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Note 9 - Stock-based Compensation
9 Months Ended
Oct. 01, 2022
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Note 9 - Stock-Based Compensation

 

Total stock-based compensation expense included in our Consolidated Statements of Operations is presented in the following table:

 

   

Three Months Ended

   

Nine Months Ended

 
   

October 1,

   

October 2,

   

October 1,

   

October 2,

 

(In thousands)

 

2022

   

2021

   

2022

   

2021

 

Cost of revenue

  $ 880     $ 653     $ 2,705     $ 2,144  

Research and development

    4,925       3,463       14,461       10,199  

Selling, general, and administrative

    8,153       6,134       24,041       20,281  

Total stock-based compensation

  $ 13,958     $ 10,250     $ 41,207     $ 32,624  

 

Market-Based and Performance-Based Stock Compensation

 

In the first quarter of fiscal 2022, we granted awards of RSUs with a market condition to certain executives. Under the terms of these grants, the RSUs with a market condition vest over a three-year period based on the Company’s total shareholder return ("TSR") relative to the Russell 2000 index, which condition is measured for the grants on the third anniversary of the grant date. The awards may vest at 250% or 200%, depending upon the executive, if the 75th percentile of the market condition is achieved, with 100% of the units vesting at the 55th percentile, zero vesting if relative TSR is below the 25th percentile, and vesting scaling for achievement between the 25th and 75th percentile.

 

In the first nine months of fiscal 2022, certain awards with a market condition or performance condition granted in prior fiscal years have vested. During the first quarter of fiscal 2022, the market condition for awards granted to certain executives in the first quarter of fiscal 2019 exceeded the 75th percentile of their TSR condition, and the third tranche of these awards vested at 200%. During the first quarter of fiscal 2022, the market condition for awards granted to certain executives in the first quarter of fiscal 2020 exceeded the 75th percentile of their TSR condition, and the first tranche of these awards vested at 250% or 200%, as applicable for the respective executive. During the first quarter of fiscal 2022, the fourth tranche of 40% of the base number of the awards with an EBITDA performance condition vested, as the Company had met the adjusted EBITDA performance criteria on a trailing four-quarter basis for two consecutive trailing four-quarter periods as of the end of the previous quarter. During the second quarter of fiscal 2022, the fifth and sixth tranches of 40% and 70%, respectively, of the base number of the awards with an EBITDA performance condition vested, as the Company had met the final two adjusted EBITDA performance criteria on a trailing four-quarter basis for two consecutive trailing four-quarter periods as of the end of the previous quarter. During the third quarter of fiscal 2022, the market condition for awards granted to certain executives in the third quarter of fiscal 2019 exceeded the 75th percentile of their TSR condition, and the third tranche of these awards vested at 250% or 200%, as applicable for the respective executive.

 
For our awards with a market condition or a performance condition, we incurred stock compensation expense of approximately $5.5 million and $4.0 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2022 and 2021, respectively, and of approximately $18.4 million and $15.3 million in the first nine months of fiscal 2022 and 2021, respectively, which is recorded as a component of total stock-based compensation.
 
The following table summarizes the activity for our awards with a market condition or performance condition:
 

(Shares in thousands)

 

Total

 

Balance, January 1, 2022

    1,246  

Granted

    183  

Effect of vesting multiplier

    642  

Vested

    (1,083 )

Balance, October 1, 2022

    988