Sientra Reports Inducement Grants Under NASDAQ Listing Rule 5635(c)(4)

IRVINE, Calif., June 30, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sientra, Inc. (NASDAQ:SIEN) ("Sientra" or the "Company"), a medical aesthetics company uniquely focused on plastic surgeons, today announced that on June 27, 2023, the Company approved equity award grants under the Sientra Inc. Inducement Plan to 20 new employees.

The new employees were granted restricted stock units representing a total of 85,750 shares of common stock. The restricted stock units will vest in time-based installments beginning on the grant date. In each case, the vesting of shares is contingent upon the recipient's continued service with the Company through each vesting date.

The grants were made as an inducement that was a material component of each person's compensation and subsequent acceptance of employment with the Company and were granted as employment inducement awards pursuant to NASDAQ Listing Rule 5635(c)(4) approved by the Compensation Committee.

About Sientra

Headquartered in Irvine, California, Sientra is a medical aesthetics company exclusively focused on plastic surgery. The Company mission is to offer proprietary innovations and unparalleled partnerships that radically advance how plastic surgeons think, work and care for their patients. Sientra has developed a broad portfolio of products with technologically differentiated characteristics, supported by independent laboratory testing and strong clinical trial outcomes. The Company's product portfolio includes its Sientra round and shaped breast implants, the first fifth-generation breast implants approved by the FDA for sale in the United States, its ground-breaking AlloX2^® breast tissue expander with patented dual-port and integral drain technology, the Viality™ with AuraClens™ enhanced viability fat transfer system, the SimpliDerm^® Human Acellular Dermal Matrix, and BIOCORNEUM^® the #1 performing, preferred and recommended scar gel of plastic surgeons (*).

Sientra uses its investor relations website to publish important information about the Company, including information that may be deemed material to investors. Financial and other information about Sientra is routinely posted and is accessible on the Company's investor relations website at www.sientra.com.

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Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, based on management's current assumptions and expectations of future events and trends, which affect or may affect the Company's business, strategy, operations or financial performance, and actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied in such statements due to numerous risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements are made only as of the date of this release. The words ‘‘believe,'' ‘‘may,'' ‘‘might,'' ‘‘could,'' ‘‘will,'' ‘‘aim,'' ‘‘estimate,'' ‘‘continue, ‘‘anticipate,'' ‘‘intend,'' ‘‘expect,'' ‘‘plan,'' ‘‘position," or the negative of those terms, and similar expressions that convey uncertainty of future events or outcomes are intended to identify estimates, projections, and other forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements may include information concerning the Company's possible or assumed future results of operations, including descriptions of the Company's revenues, profitability, outlook, and overall business strategy, the Company's ability and timing to successfully integrate new products into its existing operations, the clinical performance of the Company's products, the reception of plastic surgeons to the Company's products, and the Company's ability to capture additional market share and customer accounts in the plastic surgery market. Such statements are subject to risks and uncertainties, including the positive reaction from plastic surgeons and their patients to the Company's products, the ability to meet consumer demand, including any potential supply issues resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic or the war in Ukraine, the growth of the plastic surgery market and breast procedures, and the ability of the Company to execute on its commercial, marketing, research and development and regulatory plans. Additional factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated in this press release can be found in the Risk Factors section of Sientra's public filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. All statements other than statements of historical fact are forward-looking statements. The words ‘‘believe,'' ‘‘may,'' ‘‘might,'' ‘‘could,'' ‘‘will,'' ‘‘aim,'' ‘‘estimate,'' ‘‘continue, ‘‘anticipate,'' ‘‘intend,'' ‘‘expect,'' ‘‘plan,'' ‘‘position," or the negative of those terms, and similar expressions that convey uncertainty of future events or outcomes are intended to identify estimates, projections, and other forward-looking statements. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, and such estimates, projections, and other forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they were made, and, except to the extent required by law, the Company undertakes no obligation to update or review any estimate, projection or forward-looking statement. Actual results may differ from those set forth in this press release due to the risks and uncertainties inherent in the Company's business.

Investor Relations Contact

Aman R. Patel, CFA

[email protected]

Source: Sientra, Inc.