Savara Announces New Employment Inducement Grant
Savara Inc. (NASDAQ:SVRA), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on rare respiratory diseases, today announced the grant of inducement awards to five new employees.
On May 21, 2025, the Compensation Committee of Savara's Board of Directors granted the inducement awards to five new employees who recently joined the Company. The inducement awards consist of options to purchase an aggregate of 85,000 shares of the Company's common stock and restricted stock units (RSUs) covering an aggregate of 75,000 shares of the Company's common stock. These equity awards were granted under the Savara Inc. 2021 Inducement Equity Incentive Plan pursuant to Rule 5635(c)(4) of the NASDAQ Listing Rules as an inducement material to the employees' acceptance of employment with the Company.
The options have an exercise price of $2.91 per share, the closing trading price of the Company's common stock on the NASDAQ Global Market on the grant date. Each option has a 10-year term and vests as to 1/16th of the number of shares subject to the option on each quarterly anniversary of the employee's first day of employment, subject to the employee's continued employment on each such vesting date. The RSUs vest in full on the two-year anniversary of the employee's first day of employment, subject to the employee's continued employment on such vesting date.
About Savara
Savara is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on rare respiratory diseases. Our lead program, MOLBREEVI*, is a recombinant human granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) in Phase 3 development for autoimmune pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (aPAP). MOLBREEVI is delivered via an investigational eFlow® Nebulizer System (PARI Pharma GmbH). Our management team has significant experience in rare respiratory diseases and pulmonary medicine, identifying unmet needs, and effectively advancing product candidates to approval and commercialization. More information can be found at www.savarapharma.com, and LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/savara-pharmaceuticals/.
*MOLBREEVI is the FDA and EMA conditionally accepted trade name for molgramostim inhalation solution. It is not approved in any indication. MOLBREEVI is a trademark of Savara Inc.
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