EyePoint Pharmaceuticals Reports Inducement Grants Under NASDAQ Listing Rule 5635(c)(4)

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EyePoint Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: EYPT) granted non-statutory stock options to a new employee as an inducement award. The options allow the purchase of up to 10,000 shares at an exercise price of $22.76 per share, with a ten-year term and vesting over four years. The grant was approved by the Compensation Committee and made as an inducement material to the employee entering into employment with EyePoint Pharmaceuticals in accordance with NASDAQ Listing Rule 5635(c)(4).

WATERTOWN, Mass., Jan. 16, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- EyePoint Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: EYPT), a company committed to developing and commercializing therapeutics to improve the lives of patients with serious retinal diseases, today announced that the Company granted non-statutory stock options to a new employee as an inducement award outside the Company’s 2023 Long-Term Incentive Plan in accordance with NASDAQ Listing Rule 5635(c)(4).

The Company granted stock options to purchase up to 10,000 shares of EyePoint Pharmaceuticals common stock to one new employee. The stock options were granted on January 12, 2023. The grant was approved by the Compensation Committee and made as an inducement material to the employee entering into employment with EyePoint Pharmaceuticals in accordance with NASDAQ Listing Rule 5635(c)(4). The option award has an exercise price of $22.76 per share, the closing price of EyePoint Pharmaceuticals’ common stock on January 12, 2024. The options have a ten-year term and vest over four years, with 25% of the original number of shares vesting on the first anniversary of the applicable employee’s date of grant and the remainder vesting in equal monthly installments over the following three years. Vesting of the options is subject to the employee’s continued service with EyePoint Pharmaceuticals through the applicable vesting dates.

About EyePoint Pharmaceuticals

EyePoint Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: EYPT) is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company committed to developing and commercializing therapeutics to help improve the lives of patients with serious retinal diseases. The Company's pipeline leverages its proprietary bioerodible Durasert E™ technology for sustained intraocular drug delivery. The Company’s lead product candidate, EYP-1901, is an investigational sustained delivery treatment for VEGF-mediated retinal diseases combining vorolanib, a selective and patent-protected tyrosine kinase inhibitor with Durasert E™. Additional pipeline programs include EYP-2301, a promising TIE-2 agonist, razuprotafib, f/k/a AKB-9778, formulated in Durasert E™ to potentially improve outcomes in serious retinal diseases. The proven Durasert^® drug delivery technology has been safely administered to thousands of patient eyes across four U.S. FDA approved products. EyePoint Pharmaceuticals is headquartered in Watertown, Massachusetts.

Vorolanib is licensed to EyePoint exclusively by Equinox Sciences for the localized treatment of all ophthalmic diseases outside of China, Macao, Hong Kong and Taiwan.

For EyePoint Pharmaceuticals:

Investors:
Christina Tartaglia
Stern IR
Direct: 212-698-8700
christina.tartaglia@sternir.com

Media Contact:
Amy Phillips
Green Room Communications
Direct: 412-327-9499
aphillips@greenroompr.com

FAQ

What is the NASDAQ ticker symbol for EyePoint Pharmaceuticals?

The NASDAQ ticker symbol for EyePoint Pharmaceuticals is EYPT.

How many shares can the new employee purchase with the stock options?

The new employee can purchase up to 10,000 shares with the stock options.

What is the exercise price per share for the stock options?

The exercise price per share for the stock options is $22.76.

What is the vesting period for the stock options?

The options vest over four years, with 25% of the original number of shares vesting on the first anniversary of the employee’s date of grant and the remainder vesting in equal monthly installments over the following three years.

What is the term for the stock options?

The stock options have a ten-year term.

What is the grant date for the stock options?

The stock options were granted on January 12, 2023.

Who approved the grant of stock options?

The grant was approved by the Compensation Committee.

What is the purpose of granting the stock options?

The grant was made as an inducement material to the employee entering into employment with EyePoint Pharmaceuticals in accordance with NASDAQ Listing Rule 5635(c)(4).