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Stock-Based Compensation
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2026
Share-Based Payment Arrangement [Abstract]  
Stock-Based Compensation
10.
Stock-Based Compensation

2019 Equity Incentive Plan

Prior to the 2024 Company reorganization, the Company granted profits interests under the 2019 Equity Incentive Plan, adopted on March 13, 2019 (the “2019 Plan”). The Company granted profits interests with a threshold amount established by the Board of Managers of the Company’s predecessor, Metagenomi LLC, on the date of issuance. The 2019 Plan allowed for grants of profits interests to the Company’s officers, employees, directors and consultants. Immediately after the reorganization, all of the outstanding profits interest units were exchanged for shares of common stock, including shares subject to certain vesting conditions. The following table presents a summary of the unvested common stock activity:

Unvested Common Stock

 

Number of Shares

 

 

Weighted-Average
Grant Date
Fair Value

 

Outstanding as of December 31, 2025

 

 

61,127

 

 

$

55.85

 

Vested

 

 

(23,357

)

 

 

36.51

 

Forfeited

 

 

(692

)

 

 

43.13

 

Outstanding as of March 31, 2026

 

 

37,078

 

 

$

68.27

 

2024 Stock Option and Incentive Plan

Stock Option Activity

The following table presents a summary of the stock option activity:

Stock Options

 

Number of Shares

 

 

Weighted-Average
Exercise Price

 

Outstanding as of December 31, 2025

 

 

3,960,489

 

 

$

6.57

 

Granted

 

 

60,850

 

 

 

1.53

 

Forfeited/Expired

 

 

(306,793

)

 

 

5.70

 

Outstanding as of March 31, 2026

 

 

3,714,546

 

 

$

6.56

 

Exercisable as of March 31, 2026

 

 

1,255,977

 

 

$

9.36

 

Restricted Stock Unit Activity

The following table presents a summary of the restricted stock unit activity:

Restricted Stock Units

 

Number of
Shares

 

 

Weighted-Average
Grant Date
Fair Value

 

Outstanding as of December 31, 2025

 

 

2,317,315

 

 

$

2.29

 

Granted

 

 

7,300

 

 

 

1.53

 

Vested

 

 

(27,081

)

 

 

8.22

 

Forfeited

 

 

(95,093

)

 

 

1.74

 

Outstanding as of March 31, 2026

 

 

2,202,441

 

 

$

2.24

 

 

Compensation Expense

The following table presents the classification of stock-based compensation expense for the periods presented (in thousands):

 

 

Three Months Ended
March 31,

 

 

2026

 

 

2025

 

Research and development expenses

 

$

863

 

 

$

1,280

 

General and administrative expenses

 

 

1,689

 

 

 

1,648

 

Total

 

$

2,552

 

 

$

2,928

 

As of March 31, 2026, there was $2.5 million of unrecognized compensation expense related to restricted stock awards that is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 0.8 years, $8.4 million of unrecognized compensation expense related to stock options that is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 2.4 years and $4.3 million of unrecognized compensation expense related to restricted stock units that is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 1.9 years.