v3.26.1
Share-Based Compensation Plans
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2026
Share-Based Payment Arrangement, Noncash Expense [Abstract]  
Share-Based Compensation Plans

Note L – Share-based Compensation Plans

 

We primarily use the Black-Scholes option pricing model to value stock options granted to employees and non-employees, including stock options granted to members of our Board of Directors. However, the fair value of stock option market-based awards is

calculated based on a Monte Carlo simulation as of the date of issuance. All stock options have 10-year terms and generally vest ratably over a 3 or 4-year period.

A summary of option activity for the three months ended March 31, 2026 is presented below:

 

 

Options

 

 

Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price

 

 

Weighted
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Term
(in years)

 

 

Aggregate
Intrinsic
Value

 

Outstanding at December 31, 2025

 

 

5,039,487

 

 

$

25.20

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Granted

 

 

40,904

 

 

 

3.02

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exercised

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Forfeited

 

 

(2,157

)

 

 

8.86

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expired

 

 

(125,152

)

 

 

63.58

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Outstanding at March 31, 2026

 

 

4,953,082

 

 

 

23.90

 

 

 

7.06

 

 

$

1,206,319

 

Vested or expected to vest at March 31, 2026

 

 

4,953,082

 

 

 

23.90

 

 

 

7.06

 

 

$

1,206,319

 

Exercisable at March 31, 2026

 

 

4,545,096

 

 

$

25.11

 

 

 

6.85

 

 

$

1,146,279

 

 

The weighted average grant-date fair values of stock options granted during the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025 were $2.43 and $2.61, respectively.

During the three months ended March 31, 2026, all options were granted with exercise prices equal to the market value of the underlying shares of common stock on the grant date.

As of March 31, 2026, there was approximately $2.0 million of total unrecognized share-based compensation expense related to these stock options and stock options granted under a subsidiary plan which, if all milestones are achieved, will be recognized over a weighted average period of 1.3 years.

Certain employees and consultants have been granted non-vested stock. The fair value of non-vested market-based awards is calculated based on a Monte Carlo simulation as of the date of issuance. The fair value of other non-vested stock is calculated based on the closing sale price of our common stock on the date of issuance.

A summary of non-vested stock activity for the three months ended March 31, 2026 is presented below:

 

 

Non-vested
Shares

 

 

Weighted
Average
Grant Date
Fair Value

 

Outstanding at December 31, 2025

 

 

19,075

 

 

$

14.91

 

Granted

 

 

422,565

 

 

 

3.32

 

Vested

 

 

(428,045

)

 

 

3.42

 

Forfeited

 

 

 

 

 

 

Outstanding at March 31, 2026

 

 

13,595

 

 

$

14.18

 

 

As of March 31, 2026, there was approximately $0.1 million of unrecognized share-based compensation expense related to these non-vested shares and non-vested shares granted under a subsidiary plan which will be recognized over a period of 0.8 years.

During the three months ended March 31, 2026, 20,528 shares were issued under the 2019 Employee Stock Purchase Plan and 428,045 shares were issued as a result of the vesting of non-vested stock.

The impact on our results of operations from share-based compensation for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, was as follows (in thousands):

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31,

 

 

 

2026

 

 

2025

 

Research and development

 

$

219

 

 

$

826

 

General and administrative

 

 

647

 

 

 

2,507

 

Total share-based compensation expense

 

$

866

 

 

$

3,333