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Share Capital (Tables)
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2019
Disclosure Of Compensation Related Costs Sharebased Payments [Abstract]  
Stock Option Activity

The following table presents stock option activity for the period:

 

 

 

Three Months Ended September 30,

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

Outstanding, beginning of period

 

 

2,663,788

 

 

 

2,831,985

 

 

 

2,671,906

 

 

 

2,339,905

 

Granted

 

 

1,180,175

 

 

 

12,000

 

 

 

1,202,075

 

 

 

698,450

 

Exercised(1)

 

 

(148,948

)

 

 

(119,129

)

 

 

(174,811

)

 

 

(237,848

)

Forfeited, cancelled or expired

 

 

(43,096

)

 

 

(42,593

)

 

 

(47,251

)

 

 

(118,244

)

Outstanding, end of period

 

 

3,651,919

 

 

 

2,682,263

 

 

 

3,651,919

 

 

 

2,682,263

 

Exercisable, end of period

 

 

1,846,826

 

 

 

1,471,329

 

 

 

1,846,826

 

 

 

1,471,329

 

 

 

(1)

During the nine months ended September 30, 2019, 23,625 stock options were exercised for the same number of common shares for cash (nine months ended September 30, 2018 – 41,507). In the same period, the Company issued 94,248 common shares (nine months ended September 30, 2018 – 103,189) for the cashless exercise of 151,186 stock options (nine months ended September 30, 2018 – 196,341).

Fair Value Assumptions for Stock Options

The fair value of each stock option granted is estimated using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model with the following weighted-average assumptions:

 

 

 

Three Months Ended September 30,

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

Average risk-free interest rate

 

 

1.76

%

 

 

2.81

%

 

 

1.77

%

 

 

2.79

%

Expected volatility

 

 

69

%

 

 

76

%

 

 

69

%

 

 

75

%

Average expected term (in years)

 

 

7.04

 

 

 

6.27

 

 

 

7.03

 

 

 

7.39

 

Expected dividend yield

 

 

0

%

 

 

0

%

 

 

0

%

 

 

0

%

Weighted average fair value of stock options granted

 

$

6.24

 

 

$

8.75

 

 

$

6.22

 

 

$

3.70