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Stock-Based Compensation
9 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2021
Disclosure Of Compensation Related Costs Sharebased Payments [Abstract]  
Stock-Based Compensation

 

NOTE 9. STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION

 

Arrowhead has three plans that provide for equity-based compensation. Under the 2004 Equity Incentive Plan and the 2013 Incentive Plan, as of June 30, 2021, 429,141 and 5,293,368 shares, respectively, of Arrowhead’s Common Stock are reserved for the grant of stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock awards and performance unit/share awards to employees, consultants and others. No further grants may be made under the 2004 Equity Incentive Plan.  As of June 30, 2021, there were options granted and outstanding to purchase 429,141 and 2,127,918 shares of Common Stock under the 2004 Equity Incentive Plan and the 2013 Incentive Plan, respectively, and there were 3,165,450 restricted stock units granted and outstanding under the 2013 Incentive Plan. Also, as of June 30, 2021, there were 1,001,516 shares reserved for options and 636,700 shares reserved for restricted stock units issued as inducement grants to new employees outside of equity compensation plans. On March 18, 2021, the Company’s stockholders approved the Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 2021 Incentive Plan (“2021 Incentive Plan”), which authorizes 8,000,000 shares (subject to certain adjustments) to be awarded for grants of stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted and unrestricted stock and stock units, performance awards, cash awards and other awards convertible into or otherwise based on shares of Arrowhead’s Common Stock. The maximum number of shares authorized under the 2021 Incentive Plan will be (i) reduced by any shares subject to awards made under the 2013 Incentive Plan after January 1, 2021, and (ii) increased by any shares subject to outstanding awards under the 2013 Incentive Plan as of January 1, 2021 that, after January 1, 2021, are canceled, expired, forfeited or otherwise not issued under such awards (other than as a result of being tendered or withheld to pay the exercise price or withholding taxes in connection with any such awards) or settled in cash. As of June 30, 2021, there were options granted and outstanding to purchase 18,000 shares of Common Stock and 43,500 restricted stock units granted and outstanding under the 2021 Incentive Plan. As of June 30, 2021, the total number of authorized shares under the 2021 Incentive Plan was 8,020,439 shares, which includes 81,939 shares that were forfeited under the 2013 Incentive Plan.      

 

 

Stock Options

The following table summarizes information about stock options:

 

 

 

Number of

Options

Outstanding

 

 

Weighted-

Average

Exercise

Price

Per Share

 

 

Weighted-

Average

Remaining

Contractual

Term

 

Aggregate

Intrinsic

Value

 

Balance at September 30, 2020

 

 

4,539,403

 

 

$

16.67

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Granted

 

 

186,000

 

 

65.57

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cancelled

 

 

(167,609

)

 

34.86

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exercised

 

 

(981,219

)

 

10.69

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance at June 30, 2021

 

 

3,576,575

 

 

$

20.00

 

 

5.9 years

 

$

224,666,017

 

Exercisable at June 30, 2021

 

 

2,417,915

 

 

$

11.18

 

 

4.7 years

 

$

173,212,122

 

 

 

Stock-based compensation expense related to stock options for the three months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020 was $3.2 million and $2.7 million, respectively. Stock-based compensation expense related to stock options for the nine months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020 was $9.6 million and $6.8 million, respectively. For non-qualified stock options, the expense creates a timing difference, resulting in a deferred tax asset, which is fully reserved by a valuation allowance.

The grant date fair value of the options granted by the Company for the three months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020 was $0.9 million and $3.4 million, respectively. The grant date fair value of the options granted by the Company for the nine months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020 was $9.0 million and $30.0 million, respectively.  

The intrinsic value of the options exercised during the three months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020 was $10.2 million and $9.5 million, respectively. The intrinsic value of the options exercised during the nine months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020 was $63.0 million and $39.8 million, respectively.

As of June 30, 2021, the pre-tax compensation expense for all outstanding unvested stock options in the amount of $31.3 million will be recognized in the Company’s results of operations over a weighted average period of 2.7 years.

The fair value of each stock option award is estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option pricing model. The Black-Scholes option valuation model was developed for use in estimating the fair value of traded options, which do not have vesting restrictions and are fully transferable. The determination of the fair value of each stock option is affected by the Company’s stock price on the date of grant, as well as assumptions regarding a number of highly complex and subjective variables. Because the Company’s employee stock options have characteristics significantly different from those of traded options, and because changes in the subjective input assumptions can materially affect the fair value estimate, in management’s opinion, the existing models do not necessarily provide a reliable single measure of the fair value of its employee stock options.

The assumptions used to value stock options are as follows:

 

 

 

Nine Months Ended June 30,

 

 

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

 

Dividend yield

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

Risk-free interest rate

 

0.4 – 1.1%

 

 

0.4 – 1.8%

 

 

Volatility

 

86.2 – 90.4%

 

 

90.5 – 91.9%

 

 

Expected life (in years)

 

 

6.25

 

 

 

6.25

 

 

Weighted average grant date fair value per share of options granted

 

$

48.64

 

 

$

38.12

 

 

 

 

The dividend yield is zero as the Company currently does not pay a dividend.

The risk-free interest rate is based on that of the U.S. Treasury bond.

Volatility is estimated based on volatility average of the Company’s Common Stock price.

Restricted Stock Units

Restricted stock units (“RSUs”), including time-based and performance-based awards, have been granted under the Company’s 2013 Incentive Plan, 2021 Incentive Plan, and as inducements grants granted outside of the Company’s equity-based compensation plans under Rule 5635(c)(4) of the Nasdaq Listing Rules.  At vesting, each outstanding RSU will be exchanged for one share of the Company’s Common Stock. RSU awards generally vest subject to the satisfaction of service requirements or the satisfaction of both service requirements and achievement of certain performance targets.  

The following table summarizes the activity of the Company’s RSUs:

 

 

 

Number of

RSUs

 

 

Weighted-

Average

Grant

Date

Fair Value

 

Unvested at September 30, 2020

 

 

3,524,025

 

 

$

44.11

 

Granted

 

 

1,488,450

 

 

 

75.29

 

Vested

 

 

(851,825

)

 

 

30.41

 

Forfeited

 

 

(315,000

)

 

 

39.93

 

Unvested at June 30, 2021

 

 

3,845,650

 

 

$

59.55

 

 

 

During the three months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, the Company recorded $15.4 million and $7.4 million of expense related to RSUs, respectively. During the nine months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, the Company recorded $32.5 million and $20.7 million of expense related to RSUs, respectively. Such expense is included in stock-based compensation expense in the Company’s Consolidated Statement of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss). For RSUs, the expense creates a timing difference, resulting in a deferred tax asset, which is fully reserved by a valuation allowance.  

For RSUs, the grant date fair value of the award is based on the Company’s closing stock price at the grant date, with consideration given to the probability of achieving performance conditions for performance-based awards. The grant date fair value of the RSUs granted by the Company for the three months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020 was $3.1 million and $5.9 million, respectively. The grant date fair value of the RSUs granted by the Company for the nine months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020 was $112.1 million and $141.8 million, respectively.

As of June 30, 2021, the pre-tax compensation expense for all unvested RSUs in the amount of $123.5 million will be recognized in the Company’s results of operations over a weighted average period of 2.7 years.  Unvested RSUs that we have deemed not probable of vesting as of June 30, 2021, have the potential of generating an additional $70.1 million of pre-tax compensation expense if we deem them probable of vesting in a future reporting period.