Spero Therapeutics Announces Inducement Grants Under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4)
Spero Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: SPRO) announced on February 22, 2023, that its Compensation Committee approved the grant of 180,000 restricted stock unit awards (RSUs) to a new employee under the 2019 Inducement Equity Incentive Plan. The RSUs are part of Spero's strategy to attract talent in the biopharmaceutical sector, particularly as the company focuses on developing treatments for rare diseases and multi-drug resistant bacterial infections. The RSUs will vest over four years, starting March 1, 2024, based on continued employment. Spero is known for its investigational therapies, including SPR720 and tebipenem HBr, addressing significant medical needs.
- Granting of 180,000 RSUs as part of employee recruitment strategy.
- Focus on developing treatments for multi-drug resistant infections and rare diseases.
- No immediate financial metrics provided in the PR.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Feb. 28, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Spero Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: SPRO), a multi-asset clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, focused on identifying, developing and commercializing treatments in high unmet need areas involving rare diseases and multi-drug resistant (MDR) bacterial infections, today announced that on February 22, 2023, the Compensation Committee of Spero’s Board of Directors approved the grant of an aggregate of 180,000 restricted stock unit awards (RSUs) to one new employee under the Spero Therapeutics, Inc. 2019 Inducement Equity Incentive Plan, as amended, or the 2019 Inducement Plan. The RSUs are being granted as inducements material to the new employee becoming an employee of Spero in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4).
The 2019 Inducement Plan is used exclusively for the grant of equity awards to individuals who were not previously employees of Spero (or following a bona fide period of non-employment), as an inducement material to such individuals' entering into employment with Spero, pursuant to Rule 5635(c)(4) of the Nasdaq Listing Rules.
The RSUs will vest in four equal annual installments beginning on March 1, 2024, subject to the employee's continued employment with Spero on such vesting dates. The RSUs are subject to the terms and conditions of the 2019 Inducement Plan and an RSU agreement covering the grant.
About Spero Therapeutics
Spero Therapeutics, headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is a multi-asset, clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on identifying, developing, and commercializing novel treatments for bacterial infections, including multi-drug resistant bacterial infections and rare diseases.
- Spero Therapeutics is developing SPR720 as a novel oral therapy candidate for the treatment of a rare, orphan pulmonary disease caused by non-tuberculous mycobacterial infections.
- Tebipenem HBr is an investigational drug in the United States being developed for the treatment of cUTI, including pyelonephritis, caused by certain bacteria, in adult patients who have limited treatment options; tebipenem HBr is not FDA-approved.
- Spero Therapeutics also has an IV-administered next generation polymyxin product candidate, SPR206, developed from its potentiator platform, which is in development to treat multi-drug resistant Gram-negative infections in the hospital setting.
For more information, visit https://sperotherapeutics.com.
Investor Relations Contact:
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IR@sperotherapeutics.com
(617) 798-4039
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