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Stock-Based Compensation and Warrants

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Stock-Based Compensation and Warrants
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2022
Stock-Based Compensation and Warrants  
Stock-Based Compensation and Warrants

Note 11 – Stock-Based Compensation and Warrants

As of March 31 2022, the Company had 43,459 remaining shares available for issuance under the 2019 Equity Incentive Plan (“2019 Equity Plan”).

Stock-based compensation cost for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021 was $0.9 million and $1.0 million, respectively. Stock-based compensation is included in general and administrative expenses in the condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income. Included in stock-based compensation cost was $0.1 million of stock granted to directors for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021. Such grants were awarded consistent with the Board of Director’s compensation practices. Stock-based compensation for the three months ended March 31, 2021 included $0.3 million of compensation costs for the vesting of market condition based options and RSUs.

Stock Option Activity

Stock options in the table below include both time based and market condition based awards. Changes in stock options during the three months ended March 31, 2022 were as follows:

Weighted

Weighted

average

Intrinsic

average exercise

remaining

value

    

Shares

    

price

    

contractual life

    

(thousands)

Outstanding at December 31, 2021

 

1,252,352

$

3.36

 

3.92 years

$

11,581

Exercisable at December 31, 2021

 

1,126,685

$

3.48

 

3.72 years

$

10,283

Vested

 

$

 

  

 

  

Exercised

 

$

 

  

 

  

Cancelled, expired or forfeited

 

$

 

  

 

  

Outstanding at March 31, 2022

 

1,252,352

$

3.36

 

3.67 years

$

8,951

Exercisable at March 31, 2022

 

1,149,352

$

3.47

 

3.54 years

$

8,088

A summary of the status of the Company’s non-vested stock options as of March 31, 2022 and changes during the three months then ended, is presented below:

Weighted average

    

Shares

    

grant date fair value

Non-vested stock options at December 31, 2021

 

125,667

$

1.00

Vested

 

(22,667)

 

1.55

Cancelled, expired or forfeited

 

 

Non-vested stock options at March 31, 2022

 

103,000

$

0.87

The fair value of options that vested in the three months ended March 31, 2022 was less than $0.1 million. As of March 31, 2022, there is a nominal amount of unrecognized compensation cost related to non-vested awards, which will be recognized over a weighted-average period of 0.1 years.

Restricted Stock Unit Activity

The Company issues restricted stock units (“RSUs”) under the 2019 Equity Plan. The fair value of these RSUs is determined based upon the closing fair market value of the Company’s common stock on the grant date.

A summary of the status of RSUs and changes during the three months ended March 31, 2022 is presented below:

Weighted average

    

Shares

    

grant date fair value

Non-vested RSUs at December 31, 2021

 

1,690,010

$

4.98

Granted

 

116,670

 

11.32

Vested (1)

 

(512,446)

 

2.51

Cancelled, expired or forfeited

 

(6,667)

 

8.80

Non-vested RSUs at March 31, 2022

 

1,287,567

$

6.51

(1) This amount includes 403,913 RSUs that have vested, but which shares have not yet been issued as of March 31, 2022.

As of March 31, 2022, the Company had approximately $7.6 million of total unrecognized compensation costs related to RSUs, which will be recognized over a weighted average period of 2.9 years.

Warrants

As of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, there were outstanding warrants to purchase 125,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $1.63.