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STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2026
STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION  
STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION

NOTE 7 – STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION

 

During the three months ended March 31, 2026, the Company issued compensatory warrants to a newly appointed director. These warrants are equity‑classified and measured at fair value on the grant date. The warrants vest over 24 months in different tranches and have four different exercise prices. Because exercise prices significantly exceeded the fair value of the common stock on the grant date, they contain an implicit market condition. The Company used the graded vesting method to attribute expenses associated with the award. 

 

For the three months ended March 31, 2026, the Company recognized a total stock-based compensation expense of $2.0 million related to the outstanding compensatory warrants. As of March 31, 2026, total unrecognized compensation cost related to nonvested warrants was $9.6 million, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted average remaining vesting period of 0.71 years.

The following table summarizes warrant activity for the period ended March 31, 2026: 

 

 

 

Number of

Shares

Issuable

Upon

Exercise of

Warrants

 

 

Weighted

Average

Exercise

Price

 

 

Weighted

Average

Remaining

Contractual

Life (years)

 

Outstanding on December 31, 2025

 

 

7,887,456

 

 

$5.95

 

 

 

 

Issued

 

 

207,565

 

 

 

6.07

 

 

 

 

Exercised

 

 

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expired

 

 

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Outstanding on March 31, 2026

 

 

8,095,021

 

 

$5.95

 

 

 

4.57

 

Exercisable on March 31, 2026

 

 

3,321,034

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

The weighted average issue date fair value per share for the warrants issued in Q1 2026 is $0.68. The Company used the Monte Carlo simulation method to estimate the fair value of warrants issued in Q1 2026. The following table summarizes the assumption inputs:

 

 

 

Inputs

 

Stock Price

 

$1.98

 

Volatility

 

 

75.00%

Dividend yield

 

 

0.00%

Strike multiple

 

2.00 times