enGene Reports Inducement Grant Under NASDAQ Listing Rule 5635(c)(4)
The inducement award consists of a non-qualified stock option to purchase an aggregate 210,000 of the Company's common shares. The option has an exercise price of
The stock option was granted by the Company's independent Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors as an inducement material to Ms. Connolly 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, the option will have terms and conditions consistent with those set forth under the Plan.
About enGene
enGene is a clinical-stage biotechnology company mainstreaming genetic medicines through the delivery of therapeutics to mucosal tissues and other organs, with the goal of creating new ways to address diseases with high clinical needs. enGene’s lead program is detalimogene voraplasmid, (also known as detalimogene, and previously EG-70) for patients with Non-Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer (NMIBC) – a disease with a high clinical burden. Detalimogene is being evaluated in the ongoing multi-cohort LEGEND Phase 2 study, which includes a pivotal cohort studying detalimogene in Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG)-unresponsive patients with carcinoma in situ (Cis). Detalimogene was developed using enGene’s proprietary Dually Derivatized Oligochitosan (DDX) platform, which enables penetration of mucosal tissues and delivery of a wide range of sizes and types of cargo, including DNA and various forms of RNA. For more information, visit enGene.com.
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