Gritstone bio Announces Inducement Grants Under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4)
01/24/2023 - 07:00 AM
EMERYVILLE, Calif., Jan. 24, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Gritstone bio, Inc. (Nasdaq: GRTS), a clinical-stage biotechnology company that aims to develop the world’s most potent vaccines, today announced that the company’s Board of Directors granted two employees nonqualified stock options to purchase an aggregate of 28,000 shares of its common stock with an exercise price of $3.67 , which is equal to the closing price of Gritstone’s common stock on January 9, 2023, the date of the grant. These stock options are part of an inducement material to each of the new employees becoming an employee of Gritstone, in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4).
The stock options will vest over a four-year period, with 25% of the options vesting on the first anniversary of the employees’ date of hire, and 1/48th of the options vesting monthly thereafter, subject to the employees’ continued employment with Gritstone on such vesting dates. The stock options are subject to the terms and conditions of Gritstone’s 2021 Employment Inducement Incentive Award Plan and the stock option agreement covering the grant.
About Gritstone bio Gritstone bio, Inc. (Nasdaq: GRTS) is a clinical-stage biotechnology company that aims to develop the world’s most potent vaccines. We leverage our innovative vectors and payloads to train multiple arms of the immune system to attack critical disease targets. Independently and with our collaborators, we are advancing a portfolio of product candidates to treat and prevent viral diseases and solid tumors in pursuit of improving patient outcomes and eliminating disease. www.gritstonebio.com
Gritstone Contacts Investors: George E. MacDougall Director, Investor Relations & Corp Comms Gritstone bio, Inc.ir@gritstone.com
Media: Dan Budwick 1AB (973) 271-6085dan@1abmedia.com
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Biological Product (except Diagnostic) Manufacturing
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Manufacturing
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Health Technology, Pharmaceuticals: Major, Manufacturing, Biological Product (except Diagnostic) Manufacturing
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Emeryville
About GRTS
gritstone oncology is a cancer immunotherapy company developing next-generation personalized cancer therapeutics. gritstone brings together distinguished scientific founders, an experienced and diverse management team, a seasoned and successful board of directors, and very deep financial backing to tackle fundamental challenges at the intersection of cancer biology, immunology, and immunotherapy design. the company’s initial goal is to identify and deploy therapeutic neo-antigens from individual patients’ tumors to develop novel treatments for lung cancer. gritstone oncology is headquartered in the san francisco bay area with certain key functions located in cambridge, ma. gritstone oncology launched in october 2015 with a series a financing of $102 million.