In June 2019, the Company’s board of directors and stockholders approved the 2019 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2019 Plan”) which became effective on June 17, 2019 and replaced the Company’s 2014 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2014 Plan”). In addition to the shares of common stock reserved for future issuance under the 2014 Plan that were added to the 2019 Plan upon its effective date, the Company initially reserved 2,200,000 shares of common stock for issuance under the 2019 Plan. The number of shares reserved for issuance under the 2019 Plan will increase automatically on January 1 of each of 2020 through 2029 by the number of shares equal to 4% of the aggregate number of outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock as of the immediately preceding December 31, or a lesser number as may be determined by the Company’s board of directors.

In April 2023, the Company’s board of directors adopted the Stoke Therapeutics, Inc. 2023 Inducement Plan (the “2023 Plan”). As permitted by Nasdaq stock market rules, the Company’s stockholders were not required to approve the 2023 Plan. The 2023 Plan provides for up to 1,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock under awards granted to newly hired employees. An “award” is any right to receive common stock of the Company through nonstatutory stock options or restricted stock units (“RSUs”).

As of September 30, 2024, there were no shares available for future issuance under the 2014 Plan, 1,915,244 shares were available under the 2019 Plan and 19,100 shares were available under the 2023 Plan.

During the three months ended September 30, 2024, the Company granted options to purchase 729,300 shares of common stock to certain of its employees. The options vest over a period of up to four years and are exercisable at a per share price equal to the fair value of the common stock on the grant date. During the three months ended September 30, 2024, the Company did not grant RSUs or performance stock units (“PSUs”) to its employees.

As of September 30, 2024, there was $35.1 million of unrecognized compensation cost related to unvested stock options granted under the 2019 and 2023 Plans. Compensation expense is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 3.0 years as of September 30, 2024. As of September 30, 2024, there was $24.9 million of unrecognized stock-based compensation related to RSUs and is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 2.2 years. As of September 30, 2024 there was $3.3 million of unrecognized stock-based compensation related to PSUs.

Stock-based compensation expense recorded as research and development and general and administrative expenses in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss is as follows (in thousands):


	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2024		2023		2024		2023
Research and development	$	2,978	$	2,576	$	7,994	$	7,607
General and administrative		4,516		3,976		12,337		11,592
Total	$	7,494	$	6,552	$	20,331	$	19,199

In June 2019, the Company adopted the 2019 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “ESPP”), which became effective on June 18, 2019. The Company initially reserved 315,000 shares of common stock for sale under the ESPP. At September 30, 2024, the Company had 1,631,069 shares available for issuance under the ESPP. The average grant date fair value per share under the ESPP was $9.87 for 2024. The total ESPP stock-based compensation expense for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 was $0.1 million and $0.3 million, respectively, and for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023 was $0.1 million and $0.3 million, respectively. The number of shares reserved for issuance under the ESPP will increase automatically on January 1 of each of the first ten calendar years following the first offering date by the number of shares equal to the lesser of 1% of the total outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock as of the immediately preceding December 31 or a lower amount determined by the Company’s board of directors. The aggregate number of shares issued over the term of the ESPP will not exceed 3,150,000 shares of the Company’s common stock.