X4 Pharmaceuticals Announces Inducement Grants Under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4)
X4 Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: XFOR) announced on August 31, 2020, that its Compensation Committee issued inducement awards to new employees under the 2019 Inducement Plan. The awards consist of options to purchase 61,750 shares at an exercise price of $8.38, equal to the closing stock price on that date. These options have a ten-year term and will vest over four years. X4 Pharmaceuticals focuses on developing therapies for diseases linked to the CXCR4 pathway, with its leading candidate, mavorixafor, currently undergoing Phase 3 trials for WHIM syndrome.
- Inducement awards issued for 61,750 shares may attract skilled talent.
- Options vesting over four years indicate long-term employee engagement.
- None.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Sept. 01, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- X4 Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: XFOR), a leader in the discovery and development of novel therapies targeting diseases resulting from dysfunction of the CXCR4 pathway, today announced that, on August 31, 2020, the Compensation Committee of X4’s Board of Directors issued an inducement award to new employees under the X4 Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 2019 Inducement Equity Incentive Plan (the “2019 Inducement Plan”). The 2019 Inducement Plan is used exclusively for the grant of equity awards to individuals who were not previously an employee of X4. The inducement awards consist of options to purchase an aggregate of 61,750 shares of X4’s common stock and were granted as an inducement material to the new employees entering into employment with X4 in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4).
The options have a ten-year term and an exercise price of
About X4 Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
X4 Pharmaceuticals is a late-stage clinical biopharmaceutical company and a leader in the discovery and development of novel therapies for the treatment of diseases resulting from dysfunction of the CXCR4 pathway, with a focus on rare diseases and those with limited treatment options. The Company’s lead candidate, mavorixafor, is a first-in-class, small molecule antagonist of chemokine receptor CXCR4 being developed as a once-daily oral therapy. X4 believes that inhibition of the CXCR4 receptor creates the potential for mavorixafor to provide therapeutic benefit across a wide variety of diseases, including primary immunodeficiencies and certain types of cancer. The efficacy and safety of mavorixafor, dosed once daily, is currently being evaluated in a global Phase 3 clinical trial in patients with WHIM syndrome, and in two Phase 1b clinical trials – in combination with ibrutinib in patients with Waldenström’s macroglobulinemia, and as monotherapy in patients with severe congenital neutropenia (SCN). X4 is continuing to leverage its insights into CXCR4 biology at its corporate headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts and at its research facility in Vienna, Austria, and is discovering and developing additional product candidates. For more information, please visit www.x4pharma.com.
Investors and Media:
Candice Ellis, 857-341-1043
Director, Corporate Communications & Investor Relations
Candice.ellis@x4pharma.com
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