Company: DARE
Filing Date: 2025-04-24
Form Type: ARS
Source: 0001401914-25-000018
Chunk: 286

Company: Dare Bioscience, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-24
Form: ARS
Chunk 286
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 years. Stock-Based Compensation The Company records compensation expense for all stock-based awards granted based on the fair value of the award at the time of grant. Compensation expense is recognized in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period of the award. The Company uses the Black-Scholes Pricing Model to determine the fair value of each of the awards which considers factors such as expected term, the volatility of the Company's common stock, risk free interest rate, and dividend yield. Due to the limited history of the Company, the simplified method was utilized in order to determine the expected term of the awards. The Company compared U.S. Treasury Bills in determining the risk-free interest rate appropriate given the expected term. The Company has not established and has no plans to establish, a dividend policy, and the Company has not declared, and has no plans to declare dividends in the foreseeable future and thus no dividend yield was determined necessary in the calculation of fair value. Income Taxes The Company accounts for income taxes using the asset and liability method in accordance with FASB ASC 740, Income Taxes. Under this method, deferred income taxes are provided to reflect the tax consequences in future years of differences between the tax basis of assets and liabilities and their financial reporting amounts based on enacted tax laws and statutory tax rates applicable to the periods in which the differences are expected to affect taxable income. Valuation allowances are established when necessary to reduce deferred tax assets to the amount expected to be realized. The Company follows the two-step approach to recognizing and measuring uncertain tax positions. The first step is to evaluate the tax position for recognition by determining if the weight of available evidence indicates it is more likely than not, that the position will be sustained on audit, including resolution of related appeals or litigation processes, if any. The second step is to measure the tax benefit as the largest amount, which is more than 50% likely of being realized upon ultimate settlement. The Company considers many factors when evaluating and estimating the Company's tax positions and tax benefits, which may require periodic adjustments. At each of December 31, 2024 and 2023, the Company did not record any liabilities for uncertain tax positions. During each of 2024 and 2023, the Company recorded no provision for income taxes. Management evaluated the Company’s tax positions and, as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, the Company had approximately $2.8 million and $2.6 million of unrecognized benefits, respectively. The tax years