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Share-Based Compensation
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2020
Disclosure Of Compensation Related Costs Sharebased Payments [Abstract]  
Share-Based Compensation

7. Share-Based Compensation

Equity Incentive Plans

In 2018, the Company’s board of directors adopted the 89Bio Ltd. 2018 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2018 Plan”). In connection with the Reorganization, in September 2019, the Company’s board of directors approved the 2019 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2019 Plan”), which became effective on September 17, 2019. From and after the effective date of the 2019 Plan, the Company will no longer be making any future awards under the 2018 Plan.

The Company initially reserved 2,844,193 shares of common stock for issuance under the 2019 Plan. In addition, the number of shares of common stock reserved for issuance under the 2019 Plan will automatically increase on the first day of January for a period of up to ten years, commencing on January 1, 2020, in an amount equal to 4% of the total number of shares of the Company’s capital stock outstanding on the immediately preceding December 31, or a lesser number of shares determined by the Company’s board of directors. As of March 31, 2020, there were 1,676,191 shares of common stock available for issuance as future option grants under the 2019 Plan.

Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)

In October 2019, the Company adopted the 2019 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (“ESPP”), which became effective following the date of the IPO. The Company initially reserved 225,188 shares of common stock for purchase under the ESPP. The number of shares of common stock reserved for issuance under the ESPP will automatically increase on the first day of January for a period of up to ten years, in an amount equal to 1% of the total number of shares of the Company’s common stock outstanding on the immediately preceding December 31, or a lesser number of shares determined by the Company’s board of directors. Purchases will be accomplished through the participation of discrete offering periods. Each offering will be no more than 27 months long. For each offering period, ESPP participants will purchase shares of common stock at a price per share equal to 85% of the lesser of the fair market value of the Company’s common stock on (1) the first trading day of the applicable offering period or (2) the last trading day of each purchase period the applicable offering period.

The first six month offering period pursuant to the ESPP commenced on January 1, 2020. Total share-based compensation related to the ESPP for the three months ended March 31, 2020 was $13,000. As of March 31, 2020, 363,078 shares of common stock were available for issuance under the ESPP.

The Company recorded share-based compensation for the periods indicated as follows (in thousands):

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

 

March 31,

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

Research and development

 

$

192

 

 

$

7

 

General and administrative

 

 

301

 

 

 

28

 

Total share-based compensation

 

$

493

 

 

$

35

 

 

The fair value of option awards granted for the periods indicated was estimated at the date of grant using a Black-Scholes option-pricing model with the following assumptions:

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

 

 

March 31,

 

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

Stock Options

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expected term (years)

 

6.00-6.11

 

 

 

6.11

 

 

Expected volatility

 

86.4-87.5

 

%

 

61.8

 

%

Risk-free interest rate

 

0.5-1.5

 

%

2.5-2.6

 

%

Expected dividend

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The following table summarizes stock option activity for the three months ended March 31, 2020:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted

 

 

Average

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average

 

 

Remaining

 

 

Aggregate

 

 

 

Number of

 

 

Exercise

 

 

Contractual

 

 

Intrinsic

 

 

 

Options

 

 

Price

 

 

Term

 

 

Value

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(In years)

 

 

(In thousands)

 

Balance outstanding as of December 31, 2019

 

 

1,320,243

 

 

$

3.34

 

 

 

9.23

 

 

$

30,353

 

Granted

 

 

439,800

 

 

 

31.66

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exercised

 

 

(4,876

)

 

 

1.93

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cancelled

 

 

(40,482

)

 

 

2.87

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance outstanding as of March 31, 2020

 

 

1,714,685

 

 

 

10.62

 

 

 

9.21

 

 

$

28,115

 

Exercisable as of March 31, 2020

 

 

299,571

 

 

$

2.00

 

 

 

8.69

 

 

$

6,850