Ultragenyx reports inducement grant under Nasdaq listing rule

Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical reported the grant of non-qualified stock options to purchase an aggregate of 7,130 shares of common stock of the company and 5,885 restricted stock units of the company’s common stock to ten newly hired non-executive officers of the company. The awards were approved by the compensation committee of the company’s board of directors and granted under the Ultragenyx Employment Inducement Plan, with a grant date of March 16, 2023, as an inducement material to the new employees entering into employment with Ultragenyx in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4). The restricted stock units vest over four years, with 25% of the underlying shares vesting on each anniversary of the grant date, subject to the employee being continuously employed by the company as of such vesting dates. The stock options vest over four years, with 25% of the shares underlying the option vesting on the first anniversary of the grant date and the remainder vesting with respect to 1/48th of the shares underlying the options on each monthly anniversary thereafter, subject to the employee being continuously employed by the company as of such vesting dates. The stock options have a ten-year term and an exercise price of $40.22 per share, equal to the per share closing price of Ultragenyx’s common stock on March 16, 2023.