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Note 8 - Stockholders' Equity
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2017
Notes to Financial Statements  
Stockholders' Equity Note Disclosure [Text Block]
8.
Stockholders’ Equity
 
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
s
 
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.
 
In
December 2017,
we sold
9.7
million shares of our common stock at a public offering price of
$15.50
per share. We received total net proceeds of
$142.6
million (net of
$7.4
 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.
 
Public Offering Warrants
 
In
June 2014,
as a component of our public offering, we sold
600,000
pre-funded warrants to purchase shares of our common stock. The pre-funded warrants have an exercise price of
$0.01
per share and expire on
June 30, 2021.
During the year ended
December 31, 2017,
warrant holders exercised
4,426
warrants under the cashless exercise provision in each such holder’s warrant, which resulted in the net issuance of
4,423
shares of common stock and
no
net cash proceeds to us. As of
December 31, 2017,
595,574
warrants from the
June 2014
public offering remain outstanding.
 
Common Stock Reserved for Future Issuance
 
Shares of
our common stock reserved for future issuance as of
December 
31,
 
2017
were as follows:
 
   
Number of
Shares
 
Stock options outstanding
   
13,462,963
 
Stock options available for grant
   
4,685,432
 
Employee stock purchase plan
   
267,317
 
Warrants outstanding
   
620,164
 
Shares of c
ommon stock underlying Convertible Notes outstanding (see Note 7)
   
7,982,957
 
Total shares reserved for future issuance
   
27,018,833
 
 
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
 
In
1997
, our stockholders approved our Employee Stock Purchase Plan (“ESPP”). In
December 2007,
May 2009,
June 2011,
May 2014,
May 2015,
June 2016
and
June 2017,
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,
100,000
and
200,000
shares, respectively, for a total of
475,000
shares reserved at
December 31, 2017.
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
2017,
48%
of eligible employees participated in the ESPP. Under the ESPP, we issued
77,283,
54,932,
and
30,361
shares in
2017,
2016
and
2015,
respectively. The weighted-average exercise price per share of the purchase rights exercised during
2017,
2016
and
2015
was
$12.80,
$14.03
and
$8.46,
respectively. As of
December 
31,
 
2017,
207,683
 shares of common stock have been issued under the ESPP and
267,317
 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 (
“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,
June 2016
and
June 2017,
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,
3,000,000
and
5,000,000
shares of common stock, respectively, resulting in an aggregate of
18,800,000
shares of common stock authorized for issuance as of
December 31, 2017.
At
December 31, 2017,
there were
4,685,432
shares available for future grant under the
2007
Plan. Any shares that are issuable on 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 unde
r the
2002
Stock Incentive Plan (
“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 is as follows:
 
   
Outstanding Options
 
   
Number
of
Shares
   
Weighted-
Average
Exercise
Price
 
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 Decemb
er 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 Decemb
er 31, 2016
   
11,845,376
     
14.44
 
Granted
   
4,300,621
     
16.17
 
Exercised
   
(1,350,605
)
   
8.49
 
Cancelled
   
(1,332,429
)
   
20.06
 
Balance at December 31, 2017
   
13,462,963
     
15.03
 
 
 
For the year ended
December 
31,
 
2017,
options cancelled (included in the above table) consisted of
993,920
options forfeited with a weighted-average exercise price of
$17.77
and
338,509
options expired with a weighted-average exercise price of
$26.81.
 
As of
December 
31,
 
2017,
options exercisable have a weighted-average remaining contractual term of
6.5
 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,
 
2017
and
2016
was
$9.9
million and
$10.4
million, respectively. As of
December 
31,
 
2017
and
2016,
the total intrinsic value of options outstanding and exercisable was
$
35.6
million and
$
16.9
million, respectively.
 
 
   
Years Ended December
31,
 
   
2017
   
2016
   
2015
 
   
Options
   
Weighted-
Average
Exercise
Price
   
Options
   
Weighted-
Average
Exercise
Price
   
Options
   
Weighted-
Average
Exercise
Price
 
Exercisable at end of year
   
5,446,586
    $
13.25
     
4,356,665
    $
11.66
     
2,587,392
    $
8.72
 
Options vested or expected to vest
   
12,854,571
    $
14.98
     
11,234,529
    $
14.32
     
8,059,481
    $
13.38
 
 
 
Exercise prices and weighted-average remaining contractual lives for the options outstanding as of
December 
31,
 
2017
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
 
34,906    
 
$5.20
 
     
3.04
    $
5.20
     
34,906
    $
5.20
 
1,962,586    
$6.60
$7.20
     
5.30
     
7.19
     
1,587,586
     
7.18
 
1,894,556    
$
8.80
$12.90
     
6.23
     
9.55
     
1,610,345
     
9.54
 
1,895,717    
 
$13.00
 
     
8.88
     
13.00
     
532,872
     
13.00
 
1,900,182    
$13.05
$16.30
     
8.90
     
14.95
     
278,933
     
15.12
 
1,029,700    
$16.35
$16.90
     
8.65
     
16.81
     
342,983
     
16.82
 
4,745,316    
$17.00
$38.46
     
9.02
     
21.00
     
1,058,961
     
26.73
 
13,462,963    
$
5.20
$38.46
     
8.01
     
15.03
     
5,446,586
     
13.25
 
 
 
On
December 
31,
 
2017,
we had reserved
13,462,963
 shares of common stock for future issuance on exercise of outstanding options granted under 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,
 
2017,
2016
and
2015
(in thousands):
 
 
   
December
31,
 
   
2017
   
2016
   
2015
 
Research and development
  $
11,312
    $
11,316
    $
4,701
 
General and administrative
   
9,469
     
7,402
     
6,282
 
Sales and marketing
   
9,757
     
7,238
     
3,377
 
Total s
tock-based compensation expense
  $
30,538
    $
25,956
    $
14,360
 
 
 
 
As of
December 
31,
 
2017,
there was
$88.2
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
3.0
 years.
 
For t
he years ended
December 
31,
 
2017,
2016
and
2015,
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,
 
   
2017
   
2016
   
2015
 
Risk-free interest
rate
   
2.1
%
   
1.7
%
   
1.7
%
Dividend yield
   
%
   
%
   
%
Volatility
   
74.0
%
   
89.1
%
   
92.7
%
Expected life (years)
   
6
     
6
     
6
 
 
ESPP:
 
 
   
December
31,
 
   
2017
   
2016
   
2015
 
Risk-free interest rate
   
1.2
%
   
0.4
%
   
0.1
%
Dividend yield
   
%
   
%
   
%
Volatility
   
50.0
%
   
68.3
%
   
86.7
%
Expecte
d life (months)
   
6
     
6
     
6
 
 
The weighted-average fair value
of options granted was
$10.61,
$11.82
and
$21.92
for the years ended
December 
31,
 
2017,
2016
and
2015,
respectively.
 
The weighted-average
fair value of shares purchased through the ESPP was
$4.51,
$6.10
and
$8.23
for the years ended
December 
31,
 
2017,
2016
and
2015,
respectively.
 
 
The risk-free interest rate assumption is based on observed interest rates on
U.S. 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 on 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.