Delcath Systems Reports Inducement Grants Under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4)

On June 21, 2023 Delcath Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: DCTH) (the "Company" or "Delcath"), an interventional oncology company focused on the treatment of primary and metastatic cancers of the liver, reported that the Company granted equity awards, previously approved by the Company’s Compensation Committee and the Board of Directors, as a material inducement to employment for two individuals, the Chief Medical Officer, Vojislav Vukovic, and the Principal Accounting Officer and Principal Financial Officer, Sandra Pennell (Press release, Delcath Systems, JUN 21, 2023, View Source [SID1234632819]).

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Mr. Vukovic received a total of 150,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, outside of the Company’s Omnibus 2020 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended ("Plan"). The options were issued upon the employee’s grant date, and all stock options included within the equity inducement award have an exercise price equal to the closing price of Delcath common stock on the grant date with ten-year terms. One-third of the options will vest on the first anniversary of the grant date with the remaining two-thirds of the options vesting in equal monthly installments over the following twenty-four months.

Ms. Pennell received a total of 100,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, outside of the Plan. The options were issued upon the employee’s grant date, and all stock options included within the equity inducement award have an exercise price equal to the closing price of Delcath common stock on the grant date with ten-year terms. One-third of the options will vest on the first anniversary of the grant date with the remaining two-thirds of the options vesting in equal monthly installments over the following twenty-four months.

The above-described awards were each granted in accordance with NASDAQ Listing Rule 5635(c)(4), and were granted pursuant to the terms of the Plan.