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Dynavax Reports Inducement Grants Under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4)
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EMERYVILLE, Calif., Jan. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Dynavax Technologies Corporation (Nasdaq: DVAX) today reported that it has granted nonstatutory stock options to purchase an aggregate of 94,000 shares of Dynavax common stock and restricted stock units (RSUs) covering an aggregate of 2,500 shares of Dynavax common stock as inducements to 5 newly-hired employees in connection with commencement of employment with the Company.
The stock options were granted on January 4, 2022 at an exercise price of $13.40 per share, which is equal to the closing price of Dynavax common stock on the date of grant. Each stock option granted has a 7-year term and vests over three years, with one-third of the shares underlying the option vesting on the one-year anniversary of the grant date, and the remaining shares vesting 1/36 per month in equal installments, subject to continued service with Dynavax through the applicable vesting dates. The RSUs vest one-third per year on each anniversary of the grant date, subject to continued service with Dynavax. The options and the RSUs were granted as material inducements to employment in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4) and are subject to the terms and conditions of a stock option agreement covering the grant and Dynavax' 2021 Inducement Award Plan, which was adopted January 9, 2021 and provides for the granting of stock options to new employees.
About Dynavax Dynavax is a commercial stage biopharmaceutical company developing and commercializing novel vaccines. The Company's first commercial product, HEPLISAV-B® [Hepatitis B Vaccine (Recombinant), Adjuvanted], is approved in the U.S. and the European Union for prevention of infection caused by all known subtypes of hepatitis B virus in adults age 18 years and older. Dynavax is also advancing CpG 1018 adjuvant as a premier vaccine adjuvant through research collaborations and partnerships. Current collaborations are focused on adjuvanted vaccines for COVID-19, plague, Tdap, and universal influenza. For more information, visit www.dynavax.com and follow the company on LinkedIn.
Contacts: Nicole Arndt, Investor Relations and Corporate Communications narndt@dynavax.com 510-665-7264
dynavax technologies corporation is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company that develops products to prevent and treat infectious and inflammatory diseases and cancer. our clinical-stage product candidates include: phase 3 heplisav-b ™ adult hepatitis b vaccine phase 1/2 cancer immunotherapy phase 2 asthma therapy - partnered with astrazeneca in europe, dynavax manufactures hepatitis b surface antigen for heplisav-b.