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Puma Biotechnology Reports Inducement Awards Under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4)

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Puma Biotechnology (NASDAQ: PBYI) announced on March 1, 2022, the approval of an inducement restricted stock unit award for 9,375 shares to a new non-executive employee. This award, part of Puma’s 2017 Employment Inducement Incentive Award Plan, vests over three years, with a third vesting on the first anniversary and one-sixth every six months thereafter, contingent on continued service. The grant complies with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4), serving as an inducement for the new hire.

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LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Puma Biotechnology, Inc. (NASDAQ: PBYI), a biopharmaceutical company, announced that on March 1, 2022, the Compensation Committee of Puma’s Board of Directors approved the grant of an inducement restricted stock unit award covering 9,375 shares of Puma common stock to one new non-executive employee.

The award was granted under Puma’s 2017 Employment Inducement Incentive Award Plan, which was adopted on April 27, 2017 and provides for the granting of equity awards to new employees of Puma. The restricted stock unit award vests over a three-year period, with one-third of the shares underlying the award vesting on the first anniversary of the award’s vesting commencement date, March 1, 2022, and one-sixth of the shares underlying the award vesting on each six-month anniversary of the vesting commencement date thereafter, subject to continued service. The award was granted as an inducement material to the new employee entering into employment with Puma, in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4).

About Puma Biotechnology

Puma Biotechnology, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company with a focus on the development and commercialization of innovative products to enhance cancer care. Puma in-licenses the global development and commercialization rights to PB272 (neratinib, oral), PB272 (neratinib, intravenous) and PB357. Neratinib, oral was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in 2017 for the extended adjuvant treatment of adult patients with early stage HER2-overexpressed/amplified breast cancer, following adjuvant trastuzumab-based therapy, and is marketed in the United States as NERLYNX® (neratinib) tablets. In February 2020, NERLYNX was also approved by the FDA in combination with capecitabine for the treatment of adult patients with advanced or metastatic HER2-positive breast cancer who have received two or more prior anti-HER2-based regimens in the metastatic setting. NERLYNX was granted marketing authorization by the European Commission in 2018 for the extended adjuvant treatment of adult patients with early stage hormone receptor-positive HER2-overexpressed/amplified breast cancer and who are less than one year from completion of prior adjuvant trastuzumab-based therapy. NERLYNX is a registered trademark of Puma Biotechnology, Inc.

Alan H. Auerbach or Mariann Ohanesian, Puma Biotechnology, Inc., +1 424 248 6500

info@pumabiotechnology.com

ir@pumabiotechnology.com

Source: Puma Biotechnology, Inc.

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What is the stock unit award granted by Puma Biotechnology?

Puma granted an inducement restricted stock unit award of 9,375 shares to a new non-executive employee.

When was the stock award approved?

The stock award was approved on March 1, 2022.

How does the stock unit award vest?

The award vests over three years, with one-third vesting after one year and one-sixth every six months thereafter.

What is the purpose of the stock award?

The stock award serves as an inducement for the new employee to join Puma Biotechnology.

Which Nasdaq rule is Puma complying with for this stock award?

Puma is complying with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4) for the stock award.

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