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Olema Oncology Reports Inducement Grants Under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4)

Olema Oncology Grants Stock Options to New Employees Under Nasdaq Inducement Plan

By Priya Menon OLMA
Olema Oncology Reports Inducement Grants Under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4)
OLMA

Olema Pharmaceuticals, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focusing on breast cancer therapies, has granted stock options totaling 188,500 shares to four new employees under the Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4). The grants, approved by the Compensation Committee, have a 10-year term with exercise price set at the recent market price of $15.12 per share and vest over four years. Olema is advancing promising pipeline candidates including palazestrant in Phase 3 trials and OP-3136 in Phase 1 studies.

Key Points

  • Olema granted 188,500 stock options to four new employees as inducement awards under Nasdaq rules.
  • Stock options vest over four years with a 10-year exercise period and an exercise price matching recent market price.
  • Olema is progressing clinical-stage breast cancer therapies, including palazestrant in Phase 3 and OP-3136 in Phase 1 trials.

SAN FRANCISCO, April 02, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Olema Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Olema” or “Olema Oncology”, Nasdaq: OLMA), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development, and commercialization of targeted therapies for breast cancer and beyond, today announced that the Company granted stock options to four new employees to purchase an aggregate of 188,500 shares of the Company's common stock, effective as of April 1, 2026. These awards were approved by the Compensation Committee of Olema’s Board of Directors and granted under the Company's 2022 Inducement Plan as an inducement material to the new employees entering into employment with Olema, in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4).

The stock options vest over four years, with 25 percent vesting on the first anniversary of the vesting commencement date for such employee and the remainder vesting in 36 equal monthly installments over the following three years, subject to the employee being continuously employed by Olema as of such vesting dates. The stock options have a 10-year term and an exercise price of $15.12 per share, equal to the last reported sale price of the Company's common stock as reported by Nasdaq on April 1, 2026. The stock options are subject to the terms of the Olema Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 2022 Inducement Plan.

Olema is providing this information in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4).

About Olema Oncology
Olema Oncology is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company committed to transforming the standard of care and improving outcomes for patients living with breast cancer and beyond. Olema is advancing a pipeline of novel therapies by leveraging our deep understanding of endocrine-driven cancers, nuclear receptors, and mechanisms of acquired resistance. Our lead product candidate, palazestrant (OP-1250), is a proprietary, orally available complete estrogen receptor antagonist (CERAN) and a selective estrogen receptor degrader (SERD), currently in two Phase 3 clinical trials. In addition, Olema is developing OP-3136, a potent lysine acetyltransferase 6 (KAT6) inhibitor, now in a Phase 1 clinical study. Olema is headquartered in San Francisco and has operations in Cambridge, Massachusetts. For more information, please visit www.olema.com.

Media and Investor Relations Contact
Courtney O’Konek
Vice President, Corporate Communications
Olema Oncology
[email protected]


Risks

  • The value of stock options depends on future stock price performance, which can be volatile and uncertain.
  • Clinical development risks remain for their lead drug candidates, impacting long-term company prospects.
  • Employee retention and performance risk tied to vesting schedule and employment continuity.

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