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Note 8 - Stockholders' Equity
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016
Notes to Financial Statements  
Stockholders' Equity Note Disclosure [Text Block]
8.
     
Stockholders’ Equity
 
2014
Common Stock Offering
 
In
June
2014,
we sold
4.8
million shares of our common stock at a public offering price of
$11.75
per share. In addition, as a component of the offering, we sold
600,000
pre-funded warrants to purchase shares of our common stock at a public offering price of
$11.74
per share. The pre-funded warrants have an exercise price of
$0.01
per share and expire on
June
30,
2021.
We received total net proceeds of
$58.9
million (net of
$4.0
million in issuance costs) from the sale of the common stock and the pre-funded warrants. As of
December
31,
2016,
all warrants from the
June
2014
public offering remain outstanding.
 
2015
Common Stock Offering
 
In
June
2015,
we sold
5.5
million shares of our common stock at a public offering price of
$24.75
per share. We received total net proceeds of
$128.2
million (net of
$8.4
million in issuance costs) from the sale of the common stock.
 
201
7
Common Stock Offering
 
In
January
2017,
we sold
14.1
million shares of our common stock at a public offering price of
$12.20
per share. We received total net proceeds of
$163.7
million (net of
$8.8
million in issuance costs) from the sale of the common stock.
 
 
Private Placement Warrants
 
In
June
2011,
we sold shares of common stock and warrants to purchase common stock in a private placement. A total of
4,000,000
warrants to purchase common stock at an exercise price of
$3.60
per share were issued as part of this private placement. As of
December
31,
2016,
all warrants from the
June
2011
Private Placement have been exercised.
 
During the year ended
December
31,
2016,
warrant holders exercised
2,965,477
warrants under the cashless exercise provision in each such holder’s warrant, which resulted in the net issuance of
2,395,700
shares of common stock and no net cash proceeds to us. During the year ended
December
31,
2015,
warrant holders exercised
343,813
warrants under the cashless exercise provision in each such holder’s warrant, which resulted in the net issuance of
285,713
 shares of common stock and no net cash proceeds to us. During the year ended
December
31,
2014,
warrant holders exercised
460,706
warrants under the cashless exercise provision in the warrant agreement, which resulted in the net issuance of
303,614
 shares of common stock and no net cash proceeds to us.
 
Common Stock Reserved for Future Issuance
 
Shares of our common stock reserved for future issuance as of
December
 
31,
 
2016
were as follows:
 
 
 
Number of Shares
 
Stock options outstanding
   
11,845,376
 
Stock options available for grant
   
2,653,548
 
Employee stock purchase plan
   
144,600
 
Warrants outstanding
   
600,000
 
Shares of common stock underlying Convertible Notes outstanding (see Note 7)
   
7,521,416
 
Total shares reserved for future issuance
   
22,764,940
 
 
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
 
In
1997,
our stockholders approved our Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “ESPP”). In
December
2007,
May
2009,
June
2011,
May
2014,
May
2015
and
June
2016,
our stockholders authorized increases in the number of shares reserved for issuance under the ESPP by
5,000,
10,000,
25,000,
25,000,
100,000
and
100,000
shares, respectively, for a total of
275,000
shares reserved at
December
31,
2016.
Under the terms of the ESPP, employees can elect to have up to a maximum of
10%
of their base earnings withheld to purchase our common stock. The purchase price of the stock is
85%
of the lower of the closing prices for our common stock on: (i) the
first
trading day in the enrollment period, as defined in the ESPP, in which the purchase is made, or (ii) the purchase date. The length of the enrollment period is
six
months. Enrollment dates are the
first
business day of
May
and
November.
In
2016,
51%
of eligible employees participated in the ESPP. Under the ESPP, we issued
54,932,
30,361,
and
12,028
shares in
2016,
2015
and
2014,
respectively. The weighted-average exercise price per share of the purchase rights exercised during
2016,
2015
and
2014
was
$14.03,
$8.46
and
$7.59,
respectively. As of
December
 
31,
 
2016,
130,400
 shares of common stock have been issued under the ESPP and
144,600
 shares of common stock are available for future issuance.
 
Stock Option Plans
 
We currently have
one
stock option plan from which we can grant options and restricted stock awards to employees, officers, directors and consultants. In
December
2007,
the stockholders approved our
2007
Equity Incentive Plan (the
“2007
Plan”) at which time a maximum of
150,000
shares of common stock were available for grant. In
May
2010,
June
2011,
May
2014,
May
2015
and
June
2016,
our stockholders approved amendments to our
2007
Plan to increase the maximum number of shares of common stock available for grant by
100,000,
4,500,000,
1,750,000,
4,300,000
and
3,000,000
shares of common stock, respectively, resulting in an aggregate of
13,800,000
shares of common stock authorized for issuance as of
December
31,
2016.
At
December
31,
2016,
there were
2,653,548
shares available for future grant under the
2007
Plan. Any shares that are issuable upon exercise of options granted that expire, are cancelled, or that we receive pursuant to a net exercise of options, are available for future grant and issuance.
 
We also granted stock options and restricted stock awards under the
2002
Stock Incentive Plan (the
“2002
Plan”) in prior years. The remaining shares available to be granted under the
2002
Plan expired in
February
2012.
 
In
2014,
2013
and
2012,
we granted options to certain employees outside of our stockholder approved stock option plans. All options to purchase our common stock were granted with an exercise price that equals fair market value of the underlying common stock on the grant dates and expire no later than
ten
years from the date of grant. The options are exercisable in accordance with vesting schedules that generally provide for them to be fully vested and exercisable
four
years after the date of grant, provided, however, that we have also issued stock options awards that are subject to performance vesting requirements. All stock option grants issued outside of our stockholder approved plans have been registered on Form S-
8
with the SEC.
 
A summary of our stock option activity and related data follows:
 
 
 
Outstanding Options
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Weighted-
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Average
 
 
 
Number of
 
 
Exercise
 
 
 
Shares
 
 
Price
 
Balance at December 31, 2013
   
6,355,681
    $
8.22
 
Granted
   
3,181,001
     
9.40
 
Exercised
   
(756,593
)
   
6.34
 
Cancelled
   
(862,085
)
   
9.88
 
Balance at December 31, 2014
   
7,918,004
     
8.69
 
Granted
   
2,134,505
     
28.95
 
Exercised
   
(1,042,343
)
   
9.15
 
Cancelled
   
(575,178
)
   
10.42
 
Balance at December 31, 2015
   
8,434,988
     
13.64
 
Granted
   
4,920,661
     
15.98
 
Exercised
   
(798,363
)
   
8.37
 
Cancelled
   
(711,910
)
   
22.43
 
Balance at December 31, 2016
   
11,845,376
    $
14.44
 
 
 
For the year ended
December
31,
2016,
option holders exercised
798,363
stock options resulting in cash proceeds to us of
$6.7
million.
 
For the year ended
December
 
31,
 
2016,
options cancelled (included in the above table) consisted of
707,617
options forfeited with a weighted-average exercise price of
$22.35
and
4,293
options expired with a weighted-average exercise price of
$35.09.
 
As of
December
 
31,
 
2016,
options exercisable have a weighted-average remaining contractual term of
5.3
 years. The total intrinsic value of stock option exercises, which is the difference between the exercise price and closing price of our common stock on the date of exercise, during the years ended
December
 
31,
 
2016
and
2015,
was
$10.4
million and
$13.9
million, respectively. As of
December
 
31,
 
2016
and
2015,
the total intrinsic value of options outstanding and exercisable was
$16.9
million and
$46.6
million, respectively, which is the difference between the exercise price and closing price of our common stock.
 
 
 
 
Years Ended December 31,
 
 
 
2016
 
 
2015
 
 
2014
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Weighted-
 
 
 
 
 
 
Weighted-
 
 
 
 
 
 
Weighted-
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Average
 
 
 
 
 
 
Average
 
 
 
 
 
 
Average
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Exercise
 
 
 
 
 
 
Exercise
 
 
 
 
 
 
Exercise
 
 
 
Options
 
 
Price
 
 
Options
 
 
Price
 
 
Options
 
 
Price
 
Exercisable at end of year
   
4,356,665
    $
11.66
     
2,587,392
    $
8.72
     
2,237,901
    $
9.01
 
Options vested or expected to vest
   
11,234,529
    $
14.32
     
8,059,481
    $
13.38
     
7,841,074
    $
8.69
 
 
 
Exercise prices and weighted-average remaining contractual lives for the options outstanding as of
December
 
31,
 
2016
were:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Weighted-
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
 
 
Weighted-
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Average
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
 
 
Average
 
 
Weighted-
 
 
 
 
 
 
Exercise
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
 
 
Remaining
 
 
Average
 
 
 
 
 
 
Price of
 
Options
 
 
Range of
 
 
Contractual
 
 
Exercise
 
 
Options
 
 
Options
 
Outstanding
 
 
Exercise Prices
 
 
Life (in years)
 
 
Price
 
 
Exercisable
 
 
Exercisable
 
581,518      
$3.80 
7.00
     
1.01
    $
6.02
     
581,518
    $
6.02
 
1,935,473      
 
$7.20
 
     
6.28
     
7.20
     
1,054,143
     
7.20
 
1,793,013      
$7.61
 9.05
     
7.09
     
8.93
     
1,104,899
     
8.94
 
843,387      
$9.20
12.65
     
4.23
     
10.33
     
736,434
     
10.39
 
2,271,111      
 
$13.00
 
     
9.97
     
13.00
     
     
 
548,025      
$13.20
16.62
     
7.38
     
15.46
     
202,650
     
14.57
 
1,241,350      
 
$16.83
 
     
9.71
     
16.83
     
51,320
     
16.83
 
1,226,884      
$17.10
28.30
     
8.41
     
22.48
     
164,692
     
26.76
 
1,203,272      
$28.73
29.86
     
8.49
     
29.44
     
395,686
     
29.44
 
201,343      
$29.95
102.40
     
8.61
     
34.78
     
65,323
     
35.03
 
11,845,376      
$3.80
102.40
     
7.60
     
14.44
     
4,356,665
     
11.66
 
 
 
On
December
 
31,
 
2016,
we had reserved
11,845,376
 shares of common stock for future issuance upon exercise of outstanding options granted under the
2002
Plan and the
2007
Plan, as well as the non-plan grants.
 
Valuation and Expense Information
 
 
The following table summarizes stock-based compensation expense related to stock-based payment awards granted pursuant to all of our equity compensation arrangements for the years ended
December
 
31,
 
2016,
2015
and
2014
(in thousands):
 
 
 
 
December 31,
 
 
 
2016
 
 
2015
 
 
2014
 
Research and development
  $
11,316
    $
4,701
    $
3,329
 
General and administrative
   
7,402
     
6,282
     
2,532
 
Sales and marketing
   
7,238
     
3,377
     
2,206
 
Stock-based compensation expense included in operating expenses
  $
25,956
    $
14,360
    $
8,067
 
 
 
 
As of
December
 
31,
 
2016,
there was
$86.4
million of total unrecognized compensation cost related to non-vested, stock-based payment awards granted under all of our equity compensation plans and all non-plan option grants. Total unrecognized compensation cost will be adjusted for future changes in estimated forfeitures. We expect to recognize this compensation cost over a weighted-average period of
2.9
 years.
 
For the years ended
December
 
31,
 
2016,
2015
and
2014,
we estimated the fair value of each option grant and ESPP purchase right on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option pricing model with the following weighted-average assumptions:
 
Options:
 
 
 
 
December 31,
 
 
 
2016
 
 
2015
 
 
2014
 
Risk-free interest rate
   
1.7
%
   
1.7
%
   
1.9
%
Dividend yield
   
%
   
%
   
%
Volatility
   
89.1
%
   
92.7
%
   
99.0
%
Expected life (years)
   
6
     
6
     
6
 
 
ESPP:
 
 
 
 
December 31,
 
 
 
2016
 
 
2015
 
 
2014
 
Risk-free interest rate
   
0.4
%
   
0.1
%
   
0.1
%
Dividend yield
   
%
   
%
   
%
Volatility
   
68.3
%
   
86.7
%
   
53.8
%
Expected life (months)
   
6
     
6
     
6
 
 
 
The weighted-average fair value of options granted was
$11.82,
$21.92
and
$7.40
for the years ended
December
 
31,
 
2016,
2015
and
2014,
respectively.
 
The weighted-average fair value of shares purchased through the ESPP was
$6.10,
$8.23
and
$3.06
for the years ended
December
 
31,
 
2016,
2015
and
2014,
respectively.
 
 
The risk-free interest rate assumption is based on observed interest rates on United States Treasury debt securities with maturities close to the expected term of our employee and director stock options and ESPP purchases.
 
 
The dividend yield assumption is based on our history and expectation of dividend payouts. We have never paid dividends on our common stock and we do not anticipate paying dividends in the foreseeable future.
 
 
We used our historical stock price to estimate volatility.
 
 
The expected life of employee and director stock options represents the average of the contractual term of the options and the weighted-average vesting period, as permitted under the simplified method. We have elected to use the simplified method, as we do not have enough historical exercise experience to provide a reasonable basis upon which to estimate the expected term. The expected life for the ESPP purchase rights is
six
months, which represents the length of each purchase period.