Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Stock Based Compensation (Tables)

v3.19.1
Stock Based Compensation (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2018
Share-based Compensation [Abstract]  
Schedule of stock-based compensation expense
The amount of stock-based compensation expense recognized for the years ending December 31, 2018 and 2017 was as follows:
 
 
 
Year Ended December 31,
 
 
2018
 
2017
Research and development
 
$
101,000

 
$
156,047

General and administrative
 
2,135,710

 
1,001,205

Sales and marketing
 
194,353

 

Total stock-based compensation
 
$
2,431,063

 
$
1,157,252

Summary of option activity
A summary of option activity with service-based vesting conditions for the year ended December 31, 2018 is as follows:
 
 
 
Options Outstanding
 
 
Number of shares
 
Weighted average exercise price
 
Grant date fair value of options
 
Weighted average remaining contractual term (in years)
Balance at December 31, 2017
 
2,823,489

 
$
3.93

 


 
7.29
Granted
 
1,639,860

 
$
3.85

 
$
3,737,728

 

Exercised
 
(243,115
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
Forfeited
 
(473,637
)
 
$
2.77

 
$
1,109,083

 

Balance at December 31, 2018
 
3,746,597

 
$
4.16

 


 
7.79
Exercisable at December 31, 2018
 
1,997,468

 
$
4.71

 


 
6.62
A summary of option activity with market-based vesting conditions for the year ended December 31, 2018 is as follows:

 
 
Options Outstanding
 
 
Number of shares
 
Weighted average exercise price
 
Weighted average remaining contractual term (in years)
 
Aggregate intrinsic value (1)
Balance at December 31, 2017
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
Granted
 
500,000

 
$
4.24

 
 
 
 
Balance at December 31, 2018
 
500,000

 
$
4.24

 
9.24
 
$

Exercisable at December 31, 2018
 

 
 
 
 
 
 

(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 option grants under a Monte Carlo simulation:
 
 
Year Ended December 31,
Service-based options
 
2018
 
2017
 
Risk-free interest rate
 
2.51%
 
 
3.01%
 
1.85%
 
 
2.38%
 
Expected term of options (in years)
 
5.0
 
 
6.25
 
5.0
 
 
6.25
 
Expected stock price volatility
 
55%
 
 
65%
 
55%
 
 
100%
 
Expected annual dividend yield
 
0%
 
 
0%
 
0%
 
 
0%
 
Market-based options
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Risk-free interest rate
 
2.84%
 
 
 
Expected term of options (in years)
 
2.8
 
 
 
Expected stock price volatility
 
60%
 
 
 
Expected annual dividend yield
 
0%
 
 
 
Nonvested Restricted Stock Shares Activity
A summary of RSA grants activity for the year ended December 31, 2018 is as follows:
 
 
Non-vested RSAs Outstanding
 
 
Number of shares
 
Weighted average grant date fair value
 
Non-vested RSAs at December 31, 2017
 

 
 
 
Granted
 
445,000

 
$
4.27

 
Non-vested RSAs at December 31, 2018
 
445,000