Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Stock-Based Compensation

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Stock-Based Compensation
3 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2020
Stock-Based Compensation  
Stock-Based Compensation

10.  Stock-Based Compensation

As of December 31, 2020, an aggregate of 4,709,277 shares of common stock were authorized under the Company’s 2019 Stock Incentive Plan (the “2019 Plan”), subject to an “evergreen” provision that will automatically increase the maximum number of shares of common stock that may be issued under the term of the 2019 Plan. As of December 31, 2020, 1,216,719 common shares were available for future grants under the 2019 Plan. As of December 31, 2020, 291,667 shares of common stock were authorized under the Company’s 2016 Consolidated Stock Incentive Plan (the “2016 Plan”) and 147,041 common shares were available for future grants under the 2016 Plan.

The Company recorded stock-based compensation expense in the following expense categories of its unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations for the three months ended December 31, 2020 and 2019:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three Months ended December 31,

 

    

2020

    

2019

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

General and administrative

 

$

842,279

 

$

1,113,111

Research and development

 

 

334,306

 

 

391,115

Total

 

$

1,176,585

 

$

1,504,226

 

Stock Options

Below is a table summarizing the options issued and outstanding as of and for the three months ended December 31, 2020:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted

 

Average

 

Total

 

 

 

 

Average

 

Remaining

 

Aggregate

 

 

 

 

Exercise

 

Contractual Life

 

Intrinsic

 

    

Stock Options

    

Price

    

(in years)

    

Value

Outstanding at September 30, 2020

 

6,190,790

 

$

2.76

 

  

 

 

  

Granted

 

494,340

 

 

7.42

 

  

 

 

  

Exercised

 

(21,576)

 

 

5.21

 

 

 

 

 

Forfeited

 

(30,000)

 

 

4.80

 

 

 

 

 

Outstanding at December 31, 2020

 

6,633,554

 

 

3.09

 

8.3

 

$

27,071,221

Exercisable as of December 31, 2020

 

4,409,572

 

$

1.51

 

8.0

 

$

24,843,446

 

As of December 31, 2020, unrecognized compensation costs associated with the stock options of $5.8 million will be recognized over an estimated weighted-average amortization period of 1.4 years.

The weighted average grant date fair value of options granted during the three months ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 was $5.20 and $4.78, respectively.

Key assumptions used to estimate the fair value of the stock options granted during the three months ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 included:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three Months ended December 31, 

 

    

2020

    

2019

Expected term of options (years)

 

6.0

 

7.0

Expected common stock price volatility

 

83.1% - 83.3%

 

78% - 81.1%

Risk-free interest rate

 

 0.6% - 0.7%

 

 1.7% - 1.8%

Expected dividend yield

 

 —

 

 —

 

During the three months ended December 31, 2020, the Company granted a stock option to purchase 225,000 shares to a consultant in recognition of future service to the Company as an employee. The exercisability and vesting of the stock options are subject to the consultant's effective date of employment with the Company, which has not yet occurred as of December 31, 2020, and as a result, the grant-date of such option has not occurred under GAAP. Therefore, the number and fair value of the shares subject to this option are not reflected in the table summarizing the options issued and outstanding as of and for the three months ended December 31, 2020, and did not have impact on unrecognized compensation costs or the estimated weighted-average amortization period above as of December 31, 2020.

Restricted Stock

A summary of the changes in the unvested restricted stock during the three months ended December 31, 2020 is as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted

 

 

 

 

 

Average

 

 

 

 

 

  Grant Date

 

    

Unvested Restricted

    

 Fair Value

 

 

 Stock

 

Price

Unvested as of September 30, 2020

 

 

 —

 

$

 —

Granted

 

 

1,931

 

 

9.06

Vested

 

 

(1,931)

 

 

9.06

Unvested as of December 31, 2020

 

 

 —

 

$

 —