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SCYNEXIS Announces Inducement Award Under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4)

SCYNEXIS grants inducement stock options to new Senior Director under Nasdaq Rule 5635(c)(4)

By Caleb Monroe
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SCYNEXIS, a clinical-stage biotech focused on therapies for severe diseases, announced a stock options inducement award of 20,000 shares to a newly hired Senior Director to attract talent as per Nasdaq rules. The stock options have a ten-year term and vest over four years.

SCYNEXIS Announces Inducement Award Under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4)
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Key Points

  • SCYNEXIS awarded inducement stock options to a new Senior Director, potentially strengthening its leadership team.
  • The inducement grant follows Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4), designed to attract new employees with equity incentives.
  • SCYNEXIS focuses on developing therapies for hard-to-treat diseases including ADPKD and antifungal treatments impacting the biotechnology and pharmaceutical sectors.

JERSEY CITY, N.J., Aug. 25, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- SCYNEXIS, Inc. (Nasdaq: SCYX), a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on developing innovative therapies for severe and difficult-to-treat diseases with significant unmet medical need, today announced the grant of an inducement equity award to a new Senior Director, with a grant date of August 24, 2026. The award was granted in connection with the commencement of the Senior Director’s employment with the Company, as a material inducement to the employee’s acceptance of employment, and was approved in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4).

The award was granted pursuant to SCYNEXIS’ 2015 Inducement Award Plan, as amended, which was adopted by the Company’s Board of Directors under Rule 5635(c)(4) for equity grants made to induce new employees to enter into employment with the Company.

The inducement award consists of stock options to purchase 20,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at a per share exercise price of $5.26, the closing trading price on August 24, 2026, the date of grant. The employee’s stock options have a ten-year term, with one-fourth of the shares subject to the options vesting on the one-year anniversary of the employee’s commencement date of August 24, 2026, and the remainder vesting in equal monthly installments for thirty-six months thereafter, subject to the employee’s continued service with the Company.

About SCYNEXIS, Inc.

SCYNEXIS, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCYX) is a clinical stage biotechnology company focused on developing innovative therapies for severe and difficult-to-treat diseases with significant unmet medical need. SCY-770 is being developed for the treatment of Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease (ADPKD) and has been granted Orphan Drug designation. SCYNEXIS’s proprietary antifungal platform “fungerps” includes BREXAFEMME® (ibrexafungerp tablets), the first approved representative of this novel class, which has been licensed to GSK, and SCY-247, currently in clinical stages of development. For more information, visit www.scynexis.com

CONTACT: 
Investor Relations
John Fraunces
LifeSci Advisors
Tel: 917-355-2395
[email protected]


Risks

  • The grant represents a compensation expense which could modestly dilute existing shareholder value in the biotechnology sector.
  • Ongoing operational and clinical development risks persist as the company advances its drug candidates, common to the biotech industry.
  • Retention of key personnel remains uncertain despite inducement awards, potentially impacting company progress in the biotech innovation market.

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