On July 24, 2024 enGene Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: ENGN, "enGene" or the "Company"), a clinical-stage genetic medicines company whose non-viral, intravesical lead product candidate, EG-70, is in a pivotal study for BCG-unresponsive high-risk non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC), reported the grant of an inducement equity award to Ron Cooper, the Company’s newly-appointed Chief Executive Officer (Press release, enGene, JUL 24, 2024, View Source [SID1234645072]).

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The inducement award consists of a non-qualified stock option to purchase 1,250,000 of the Company’s common shares. The option has an exercise price of $8.81 per share, which is equal to the closing price of the Company’s common shares on July 22, 2024, the date of grant. The stock option has a 10-year term and will vest over four years, with 25% of the underlying shares vesting on the one-year anniversary of the grant date and the remainder vesting in equal amounts monthly for three years thereafter, subject to Mr. Cooper’s continued service as an employee of, or other service provider to, the Company through the applicable vesting dates.

The stock option was granted by the Company’s independent Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors as an inducement material to Mr. Cooper entering into employment with the Company in accordance with NASDAQ Listing Rule 5635(c)(4). While the stock option was granted outside of the Company’s Amended and Restated enGene Holdings Inc. 2023 Incentive Equity Plan, it will have terms and conditions consistent with those set forth under the Plan.