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Terns Pharmaceuticals Reports Inducement Grants to New Employees Under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(C)(4)

Terns Pharmaceuticals Grants Equity Inducements to New Employees Under Nasdaq Rule

By Leila Farooq
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Terns Pharmaceuticals, a clinical-stage oncology company, announced the granting of 23,316 restricted stock units to three new employees as inducement awards approved by the Compensation Committee, in compliance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4). The RSUs vest over four years contingent on continued employment.

Terns Pharmaceuticals Reports Inducement Grants to New Employees Under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(C)(4)
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Key Points

  • Terns Pharmaceuticals issued equity inducement awards to three new employees totaling 23,316 RSUs.
  • The awards comply with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4) and were approved by the Compensation Committee.
  • The company's focus is on oncology, specifically its lead program TERN-701 for chronic myeloid leukemia.
  • Sectors impacted include biotechnology, healthcare, and capital markets related to clinical-stage pharmaceutical firms.

FOSTER CITY, Calif., April 02, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Terns Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Terns” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: TERN), a clinical-stage oncology company, today announced that it has granted as of April 1, 2026 equity inducement awards to three new employees under the terms of the 2022 Employment Inducement Award Plan, as amended. The equity awards were approved by the Compensation Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4) and were made as a material inducement to the employees’ acceptance of employment with Terns.

The Company granted 23,316 restricted stock units (the “RSUs”), in the aggregate, of Terns common stock to the new employees. The RSUs vest over four years, subject to the employees’ continued service through the applicable vesting dates.

About Terns Pharmaceuticals

Terns Pharmaceuticals is a clinical-stage oncology company reimagining known biology to deliver high impact medicines. Our lead program, TERN-701, is a highly selective, oral, allosteric BCR-ABL inhibitor with a potentially best-in-disease profile that could meaningfully improve upon the efficacy, safety and convenience of existing treatments for chronic myeloid leukemia. For more information, please visit: www.ternspharma.com.

Contacts for Terns

Investors
Justin Ng
[email protected]

Media
Jenna Urban
CG Life
[email protected]


Risks

  • RSUs vest over four years tied to employee retention, which introduces risk if employees leave prematurely.
  • As a clinical-stage company, Terns' drug development programs, including TERN-701, face typical clinical, regulatory, and market approval uncertainties.
  • Employee inducement grants represent a dilution risk for existing shareholders, potentially impacting stock value.

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