Ocugen Inc. Announces Inducement Grants Under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4)
September 17 2021 - 4:52PM
Ocugen, Inc. (NASDAQ: OCGN), a biopharmaceutical company
focused on discovering, developing, and commercializing gene
therapies to cure blindness diseases and developing a vaccine to
save lives from COVID-19, today announced the Compensation
Committee of the Board of Directors of Ocugen approved the grant of
stock options to purchase an aggregate of 137,250 shares of its
common stock and restricted stock units (RSUs) covering an
aggregate of 23,000 shares of common stock to seven hired
employees. The stock options and RSUs were granted as of September
16, 2021, as material inducements to employment in accordance with
Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4).
The stock options have a ten-year term and have an exercise
price of $7.54 per share, which is the closing price of
Ocugen’s common stock on the grant date. The stock options and RSUs
vest in equal annual installments over a three-year period starting
on the one-year anniversary of the grant date, subject to the
applicable new employee’s continued service with Ocugen through the
applicable vesting dates. The stock options and RSUs were granted
outside of Ocugen’s 2019 Equity Incentive Plan.
About Ocugen, Inc.Ocugen, Inc. is a
biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering, developing, and
commercializing gene therapies to cure blindness diseases and
developing a vaccine to save lives from COVID-19. Our breakthrough
modifier gene therapy platform has the potential to treat multiple
retinal diseases with one drug — “one to many,” and our novel
biologic product candidate aims to offer better therapy to patients
with underserved diseases such as wet age-related macular
degeneration, diabetic macular edema, and diabetic retinopathy. We
are co-developing Bharat Biotech’s COVAXIN™ vaccine candidate for
COVID-19 in the U.S. and Canadian markets. For more information,
please visit www.ocugen.com.
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Ocugen Contact: Ken InchaustiHead,
Investor Relations & CommunicationsIR@Ocugen.com
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