Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Stock Based Compensation (Tables)

v3.19.3
Stock Based Compensation (Tables)
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2019
Share-based Payment Arrangement, Noncash Expense [Abstract]  
Schedule of stock-based compensation expense
The amount of stock-based compensation expense recognized for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018 was as follows: 
 
 
Three Months Ended September 30,
 
Nine Months Ended September 30,
 
 
2019

2018
 
2019
 
2018
Research and development
 
$
176,261

 
$
32,202

 
$
354,347

 
$
64,077

General and administrative
 
473,905

 
843,122

 
1,139,241

 
1,599,703

Sales and marketing
 
168,627

 
69,809

 
448,608

 
132,607

Total stock-based compensation
 
$
818,793

 
$
945,133

 
$
1,942,196

 
$
1,796,387

Summary of option activity
A summary of option activity for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 is as follows:
 
 
Options Outstanding
 
 
Number of shares
 
Weighted average exercise price per share
 
Weighted average grant date fair value of options
 
Weighted average remaining contractual term (in years)
Balance at December 31, 2018
 
3,746,597

 
$
4.16

 


 
7.8
Granted
 
2,618,264

 
$
5.71

 
$
8,076,475

 

Exercised
 
(75,178
)
 
$
3.44

 
 
 
 
Forfeited
 
(902,767
)
 
$
5.16

 
$
2,640,665

 

Expired
 
(389,792
)
 
$
5.03

 
$
992,343

 
 
Balance at September 30, 2019
 
4,997,124

 
$
4.74

 


 
8.2
Exercisable at September 30, 2019
 
2,155,081

 
$
4.36

 


 
6.9
The Company has granted awards that contain market-based vesting conditions. The following table summarizes the Company's market-based option activity for the nine months ended September 30, 2019:

 
 
Options Outstanding
 
 
Number of shares
 
Weighted average exercise price per share
 
Weighted average remaining contractual term (in years)
 
Aggregate intrinsic value (1)
Balance at December 31, 2018
 
500,000

 
$
4.24

 
9.2
 
 
Granted
 
300,000

 
$
4.98

 
 
 
 
Exercised
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
Forfeited
 
(500,000
)
 
$
4.24

 
 
 
 
Balance at September 30, 2019
 
300,000

 
$
4.98

 
9.65
 
$

Exercisable at September 30, 2019
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
(1) The aggregate intrinsic value in the above table represents the total pre-tax amount that a participant would receive if the option had been exercised on the last day of the respective fiscal period. Options with a market value less than its exercise value are not included in the intrinsic value amount.
Schedule of fair value assumptions for options
The following table shows the assumptions used to compute stock-based compensation expense for stock options granted to employees and members of the board of directors under the Black-Scholes valuation model and the assumptions used to compute stock-based compensation expense for market-based stock options grants under a Monte Carlo simulation for the nine months ended September 30, 2019:
 
Service-based options
 
 
Expected dividend yield
 
—%
Expected volatility
 
55%
Expected life (in years)
 
5.0 - 6.25
Risk-free interest rate
 
1.47 - 2.59%
 
 
Market-based options
 
 
Expected dividend yield
 
—%
Expected volatility
 
60%
Expected life (in years)
 
10
Risk-free interest rate
 
2.32%
Nonvested Restricted Stock Shares Activity
The following table summarizes the Company's RSU activity for nine months ended September 30, 2019:
 
 
RSUs Outstanding
 
 
Number of shares
 
Weighted average grant date fair value
Unvested RSUs at December 31, 2018
 
445,000

 
$
4.27

Granted
 
295,000

 
$
4.98

Vested
 
(172,500
)
 
$
4.52

Forfeited
 
(300,000
)
 
$
4.24

Unvested RSUs at September 30, 2019
 
267,500