Pulse Biosciences Grants Equity Incentive Awards to New Employees
Pulse Biosciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: PLSE), a medical technology company developing a proprietary therapeutic tissue treatment based
on its Nano-Pulse StimulationTM (NPSTM) platform, announced today that the Compensation Committee of the
company’s Board of Directors granted non-qualified stock options covering an aggregate of 34,250 shares of Pulse Biosciences common
stock to four new non-executive employees under the Pulse Biosciences 2017 Inducement Equity Incentive Plan on September 17,
2018.
The 2017 Inducement Equity Incentive Plan is used exclusively to grant equity awards to individuals who were not previously an
employee or non-employee director of Pulse Biosciences as an inducement material to such individual's entering into employment with
Pulse Biosciences in accordance with Nasdaq Marketplace Rule 5635(c)(4).
The options have an exercise price of $14.59 per share, which is equal to the closing price of Pulse Biosciences common stock on
September 17, 2018. The 34,250 shares underlying the option grants will vest and become exercisable as to 25% of the shares on the
first anniversary of the recipient’s start date, and will vest and become exercisable as to the remaining 75% of the shares in 36
equal monthly installments following the first anniversary of the recipient’s start date, subject to the recipient’s continued
employment with Pulse Biosciences on these vesting dates. The options are subject to the terms and conditions of the 2017
Inducement Equity Incentive Plan and the award agreements entered into with each recipient.
About Pulse Biosciences
Pulse Biosciences is a publicly listed clinical stage electroceutical company pursuing multiple clinical applications of
its proprietary Nano-Pulse Stimulation technology. Nano-Pulse Stimulation (NPS) is a non-thermal, precise, focal tissue treatment
technology comprised of nanosecond (billionth of a second) range pulsed electric fields that directly affect the cell membrane and
intracellular structures and initiate cell death in treated cells. The initiation of cell death by NPS results in a minimal
inflammatory response, which improves healing outcomes and supports the replacement of treated tissue cells with healthy tissue
cells. NPS’ unique mechanism of action to initiate cell death has the potential to significantly benefit patients for multiple
medical applications in dermatology, immune-oncology, and in other unique tissue targets. In cancerous lesions, NPS has been shown
in preclinical models to induce immunogenic cell death (ICD), which exposes the unique antigens of the treated cells to the immune
system and enrolls immune system cells, such as cytotoxic T-cells to mount an adaptive immune response. More information is
available at www.pulsebiosciences.com.
Investor Relations:
Pulse Biosciences, Inc.
Brian Dow
Sr. Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
IR@pulsebiosciences.com
or
Solebury Trout
Gitanjali Jain Ogawa, 646-378-2949
gogawa@troutgroup.com
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