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Stock-based Compensation | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2023
Share-Based Payment Arrangement [Abstract] |
Stock-based Compensation | Note 5 – Stock-based Compensation As of September 30, 2023, the Company had four stock-based compensation plans, which are described more fully in Note 17 – Stockholders' Equity - Stock-Based Compensation Plans of the Company's audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2022 contained in the Company’s Form 10-K. At the Company's 2022 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, the Company's shareholders approved the 2022 Heritage Global Inc. Equity Incentive Plan, which replaces the Heritage Global Inc. 2016 Plan, and authorized the issuance of an aggregate of 3.5 million shares of common stock for awards made after June 8, 2022. Stock Options During the nine months ended September 30, 2023, the Company issued options to purch ase 430,000 shares of com mon stock to certain of the Company’s employees. During the same period, the Company canceled 71,750 options to purchase common stock as a result of employee resignations. The following summarizes the changes in common stock options for the nine months ended September 30, 2023:
|  | Options |  |  | Weighted Average Exercise Price |  |  | Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term (Years) |  |  | Aggregate Intrinsic Value (In thousands) |
Outstanding as of December 31, 2022 |  |  | 2,027,350 |  |  | $ | 1.38 |  |  |  | 7.3 |  |  | $ | 2,112 |
Granted |  |  | 430,000 |  |  | $ | 2.87 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Exercised |  |  | (88,375 | ) |  | $ | 0.76 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Forfeited |  |  | (71,750 | ) |  | $ | 2.05 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Outstanding as of September 30, 2023 |  |  | 2,297,225 |  |  | $ | 1.66 |  |  |  | 6.9 |  |  | $ | 3,410 |
Options exercisable as of September 30, 2023 |  |  | 1,286,600 |  |  | $ | 1.02 |  |  |  | 5.7 |  |  | $ | 3,246 |
The Company recognized stock-based compensation expense related to common stock optio ns of $0.6 million and $0.3 for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively. As of September 30, 2023, there was appr oximately $1.4 million o f unrecognized stock-based compensation expense related to unvested common stock options outstanding, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 2.5 years. Restricted Stock Restricted stock awards represent a right to receive shares of common stock at a future date determined in accordance with the participant’s award agreement. There is no exercise price and no monetary payment required for receipt of restricted stock awards or the shares issued in settlement of the award. Instead, consideration is furnished in the form of the participant’s services to the Company. Compensation cost for these awards is based on the fair value of the shares of common stock on the date of grant and recognized as compensation expense on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period. On June 1, 2018, the Company granted 600,000 shares of Company restricted common stock in connection with the Addendum to the Employment Agreements of David Ludwig and Tom Ludwig. The shares were subject to certain restrictions on transfer and a right of repurchase over five years. The shares fully vested as of May 31, 2023. On March 30, 2021, the Company and Scott West entered into a Separation Agreement and General Release (the “Separation Agreement”). Under the terms of the Separation Agreement, Mr. West’s separation from the Company was effective on March 31, 2021. On April 8, 2021, the Company granted 25,000 shares of the Company’s restricted common stock, for which the risk of forfeiture lapsed on April 8, 2023. In addition, the Separation Agreement provides for customary mutual releases by the Company and Mr. West, and the Separation Agreement includes confidentiality, non-disparagement and other obligations. The full amount of the restricted common stock was expensed as of March 31, 2021 and fully vested as of April 8, 2023. On August 3, 2022, the Company granted 115,000 shares of Company restricted common stock to non-executive directors under the 2022 Heritage Global Inc. Equity Incentive Plan. Of these restricted stock shares granted during 2022, 40,000 shares were granted with a vesting term that was completed prior to the grant date due to a delay in the Company’s ability to grant such shares, and the remaining 75,000 shares vested in full on March 31, 2023. On March 1, 2023, the Company granted 97,290 shares of Company restricted common stock to employees under the 2022 Heritage Global Inc. Equity Incentive Plan. The restricted stock shares vest on March 1, 2024. On March 31, 2023, the Company granted 75,000 shares of Company restricted common stock to non-executive directors under the 2022 Heritage Global Inc. Equity Incentive Plan. The restricted stock shares vest on March 31, 2024. During the quarter ended September 30, 2023, the Company canceled 15,000 restricted stock awards in connection with the resignation of a member of the Company's Board of Directors. On April 1, 2023, the Company granted 15,000 shares of Company restricted common stock to one non-executive director under the 2022 Heritage Global Inc. Equity Incentive Plan. The restricted stock shares vest on April 1, 2024. The Company determined the fair value of the shares awarded by using the closing price of our common stock as of the grant date. Stock-based compensation expense related to the restricted stock awards was approximately $0.1 million for both the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022. The unrecognized stock-based compensation expense as of September 30, 2023, was approximately $0.2 million.

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