UroGen Pharma Announces Inducement Grant Under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4)
UroGen Pharma Ltd. (Nasdaq: URGN) announced the grant of inducement restricted stock units (RSUs) to nine new employees. These RSUs, totaling up to 35,300 shares, will vest over three years, aiding in the ongoing launch of Jelmyto® (mitomycin) for pyelocalyceal solution and the company's pipeline development. The grants comply with Nasdaq listing Rule 5635(c)(4) and are part of UroGen's 2019 Inducement Plan. UroGen focuses on innovative therapies for specialty cancers and urologic diseases, including the non-surgical treatment of urothelial cancers.
- Inducement RSUs to nine new employees, potentially boosting workforce capability.
- Total of up to 35,300 shares granted to support the ongoing commercial launch of Jelmyto.
- RSUs vesting schedule encourages long-term employee retention.
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PRINCETON, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--UroGen Pharma Ltd. (Nasdaq: URGN), a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to building and commercializing novel solutions that treat specialty cancers and urologic diseases, today announced the grants of inducement restricted stock units (“RSUs”) to nine new employees in connection with their employment with UroGen. These new team members will support the ongoing commercial launch of Jelmyto® (mitomycin) for pyelocalyceal solution, UroGen’s first approved product, and the continued development of the Company’s pipeline.
Up to 35,300 shares of UroGen’s common stock are issuable upon the vesting and settlement of the RSUs. The RSUs vest over three years, with one third of the underlying shares vesting after one year from the vesting date, and the balance of the underlying shares vesting on an annual basis thereafter, subject in each case to the employee’s continued service relationship with UroGen.
The RSUs are subject to the terms and conditions of UroGen’s 2019 Inducement Plan and RSU grant notice and agreement thereunder.
The RSU grants were granted as an inducement material to each employee entering into employment with UroGen in accordance with Nasdaq listing Rule 5635(c)(4).
About UroGen Pharma Ltd.
UroGen is a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to building novel solutions that treat specialty cancers and urologic diseases because patients deserve better options. UroGen has developed RTGel™ reverse-thermal hydrogel, a proprietary sustained release, hydrogel-based platform technology that has the potential to improve therapeutic profiles of existing drugs. UroGen’s sustained release technology is designed to enable longer exposure of the urinary tract tissue to medications, making local therapy a potentially more effective treatment option. UroGen’s approved product, Jelmyto (mitomycin) for pyelocalyceal solution, and investigational treatment UGN-102 (mitomycin) for intravesical solution, are designed to ablate tumors by non-surgical means and to treat several forms of non-muscle invasive urothelial cancer, including low-grade upper tract urothelial cancer and low-grade non-muscle invasive bladder cancer, respectively. UroGen is headquartered in Princeton, NJ with operations in Israel. Visit www.urogen.com to learn more or follow us on Twitter, @UroGenPharma.
