Equity Plans

Compensation and Incentive Plans

Our Second Amended and Restated 2011 Compensation and Incentive Plan (the “2011 Plan”) provided for the grant of incentive stock options (“ISOs”), nonqualified stock options (“NQs”), restricted stock, restricted stock units (“RSUs”), deferred stock units (“DSUs”), performance stock units (“PSUs”) and other equity based non-stock option awards as determined by the plan administrator to our officers, employees, consultants and directors. The 2011 Plan expired on July 20, 2021.

Our 2021 Compensation and Incentive Plan (the “2021 Plan”) was proposed by the Board of Directions (the “Board”) and adopted by stockholders in July 2021 to permit the continued issuance of equity-based compensation, including the granting of ISOs, NQs, restricted stock, RSUs, DSUs, PSUs, and other equity based non-stock option awards as determined by the plan administrator to our officers, employees, consultants and directors. Under the 2021 Plan, we may satisfy awards upon the exercise of stock options or the vesting of stock units with newly issued shares or treasury shares. The Board, or a committee of independent members of the Board (the “Committee”), is responsible for the administration of the 2021 Plan and determining the terms of each award, award exercise price, the number of shares for which each award is granted and the rate at which each award vests. In certain instances, the Board or Committee may elect to modify the terms of an award. The number of shares authorized for issuance under the 2021 Plan is 4,896,878, including 2,396,878 shares awarded under the 2011 Plan that may become available for issuance under the 2021 Plan due to the expiration, termination, surrender, or forfeiture of such outstanding awards. As of July 31, 2021, there were 2,350,000 shares available for future grant.      

Nonemployee members of the Board may elect to receive DSUs or stock options in lieu of RSUs. The number of units subject to the DSUs is determined as of the grant date and shall fully vest one year from the grant date. The shares underlying the DSUs are not vested and issued until the earlier of the director ceasing to be a member of the Board (provided such time is subsequent to the first day of the succeeding fiscal year) or immediately prior to a change in control.

Option awards may be granted at an exercise price per share of not less than 100% of the fair market value per common share on the date of the grant and not less than 110% of the fair market value per common share on the date of the grant with respect to ISOs granted to employees owning stock possessing more than 10% of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company. Option awards granted under the 2021 Plan generally vest over a period of one to three years and expire ten years from the date of the grant.

We have a Long-Term Incentive Program, adopted in fiscal 2016, under which the named executive officers and other of our key employees may receive long-term equity-based incentive awards, which are intended to align the interests of our named executive officers and other key employees with the long-term interests of our stockholders and to emphasize and reinforce our focus on team success. Long-term equity-based incentive compensation awards are made in the form of stock options, RSUs and PSUs subject to vesting based in part on the extent to which employment continues. 

2015 Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Under our 2015 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “ESPP”), six-month offering periods begin on October 1 and April 1 of each year during which eligible employees may elect to purchase shares of our common stock according to the terms of the offering.  On each purchase date, eligible employees can purchase our stock at a price per share equal to 85% of the closing price of our common stock on the exercise date, but no less than par value.  The maximum number of shares of our common stock authorized for sale under the ESPP is 1,150,000 shares, of which 1,075,024 remain available under the ESPP as of July 31, 2021. There were no shares purchased under the ESPP during the first half of fiscal 2022 as the Company suspended the ESPP as of April 1, 2020 and is still evaluating when the suspension will be lifted, if at all. Under the ESPP, 5,702 shares were purchased during the first half of fiscal 2021.

Award Activity

In the first half of fiscal 2022, we granted 1,080,000 option awards and 1,049,088 RSU awards with a total grant date fair value of $2.6 million. In the first half of fiscal 2022, we canceled 1,320,335 option awards and 171,308 RSU awards, including PSUs.

Stock-Based Compensation

We recognized stock-based compensation expense within the accompanying consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss as follows:

As of July 31, 2021, unrecognized stock-based compensation expense related to unvested stock options was approximately $0.6 million, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 1.9 years. As of July 31, 2021, unrecognized stock-based compensation expense related to unvested RSUs and DSUs was $0.6 million and $0.1 million, respectively, which is expected to be recognized over weighted average amortization periods of 1.5 years and 0.7 years, respectively. Additionally, as of July 31, 2021, unrecognized stock-based compensation expense related to unvested PSUs was less than $0.1 million, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted average amortization period of 1.3 years.