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STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2022
Share-Based Payment Arrangement [Abstract]  
STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION

15. STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION

In June 2013, the Company’s stockholders approved the 2013 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “2013 ESPP”) which authorized 0.3 million shares of common stock available to be issued. In June 2016 and 2019, the Company’s stockholders approved an additional 0.3 million and 0.5 million shares, respectively, of common stock available for issuance under the 2013 ESPP. As of December 31, 2022, 0.2 million shares of common stock remain available for future grant under the 2013 ESPP.

In September 2014, the Company initiated the 2014 Employment Commencement Incentive Plan (the “2014 Plan”). The 2014 Plan, which authorized 0.6 million shares of common stock to be issued and allows for the grant of stock options, stock appreciation rights ("SARs"), RSAs, RSUs, performance shares and performance units. As of December 31, 2022, 7.0 million shares have been added to the Company's 2014 Plan. As of December 31, 2022, 0.8 million shares of common stock remain available for future grant under the 2014 Plan.

In June 2018, the Company’s stockholders approved the 2018 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2018 Plan”). The 2018 Plan, which authorized 2.9 million shares of common stock to be issued, allows for the grant of stock options, SARs, RSAs, RSUs, performance shares and performance units. In June 2020, an additional 3.8 million shares of common stock were approved by the Company’s stockholders and added to the 2018 Plan. In August 2022, an additional 2.5 million shares of common stock were approved by the Company’s shareholders and added to the 2018 Plan. Together with the roll-over shares from the Company’s 2011 Equity Incentive Plan, 4.9 million shares of common stock remain available for future grant under the 2018 Plan as of December 31, 2022.

Stock Options

In general, stock options have a ten-year term and vest over a four-year period, with one-fourth of the underlying shares vesting on the first anniversary of the grant and 1/48th of the underlying shares vesting monthly thereafter, such that the underlying shares will be fully vested on the fourth anniversary of the grant, subject to the terms of the applicable plan under which they were granted.

The fair values of stock options granted during the periods presented are measured on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes-Merton option-pricing model, with the following assumptions:

 

 

 

For the Year Ended December 31,

 

 

2022

 

2021

 

2020

Risk-free interest rate (1)

 

1.6 - 4.2%

 

0.4 - 1.3%

 

0.1 - 1.3%

Expected dividend yield (2)

 

 

 

Expected term (3)

 

5.09 years

 

4.99 years

 

5.00 years

Expected volatility (4)

 

52.4 - 72.9%

 

60.1 - 70.8%

 

57.3 - 68.2%

 

(1)
The risk-free interest rate is estimated using an average of Treasury bill interest rates over a historical period commensurate with the expected term of the option that correlates to the prevailing interest rates at the time of grant.
(2)
The expected dividend yield is zero as the Company has not paid any dividends to date and does not expect to pay dividends in the future.
(3)
The expected term is estimated using historical exercise behavior.
(4)
The expected volatility is the implied volatility in exchange-traded options of the Company’s common stock.

The amounts estimated according to the Black-Scholes-Merton option-pricing model may not be indicative of the actual values realized upon the exercise of these options by the holders.

The following table summarizes the Company’s stock option activity for the period indicated:

 

 

 

For the Year Ended December 31, 2022

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted Average

 

 

 

Shares

 

 

Exercise Price

 

Grants outstanding at beginning of
   the period

 

 

8,196,921

 

 

$

69.39

 

Granted

 

 

1,777,370

 

 

 

84.70

 

Exercised

 

 

(318,258

)

 

 

70.25

 

Cancelled and forfeited

 

 

(525,893

)

 

 

109.31

 

Grants outstanding at end of the period

 

 

9,130,140

 

 

$

70.04

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Grants exercisable at end of the period

 

 

4,692,578

 

 

$

70.27

 

Grants vested and expected to vest at
   end of the period

 

 

8,696,519

 

 

$

69.05

 

 

The weighted-average grant date fair value per share of stock options granted during the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020 was $48.82, $48.16 and $61.38, respectively.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted Average

 

 

 

Aggregate

 

 

Remaining

 

 

 

Intrinsic Value

 

 

Contractual

 

 

 

(in thousands)

 

 

Life (Years)

 

Options outstanding at December 31, 2022

 

$

557,927

 

 

 

6.1

 

Options exercisable at December 31, 2022

 

$

289,473

 

 

 

5.2

 

Options vested and expected to vest at December 31, 2022

 

$

540,503

 

 

 

6.0

 

 

 

The following table summarizes the Company’s shares vested and stock options exercised for each of the periods indicated:

 

 

 

For the Year Ended December 31,

 

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

 

 

(in thousands)

 

Aggregate grant date fair value of shares vested

 

$

140,889

 

 

$

79,068

 

 

$

80,355

 

Aggregate intrinsic value of stock options
   exercised

 

$

12,150

 

 

$

10,622

 

 

$

144,750

 

 

Grant Modification

In June 2017, the Company granted its Chief Executive Officer 3,300,000 options with service and market conditions which were subject to a five-year cliff vesting schedule. On April 19, 2022 (the “Effective Date”), the Company entered into an agreement with its Chief Executive Officer to modify the vesting conditions of the options. Under the agreement, one-third of the options vested (the “Vested Tranche”) on the Effective Date with no required service or market conditions. Subject to the Chief Executive Officer's continued service through each applicable vesting date and the compound annual growth rate of the Company's common stock exceeding that of the Nasdaq Biotech Index in varying percentages, the remaining two-thirds of the options (the “Unvested Tranche”) shall vest in varying increments at any time between the Effective Date and June 26, 2025 (the “Measurement Period”) when (and if) the average of the closing price of the Company’s common stock during any consecutive 20 trading day period during the Measurement Period reaches certain pre-determined target stock prices. Additionally, the Chief Executive Officer is subject to a one-year post-exercise restriction to sell, transfer or dispose shares acquired upon the exercise of any options that vest after deduction of any shares withheld or sold to pay the applicable aggregate exercise price and/or withholding taxes.

To determine the incremental compensation cost of the modification, the fair value of the modified awards was compared to the fair value of the original awards measured immediately before its terms or conditions were modified. As the Vested Tranche became immediately vested on the Effective Date, the Vested Tranche does not have service or market conditions. As such, the post-modification fair value for the Vested Tranche is based on the Black-Scholes-Merton option-pricing model, while the pre-modification fair value is based on a lattice model with Monte Carlo simulations.

The Unvested Tranche represents awards with market conditions only. Both the pre- and post-modification fair values for the Unvested Tranche are determined by a lattice model with Monte Carlo simulations. The incremental compensation costs related to varying increments of the Unvested Tranche will be recognized as stock-based compensation expense over their respective derived service periods, an output from the Monte Carlo simulation, and will be fully recognized over a 1.3 year period from the date of modification.

During the year ended December 31, 2022, 550,110 options relating to the Unvested Tranche met the conditions for vesting in that the average closing price of the Company's common stock exceeded $105.74 during 20 consecutive trading days in August 2022 and the compound annual growth rate of the Company's common stock exceeded that of the Nasdaq Biotech Index by greater than 5%. Accordingly, all previously unrecognized expense associated with these options was immediately recognized. The aggregate incremental cost of the modification of the Chief Executive Officer's awards was $123.3 million. Of this amount, $109.9 million was recognized as stock-based compensation expense during the year ended December 31, 2022. The remaining amount, or $13.4 million, will be recognized during the year ended December 31, 2023.

 

Restricted Stock Units

The Company grants RSUs to members of its board of directors and employees. The following table summarizes the Company’s RSU activity for the period indicated:

 

 

 

For the Year Ended December 31, 2022

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted Average

 

 

 

 

 

 

Grant Date

 

 

 

Shares

 

 

Fair Value

 

Grants outstanding at beginning of the
   period

 

 

1,320,206

 

 

$

98.69

 

Granted *

 

 

1,044,826

 

 

 

85.39

 

Vested

 

 

(389,761

)

 

 

103.05

 

Forfeited

 

 

(145,639

)

 

 

93.36

 

Grants outstanding at end of the period

 

 

1,829,632

 

 

$

90.59

 

 

*Included in this amount are 38,500 RSUs with performance conditions relating to regulatory approval of certain of the Company's product candidates. As of December 31, 2022, none of the performance conditions were probable of being achieved. Accordingly, no stock-based compensation relating to these grants has been recognized. If the performance milestones are achieved within the required time frame, the Company may recognize up to $3.1 million of stock-based compensation related to these grants, which represents the aggregate grant date fair value of these awards. All other stock options and the remaining RSUs granted during the periods presented in the tables above have only service-based vesting conditions and the majority vest over four years.

2013 Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Under the Company’s 2013 ESPP, participating employees purchase common stock through payroll deductions. The purchase price is equal to 85% of the lower of the closing price of the Company’s common stock on the first business day and the last business day of the relevant purchase period. The 24-month offering period will end between February 29, 2024 and August 31, 2024. The following table summarizes the Company’s ESPP activity for each of the periods indicated:

 

 

 

For the Year Ended December 31,

 

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

Number of shares purchased

 

 

115,124

 

 

 

111,171

 

 

 

102,031

 

Proceeds received (in millions)

 

$

7.5

 

 

$

7.8

 

 

$

7.5

 

 

Stock-based Compensation Expense

The following table summarizes stock-based compensation expense by function included within the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss:

 

 

 

For the Year Ended December 31,

 

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

 

 

(in thousands)

 

Research and development

 

$

61,293

 

 

$

50,526

 

 

$

41,671

 

Selling, general and administrative

 

 

171,725

 

 

 

63,417

 

 

 

66,399

 

Total stock-based compensation

 

$

233,018

 

 

$

113,943

 

 

$

108,070

 

 

The following table summarizes stock-based compensation expense by grant type included within the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss:

 

 

 

For the Year Ended December 31,

 

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

 

 

(in thousands)

 

Stock options

 

$

174,868

 

 

$

68,995

 

 

$

68,832

 

Restricted stock awards/units

 

 

52,601

 

 

 

40,055

 

 

 

33,457

 

Employee stock purchase plan

 

 

5,549

 

 

 

4,893

 

 

 

5,781

 

Total stock-based compensation

 

$

233,018

 

 

$

113,943

 

 

$

108,070

 

 

As of December 31, 2022, there was $206.6 million of total unrecognized stock-based compensation expense related to the Company’s stock-based compensation plans. The expense is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of approximately three years. Of this amount, $98.9 million relates to options with service conditions only, $13.4 million relates to awards with service and market conditions, and the remaining $94.3 million related to restricted stock units with service conditions only.