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Note 10 - Stock Options
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2019
Notes to Financial Statements  
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Note
10.
   Stock Options
 
On
May 3, 2019,
in connection with the closing of the Merger, each outstanding Private Adynxx stock option, whether vested or unvested, was converted into a stock option to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock at the Exchange Ratio and, as a result, the Company issued options to purchase an aggregate of
690,058
shares of the Company’s common stock at exercise prices ranging from
$1.11
to
$3.06
per share.
 
Additionally, at the date of the Merger, Alliqua had outstanding employee options to purchase an aggregate of
57,822
 shares of the post-Merger Company’s common stock at exercise prices ranging from
$21.00
to
$656.40
per share to former Alliqua option holders that were assumed as part of the merger. All Alliqua employees were terminated in connection with the Merger; however, such options have provisions that extend the expiration date beyond the employees’ termination date.
 
A summary of the Company’s stock option activity during the
six
months ended
June 30, 2019
is as follows (in thousands, except exercise prices):
 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Weighted
   
 
 
 
   
 
 
 
 
Weighted
   
Average
   
 
 
 
   
 
 
 
 
Average
   
Remaining
   
 
 
 
   
Number of
   
Exercise
   
Life
   
Intrinsic
 
   
Options
   
Price
   
In Years
   
Value
 
Outstanding, December 31, 2018
   
690
    $
2.76
     
 
     
 
 
Alliqua options assumed in Merger
   
58
     
289.76
     
 
     
 
 
Exercised
   
-
     
-
     
 
     
 
 
Cancelled
   
-
     
-
     
 
     
 
 
Outstanding, June 30, 2019
   
748
    $
24.95
     
6.2
    $
188
 
Exercisable, June 30, 2019
   
530
    $
33.93
     
5.7
    $
188
 
 
A summary of the Company’s stock options as of
June 30, 2019
is as follows (in thousands, except exercise prices):
 
       
Options Outstanding
   
Options Exercisable
 
       
Weighted
   
 
 
 
 
Weighted
   
Weighted
   
 
 
 
Range of
 
Average
   
Outstanding
   
Average
   
Average
   
Exercisable
 
Exercise
 
Exercise
   
Number of
   
Exercise
   
Remaining Life
   
Number of
 
Price
 
Price
   
Options
   
Price
   
In Years
   
Options
 
                                             
$1.11
-
$1.38
  $
1.11
   
 
73
    $
1.11
     
2.5
     
73
 
1.39
-
3.05
   
1.39
   
 
37
     
1.39
     
3.2
     
37
 
3.06
-
20.99
   
3.06
   
 
580
     
3.06
     
7.5
     
362
 
21.00
-
656.40
   
289.81
     
58
     
289.81
     
0.7
     
58
 
 
 
 
  $
24.95
   
 
748
    $
24.95
     
5.7
     
530
 
 
The Company did
not
grant any stock options to employees during the
three
and
six
months ended
June 30, 2019.
Stock-based compensation expense recorded in research and development and general and administrative expenses was
$68,000
and
$75,000
for the
three
months ended
June 30, 2019
and
2018,
respectively, and
$136,000
and
$150,000
for the
six
months ended
June 30, 2019
and
2018,
respectively. As of
June 30, 2019,
unrecognized stock-based compensation expense related to employees totaled approximately
$395,000,
which is expected to be recognized over approximately
1.5
years.
 
Stock-based compensation expense recorded in exchange for services related to non-employee options was
$16,000
and
$0
for the
three
months ended
June 30, 2019
and
2018,
respectively, and
$32,000
and
$0
for the
six
months ended
June 30, 2019
and
2018,
respectively. As of
June 30, 2019,
unrecognized stock-based compensation expense related to unvested non-employees stock options was approximately
$16,000,
which is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of
three
 months.