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Stock-Based Compensation
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2025
Share-Based Payment Arrangement [Abstract]  
Stock-Based Compensation

NOTE 14 - STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION

Equity Incentive Plan

The Company’s 2018 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”), as amended, authorizes it to issue up to 11.45 million shares of common stock, along with non-qualified stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock units and performance restricted stock units to officers, key employees, non-employee directors and consultants. At September 30, 2025, there were 3.3 million shares available for future grants under this Plan. It is the Company’s policy to issue shares from authorized but not issued shares upon the exercise of stock options.

 

Under the terms of the Plan, each year eligible participants are granted time value restricted stock units (“RSUs”), vesting ratably over a three-year period, and performance restricted stock units (“PSUs”) with three-year cliff vesting. Upon vesting, each restricted stock award is exchangeable for one share of the Company’s common stock, with accrued dividends. Unrecognized stock-based compensation expense related to nonvested awards of $2.1 million is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of approximately 1.1 years as of September 30, 2025.

 

RSU and PSU activity for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 is summarized in the following table:

 

 

 

Equity Incentive Awards

 

 

Restricted
Stock Units

 

 

Weighted
Average
Grant Date
Fair Value

 

 

Performance
Shares

 

 

Weighted
Average
Grant Date
Fair Value

 

 

Balance at January 1, 2025

 

 

1,048,973

 

 

$

3.66

 

 

 

1,476,920

 

 

$

4.22

 

 

Granted

 

 

—

 

 

 

—

 

 

 

19,009

 

 

 

4.29

 

 

Settled

 

 

(609,850

)

 

 

3.77

 

 

 

(644,823

)

 

 

4.28

 

 

Forfeited or expired

 

 

(62,291

)

 

 

4.30

 

 

 

(97,440

)

 

 

4.56

 

 

Balance at September 30, 2025

 

 

376,832

 

 

$

3.38

 

 

 

753,666

 

 

$

4.13

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Awards estimated to vest in the future

 

 

376,832

 

 

$

3.38

 

 

 

753,666

 

 

$

4.13

 

 

 

Long Term Cash Incentive Plan

In 2025, the Company amended its Long Term Cash Incentive Plan (“Cash Plan”) to allow it to grant RSUs and PSUs to certain key employees that are payable in cash. These awards are classified as liabilities, which will increase as the Company’s stock price increases and decrease as its stock price decreases. Under the terms of the Cash Plan, the RSUs vest ratably over a three-year period and are valued based on the fair value of the award at the grant date, then re-measured at each reporting date until settlement with compensation expense being recognized in proportion to the completed requisite period up until the date of settlement. The PSUs have a three-year cliff vesting period and compensation expense is recognized ratably over the requisite service period if it is probable the performance target related to the PSUs will be achieved, then subsequently adjusted if this probability assessment changes in future reporting periods. As of September 30, 2025, the cash-settled share-based liability for these RSUs and PSUs was $0.1 million.

 

Stock-based Compensation Expense

Stock-based compensation expense is recognized in selling, general and administrative expenses in the condensed consolidated statement of income (loss). Total compensation expense for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024 is as follows:

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

September 30,
2025

 

 

September 30,
2024

 

 

September 30,
2025

 

 

September 30,
2024

 

Cash-settled share-based compensation expense (benefit)

 

$

(131

)

 

$

—

 

 

$

132

 

 

$

—

 

Share-settled share-based compensation expense (benefit)

 

 

634

 

 

 

2,011

 

 

 

2,289

 

 

 

6,098

 

 

 

$

503

 

 

$

2,011

 

 

$

2,421

 

 

$

6,098