively:

Six Months Ended

June 30, 

    

2020

    

2019

Average risk-free interest rate

 

1.5%

2.3%

Expected dividend yield

 

Expected lives (years)

 

3.9

4.0

Expected volatility

 

82.5%

82.8%

Weighted average exercise price (per share)

$

1.82

$

3.02

All options granted during the six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019 were granted at exercise prices equal to the fair market value of the common stock on the dates of grant.

Stock Option Activity

The following table summarizes stock option activity for the six months ended June 30, 2020:

($ in thousands, except per share data)

Stock
Options

Weighted-Average
Exercise Price

Weighted-Average
Remaining
Contractual Life
(in years)

Aggregate

Intrinsic

Value

Outstanding at December 31, 2019

 

4,220,417

$

13.08

 

6.6

$

Granted

 

727,129

1.82

Exercised

 

Forfeited

 

(38,874)

5.67

Expired

 

(152,221)

19.83

Outstanding at June 30, 2020 (1)

 

4,756,451

$

11.20

6.8

$

Exercisable at June 30, 2020

 

2,541,439

$

17.18

5.0

$

(1)Includes both vested stock options as well as unvested stock options for which the requisite service period has not been rendered but that are expected to vest based on achievement of a service condition.

The fair value of options that vested during the six months ended June 30, 2020 was $1.5 million. As of June 30, 2020, there was $4.5 million of unrecognized compensation cost related to unvested options, which the Company expects to recognize over a weighted average period of 2.3 years.

Restricted Stock Activity

The following table summarizes restricted stock activity for the six months ended June 30, 2020:

($ in thousands, except per share data)

Number of Shares

Weighted-Average

Grant Date

Fair Value

Nonvested shares at December 31, 2019

 

193,625

$

3.14

Granted

 

237,675

 

1.79

Cancelled

 

(6,688)

 

2.34

Vested

 

(48,402)

 

3.14

Nonvested shares at June 30, 2020

 

376,210

$

2.30

As of June 30, 2020, there was $0.7 million of unrecognized compensation expense related to the restricted stock units, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 3.0 years.