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STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2026
Share-Based Payment Arrangement [Abstract]  
STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION

NOTE 6 – STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION

STOCK OPTIONS

The following is a summary of stock option activity during the six months ended June 30, 2026:

 

Number of
options
outstanding

 

 

Weighted
average
exercise
price

 

 

Average
remaining
contractual life
(in years)

 

 

Aggregate
intrinsic value
(in thousands)

 

Outstanding – December 31, 2025

 

 

9,119,589

 

 

$

2.15

 

 

 

7.85

 

 

$

4,305

 

Options granted

 

 

969,663

 

 

 

1.37

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Options exercised

 

 

(35,000

)

 

 

0.31

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Options cancelled

 

 

(57,054

)

 

 

1.54

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Outstanding – June 30, 2026

 

 

9,997,198

 

 

$

2.08

 

 

 

7.55

 

 

$

159

 

Exercisable – June 30, 2026

 

 

6,751,045

 

 

 

2.16

 

 

 

7.09

 

 

 

159

 

The Company estimates the fair values of stock options using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model on the date of grant. For the six months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025, the assumptions used in the Black-Scholes option pricing model, which was used to estimate the grant date fair value per option, were as follows:

 

Six months ended June 30,

 

 

2026

 

 

2025

 

Weighted-average Black-Scholes option pricing model assumptions:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Volatility

 

110.11% - 111.87%

 

 

111.06% - 121.54%

 

Expected term (in years)

 

5.25 - 6.08

 

 

5.00 - 6.08

 

Risk-free rate

 

3.69% - 4.24%

 

 

3.90% - 4.41%

 

Expected dividend yield

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted average grant date fair value per share

 

$0.65 - $1.23

 

 

$1.38 - $1.99

 

RESTRICTED STOCK UNITS

On June 15, 2026, the Board approved grants of 651,010 RSU awards to certain employees under the Company's 2022 Equity Incentive Plan in lieu of providing cash bonuses related to the settlement of the 2025 bonus program. The total number of shares subject to the RSU awards are fully vested on the date of issuance. Subsequent to the balance sheet date, the Board approved grants of RSU awards to Executives under the Company's 2022 Equity Incentive Plan in lieu of providing cash bonuses related to the settlement of the 2025 bonus program.

The following is a summary of RSU’s awards activity during the six months ended June 30, 2026:

 

Six months ended June 30, 2026

 

 

Numbers of Shares

 

 

Weighted Average Grant Date Fair value

 

Non-Vested at beginning of period

 

 

457,522

 

 

$

1.30

 

Shares granted

 

 

738,940

 

 

$

0.85

 

Shares vested

 

 

(738,940

)

 

$

0.85

 

Shares cancelled

 

 

(60,483

)

 

$

1.24

 

Non-vested at the end of period

 

 

397,039

 

 

$

1.24

 

PERFORMANCE-BASED RESTRICTED STOCK UNITS

On June 15, 2026, the Board approved a performance-based restricted stock unit (“PRSU”) award under the Company’s 2022 Equity Incentive Plan to Branislav Vajdic, the Company’s President, Founder, and Director covering 2,800,000 restricted stock units with fair value of $ 2.2 million. The PRSU granted relate to specified operational, software, product-development and clinical study milestones and are eligible to vest only if and to the extent that specified performance-based conditions and service-based conditions are satisfied, or the requirements for accelerated vesting are satisfied. The PRSU award is expensed based on the satisfaction of probability assessment of performance-based conditions and service-based conditions. As of June 30, 2026, the Company performed probability assessment of achievement of each of the performance-based conditions on a quarterly basis and based on the assessment all performance conditions related to these awards are expected to be met.

STOCK BASED COMPENSATION

The following is a summary of stock-based compensation expense (rounded):

 

 

Three months ended
June 30,

 

 

Six months ended
June 30,

 

 

2026

 

 

2025

 

 

2026

 

 

2025

 

Selling, general and administrative

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stock option expense

 

$

1,097,000

 

 

$

384,000

 

 

$

1,666,000

 

 

$

591,000

 

RSU expense

 

 

136,000

 

 

 

120,000

 

 

 

345,000

 

 

 

266,000

 

Total Selling, general and administrative expense

 

 

1,233,000

 

 

 

504,000

 

 

 

2,011,000

 

 

 

857,000

 

Research and development

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stock option expense

 

 

438,000

 

 

 

666,000

 

 

 

877,000

 

 

 

1,413,000

 

RSU expense

 

 

30,000

 

 

 

7,000

 

 

 

30,000

 

 

 

16,000

 

Total research and development expense

 

 

468,000

 

 

 

673,000

 

 

 

907,000

 

 

 

1,429,000

 

Total Stock Based Compensation Expense

 

$

1,701,000

 

 

$

1,177,000

 

 

$

2,918,000

 

 

$

2,286,000

 

As of June 30, 2026, total compensation cost not yet recognized related to unvested stock options, unvested RSUs, and unvested PRSUs was approximately $4.5 million, de minimis, and $2.1 million respectively, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 2.2 years, 0.03 years, and 2.9 years respectively.