Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Stockholders' Equity

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Stockholders' Equity
3 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2019
Equity [Abstract]  
Stockholders' Equity

Note 11. Stockholders' Equity

 

Equity Incentive Plans

  

During the three months ended September 30, 2019, the Company granted employees and directors options to purchase an aggregate of 57,000 shares of common stock with a weighted average grant date fair value of $4.23. The fair values of the Company's options were estimated at the dates of grant using a Black-Scholes option pricing model with the following weighted average assumptions:

  

   

Three Months Ended

September 30,
2019

 
Exercise price   $ 7.55  
Expected term (years)     4.75 – 5.00  
Risk-free interest rate     1.68 – 1.70 %
Volatility     67 %
Dividend yield     0 %
Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value of Options granted during the period   $ 4.23  

 

Expected term: The Company's expected term is based on the period the options are expected to remain outstanding. The Company estimated this amount utilizing the "Simplified Method" in that the Company does not have sufficient historical experience to provide a reasonable basis to estimate an expected term.

  

Risk-free interest rate: The Company uses the risk-free interest rate of a U.S. Treasury Note with a similar term on the date of the grant.

  

Volatility: The Company calculates the expected volatility of the stock price using the historical volatilities of the Company's common stock traded on the Nasdaq Capital Market.

  

Dividend yield: The Company uses a 0% expected dividend yield as the Company has not paid dividends to date and does not anticipate declaring dividends in the near future. 

  

During the three months ended September 30, 2019 the Company awarded certain employees and contractors grants of an aggregate of 213,600 restricted stock units ("RSUs") with a weighted average grant date fair value of $6.79. The RSUs will be expensed over the requisite service period. The terms of the RSUs include vesting provisions based solely on continued service. If the service criteria are satisfied, the RSUs will generally vest over 4 – 5 years.

 

Compensation expense related to our stock-based awards described above was as follows (in thousands):

  

    Three Months Ended  September 30,  
    2019     2018  
Research and Development   $ 956     $ 915  
General and Administrative   747     1,183  
Total   $ 1,703     $ 2,098  

  

Unrecognized stock-based compensation expense and weighted-average years to be recognized are as follows (in thousands):

 

    As of September 30, 2019  
   

Unrecognized stock-  

based compensation  

   

Weighted-
average years

to be recognized

 
Options   $ 2,358       2.02  
Restricted stock awards/units   $ 4,647       2.03