Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Note 12 - Stock-based Compensation (Tables)

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Note 12 - Stock-based Compensation (Tables)
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2023
Notes To Financial Statements [Abstract]  
Share-based Payment Arrangement, Option, Activity

Stock option transactions for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and September 30, 2022 are summarized as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nine months ended
September 30, 2023

 

 

 

 

 

 

Options (in thousands)

 

 

Weighted average
exercise price

 

 

Weighted average remaining contractual life
(years)

 

Outstanding, beginning of period

 

 

1,100

 

 

$

52.22

 

 

 

 

Granted

 

 

217

 

 

9.87

 

 

 

 

Exercised

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

 

Forfeited

 

 

(125

)

 

 

49.58

 

 

 

 

Outstanding, end of the period

 

 

1,192

 

 

$

44.76

 

 

 

7.1

 

Exercisable, end of the period

 

 

718

 

 

 

58.98

 

 

 

6.1

 

Vested and expected to vest, end of period

 

 

1,107

 

 

$

46.42

 

 

 

7.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nine months ended
September 30, 2022

 

 

 

 

 

 

Options (in thousands)

 

 

Weighted average
exercise price

 

 

Weighted average remaining
contractual
life (years)

 

Outstanding, beginning of period

 

 

1,007

 

 

$

68.30

 

 

 

 

Granted

 

 

420

 

 

17.82

 

 

 

 

Exercised

 

 

(1

)

 

16.25

 

 

 

 

Forfeited

 

 

(155

)

 

 

47.42

 

 

 

 

Outstanding, end of the period

 

 

1,271

 

 

$

54.00

 

 

 

6.3

 

Exercisable, end of the period

 

 

704

 

 

 

67.95

 

 

 

4.5

 

Vested and expected to vest, end of period

 

 

1,186

 

 

$

55.20

 

 

 

6.1

 

Schedule of Share-based Payment Award, Stock Options, Valuation Assumptions

The following table presents the weighted average assumptions that were used in the Black‑Scholes option pricing model to determine the fair value of stock options granted during the period, and the resulting weighted-average fair values:

 

 

 

Nine months ended
September 30, 2023

 

 

Nine months ended
September 30, 2022

 

Risk-free interest rate

 

 

3.42

%

 

 

2.17

%

Expected dividend yield

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

Expected volatility

 

 

80.3

%

 

 

82.7

%

Expected life of options (years)

 

 

5

 

 

 

5

 

Grant date fair value

 

$

6.53

 

 

$

11.85

 

Schedule of Share-based Payment Award, Options, Grants in Period

The following table presents the vesting terms of options granted in the period:

 

 

 

Nine months ended
September 30, 2023

 

 

Nine months ended
September 30, 2022

 

 

 

Number of options
(in thousands)

 

 

Number of options
(in thousands)

 

3-year vesting (50%-25%-25%)

 

 

48

 

 

 

348

 

4-year vesting (50%-16 2/3%-16 2/3%-16 2/3%)

 

 

169

 

 

 

32

 

Performance-based vesting

 

 

-

 

 

 

40

 

Total stock options granted in the period

 

 

217

 

 

 

420

 

Share-based Payment Arrangement, Vesting and Redemption of the RSUs Granted No RSUs were granted in the nine months ended September 30, 2022. The following table presents the vesting and redemption of the RSUs granted in the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2023 and September 30, 2022.

 

 

Nine months ended
September 30, 2023

 

Nine months ended
September 30, 2022

 

 

Number of options
(in thousands)

 

Weighted average grant date fair value

 

Number of options
(in thousands)

 

Weighted average grant date fair value

 

Outstanding, beginning of period

 

-

 

$

-

 

 

-

 

$

-

 

Granted

 

38

 

 

9.90

 

 

-

 

 

-

 

Vested and redeemed

 

(38

)

 

(9.90

)

 

-

 

 

-

 

Outstanding, ending of period

 

-

 

$

-

 

 

-

 

$

-

 

Share-based Payment Arrangement, Expensed and Capitalized, Amount

The Company recorded share-based payment expense related to stock options and RSUs as follows:

 

 

 

Three months ended
September 30,

 

 

Nine months ended
September 30,

 

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

Research and development

 

$

259

 

 

$

440

 

 

$

1,182

 

 

$

1,923

 

General and administrative

 

 

340

 

 

 

613

 

 

 

2,060

 

 

 

2,423

 

 

 

$

599

 

 

$

1,053

 

 

$

3,242

 

 

$

4,346