Verastem announces inducement grants under Nasdaq listing rule

Verastem Oncology announced the grant of stock options to purchase 35,000 shares of its common stock to four new employees. The awards were granted pursuant to the Nasdaq inducement grant exception as an inducement material to the employees’ acceptance of employment with Verastem Oncology in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4). The stock options have an exercise price equal to $11.73 per share, the closing price of Verastem Oncology’s common stock as reported by Nasdaq on April 1, 2024. The stock options to purchase 35,000 shares of common stock that were granted to the four new employees will vest at a rate of twenty-five percent on the one-year anniversary of each employee’s date of hire, with the remaining shares vesting quarterly over the next three years in equal quarterly amounts, provided the employee continues to serve as an employee of or other service provider to Verastem Oncology on each such vesting date.