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STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION AND BENEFIT PLAN (Tables)
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2025
Equity [Abstract]  
Equity Plans
The following table contains information about the Company's equity plans:
March 31, 2025December 31, 2024
Title of PlanGroup EligibleType of Award Granted (or to be Granted)Awards OutstandingAdditional Awards Authorized for GrantAwards OutstandingAdditional Awards Authorized for Grant
Keryx Equity Plans(1)(2)
Employees, directors and consultantsStock options and RSUs153,346 — 163,765 — 
Akebia Therapeutics, Inc. 2014 Incentive Plan, as amended (2) (3)
(the 2014 Plan)
Employees, directors, consultants and advisorsStock options, RSUs, SARs and performance awards10,314,595 — 11,559,708 — 
Akebia Therapeutics, Inc. 2023 Stock Incentive Plan(3) (the 2023 Plan)
(replaced 2014 Plan)
Employees, officers, directors, consultants and advisorsStock options, SARs, restricted stock, unrestricted stock, RSUs, performance awards, other share-based awards and dividend equivalents16,092,744 4,399,444 10,390,642 11,340,648 
(1)     The Keryx Equity Plans consist of the Keryx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. 1999 Share Option Plan, Keryx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc., as amended, the 2004 Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended, the Keryx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. 2007 Incentive Plan, the Keryx Biopharmaceuticals Inc. Amended and Restated 2013 Incentive Plan and the Keryx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. 2018 Equity Incentive Plan.
(2)     New awards are no longer being granted under these plans.
(3)     This table includes inducement awards that are subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable plan but were granted as inducement awards consistent with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4) and not under the applicable plan: 1,120,196 options included as outstanding under the 2014 Plan in the table and 2,274,138 options included as outstanding under the 2023 Plan in the table as of March 31, 2025 and 1,151,127 options included as outstanding under the 2014 Plan and 2,534,775 options included as outstanding under the 2023 Plan in the table as of December 31, 2024.
Stock Option Activity
The combined stock option activity for the three months ended March 31, 2025, is as follows:
Stock
Options
Weighted Average Exercise PriceWeighted-Average Contractual Life (years) Aggregate Intrinsic Value (in thousands)
Outstanding at December 31, 2024
16,684,325 $3.19 7.17 years$6,797 
Granted3,852,013 $2.23 — — 
Exercised(604,325)$0.80 — — 
Expired(249,474)$11.41 — — 
Canceled and forfeited(580,529)$1.65 — — 
Outstanding at March 31, 2025
19,102,010 $3.01 7.54 years$6,152 
Exercisable at March 31, 2025
9,208,835 $4.40 5.92 years— 
RSU and PSU Activity
RSU and PSU activity is as follows:
2014 Plan2023 Plan
Number of SharesWeighted Average Fair ValueNumber of SharesWeighted Average Fair Value
Unvested as of December 31, 2024
1,321,423 $0.95 4,108,367 $1.59 
Granted— $— 4,126,200$2.19 
Vested(566,321)$1.19 (1,094,226)$1.68 
Forfeited and canceled(13,133)$0.63 (423,635)$1.74 
Unvested as of March 31, 2025
741,969 $0.76 6,716,706 $1.94 
Assumptions Used in Black-Scholes Option Pricing Model The weighted-average assumptions used in calculating the fair values of the rights to acquire stock under the 2023 Plan, the 2014 Plan and inducement awards were as follows:                                         
 
Three Months Ended March 31,
Stock Options
2025
2024
Risk-free interest rate4.00 %-4.38%3.90 %-4.23%
Expected volatility111.97 %-117.83%111.33 %-114.25%
Expected term (years)6.25 years-6.25 years6.25 years-6.25 years
Expected dividend yield —%—%
Weighted average grant date fair value
$1.92$1.46
Stock-Based Compensation Expense in Consolidated Statement of Operations and Comprehensive Loss
The Company has classified stock-based compensation in its unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss) as follows (in thousands):                                    
 
Three Months Ended March 31,
 
2025
2024
Cost of goods sold $139 $87 
Research and development467 419 
Selling, general and administrative 1,581 1,816 
Restructuring— 38 
Total stock-based compensation$2,187 $2,360