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Equity Incentive Plan – Stock-Based Compensation Expense and Warrants
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2025
Share-Based Payment Arrangement [Abstract]  
Equity Incentive Plan – Stock-Based Compensation Expense and Warrants

7. Equity Incentive Plan – Stock-Based Compensation Expense and Warrants

 

2021 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan

 

On July 19, 2021, the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) adopted the RenovoRx, Inc. 2021 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan (the “2021 Plan”). The 2021 Plan, which became effective immediately prior to the closing of the IPO, initially reserved 2,185,832 shares of common stock, which included 10,832 shares of common shares reserved but unissued under the Amended and Restated 2013 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2013 Plan”). The Company’s 2013 Plan was terminated immediately prior to the closing of the IPO; however, shares subject to awards granted under the 2013 Plan continued to be governed by the 2013 Plan. In accordance with the terms of the 2021 Plan, on January 1, 2025, the number of shares reserved and available for issuance increased by 721,040 shares.

 

On April 29, 2025, the Board approved the following amendments to the 2021 Plan to be adopted at the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting, (i) the addition of 913,794 shares of common stock to the total number of shares of common stock available under the 2021 Plan and (ii) an increase in in the 2021 Plan’s evergreen provision to increase the size of the 2021 Plan each year from three percent of shares outstanding on the final day of the immediately preceding calendar year to five percent. The amendments to the 2021 Plan were adopted at the Annual Shareholder’ Meeting on June 24, 2025.

 

 

A summary of the stock option activity for the six months ended June 30, 2025 is as follows:

 

   Number of
Stock
Options
   Weighted-
Average
Exercise Price
   Weighted-
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Life
   Aggregate
Intrinsic
Value (in thousands)
 
Outstanding as of December 31, 2024   2,797,529   $1.84    7.82   $521 
Granted    1,028,576   $0.86    -   $- 
Exercised   (39,650)  $0.41    -   $- 
Forfeited   (16,910)  $1.97    -   $- 
Expired   (32,779)  $1.96    -   $- 
Outstanding as of June 30, 2025   3,736,766   $1.58    8.03   $989 
Exercisable as of June 30, 2025   1,837,384   $1.99    6.88   $415 
Vested and expected to vest as of June 30, 2025   3,736,766   $1.58    8.03   $989 

 

As of June 30, 2025, there was $1.9 million of unrecognized stock-based compensation expense related to options granted but not yet amortized, which will be recognized over a weighted-average period of approximately 2.73 years.

 

For the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, the Company utilized the Black-Scholes option-pricing model for estimating the fair value of the stock option granted and records compensation expense on a straight-line basis over the vesting period of the awards. The Company estimated the fair value of each option grant on the grant date using the Black-Scholes option pricing model with the following weighted-average assumptions:

 

  

Six Months Ended June 30,

 
   2025   2024 
Expected volatility   115.1% – 121.3%   123.76% – 143.10%
Expected term (years)   6.02 10.00    6.02 10.00 
Risk-free interest rate   4.11% – 4.79%   4.03% – 4.30%
Dividend rate   %   %

 

The compensation expense is allocated on a departmental basis, based on the classification of the option holder. No income tax benefits have been recognized in the condensed statements of operations for stock-based compensation arrangements.

 

The following table summarizes the components of stock-based compensation expense recognized in the Company’s Condensed Statements of Operations (in thousands):

 

   2025   2024   2025   2024 
   Three Months Ended   Six Months Ended 
   June 30,   June 30, 
   2025   2024   2025   2024 
Research and development  $106   $81   $243   $207 
General and administrative   239    163    390    460 
Total stock-based compensation expense  $345   $244   $633   $667 

 

 

Restricted Stock

 

In March 2025, the Board approved the issuance of 30,000 shares of restricted stock to an entity as consideration for a commercial contract, vested immediately, in a private placement. The shares were issued outside the 2021 Plan and the Company recognized $30,600 of stock-based compensation expense for the restricted stock.

 

In June 2025, the Board approved the issuance of 36,000 shares of restricted stock to an entity as consideration for a commercial contract vesting monthly over a one-year period. The shares were issued outside the 2021 Plan and the Company recognized approximately $1,000 of stock-based compensation expense for the restricted stock for the six months ended June 30, 2025.

 

2025 Underwriter Warrants

 

In connection with the Company’s February 2025 Offering, the Company issued to the underwriter warrants to purchase up to 576,191 shares of common at $1.21 per share over a five-year term. All such warrants expire on February 10, 2030.

 

The following is a summary of the common stock warrants activity during the six months ended June 30, 2025.

 

   Shares
Issuable
Upon Exercise
of Outstanding
Warrants
   Weighted-
Average
Exercise
Price
   Weighted-
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Life
   Aggregate
Intrinsic
Value
(In thousands)
 
Outstanding as of December 31, 2024   25,558,845   $2.32    3.42   $59,298 
Issued in February 2025 to:                    
Underwriter   576,191   $1.21    4.61   $697 
Exercised   (976,752)  $0.03    -   $(25)
Expired   (9,000)  $1.01    -   $(9)
Outstanding as of June 30, 2025   25,149,284   $2.38    2.95   $59,961