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Gritstone bio Announces Inducement Grants Under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4)
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Gritstone bio, a clinical-stage biotechnology company (Nasdaq: GRTS), granted two employees nonqualified stock options to purchase 18,500 shares of its common stock at an exercise price of $2.10. The options will vest over a four-year period, subject to the employees’ continued employment.
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EMERYVILLE, Calif., Jan. 10, 2024 (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 Compensation Committee of the company’s Board of Directors granted two employees nonqualified stock options to purchase an aggregate of 18,500 shares of its common stock with an exercise price of $2.10, which is equal to the closing price of Gritstone’s common stock on January 4, 2024, the date of the grant. These stock options are part of an inducement material to 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 bio Contacts Investors: George E. MacDougall Gritstone bio, Inc. ir@gritstone.com
Gritstone bio announced the grant of nonqualified stock options to two employees to purchase 18,500 shares of its common stock.
What is the ticker symbol for Gritstone bio?
The ticker symbol for Gritstone bio is GRTS.
What is the exercise price of the stock options?
The exercise price of the stock options is $2.10.
How will the stock options vest?
The stock options will vest over a four-year period, with 25% vesting on the first anniversary of the employees’ date of hire, and 1/48th vesting monthly thereafter, subject to the employees’ continued employment.
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.
