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Stock-based Compensation

The ReShape Lifesciences Inc. 2022 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) became effective December 14, 2022, and provides for the grant of stock options or other stock-based awards to employees, officers, non-employee directors and outside consultants of the Company. The maximum number of shares of common stock that will be available for issuance under this Plan was originally 1,810 shares; provided however, that the aggregate number of shares that may be issued under all awards under the Plan will automatically increase on an annual basis on the first day of each year beginning in 2024 such that the aggregate number of shares that may be issued under all awards under this Plan equals 15% of the total number of shares of Common Stock, on a converted basis, on the last day of the immediately preceding fiscal year. Under the 2003 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended in 2018 (the “Prior Plan”), as of December 31, 2024, there were 1,764 shares available.

The Plan is administered by the committee, which determines the types of awards to be granted, including the number of shares subject to the awards, the exercise price and the vesting schedule. Options granted under the Plan expire no later than ten years from the date of grant. The exercise price of each option may not be less than 100% of the fair market value of the common stock at the date of grant, except if an incentive stock option is granted to a Plan participant possessing more than 10% of the Company’s common stock, as defined by the Plan, the exercise price may not be less than 110% of the fair value of the common stock at the date of grant. Employee stock options generally vest over four years.

Stock Options

A summary of the status of the Company’s stock options are as follows:

    

Weighted

Weighted

Average

Aggregate

Average

Remaining

Intrinsic

    

Exercise Price

Contractual

Value

Shares

Per Share

Life (years)

(in thousands)

Outstanding at December 31, 2022

370

$

18,076

$

Options granted

Options exercised

Options cancelled

(107)

8,662

Outstanding at December 31, 2023

 

263

21,910

$

Options granted

 

Options exercised

 

Options cancelled

 

(117)

7,918

Outstanding at December 31, 2024

 

146

33,053

6.3

$

Exercisable at December 31, 2024

136

35,369

6.3

Vested and expected to vest at December 31, 2024

158

33,053

6.3

As of December 31, 2024, stock options under the Plan that were outstanding, exercisable and vested, and expected to vest, had no intrinsic value. The unrecognized share-based expense at December 31, 2024 was $0.1 million and will be recognized over a weighted average period of 0.8 years.

Stock option awards outstanding under the Company’s incentive plans have been granted at exercise prices that are equal to the market value of its common stock on the date of grant. Such options generally vest over a period of four years and expire at ten years after the grant date. The Company recognizes compensation expense ratably over the vesting period. The Company uses a Black-Scholes option-pricing model to estimate the fair value of stock options granted, which requires the input of both subjective and objective assumptions as follows:

Expected Term – The estimate of expected term is based on the historical exercise behavior of grantees, as well as the contractual life of the options granted.

Expected Volatility – The expected volatility factor is based on the volatility of the Company’s common stock.

Risk-free Interest Rate – The risk-free interest rate is determined using the implied yield for a traded zero-coupon U.S. Treasury bond with a term equal to the expected term of the stock options.

Expected Dividend Yield – The expected dividend yield is based on the Company’s historical practice of paying dividends on its common stock.

The Company did not issue any stock options during the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively.

Restricted Stock Units

A summary of the status of the Company’s unvested RSUs are as follows:

Weighted

Average

    

Grant Date

Shares

Fair Value

Unvested RSUs at December 31, 2022

79

$

10,100.70

Granted

Vested (1)

(54)

(11,298.98)

Cancelled/Forfeited

Non-vested RSUs at December 31, 2023

 

25

7,505.04

Granted

 

Vested (1)

 

(17)

(9,333.94)

Cancelled/Forfeited

 

Non-vested RSUs at December 31, 2024

 

8

3,847.14

(1)At December 31, 2024 and 2023, there were 2 and 2 shares of common stock, respectively, related to RSU awards that have vested and the shares were not released to the participants subsequently. Additionally, during the year ended December 31, 2023, due to a decline in our stock price 8 shares of common stock were not issued in order to cover employee taxes.

The fair value of each RSU is the closing price on the Nasdaq of the Company’s common stock on the date of grant. Upon vesting, a portion of the RSU award may be withheld to satisfy the statutory income tax withholding obligation. The remaining RSUs will be settled in shares of the Company’s common stock after the vesting period. The unrecognized compensation cost related to RSUs at December 31, 2024 was $18 thousand and is expected to be recognized over a period of 0.7 years.

Compensation expense related to stock options was recognized as follows:

Year Ended

December 31, 

2024

2023

Sales and marketing

$

23

$

107

General and administrative

85

450

Research and development

76

209

Total stock-based compensation expense

$

184

$

766

Historical Timeline

Fiscal YearFiled
2024Apr 4, 2025Showing above
2023Apr 1, 2024
2022Apr 17, 2023
2021Apr 8, 2022
2020Mar 12, 2021

About Stock Compensation Disclosures

Stock-based compensation disclosures detail the equity awards granted to employees and executives — including stock options, restricted stock units (RSUs), and performance shares — along with the valuation methods and assumptions used to expense them. This section reveals the true cost of talent retention and the alignment between management incentives and shareholder interests.

Key signals: total unrecognized compensation expense and its expected recognition period signal future earnings headwinds from already-granted awards. For stock options, examine Black-Scholes assumptions — expected volatility, risk-free rate, and expected term — as understating any of these reduces reported compensation expense. Compare stock compensation expense as a percentage of revenue against peers to assess dilution cost. Watch vesting schedules for acceleration clauses tied to change-of-control events. Performance-based awards with undemanding targets may indicate weak governance. Add back stock compensation to operating cash flow to calculate a more conservative free cash flow figure.