Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:SRPT), a developer of innovative
RNA-targeted therapeutics, granted equity awards on October 30, 2015,
that were previously approved by the Compensation Committee of its Board
of Directors under Sarepta’s 2014 Employment Commencement Incentive
Plan, as a material inducement to employment to seventeen individuals
hired by Sarepta in October 2015. The equity awards were approved in
accordance with NASDAQ Listing Rule 5635(c)(4).
The employees received, in the aggregate, options to purchase 95,000
shares of Sarepta's common stock. The options have an exercise price of
$24.06 per share, which is equal to the closing price of Sarepta's
common stock on October 30, 2015. One-fourth of the shares underlying
each employee’s option will vest on the one year anniversary of his or
her date of hire and thereafter 1/48th of the shares underlying each
employee’s option will vest monthly, such that the shares underlying the
option granted to each employee will be fully vested on the fourth
anniversary of his or her date of hire, in each case, subject to each
such employee’s continued employment with Sarepta on such vesting dates.
About Sarepta Therapeutics
Sarepta Therapeutics is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the
discovery and development of unique RNA-targeted therapeutics for the
treatment of rare, infectious and other diseases. The Company is
primarily focused on rapidly advancing the development of its
potentially disease-modifying Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) drug
candidates, including its lead DMD product candidate, eteplirsen,
designed to skip exon 51. Sarepta is also developing therapeutics for
the treatment infectious diseases, such as drug-resistant bacteria and
other rare human diseases. For more information, please visit us at www.sarepta.com.
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