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Terns Pharmaceuticals Reports Inducement Grants to New Employees Under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(C)(4)

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Terns Pharmaceuticals grants equity inducement awards to two new non-executive employees.
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FOSTER CITY, Calif., Oct. 03, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Terns Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Terns” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: TERN), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing a portfolio of small-molecule product candidates to address serious diseases, including oncology, non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) and obesity, today announced that it has granted as of October 1, 2023 equity inducement awards to two new non-executive employees under the terms of the 2022 Employment Inducement Award Plan (the “Inducement Plan”). The equity awards were approved by the Compensation Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4) and were each made as a material inducement to the employee’s acceptance of employment with Terns.

The Company granted options to purchase 51,000 shares of Terns common stock, in the aggregate, to the two new employees. The options have a 10-year term and an exercise price per share equal to $5.03, which was the closing price of Terns’ common stock on September 29, 2023, the last trading day prior to the grant date. The options vest over four years, subject to continued service through the applicable vesting dates.

About Terns Pharmaceuticals
Terns Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing a portfolio of small-molecule product candidates to address serious diseases, including oncology, NASH and obesity. Terns’ pipeline includes two clinical stage development programs including an allosteric BCR-ABL inhibitor and a THR-β agonist (+/- an FXR agonist), and preclinical small-molecule GLP-1 receptor agonist and GIPR modulator programs. For more information, please visit: www.ternspharma.com.

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About TERN

terns pharmaceuticals is a global biopharmaceutical company committed to discovering and developing molecularly-targeted, oral, small molecule drugs to treat liver diseases and cancers. the company combines expertise in disease biology and medicinal chemistry with a capital-efficient drug discovery model and extensive clinical development capabilities in china to advance its growing pipeline of drugs that are optimized against clinically-validated targets. based in san mateo, california and shanghai, terns is focused on bringing forward innovative therapeutic candidates with the potential to address significant unmet medical needs in china and globally.