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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
(Mark One)
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QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2026
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TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 FOR THE TRANSITION PERIOD FROM TO |
Commission File Number: 001-39655
DAMORA THERAPEUTICS, INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its Charter)
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Cayman Islands |
37-1957007 |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
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221 Crescent Street Building 23, Suite 105 Waltham, MA |
02453 |
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Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (781) 281-9020
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
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Ordinary Shares, par value $0.00001 per share |
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The Nasdaq Capital Market |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☒ No ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes ☒ No ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
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If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ☐ No ☒
The number of shares of registrant’s ordinary shares outstanding as of August 7, 2026 was 61,735,519.
CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q includes “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). All statements other than statements of historical fact are “forward-looking statements” for purposes of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “may,” “could,” “will,” “would,” “should,” “expect,” “plan,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “intend,” “predict,” “seek,” “contemplate,” “project,” “continue,” “potential,” “ongoing,” “goal,” or the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding:
•our ability to successfully execute on our strategy for the discovery and development of DMR-001, DMR-002 and DMR-003;
•the success, cost and timing of our planned filing of investigational drug applications or their equivalents, planned product development activities, and initiation of clinical trials of our current product candidates, including DMR-001, DMR-002, and DMR-003, and any future product candidates;
•our ability to retain the continued service of our directors, officers, key employees and consultants;
•our ability to continue to grow and manage our growth effectively;
•our ability to obtain regulatory approval for our current or future product candidates that we may identify or develop;
•our ability to ensure adequate supply of our current or future product candidates;
•our ability to maintain third-party relationships necessary to conduct our business;
•our ability to establish an adequate safety or efficacy profile for our current or future product candidates that we may pursue;
•the implementation and execution of our strategic plans for our business, our current or future product candidates we may develop and our technology;
•our intellectual property position, including the scope of protection we are able to establish and maintain for intellectual property rights covering our product candidates and technology;
•the rate and degree of market acceptance and clinical utility for our current or future product candidates we may develop;
•our estimates about the size of our market opportunity;
•our estimates of expenses, future revenues, capital requirements and our needs for additional financing;
•our ability to maintain and establish collaborations;
•our financial performance and liquidity;
•developments relating to our competitors and our industry, including the impact of government regulation;
•our ability to retain the continued service of our key professionals and consultants and to identify, hire and retain additional qualified professionals;
•our ability to maintain adequate internal controls over financial reporting;
•the effects of global economic uncertainty and financial market volatility caused by economic effects of volatility in inflation and interest rates, tariffs, geopolitical instability, changes in international trade relationships and conflicts; and
•other risks and uncertainties, including those listed under the section titled “Risk Factors.”
These statements relate to future events or to our future financial performance and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors that may cause our actual results, performance, or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance, or achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Factors that may cause actual
results to differ materially from current expectations include, among other things, the reasons described elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and those set forth in Part I, Item 1A - “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025. Any forward-looking statement in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q reflects our current view with respect to future events and is subject to these and other risks, uncertainties, and assumptions relating to our operations, results of operations, industry, and future growth. Given these uncertainties, you should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. Except as required by law, we assume no obligation to update or revise these forward-looking statements for any reason, even if new information becomes available in the future.
This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q also contains estimates, projections, and other information concerning our industry, our business, and the markets for certain drugs, including data regarding the estimated size of those markets, their projected growth rates, and the incidence of certain medical conditions. Information that is based on estimates, forecasts, projections, or similar methodologies is inherently subject to uncertainties, and actual events or circumstances may differ materially from events and circumstances reflected in this information. Unless otherwise expressly stated, we obtained these industry, business, market, and other data from reports, research surveys, studies, and similar data prepared by third parties, industry, medical and general publications, government data, and similar sources. In some cases, we do not expressly refer to the sources from which these data are derived.
Except where the context otherwise requires, in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, “we,” “us,” “our,” “Damora,” and the “Company” refer to Damora Therapeutics, Inc. and, where appropriate, its consolidated subsidiaries.
Trademarks
We have applied for various trademarks that we use in connection with the operation of our business. This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q includes trademarks, service marks, and trade names owned by us or other companies. All trademarks, service marks, and trade names included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q are the property of their respective owners. Solely for convenience, the trademarks and trade names in this report may be referred to without the ® and symbols, but such references should not be construed as any indicator that their respective owners will not assert, to the fullest extent under applicable law, their rights thereto.
PART I – Financial Information
Item 1. Financial Statements (Unaudited).
DAMORA THERAPEUTICS, INC.
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
(in thousands, except share and per share amounts)
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June 30, |
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December 31, |
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2026 |
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2025 |
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Current assets |
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Cash and cash equivalents |
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540,515 |
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257,624 |
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3,073 |
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2,799 |
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Total current assets |
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543,588 |
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260,423 |
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Other assets, noncurrent |
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48 |
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104 |
|
Total assets |
|
$ |
543,636 |
|
|
$ |
260,527 |
|
Liabilities and stockholders’ equity |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current liabilities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts payable |
|
$ |
3,482 |
|
|
$ |
444 |
|
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities |
|
|
8,879 |
|
|
|
2,401 |
|
Paramora warrant obligation |
|
|
9,527 |
|
|
|
— |
|
Related party accounts payable and other current liabilities |
|
|
5,662 |
|
|
|
17,221 |
|
Total current liabilities |
|
|
27,550 |
|
|
|
20,066 |
|
Other liabilities, noncurrent |
|
|
27 |
|
|
|
81 |
|
Total liabilities |
|
$ |
27,577 |
|
|
$ |
20,147 |
|
Commitments and contingencies (Note 7) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mezzanine equity |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Preferred stock, par value of $0.00001 per share; 10,000,000 shares authorized at June 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025; no shares and 159 shares issued and outstanding as of June 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025 |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
1,341 |
|
Stockholders’ equity |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Series B non-voting convertible preferred stock, par value of $0.00001 per share; 16,366 shares authorized at June 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025; 16,366 shares issued and outstanding as of June 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025 |
|
|
117,621 |
|
|
|
117,621 |
|
Series C non-voting convertible preferred stock, par value of $0.00001 per share; 43,882 shares authorized at June 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025; 1,722 and 43,882 shares issued and outstanding as of June 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025 |
|
|
12,376 |
|
|
|
297,291 |
|
Common stock, par value of $0.00001 per share; 500,000,000 shares authorized at June 30, 2026 and 300,000,000 shares authorized at December 31, 2025; 61,734,601 and 1,597,321 shares issued and outstanding at June 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025, respectively |
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
— |
|
Additional paid-in capital |
|
|
931,649 |
|
|
|
310,688 |
|
Accumulated deficit |
|
|
(546,320 |
) |
|
|
(487,363 |
) |
Accumulated other comprehensive income |
|
|
732 |
|
|
|
802 |
|
Total stockholders’ equity |
|
|
516,059 |
|
|
|
240,380 |
|
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity |
|
$ |
543,636 |
|
|
$ |
260,527 |
|
See accompanying notes to the unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements.
Damora Therapeutics, Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss
(in thousands, except share and per share amounts)
(Unaudited)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended June 30, |
|
|
Six Months Ended June 30, |
|
|
|
2026 |
|
|
2025 |
|
|
2026 |
|
|
2025 |
|
Operating expenses |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Research and development |
|
$ |
25,540 |
|
|
$ |
1,465 |
|
|
$ |
49,317 |
|
|
$ |
2,143 |
|
General and administrative |
|
|
9,454 |
|
|
|
1,956 |
|
|
|
16,488 |
|
|
|
3,877 |
|
Total operating expenses |
|
|
34,994 |
|
|
|
3,421 |
|
|
|
65,805 |
|
|
|
6,020 |
|
Loss from operations |
|
|
(34,994 |
) |
|
|
(3,421 |
) |
|
|
(65,805 |
) |
|
|
(6,020 |
) |
Other income (expense), net |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest income, net |
|
|
4,059 |
|
|
|
50 |
|
|
|
7,129 |
|
|
|
124 |
|
Foreign exchange transaction gain (loss), net |
|
|
16 |
|
|
|
(62 |
) |
|
|
16 |
|
|
|
(68 |
) |
Total other income, net |
|
|
4,075 |
|
|
|
(12 |
) |
|
|
7,145 |
|
|
|
56 |
|
Loss before income tax expense |
|
|
(30,919 |
) |
|
|
(3,433 |
) |
|
|
(58,660 |
) |
|
|
(5,964 |
) |
Income tax expense |
|
|
(255 |
) |
|
|
(4 |
) |
|
|
(297 |
) |
|
|
(6 |
) |
Net loss |
|
$ |
(31,174 |
) |
|
$ |
(3,437 |
) |
|
$ |
(58,957 |
) |
|
$ |
(5,970 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss per share, basic and diluted, Series B Preferred Stock |
|
$ |
(393.59 |
) |
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
(787.80 |
) |
|
$ |
— |
|
Weighted-average Series B non-voting convertible preferred stock outstanding, basic and diluted |
|
|
16,366 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
16,366 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss per share, basic and diluted, Series C Preferred Stock |
|
$ |
(393.59 |
) |
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
(787.80 |
) |
|
$ |
— |
|
Weighted-average Series C non-voting convertible preferred stock outstanding, basic and diluted |
|
|
1,722 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
11,022 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss per share, basic and diluted, common stock |
|
$ |
(0.39 |
) |
|
$ |
(2.60 |
) |
|
$ |
(0.79 |
) |
|
$ |
(4.51 |
) |
Weighted-average number of shares used in computing net loss per common share, basic and diluted |
|
|
61,117,057 |
|
|
|
1,322,553 |
|
|
|
47,449,952 |
|
|
|
1,322,283 |
|
Other comprehensive (loss) income, net of tax |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Currency translation (loss) gain |
|
|
(22 |
) |
|
$ |
509 |
|
|
$ |
(70 |
) |
|
$ |
712 |
|
Other comprehensive (loss) income, net of tax |
|
|
(22 |
) |
|
|
509 |
|
|
|
(70 |
) |
|
|
712 |
|
Total comprehensive loss |
|
$ |
(31,196 |
) |
|
$ |
(2,928 |
) |
|
$ |
(59,027 |
) |
|
$ |
(5,258 |
) |
See accompanying notes to the unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements.
Damora Therapeutics, Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity
(in thousands, except share amounts)
(Unaudited)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mezzanine Equity |
|
|
Stockholders’ Equity |
Three Months Ended June 30, 2025 |
|
Preferred Stock |
|
|
Series B Non-Voting Convertible Preferred Stock |
|
Series C Non-Voting Convertible Preferred Stock |
|
Common Stock |
|
Additional Paid-In |
|
Accumulated |
|
Accumulated Other Comprehensive |
|
Total Stockholders’ |
|
|
Shares |
|
Amount |
|
|
Shares |
|
Amount |
|
Shares |
|
Amount |
|
Shares |
|
Amount |
|
Capital |
|
Deficit |
|
Income (Loss) |
|
Equity |
Balance at March 31, 2025 |
|
161 |
|
1,360 |
|
|
— |
|
— |
|
— |
|
— |
|
1,322,359 |
|
— |
|
292,106 |
|
(280,057) |
|
300 |
|
13,709 |
Stock-based compensation expense |
|
— |
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
— |
|
— |
|
— |
|
— |
|
— |
|
172 |
|
— |
|
— |
|
172 |
Conversion of Series A Preferred Stock |
|
(2) |
|
(19) |
|
|
— |
|
— |
|
— |
|
— |
|
2,201 |
|
— |
|
19 |
|
— |
|
— |
|
— |
Other comprehensive income, net |
|
— |
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
— |
|
— |
|
— |
|
— |
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
509 |
|
509 |
Net loss |
|
— |
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
— |
|
— |
|
— |
|
— |
|
— |
|
— |
|
(3,437) |
|
— |
|
(3,437) |
Balance at June 30, 2025 |
|
159 |
|
$1,341 |
|
|
— |
|
$— |
|
— |
|
$— |
|
1,324,560 |
|
$— |
|
$292,297 |
|
$(283,494) |
|
$809 |
|
$10,953 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mezzanine Equity |
|
|
Stockholders’ Equity |
Three Months Ended June 30, 2026 |
|
Preferred Stock |
|
|
Series B Non-Voting Convertible Preferred Stock |
|
Series C Non-Voting Convertible Preferred Stock |
|
Common Stock |
|
Additional Paid-In |
|
Accumulated |
|
Accumulated Other Comprehensive |
|
Total Stockholders’ |
|
|
Shares |
|
Amount |
|
|
Shares |
|
Amount |
|
Shares |
|
Amount |
|
Shares |
|
Amount |
|
Capital |
|
Deficit |
|
Income (Loss) |
|
Equity |
Balance at March 31, 2026 |
|
159 |
|
1,341 |
|
|
16,366 |
|
117,621 |
|
1,877 |
|
13,490 |
|
60,303,212 |
|
1 |
|
893,542 |
|
(515,146) |
|
754 |
|
511,603 |
Stock-based compensation expense |
|
— |
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
— |
|
— |
|
— |
|
— |
|
— |
|
6,144 |
|
— |
|
— |
|
6,144 |
Conversion of Series A preferred shares to Common Stock |
|
(159) |
|
(1,341) |
|
|
— |
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
158,361 |
|
— |
|
1,341 |
|
— |
|
— |
|
— |
Conversion of Series C Preferred Stock issued in connection with the asset acquisition of Damora Therapeutics, Inc |
|
— |
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
— |
|
— |
|
— |
|
— |
|
— |
|
— |
|
— |
|
— |
|
— |
Issuance of common stock in connection with vesting of restricted stock units |
|
— |
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
— |
|
— |
|
— |
|
726 |
|
— |
|
— |
|
— |
|
— |
|
— |
Exercise of stock options |
|
— |
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
— |
|
— |
|
— |
|
31,902 |
|
— |
|
226 |
|
— |
|
— |
|
226 |
Forfeiture of shares |
|
— |
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
— |
|
(155) |
|
(1,114) |
|
— |
|
— |
|
1,114 |
|
— |
|
— |
|
— |
Other comprehensive income, net |
|
— |
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
— |
|
— |
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
— |
|
— |
|
(22) |
|
(22) |
Proceeds from At-the-Market facility |
|
— |
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
— |
|
— |
|
— |
|
1,240,400 |
|
— |
|
29,282 |
|
— |
|
— |
|
29,282 |
Net loss |
|
— |
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
— |
|
— |
|
— |
|
— |
|
— |
|
— |
|
(31,174) |
|
— |
|
(31,174) |
Balance at June 30, 2026 |
|
— |
|
$— |
|
|
16,366 |
|
$117,621 |
|
1,722 |
|
$12,376 |
|
61,734,601 |
|
$1 |
|
$931,649 |
|
$(546,320) |
|
$732 |
|
$516,059 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mezzanine Equity |
|
|
Stockholders’ Equity |
Six Months Ended June 30, 2025 |
|
Preferred Stock |
|
|
Series B Non-Voting Convertible Preferred Stock |
|
Series C Non-Voting Convertible Preferred Stock |
|
Common Stock |
|
Additional Paid-In |
|
Accumulated |
|
Accumulated Other Comprehensive |
|
Total Stockholders’ |
|
|
Shares |
|
Amount |
|
|
Shares |
|
Amount |
|
Shares |
|
Amount |
|
Shares |
|
Amount |
|
Capital |
|
Deficit |
|
Income (Loss) |
|
Equity |
Balance at December 31, 2024 |
|
161 |
|
1,360 |
|
|
— |
|
— |
|
— |
|
— |
|
1,316,989 |
|
— |
|
291,898 |
|
(277,524) |
|
97 |
|
15,831 |
Stock-based compensation expense |
|
— |
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
— |
|
— |
|
— |
|
— |
|
— |
|
351 |
|
— |
|
— |
|
351 |
Conversion of Series A Preferred Stock |
|
(2) |
|
(19) |
|
|
— |
|
— |
|
— |
|
— |
|
2,201 |
|
— |
|
19 |
|
— |
|
— |
|
— |
Issuance of common stock in connection with vesting of restricted stock units |
|
— |
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
— |
|
— |
|
— |
|
5,370 |
|
— |
|
29 |
|
— |
|
— |
|
29 |
Other comprehensive income, net |
|
— |
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
— |
|
— |
|
— |
|
— |
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
712 |
|
712 |
Net loss |
|
— |
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
— |
|
— |
|
— |
|
— |
|
— |
|
— |
|
(5,970) |
|
— |
|
(5,970) |
Balance at June 30, 2025 |
|
159 |
|
$1,341 |
|
|
— |
|
$— |
|
— |
|
$— |
|
1,324,560 |
|
$— |
|
$292,297 |
|
$(283,494) |
|
$809 |
|
$10,953 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mezzanine Equity |
|
|
Stockholders’ Equity |
Six Months Ended June 30, 2026 |
|
Preferred Stock |
|
|
Series B Non-Voting Convertible Preferred Stock |
|
Series C Non-Voting Convertible Preferred Stock |
|
Common Stock |
|
Additional Paid-In |
|
Accumulated |
|
Accumulated Other Comprehensive |
|
Total Stockholders’ |
|
|
Shares |
|
Amount |
|
|
Shares |
|
Amount |
|
Shares |
|
Amount |
|
Shares |
|
Amount |
|
Capital |
|
Deficit |
|
Income (Loss) |
|
Equity |
Balance at December 31, 2025 |
|
159 |
|
1,341 |
|
|
16,366 |
|
117,621 |
|
43,882 |
|
297,291 |
|
1,597,321 |
|
— |
|
310,688 |
|
(487,363) |
|
802 |
|
240,380 |
Stock-based compensation expense |
|
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
9,278 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
9,278 |
Conversion of Series A preferred shares to Common Stock |
|
(159) |
|
(1,341) |
|
|
— |
|
— |
|
— |
|
— |
|
158,361 |
|
— |
|
1,341 |
|
— |
|
— |
|
— |
Conversion of Series C Preferred Stock issued in connection with the asset acquisition of Damora Therapeutics, Inc |
|
— |
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
— |
|
(2,364) |
|
(16,990) |
|
2,364,000 |
|
— |
|
16,990 |
|
— |
|
— |
|
— |
Stockholder approval of the issuance of common stock upon conversion of Series C non-voting convertible preferred stock |
|
— |
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
— |
|
(39,641) |
|
(266,811) |
|
39,641,000 |
|
1 |
|
266,810 |
|
— |
|
— |
|
— |
Issuance of common stock in connection with offering, net of issuance costs of $20,753 |
|
— |
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
— |
|
— |
|
— |
|
16,644,737 |
|
— |
|
295,497 |
|
— |
|
— |
|
295,497 |
Forfeiture of shares |
|
— |
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
— |
|
(155) |
|
(1,114) |
|
(9,638) |
|
— |
|
1,114 |
|
— |
|
— |
|
— |
Issuance of common stock in connection with vesting of restricted stock units |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
6,018 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
— |
Exercise of stock options |
|
— |
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
— |
|
— |
|
— |
|
92,402 |
|
— |
|
649 |
|
— |
|
— |
|
649 |
Other comprehensive income, net |
|
— |
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
— |
|
— |
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
(70) |
|
(70) |
Proceeds from At-the-Market facility, net of issuance costs of $688 |
|
— |
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
— |
|
— |
|
— |
|
1,240,400 |
|
— |
|
29,282 |
|
— |
|
— |
|
29,282 |
Net loss |
|
— |
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
— |
|
— |
|
— |
|
— |
|
— |
|
— |
|
(58,957) |
|
— |
|
(58,957) |
Balance at June 30, 2026 |
|
— |
|
$— |
|
|
16,366 |
|
$117,621 |
|
1,722 |
|
$12,376 |
|
61,734,601 |
|
$1 |
|
$931,649 |
|
$(546,320) |
|
$732 |
|
$516,059 |
See accompanying notes to the unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements.
Damora Therapeutics, Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(in thousands)
(Unaudited)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Six Months Ended June 30, |
|
|
|
2026 |
|
|
2025 |
|
Cash flows from operating activities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss |
|
$ |
(58,957 |
) |
|
$ |
(5,970 |
) |
Adjustment to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Depreciation of equipment |
|
|
11 |
|
|
|
11 |
|
Stock-based compensation |
|
|
9,278 |
|
|
|
351 |
|
Issuance of common stock in connection with vesting of restricted stock units |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
29 |
|
Amortization of right-of-use lease asset |
|
|
68 |
|
|
|
6 |
|
Accretion of lease liability |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
3 |
|
Changes in operating assets and liabilities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Prepaid expenses and other current assets |
|
|
(274 |
) |
|
|
(155 |
) |
Other assets, noncurrent |
|
|
(23 |
) |
|
|
(376 |
) |
Accounts payable |
|
|
3,038 |
|
|
|
379 |
|
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities |
|
|
6,494 |
|
|
|
1,051 |
|
Operating lease liabilities |
|
|
(67 |
) |
|
|
(10 |
) |
Paramora warrant obligation |
|
|
9,527 |
|
|
|
— |
|
Related party accounts payable and other current liabilities |
|
|
(11,559 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
Other liabilities, noncurrent |
|
|
(1 |
) |
|
|
5 |
|
Net cash used in operating activities |
|
$ |
(42,465 |
) |
|
$ |
(4,676 |
) |
Cash flows from financing activities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Issuance of stock in connection with offerings |
|
|
346,217 |
|
|
|
— |
|
Issuance costs in connection with offerings |
|
|
(21,441 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
Proceeds from exercise of stock options |
|
|
650 |
|
|
|
— |
|
Net cash provided by financing activities |
|
$ |
325,426 |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents |
|
$ |
282,961 |
|
|
$ |
(4,676 |
) |
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents |
|
|
(70 |
) |
|
|
712 |
|
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of year |
|
|
257,624 |
|
|
|
14,175 |
|
Cash and cash equivalents, end of year |
|
$ |
540,515 |
|
|
$ |
10,211 |
|
Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash paid for taxes |
|
$ |
5 |
|
|
$ |
5 |
|
See accompanying notes to the unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements.
Damora Therapeutics, Inc.
Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
1. DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS, ORGANIZATION AND LIQUIDITY
Business
Damora Therapeutics, Inc. (formerly known as Galecto, Inc.) is a biopharmaceutical company developing therapies for the treatment of hematological malignancies. As used in these financial statements, unless the context otherwise requires, references to the “Company,” “we,” “us,” and “our” refer to Damora Therapeutics, Inc. and its subsidiaries.
As of June 30, 2026, the Company’s wholly owned subsidiaries were PharmAkea, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“PharmAkea”), Damora Securities Corporation, a Massachusetts corporation, Damora Therapeutics, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and Galecto Biotech AB, a Swedish company. Galecto Biotech ApS, a Danish operating company, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Galecto Biotech AB.
Recent developments
On November 10, 2025, the Company acquired Damora Therapeutics, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Pre-Acquisition Damora”), in accordance with the terms of the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated November 10, 2025 (the “Acquisition Agreement”), by and among the Company, Daylight Merger Sub I, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (“First Merger Sub”), Daylight Merger Sub II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (“Second Merger Sub”), and Pre-Acquisition Damora. Pursuant to the Acquisition Agreement, First Merger Sub merged with and into Pre-Acquisition Damora, pursuant to which Pre-Acquisition Damora was the surviving corporation and became a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (the “First Merger”). Immediately following the First Merger, Pre-Acquisition Damora merged with and into Second Merger Sub, pursuant to which Second Merger Sub was the surviving entity (together with the First Merger, the “Asset Acquisition”). The Asset Acquisition is intended to qualify as a tax-free reorganization for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
Under the terms of the Acquisition Agreement, following the closing of the Asset Acquisition (the “Closing”), the Company issued to the stockholders of Pre-Acquisition Damora (i) 265,309 shares of the common stock of the Company, par value $0.00001 per share (the “Common Stock”), (ii) 16,366 shares of Series B Non-Voting Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.00001 per share (the “Series B Preferred Stock”) (as described below), and (iii) 4,241 shares of Series C Non-Voting Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.00001 per share (the “Series C Preferred Stock”) (as described below), in the case (ii) and (iii), each share of which is convertible into 1,000 shares of Common Stock, subject to certain conditions described below.
In connection with the Asset Acquisition, the Company also entered into a significant private investment in public equity (“PIPE”) transaction. The Company agreed to sell 39,641 shares of Series C Preferred Stock in the PIPE for approximately $285 million in gross proceeds. The PIPE closed on November 12, 2025. The Series C Preferred Stock are convertible into Common Stock at a ratio of 1,000 shares of Common Stock per share of Series C Preferred Stock, subject to beneficial‑ownership limitations.
On February 9, 2026, the Company’s stockholders approved, among other proposals, the issuance of shares of Common Stock upon conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock and Series C Preferred Stock. Following the special meeting of the stockholders of the Company, 42,005 shares of Series C Preferred Stock were automatically converted into 42,005,000 shares of Common Stock.
On February 10, 2026, we also entered into an underwriting agreement with certain underwriters to issue and sell 16,644,737 shares of Common Stock, which included the full exercise by the underwriters of their option to purchase an additional 2,171,052 shares, at a public offering price of $19.00 per share. The underwritten offering closed on February 12, 2026. The net proceeds from this offering were approximately $295.5 million, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and expenses of the offering of $20.8 million.
Following a review of the Company’s product candidate portfolio in March 2026, the Company has determined to focus on its mutant forms of the calcium binding protein calreticulin (“mutCALR”) portfolio to address the full mutCALR myeloproliferative neoplasm (“MPN”) disease spectrum and has deprioritized continued development of GB3226.
On July 16, 2026, the Company changed its jurisdiction of incorporation from the State of Delaware to the Cayman Islands (the “Redomestication”) pursuant to a plan of conversion (the “Plan of Conversion”). The Redomestication became effective on July 16, 2026 and was accomplished by the filing of (i) a Certificate of Conversion with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware and (ii) the requisite documents required under section 201 of the Companies Act (as amended) of the Cayman Islands (the “Companies Act”), as well as the Cayman Islands memorandum and articles of association of the Company (the “Articles”), with the Cayman Islands Registrar of Companies. For purposes of these condensed consolidated financial statements, references to “Damora Delaware” mean the Company prior to the Redomestication.
Upon the Redomestication, among other things: (i) each outstanding share of common stock, par value $0.00001 per share, of Damora Delaware automatically converted into one ordinary share, par value $0.00001 per share (“Ordinary Shares”), of the Company; (ii) each outstanding share of Series B Preferred Stock, par value $0.00001 per share, of Damora Delaware automatically converted into one Series B Preferred Share, par value $0.00001 per share, of the Company (the “Series B Preferred Shares”); (iii) each outstanding share of Series C Preferred Stock, par value $0.00001 per share, of Damora Delaware automatically converted into one Series C Preferred Share, par value $0.00001 per share, of the Company (the “Series C Preferred Shares”); (iv) each outstanding option to purchase shares of common stock of Damora Delaware automatically converted into an option to purchase Ordinary Shares of the Company; and (v) each outstanding restricted stock unit of Damora Delaware automatically converted into a restricted stock unit of the Company.
The Company will continue to be treated as a U.S. corporation for all purposes under the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
The rights of holders of Ordinary Shares of the Company are now governed by the Company's Articles and Cayman Islands law.
Risks and uncertainties
The Company is subject to risks common to companies in the biotechnology industry including, but not limited to, new technological innovations, protection of proprietary technology, dependence on key personnel, compliance with government regulations and the need to obtain additional financing. Product candidates currently under development will require significant additional research and development efforts, including extensive preclinical and clinical testing and regulatory approval, prior to commercialization. These efforts require significant amounts of additional capital, adequate personnel infrastructure and extensive compliance reporting capabilities.
The Company’s product candidates are in development. There can be no assurance that the Company’s research and development will be successfully completed, that adequate protection for the Company’s intellectual property will be obtained, that any products developed will obtain necessary government regulatory approval or that any approved products will be commercially viable. Even if the Company’s product development efforts are successful, it is uncertain when, if ever, the Company will generate significant revenue from product sales. The Company operates in an environment of rapid change in technology and substantial competition from pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. In addition, the Company is dependent upon the services of its employees and consultants.
Liquidity and management plans
Since inception, the Company has devoted substantially all its efforts to business planning, research and development, recruiting management and technical staff and raising capital, and has financed its operations primarily through the issuance of preferred shares, debt financings, the Company’s initial public offering and sales of Common Stock.
As of June 30, 2026, the Company had an accumulated deficit of $546.3 million, from recurring losses since inception in 2011. The Company has incurred recurring losses and has not generated revenue as no products have obtained the necessary regulatory approval in order to market products. The Company expects to continue to incur losses as a result of costs and expenses related to the Company’s clinical development and corporate general and administrative activities. The Company had negative cash flows from operating activities during the six months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025 of $42.5 million and $4.7 million, respectively, and current projections indicate that the Company will have continued negative cash flows for the foreseeable future as it continues to fund operating expenses. Net losses incurred for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025 were $3.4 million and $6.0 million, respectively. Net losses incurred for the three and six months ended June 30, 2026 were $31.2 million and $59.0 million, respectively.
At June 30, 2026, the Company’s cash and cash equivalents amounted to $540.5 million, current assets amounted to $543.6 million and current liabilities amounted to $27.6 million. At December 31, 2025, the Company’s cash and cash equivalents amounted to $257.6 million, current assets amounted to $260.4 million and current liabilities amounted to $20.1 million.
Based on current operating plans, the Company has sufficient resources to fund operations for at least one year from the issuance date of these financial statements with existing cash and cash equivalents. The Company will need to secure additional financing in the future to fund additional research and development, and before a commercial drug can be produced, marketed and sold. If the Company is unable to obtain additional financing or generate license or product revenue, the lack of liquidity could have a material adverse effect on the Company.
Increase in authorized shares
On February 9, 2026, the Company filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware a certificate of amendment to its amended and restated certificate of incorporation to increase the number of authorized shares of Common Stock from 300,000,000 to 500,000,000.
2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
The accompanying interim condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”).
The accompanying interim condensed consolidated financial statements as of June 30, 2026 and for the three and six months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025, and related information contained within the notes to the interim condensed consolidated financial statements, are unaudited. In management’s opinion, the unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared on the same basis as the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements and include all adjustments (including normal recurring adjustments) necessary for the fair presentation of the Company’s financial position as of June 30, 2026, results of operations, statement of stockholders’ equity for the three and six months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025 and its cash flows for the six months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025. All intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated. These unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes contained in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on March 19, 2026 (the “2025 Consolidated Financial Statements”). The results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2026 are not necessarily indicative of the results expected for the full fiscal year or any interim period.
For the six months ended June 30, 2026, there have been no material changes to the significant accounting policies as disclosed in Note 2 to the 2025 Consolidated Financial Statements.
Use of estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of expenses during the reporting periods. Significant estimates and assumptions reflected in these financial statements include, but are not limited to, the valuation of stock-based awards. Estimates are periodically reviewed in light of changes in circumstances, facts and experience. Actual results could differ from the Company’s estimates.
Reclassifications
Certain prior year amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current year’s financial statement presentation.
Recently adopted accounting standards
On December 14, 2023, the FASB issued ASU No. 2023-09, Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures (“ASU 2023-09”). ASU 2023-09 amends ASC 740, Income Taxes to expand income tax disclosures and requires that the Company disclose (i) the income tax rate reconciliation using both percentages and reporting currency amounts; (ii) specific categories within the income tax rate reconciliation; (iii) additional information for reconciling items that meet a quantitative threshold; (iv) the composition of state and local income taxes by jurisdiction; and (v) the amount of income taxes paid disaggregated by jurisdiction. The Company adopted ASU 2023-09 for the year ended December 31, 2025 on a prospective basis. See Note 14 Income Taxes to the 2025 Consolidated Financial Statements in the Form 10-K for additional information.
Recently issued accounting standards
The Company reviewed all other recently issued accounting pronouncements and have concluded they are not applicable or not expected to be significant to the accounting for its operations.
3. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
Paragon Therapeutics, Inc. and Paramora Holding LLC
Paragon Therapeutics, Inc. (“Paragon”) and Paramora Holding LLC (“Paramora”) each beneficially own less than 5% of the Company’s capital stock through their respective holdings of Ordinary Shares (formerly Common Stock). Fairmount Funds Management LLC (“Fairmount”) beneficially owns more than 5% of the Company’s capital stock on an as-converted basis, has three seats on the board of directors and beneficially owns more than 5% of Paragon. Fairmount appointed Paragon’s board of directors and has the contractual right to approve the appointment of any executive officers. Paramora is an entity formed by Paragon as a vehicle to hold equity in Pre-Acquisition Damora (and, as a result of the Asset Acquisition, the Company) in order to share profits with certain employees of Paragon.
In connection with the Asset Acquisition, the Company received the option to license certain intellectual property rights related to certain research programs (collectively, the “Option”), pursuant to the Antibody Discovery and Option Agreement, dated as of October 7, 2025, by and among Paragon, Paramora and Pre-Acquisition Damora (the “Paragon Option Agreement”). Under the Paragon Option Agreement, Pre-Acquisition Damora (and, as a result of the Asset Acquisition, the Company) is obligated to compensate Paragon for its services performed under each research program based on the actual costs incurred with mark-up costs pursuant to the terms of the Paragon Option Agreement. The Company is also obligated under the Paragon Option Agreement to issue Paramora annual equity grants in accordance with the Paramora Warrant Obligation (as defined below).
The Company has exercised the Options available under the Paragon Option Agreement with respect to the DMR-001 research program and the DMR-002 research program and expects to enter into a single license agreement (the “Paragon License Agreement”) for both programs.
Following the execution of the Paragon License Agreement, the Company will be obligated to pay Paragon up to $22.0 million upon the achievement of specific development, regulatory and clinical milestones for the first product under each agreement, respectively, that achieves such specified milestones. The Company expects to be obligated to make a milestone payment of $2.5 million upon the first dosing of a human patient in a Phase 1 trial.
For the three and six months ended June 30, 2026, the Company recognized expenses related to services provided by Paragon subsequent to the Asset Acquisition totaling $10.3 million and $27.3 million, respectively, which included $4.5 million and $9.5 million, respectively, of stock-based compensation expense related to the Paramora Warrant Obligation, and were recorded as research and development expenses in the consolidated statements of operations. As of June 30, 2026, $5.7 million was unpaid and was included in Related party accounts payable and other current liabilities on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2026, the Company made cash payments totaling $12.1 million and $29.3 million to Paragon, respectively.
The following is the summary of costs that were recorded as research and development expenses in the consolidated statements of operations (in millions):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
For the Three Months Ended June 30, |
|
|
For the Six Months Ended June 30, |
|
|
|
2026 |
|
|
2025 |
|
|
2026 |
|
|
2025 |
|
Reimbursable costs under the Paragon Option Agreement |
|
$ |
5.8 |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
17.8 |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
Amortized cost of Paramora warrant obligation |
|
|
4.5 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
9.5 |
|
|
|
— |
|
Total |
|
$ |
10.3 |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
27.3 |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
Paramora warrant obligation
Pursuant to the Paragon Option Agreement, the Company agreed to issue Paramora an annual equity grant of warrants, on the last business day of each of the years ended December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2026, to purchase 1% of the then outstanding
shares of the Company's Ordinary Shares (formerly Common Stock), on a fully diluted basis, during the term of the Paragon Option Agreement. See Note 4 and Note 9 for additional information on the Paramora Warrant Obligation.
The following is the summary of Related party accounts payable and other current liabilities (in millions):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
June 30, 2026 |
|
|
December 31, 2025 |
|
Related party accounts payable and other current liabilities |
|
$ |
5.7 |
|
|
$ |
17.2 |
|
Paramora warrant obligation |
|
$ |
9.5 |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
4. FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS
Fair value is defined as the exchange price that would be received for an asset or paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) in the principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date. Valuation techniques used to measure fair value are performed in a manner to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs.
The Company classified its money market funds within Level 1 because their fair values are based on their quoted market prices.
A summary of the assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value as of June 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025 is as follows (in thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fair Value Measurement at June 30, 2026 |
|
Assets: |
|
Carrying Value |
|
|
Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) |
|
|
Significant other Observable Inputs (Level 2) |
|
|
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) |
|
Money market funds(1) |
|
$ |
204,176 |
|
|
$ |
204,176 |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
Total |
|
$ |
204,176 |
|
|
$ |
204,176 |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Liabilities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Paramora warrant obligation |
|
$ |
9,527 |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
9,527 |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
Total |
|
$ |
9,527 |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
9,527 |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fair Value Measurement at December 31, 2025 |
|
Assets: |
|
Carrying Value |
|
|
Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) |
|
|
Significant other Observable Inputs (Level 2) |
|
|
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) |
|
Money market funds(1) |
|
$ |
200,628 |
|
|
$ |
200,628 |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
Total |
|
$ |
200,628 |
|
|
$ |
200,628 |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
(1)Money market funds with maturities of 90 days or less at the date of purchase are included within cash and cash equivalents in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets and are recognized at fair value.
Paramora warrant obligation
The Paramora Warrant Obligation is considered a Level 2 liability based on observable market data for substantially the full term of the liability. The Paramora Warrant Obligation is measured each period using a Black-Scholes model to estimate the fair value of the option grant. Changes in the fair value of the Paramora Warrant Obligation are recorded as stock-based compensation within Research and development expenses for non-employees who provided pre-clinical development services.
5. PREPAID EXPENSES AND OTHER CURRENT ASSETS
Prepaid expenses and other current assets consist of the following (in thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
June 30, |
|
|
December 31, |
|
|
|
2026 |
|
|
2025 |
|
Contract research and development costs |
|
$ |
655 |
|
|
$ |
1,198 |
|
Research and development tax credit receivable |
|
|
817 |
|
|
|
875 |
|
Prepaid insurance costs |
|
|
243 |
|
|
|
577 |
|
Value-added tax refund receivable |
|
|
63 |
|
|
|
24 |
|
Other |
|
|
1,295 |
|
|
|
125 |
|
Total prepaid expenses and other current assets |
|
$ |
3,073 |
|
|
$ |
2,799 |
|
6. ACCRUED EXPENSES AND OTHER CURRENT LIABILITIES
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities consist of the following (in thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
June 30, |
|
|
December 31, |
|
|
|
2026 |
|
|
2025 |
|
Employee compensation costs |
|
$ |
1,304 |
|
|
$ |
442 |
|
Contract research and development costs |
|
|
6,378 |
|
|
|
277 |
|
Legal costs |
|
|
95 |
|
|
|
587 |
|
Other current liabilities |
|
|
1,102 |
|
|
|
1,095 |
|
Total accrued expenses and other current liabilities |
|
$ |
8,879 |
|
|
$ |
2,401 |
|
7. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
During the three and six months ended June 30, 2026, there were no material changes to the Company’s commitments and contingencies as disclosed in Note 11 of the 2025 Consolidated Financial Statements.
8. STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
The Company’s authorized capital stock consists of 500,000,000 shares of Common Stock, and 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock, of which 200 shares were designated as Series A non-voting convertible preferred stock, par value $0.00001 per share (the “Series A Preferred Stock”), 16,366 shares were designated as Series B Preferred Stock, and 43,882 shares were designated as Series C Preferred Stock.
As of December 31, 2025 and June 30, 2026, no Common Stock dividends had been declared by the board of directors. As of June 30, 2026, there were 16,366 shares of Series B Preferred Stock and 1,722 shares of Series C Preferred Stock issued and outstanding. On May 21, 2026, all 158.361 outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock were converted into Common Stock.
November 2025 PIPE
In November 2025, in connection with the Asset Acquisition, the Company issued and sold 39,641 shares of Series C Preferred Stock at approximately $7,186.90 per share through a private placement to a group of accredited investors. The net proceeds from this offering were approximately $267.0 million, after deducting placement agent fees and offering costs of $18.1 million.
Shelf registration statement, at-the-market (“ATM”) offering program and February 2026 public offering
On February 10, 2026, the Company filed an automatically effective shelf registration statement (the “Registration Statement”) with the SEC for the issuance of Common Stock, preferred stock, warrants, debt securities, rights and units.
On February 10, 2026, the Company entered into a sales agreement (the “ATM Agreement”), which was amended on August 10, 2026, pursuant to which it may sell, from time-to-time, shares of Common Stock under an ATM offering program for up to $150.0 million. For the six months ended June 30, 2026, the Company sold 1,240,400 shares under the ATM offering program for net proceeds of $29.3 million, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and expenses of $0.6 million and had $120.0 million in remaining capacity under the ATM offering program.
On February 10, 2026, the Company also entered into an underwriting agreement with certain underwriters to issue and sell 16,644,737 shares of Common Stock, which included the full exercise by the underwriters of their option to purchase an additional 2,171,052 shares, at a public offering price of $19.00 per share. The underwritten offering closed on February 12, 2026. The net proceeds from this offering were approximately $295.5 million, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and expenses of $20.8 million.
Paramora warrants
The Company settled its 2025 obligations under the Paramora Warrant Obligation by issuing Paramora warrants to purchase 628,302 shares of Common Stock, with a per share exercise price equal to $23.01. As of June 30, 2026, none of the warrants issued under the Paramora Warrant Obligation have been exercised. See Note 4 for additional information on the Paramora Warrant Obligation.
Common stock
Holders of Common Stock are entitled to one vote for each share of Common Stock held of record for the election of directors and on all matters submitted to a vote of stockholders. A majority vote of the holders of Common Stock is generally required to take action under our amended and restated certificate of incorporation, as amended, and amended and restated by-laws, as amended. Holders of Common Stock are entitled to receive dividends ratably, if any, as may be declared by our board of directors out of legally available funds, subject to any preferential dividend rights of any preferred stock then outstanding. Upon our dissolution, liquidation or winding up, holders of Common Stock are entitled to share ratably in our net assets legally available after the payment of all our debts and other liabilities, subject to the preferential rights of any preferred stock then outstanding. Holders of Common Stock have no preemptive, subscription, redemption or conversion rights and no sinking fund provisions are applicable to Common Stock. The rights, preferences and privileges of holders of Common Stock are subject to, and may be adversely affected by, the rights of the holders of shares of any series of preferred stock that we have designated or may designate and issue in the future.
Preferred stock
Our board of directors has the authority, without action by the stockholders, to designate and issue up to an aggregate of 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock in one or more series. Our board of directors can designate the rights, preferences and privileges of the shares of each series and any of its qualifications, limitations or restrictions. Our board of directors may authorize the issuance of preferred stock with voting or conversion rights that could adversely affect the voting power or other rights of the holders of Common Stock. The issuance of preferred stock, while providing flexibility in connection with possible future financings and acquisitions and other corporate purposes could, under certain circumstances, have the effect of restricting
dividends on Common Stock, diluting the voting power of Common Stock, impairing the liquidation rights of Common Stock, or delaying, deferring or preventing a change in control of us, which might harm the market price of our Common Stock.
Our board of directors will make any determination to issue such shares of preferred stock based on its judgment as to our best interests and the best interests of our stockholders.
Series A preferred stock
The Company has designated 200 shares of Series A Preferred Stock. As of June 30, 2026, there were no shares of Series A Preferred Stock issued or outstanding. The Series A Preferred Stock was classified as mezzanine equity (temporary equity) because it was convertible at the option of the holder and contains provisions that could require the Company to issue a variable number of shares of Common Stock.
The Series A Preferred Stock was issued on October 7, 2024 in connection with an asset purchase agreement with Bridge Medicines LLC. Each share is convertible at the option of the holder into 1,000 shares of Common Stock, subject to a beneficial ownership limitation (the holder may not beneficially own more than a specified percentage, between 0% and 19.99%, of total outstanding Common Stock after giving effect to conversion). Stockholder approval for purposes of Nasdaq Stock Market Rules was obtained on June 18, 2025 (the “Series A Stockholder Approval”). Following that approval, certain shares were automatically converted into Common Stock on the third business day thereafter, subject to beneficial ownership limitations, and the remaining shares became convertible at the holder’s election. Upon conversion, Series A Preferred Stock is cancelled and retired and resumes the status of authorized but unissued preferred stock.
The Series A Preferred Stock has no voting rights, except as required by law or to protect the rights of the holders of Series A Preferred Stock. No liquidation preference applies. Dividends, if declared on Common Stock, are payable to holders of Series A Preferred Stock on an as-if-converted-to-common-stock basis in the same form.
Series B preferred stock
In connection with the Asset Acquisition completed on November 10, 2025, the Company issued 16,366 shares of Series B Preferred Stock. As of June 30, 2026, 16,366 shares of Series B Preferred Stock were issued and outstanding. The Series B Preferred Stock is classified within permanent stockholders’ equity.
Each share of Series B Preferred Stock is convertible at the option of the holder into 1,000 shares of Common Stock (representing 16,366,000 shares of Common Stock in aggregate on an as-converted basis), subject to beneficial ownership limitations. The stockholder approval required for Nasdaq purposes (“Series B Stockholder Approval”) was obtained on February 9, 2026. Upon conversion, the Series B Preferred Stock is cancelled and retired and resumes the status of authorized but unissued preferred stock.
The Series B Preferred Stock does not have general voting rights; however, for so long as at least 30% of the originally issued Series B Preferred Stock remains outstanding, the Company may not, without the affirmative vote of a majority of the then-outstanding Series B shares: (i) consummate a Fundamental Transaction (as defined) or a merger or consolidation resulting in a change of control; (ii) increase the size of the board of directors; (iii) adopt, amend, or repeal certain corporate authority policies unless approved unanimously by the board of directors; or (iv) replace the Company’s registered independent public accounting firm, independent compensation consultant, or corporate counsel. The Series B Preferred Stock has no liquidation preference. Dividends, if declared on Common Stock, are payable to holders of Series B Preferred Stock on an as-if-converted basis.
Series C preferred stock
In connection with the Asset Acquisition and a concurrent PIPE transaction completed in November 2025, the Company issued 43,882 shares of Series C Preferred Stock in aggregate (4,241 shares in the Asset Acquisition and 39,641 shares in the PIPE). As of June 30, 2026, 1,722 shares of Series C Preferred Stock were issued and outstanding. The Series C Preferred Stock is classified within permanent stockholders’ equity.
Each share of Series C Preferred Stock is convertible into 1,000 shares of Common Stock (43,882,000 shares in aggregate on an as-converted basis), subject to beneficial ownership limitations. On February 9, 2026, the Company obtained the stockholder approval required for Nasdaq purposes (“Series C Stockholder Approval”). Following that approval, 42,005 shares of Series C Preferred Stock were automatically converted into 42,005,000 shares of Common Stock (the “Automatic Conversion”), with
1,722 shares remaining outstanding as of February 9, 2026. Each remaining share of Series C Preferred Stock may be converted at the option of the holder, subject to applicable beneficial ownership limitations. Upon conversion, shares are cancelled and retired.
The Series C Preferred Stock does not have general voting rights, except as required by law or to protect the rights of the Series C Preferred Stock. No liquidation preference applies. Dividends, if declared on Common Stock, are payable to holders of Series C Preferred Stock on an as-if-converted basis.
9. STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION
Employee equity plans
In March 2020, the Company’s board of directors and stockholders approved the 2020 Stock Option and Grant Plan (“2020 Plan”). Holders of stock options under the 2020 Plan are entitled to exercise the vested portion of the stock option during the term of the grant. No further equity awards will be granted under the 2020 Plan. Effective as of the Redomestication, the Company's board of directors approved an amendment and restatement of the 2020 Plan to reflect the conversion of Common Stock into Ordinary Shares in connection with the Redomestication.
In October 2020, the Company’s board of directors and stockholders approved the 2020 Equity Incentive Plan (“2020 Equity Plan”). Following the adoption of the 2020 Equity Plan, no further equity awards were issued under the 2020 Plan. Stock-based awards granted under the 2020 Equity Plan generally vest over a four-year period and expire ten years from the grant date. No further equity awards will be granted under the 2020 Equity Plan. Effective as of the Redomestication, the Company's board of directors approved an amendment and restatement of the 2020 Equity Plan to reflect the conversion of Common Stock into Ordinary Shares in connection with the Redomestication.
In November 2022, the Company’s board of directors approved the 2022 Inducement Plan (the “Inducement Plan”), which allows for the grant of equity awards to be made to new employees where the equity award is a material inducement to an employee entering into employment with the Company. The Inducement Plan was adopted by the Company’s board of directors without stockholder approval pursuant to Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4). In December 2025, the Company’s board of directors approved an increase of 7,990,000 shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance under the Inducement Plan. At June 30, 2026, the Company had 3,602,447 shares available for future grant under the Inducement Plan. During the six months ended June 30, 2026, 3,130,013 options were granted under the Inducement Plan at a weighted average exercise price of $24.43. The weighted average remaining contractual terms for these options is 10 years. No equity grants were issued under the Inducement Plan during the six months ended June 30, 2025. Effective as of the Redomestication, the Company's board of directors approved an amendment and restatement of the Inducement Plan to reflect the conversion of Common Stock into Ordinary Shares in connection with the Redomestication.
The Damora Therapeutics, Inc. 2025 Equity Incentive Plan (“2025 Plan”) was adopted by the board of directors of Pre-Acquisition Damora on August 22, 2025. The 2025 Plan provided for Pre-Acquisition Damora to grant stock options, restricted stock awards, restricted stock units, and other stock-based awards to employees, officers, directors, consultants, and advisors. Stock options and restricted stock awards granted under the 2025 Plan generally vest over four years, subject to the participant’s continued service. As of June 30, 2026, there were options to purchase 434,508 shares of Common Stock and 250,725 shares of Restricted Common Stock outstanding under the 2025 Plan. No further equity awards will be granted under the 2025 Plan. Effective as of the Redomestication, the Company's board of directors approved an amendment and restatement of the 2025 Plan to reflect the conversion of Common Stock into Ordinary Shares in connection with the Redomestication.
In February 2026, the Company’s stockholders approved the 2026 Equity Incentive Plan (“2026 Equity Plan”). Following the adoption of the 2026 Equity Plan, no further equity awards will be issued under the 2020 Equity Plan. The initial share pool under the 2026 Equity Plan was 9,299,832 shares of Common Stock, subject to certain adjustments in the event of a change in the Company’s capitalization. Stock-based awards granted under the 2026 Equity Plan generally vest over a four-year period and expire ten years from the grant date. Shares available for grant under the 2026 Equity Plan cumulatively increase by 5% of the number of shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding on January 1st each year until 2035. At June 30, 2026, the Company had 8,705,367 shares available for future grant under the 2026 Equity Plan. Effective as of the Redomestication, the Company's board of directors approved an amendment and restatement of the 2026 Equity Plan to reflect the conversion of Common Stock into Ordinary Shares in connection with the Redomestication.
In February 2026, the Company's stockholder adopted the 2026 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “2026 ESPP”). The number of shares of our Common Stock reserved for issuance under the 2026 ESPP is equal to 619,989 subject to an annual increase, to be
added on the first day of each fiscal year, beginning January 1, 2027, equal to the lesser of (1) 1% of the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding on the first day of such fiscal year; (2) 1,000,000 shares of our Common Stock; or (3) such other amount as determined by our board of directors. As of June 30, 2026, the Company had not issued any shares under the 2026 ESPP. Effective as of the Redomestication, the Company's board of directors approved an amendment and restatement of the 2026 ESPP to reflect the conversion of Common Stock into Ordinary Shares in connection with the Redomestication.
The following table sets forth the activity for the Company’s stock options during the periods presented:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Number of Options |
|
|
Weighted- average exercise price per share |
|
|
Weighted- average remaining contractual term (in years) |
|
|
Aggregate intrinsic value |
|
Outstanding at December 31, 2025 |
|
|
983,375 |
|
|
$ |
28.38 |
|
|
|
9.2 |
|
|
|
8,477,387 |
|
Granted |
|
|
3,724,478 |
|
|
$ |
24.29 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
Exercised |
|
|
(92,402 |
) |
|
$ |
7.03 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
Cancelled |
|
|
(91,100 |
) |
|
$ |
123.34 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
Outstanding at June 30, 2026 |
|
|
4,524,351 |
|
|
$ |
23.59 |
|
|
|
9.6 |
|
|
$ |
11,066,420 |
|
Vested and expected to vest at June 30, 2026 |
|
|
4,524,351 |
|
|
$ |
23.59 |
|
|
|
9.6 |
|
|
$ |
11,066,420 |
|
Vested and exercisable at June 30, 2026 |
|
|
1,924,268 |
|
|
$ |
21.57 |
|
|
|
9.4 |
|
|
$ |
10,113,618 |
|
The weighted-average grant date fair value of all stock options granted during the six months ended June 30, 2026 was $17.38. The intrinsic value at June 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025 is based on the closing price of the Common Stock on that date of $26.01 and $23.01 per share, respectively.
The Company uses a Black-Scholes option pricing model to determine fair value of its stock options. The Black-Scholes option pricing model includes various assumptions, including the fair value of common shares, expected life of stock options, the expected volatility based on the historical volatility of a publicly traded set of peer companies and the expected risk-free interest rate based on the implied yield on a U.S. Treasury security. The fair value of each option was estimated on the date of grant using the assumptions in the table below:
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
For the Six Months Ended June 30, |
|
|
|
2026 |
|
|
2025 |
|
Risk-free interest rate |
|
|
4.0 |
% |
|
|
4.4 |
% |
Expected term (in years) |
|
|
6.1 |
|
|
|
5.9 |
|
Expected volatility |
|
|
84.1 |
% |
|
|
95.9 |
% |
Expected dividend yield |
|
|
0.0 |
% |
|
|
0.0 |
% |
Paramora warrant obligation
On November 10, 2025, in connection with the Asset Acquisition, the Company assumed the Paramora Warrant Obligation which provided for an annual equity grant of warrants for Paramora to purchase 1% of the then outstanding shares of Common Stock, on a fully diluted basis, on the last business day of each calendar year during the term of the Paragon Option Agreement, at the fair market value determined by the board of directors of the Company. The Company determined that the 2025 and 2026 grants are two separate grants, as there would be no obligation for the 2026 grant had the Company exercised or terminated all of the options under the Paragon Option Agreement prior to December 31, 2026. The service inception period for the grant precedes the grant date, with the full award being vested as of the grant date with no post-grant date service requirement.
As of June 30, 2026, the estimated fair value of the warrants to be granted on December 31, 2026, was approximately $19.2 million. For the six months ended June 30, 2026, $9.5 million was recognized as stock compensation expense related to the amortized expense of the Paramora Warrant Obligation. There was no similar expense for the six months ended June 30, 2025. As of June 30, 2026, the pro-rated unamortized expense related to the Paramora Warrant Obligation was $9.7 million.
The following table summarizes the assumptions used in calculating the fair value of the warrant obligation for the six months ended June 30, 2026:
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|
|
|
|
|
|
For the Six Months Ended June 30, |
|
|
|
2026 |
|
Expected volatility |
|
|
82.74 |
% |
Expected term (in years) |
|
|
10 |
|
Risk-free interest rate |
|
|
4.4 |
% |
Expected dividend yield |
|
|
— |
|
The Company settled its 2025 obligations under the Paramora Warrant Obligation by issuing Paramora warrants to purchase 628,302 shares of Common Stock with an exercise price of $23.01 per share. As of June 30, 2026, none of the warrants issued under the Paramora Warrant Obligation have been exercised.
Restricted stock units
For the six months ended June 30, 2026, the Company granted 955,005 restricted stock units (“RSUs”) to its employees under the 2022 Inducement Plan. The weighted average grant date fair value of the time-based RSUs was $23.75 for the six months ended June 30, 2026. The RSUs vest 33% after one-year from the grant date and 17% every six-months thereafter, subject to continued service to the Company through the applicable vesting dates. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2026, the Company recognized $1.4 million and $2.1 million in expense related to the RSUs. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, the Company recognized a $23,000 and $46,000 expense related to the RSUs, respectively.
The following table sets forth the activity for the Company’s RSUs during the periods presented:
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Restricted Stock Units |
|
|
Weighted- average grant date fair value |
|
Total nonvested units at December 31, 2025 |
|
|
7,800 |
|
|
$ |
17.75 |
|
Granted |
|
|
955,005 |
|
|
$ |
23.75 |
|
Vested |
|
|
(6,018 |
) |
|
$ |
17.75 |
|
Total nonvested units at June 30, 2026 |
|
|
956,787 |
|
|
$ |
23.73 |
|
Stock-based compensation
The grant date fair value of stock awards vested during the six months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025 was $1.3 million and $417,000, respectively. Total unrecognized compensation expense related to unvested options granted under the Company’s stock-based compensation plan was $103.1 million at June 30, 2026, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 3.6 years. The Company recorded stock-based compensation expense related to the issuance of stock as follows (in thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
For the Three Months Ended June 30, |
|
|
For the Six Months Ended June 30, |
|
|
|
2026 |
|
|
2025 |
|
|
2026 |
|
|
2025 |
|
Research and development (1) |
|
$ |
6,049 |
|
|
$ |
5 |
|
|
$ |
12,335 |
|
|
$ |
10 |
|
General and administrative |
|
|
4,638 |
|
|
|
167 |
|
|
|
6,470 |
|
|
|
341 |
|
Total Stock-based compensation |
|
$ |
10,687 |
|
|
$ |
172 |
|
|
$ |
18,805 |
|
|
$ |
351 |
|
(1) For the three and six months ended June 30, 2026, $4.5 million and $9.5 million, respectively, was recognized as stock compensation expense related to the Paramora Warrant Obligation. There were no such expenses for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025.
10. INCOME TAXES
As a result of the Company's history of net operating losses (“NOLs”), the Company continues to maintain a full valuation allowance against its domestic net deferred tax assets. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, the Company recognized an income tax expense of $4,000 and $6,000, respectively. For both the three and six months ended June 30, 2026, the Company recognized an income tax expense of $0.3 million.
11. NET LOSS PER SHARE
Basic and diluted net loss per share of Common Stock, Series B Preferred Stock and Series C Preferred Stock is calculated as follows (in thousands except share and per share amounts):
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
For the Three Months Ended June 30, 2026 |
|
|
|
Series B Preferred Stock |
|
|
Series C Preferred Stock |
|
|
Common Stock |
|
Net loss per share, basic and diluted: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Numerator |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Allocation of losses |
|
$ |
(6,441 |
) |
|
$ |
(678 |
) |
|
$ |
(24,055 |
) |
Denominator |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted-average shares outstanding |
|
|
16,366 |
|
|
|
1,722 |
|
|
|
61,117,057 |
|
Net loss per share, basic and diluted |
|
$ |
(393.59 |
) |
|
$ |
(393.59 |
) |
|
$ |
(0.39 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
For the Three Months Ended June 30, 2025 |
|
|
|
Series B Preferred Stock |
|
|
Series C Preferred Stock |
|
|
Common Stock |
|
Net loss per share, basic and diluted: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Numerator |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Allocation of losses |
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
(3,437 |
) |
Denominator |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted-average shares outstanding |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
1,322,553 |
|
Net loss per share, basic and diluted |
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
(2.60 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2026 |
|
|
|
Series B Preferred Stock |
|
|
Series C Preferred Stock |
|
|
Common Stock |
|
Net loss per share, basic and diluted: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Numerator |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Allocation of losses |
|
$ |
(12,893 |
) |
|
$ |
(8,683 |
) |
|
$ |
(37,381 |
) |
Denominator |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted-average shares outstanding |
|
|
16,366 |
|
|
|
11,022 |
|
|
|
47,449,952 |
|
Net loss per share, basic and diluted |
|
$ |
(787.80 |
) |
|
$ |
(787.80 |
) |
|
$ |
(0.79 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2025 |
|
|
|
Series B Preferred Stock |
|
|
Series C Preferred Stock |
|
|
Common Stock |
|
Net loss per share, basic and diluted: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Numerator |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Allocation of losses |
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
(5,970 |
) |
Denominator |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted-average shares outstanding |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
1,322,283 |
|
Net loss per share, basic and diluted |
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
(4.51 |
) |
The following outstanding potentially dilutive securities have been excluded from the calculation of diluted net loss per share, as their effect is anti-dilutive:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
For the Six Months Ended June 30, |
|
|
|
2026 |
|
|
2025 |
|
Stock options to purchase Common Stock |
|
|
4,524,351 |
|
|
|
241,131 |
|
Restricted stock units |
|
|
956,787 |
|
|
|
10,452 |
|
Outstanding Paramora warrants |
|
|
628,302 |
|
|
|
— |
|
12. SEGMENT REPORTING
The Company has one reportable and one operating segment and manages its business activities primarily in the United States on a consolidated basis. The Company’s singular focus is on the development of its mutCALR portfolio to address the full mutCALR myeloproliferative neoplasm disease spectrum. All of the Company’s tangible assets are held in the United States.
The chief operating decision maker (the “CODM”) is its chief executive officer, or in the absence of a chief executive officer, its chief operating officer. The CODM assesses performance for the Company and decides how to allocate resources based on net loss as reported on the consolidated statements of operations. The annual budgeting process is the primary mechanism used to make these decisions. The financial information also helps in making performance assessments using budgeted versus actual results.
The measure of segment assets is reported on the balance sheet as total consolidated assets.
13. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
The Company has evaluated subsequent events through the date on which the consolidated financial statements were issued. The Company has concluded that no subsequent events, other than already disclosed, have occurred that require disclosure to the consolidated financial statements.
Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.
You should read the following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations in conjunction with our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes included in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2026 (this "Quarterly Report") as well as the audited consolidated financial statements and notes and Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025 (the "Annual Report") filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on March 19, 2026. This discussion and analysis and other parts of this Quarterly Report contain forward-looking statements based upon current beliefs, plans and expectations that involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions, such as statements regarding our expected results, outcomes, and the timing of these results and outcomes, plans, objectives, expectations, intentions and projections. As a result of many factors, including those factors set forth in the “Risk Factors” section of this Quarterly Report, our actual results and the timing of selected events could differ materially from the results described in or implied by the forward-looking statements contained in the following discussion and analysis. As used in this report, unless the context suggests otherwise, “we”, “us”, “our”, “the Company,” or “Damora” refers to Damora Therapeutics, Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries taken as a whole.
Acquisition of Pre-Merger Damora
On November 10, 2025, the Company acquired Damora Therapeutics, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Pre-Acquisition Damora”), in accordance with the terms of the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated November 10, 2025 (the “Acquisition Agreement”), by and among the Company, Daylight Merger Sub I, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (“First Merger Sub”), Daylight Merger Sub II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (“Second Merger Sub”), and Pre-Acquisition Damora. Pursuant to the Acquisition Agreement, First Merger Sub merged with and into Pre-Acquisition Damora, pursuant to which Pre-Acquisition Damora was the surviving corporation and became a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (the “First Merger”). Immediately following the First Merger, Pre-Acquisition Damora merged with and into Second Merger Sub, pursuant to which Second Merger Sub was the surviving entity (together with the First Merger, the “Asset Acquisition”).
Through the Asset Acquisition, we received the option to license certain intellectual property rights related to certain research programs (collectively, the "Option"), pursuant to the Antibody Discovery and Option Agreement, dated as of October 7, 2025, by and among Paragon Therapeutics, Inc. (“Paragon”), Paramora Holding LLC (“Paramora”) and Pre-Acquisition Damora (the “Paragon Option Agreement”). On December 8, 2025, we exercised the Option with respect to one of these research programs to be granted an exclusive license to all of Paragon's rights, title and interest in and to intellectual property rights, including inventions, patents, sequence information and results, under DMR-001, our first mutant forms of the calcium binding protein calreticulin (“CALR,” which are collectively known as “mutCALR”) targeting product candidate, to develop and commercialize antibodies and products worldwide in all therapeutics disorders. On April 28, 2026, we exercised the Option under the Paragon Option Agreement to be granted an exclusive license to all of Paragon’s rights, title and interest in and to intellectual property rights, including inventions, patents, sequence information and results, under DMR-002, our second mutCALR targeting product candidate, to develop and commercialize antibodies and products worldwide in all therapeutics disorders. We also have the option to license exclusive worldwide development and commercialization rights from Paragon of DMR-003, a mutCALR and CD-3-targeting product candidate, pursuant to the Paragon Option Agreement. See the section titled “Paragon Option Agreement” in this Quarterly Report for more discussion about the Paragon Option Agreement. Pursuant to the Paragon Option Agreement, we have engaged Paragon to execute a mutually agreed research plan for DMR-001, DMR-002, and DMR-003 aimed at producing potential product candidates to be licensed for further development, manufacture and commercialization by us. The research plan activities performed by Paragon are overseen by a joint development committee comprised of our employees and employees of Paragon.
Overview
We are a biopharmaceutical company developing therapies for the treatment of hematologic disorders. We currently have three product candidates designed to treat myeloproliferative neoplasms (“MPNs”), a group of related, chronic disorders of the bone marrow, the first of which recently received approval to begin a Phase 1/1b clinical trial.
These candidates leverage multiple distinct antibody mechanisms to target mutCALR, and together have the potential to address the full spectrum of patients with mutCALR-driven MPNs, regardless of mutation type, disease subtype or disease severity. Combined with proprietary antibody design features enabling high potency across CALR mutation types, we believe each asset profile has best-in-class potential. Our portfolio of mutCALR targeted therapies includes:
•DMR-001, an Fc-null antibody designed to block mutCALR-mediated oncogenic signaling, without engaging the immune system's effector functions.
•DMR-002, an afucosylated antibody designed to enhance antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity and amplify natural immune killing of malignant cells.
•DMR-003, a bi-specific T-cell engager antibody designed to recruit and direct T-cell-mediated killing of malignant cells.
Both DMR-001 and DMR-002 were designed to have an extended half-life supporting convenient once-monthly subcutaneous administration.
Beginning with our lead asset DMR-001, we are developing these candidates for the treatment of essential thrombocythemia (“ET”), an MPN associated with the overproduction of platelets, and myelofibrosis (“MF”), an MPN involving the overproliferation of blood cells and deposition of fibrous material in the bone marrow and spleen. Approximately 25% and 35% of cases of ET and MF, respectively, are caused by mutCALR rather than mutations in Janus-associated kinase 2 (“JAK2”). In contrast to marketed therapies for ET and MF, DMR-001 is designed to selectively target cells that express mutCALR while avoiding the adverse effects associated with non-specific cytoreductive drugs. Furthermore, DMR-001 was designed to have increased affinity, potency and a prolonged half-life when compared with other antibodies in development that target mutCALR. We believe that DMR-001’s potential to combine increased clinical activity against all mutCALR subtypes and improved pharmacokinetics enabling optimized subcutaneous administration position it as a potential best-in-class therapy for patients with ET and MF.
MPNs are caused by excessive proliferation of myeloid cells. In some patients, including ET patients, MPNs are considered chronic diseases that lead to significant decreases in quality of life. MPNs also include MF, which is associated with poor prognosis and increased mortality. One feature that makes MPNs attractive indications for drug development is that mutations in just a small number of genes are responsible for a significant percentage of cases, which enables the opportunity to develop targeted therapies. Our goal is to develop a portfolio of targeted mutation-directed candidates to address the full spectrum of patients with mutCALR-driven MPNs.
We recently initiated our Phase 1/1b trial of DMR-001 in ET and MF patients, and in parallel to advancing DMR-001, we plan to make our first regulatory submission for DMR-002 in the second half of 2026 and for DMR-003 in 2027.
DMR-001
DMR-001 is a monoclonal antibody that targets mutations in CALR across both Type 1 and non-Type 1 CALR mutations, including Type 2 mutations. CALR mutations are the drivers of about a quarter of all cases of ET, a disease with a prevalence in the United States of about 140,000 patients. ET is characterized by excessive production of platelets, leading to symptoms that range from tingling or burning in the hands and feet to headache, visual problems, weakness, dizziness and increased risk of blood clots, causing heart attacks, strokes and other thromboses. CALR mutations are the drivers of about 35% of all cases of MF, a disease with a prevalence in the United States of about 20,000 patients. MF is characterized by abnormal myeloid cell proliferation leading to inflammation and a fibrotic response in the bone marrow. This results in bone marrow scarring, splenomegaly, elevated cytokine levels, and bone marrow dysfunction. Symptoms include fatigue, easy bruising and bleeding, night sweats and fever. Approximately 17% of ET patients who have CALR mutations progress to MF. We believe there exists at least a $5 billion addressable market in the United States for mutCALR driven ET and MF.
We believe that DMR-001 has the potential to become a best-in-class anti-mutCALR therapy due to two differentiating features compared to marketed therapies and therapies in development, including INCA033989, an anti-mutCALR antibody in clinical development by a third party. First, DMR-001 is a potent, selective mutCALR-targeted antibody with potent activity across both Type 1 and non-Type 1 CALR mutations, including Type 2 mutations. Second, DMR-001 was engineered to have an increased half-life in circulation through the incorporation of sequence modifications that have been shown to improve pharmacokinetics and meaningfully extend the half-life of drugs in humans. We believe the combination of these features should enable DMR-001 to show improved clinical activity with a less frequent and more convenient subcutaneous delivery compared to other approaches.
At the European Hematology Association (“EHA”) 2026 Congress, we presented preclinical data for DMR-001 highlighting its best-in-class potential. Compared to a reference mutCALR monoclonal antibody that we generated internally for research purposes, DMR-001 showed higher affinity and slower off-rate in Type 1 and Type 2 kinetic binding models, stronger on-cell binding and inhibition of proliferation in Type 1 and Type 2 cellular assays, and longer half-life in non-human primates. Notably,
DMR-001 showed 26-fold greater inhibition of cell proliferation in Type 2 mutCALR and 5-fold longer half-life versus the reference mutCALR antibody. These comparisons are based on preclinical studies conducted by us and not on head-to-head clinical trials, and results observed in preclinical models may not be predictive of results in humans.
Summary of DMR-001 preclinical data presented at EHA 2026 Congress
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DMR-001 |
mutCALR reference antibody |
Specificity |
CALR mutant specific |
CALR mutant specific |
Affinity to Type 1 del52 mutCALR (KD) |
0.074 nM |
1.92 nM |
Affinity to Type 2 ins5 mutCALR (KD) |
0.31 nM |
9.20 nM |
Fc status |
Effector null |
Effector null |
Non-human primate PK half-life (days) |
15 |
3.1 |
Predicted dosing |
Subcutaneous, monthly |
Intravenous, every two weeks |
PK, pharmacokinetics; nM, nanomolar
We recently initiated our Phase 1/1b trial of DMR-001 in ET and MF patients, with receipt of health authority approval in the first country. We plan to complete additional regulatory submissions for DMR-001 in the second half of 2026 to expand the Phase 1/1b trial globally and enable two proof-of-concept readouts beginning mid-2027. The Phase 1/1b trial is designed to rapidly identify a recommended dose for the expansion cohorts leveraging an adaptive Bayesian design enabling patient enrichment, dose escalation in a combined ET and MF population, and a starting dose of 100 mg administered subcutaneously once monthly, which is expected to be in the range of anticipated therapeutic exposure based on preclinical data showing high potency and extended half-life. We plan to initiate expansion cohorts next year in multiple ET and MF patient populations. Subject to the results of this Phase 1/1b trial, we plan to initiate Phase 3 development of DMR-001 as early as mid-2028.
Our Strategy
Our goal is to develop potential best-in-class therapies to treat a range of hematologic disorders, including MPNs such as ET and MF. Our strategy to achieve this is as follows:
Rapidly execute the global Phase 1/1b clinical trial of DMR-001. We aim to rapidly advance the global Phase 1/1b trial of DMR-001 to confirm DMR-001’s differentiated profile, identify a recommended dose for future studies and explore its clinical potential in multiple ET and MF patient populations. We expect the readout of two proof-of-concept datasets from this trial beginning mid-2027 and anticipate these data will support our plans for Phase 3 registration-directed trials for DMR-001.
Invest early in preparation for late-stage development of DMR-001. Although DMR-001 is not the first anti-mutCALR antibody to enter the clinic, we believe that it has the potential to be best-in-class. We intend to be in a position to execute additional clinical trials for DMR-001 in response to both the results that we generate and to those of our competitors, with the intention of minimizing unnecessary delays.
Advance DMR-002 and DMR-003 into clinical development, as part of a comprehensive portfolio strategy. Our differentiated portfolio leverages multiple distinct antibody mechanisms with the potential to address the full spectrum of patients with mutCALR-driven MPNs, regardless of mutation type, disease subtype or disease severity. This includes our lead asset DMR-001, an Fc null antibody, as well as DMR-002, an afucosylated antibody, and DMR-003, a bi-specific T-cell engager. As we advance DMR-001, we plan to make our first regulatory submissions for DMR-002 in the second half of 2026 and for DMR-003 in 2027.
Build focused company infrastructure and foster a positive corporate culture. We are building the infrastructure of Damora by incorporating our commitments to science-driven drug development and rapidly addressing the needs of patients with hematologic disorders.
Paragon Option Agreement
On October 7, 2025, Pre-Acquisition Damora entered into the Paragon Option Agreement with Paragon and Paramora. In connection with the Asset Acquisition, we assumed the rights and obligations of Pre-Acquisition Damora under the Paragon Option Agreement. Under the terms of the Paragon Option Agreement, Paragon agreed to perform certain research activities to discover, generate, identify, and characterize one or more antibody candidates directed to certain mutually agreed therapeutic targets of interest (each, a “Research Program”). The Paragon Option Agreement includes mutCALR as the selected target for
DMR-001 and DMR-002, and mutCALR and CD3 as the selected targets for DMR-003. From time to time, we may choose to add additional targets to the Paragon Option Agreement by mutual agreement with Paragon and Paramora.
Under the Paragon Option Agreement, we are required to pay Paragon a one-time, non-refundable research initiation fee within 30 days following finalization of a Research Plan (as defined in the Paragon Option Agreement) in the amount of $1.25 million for each of DMR-001, DMR-002, and DMR-003. The Research Plans for each of DMR-001, DMR-002, and DMR-003 were completed in December 2025, and we paid the related fees in January 2026. Under the Paragon Option Agreement, on a Research Program-by-Research Program (as defined therein) and product-by-product basis, we are required to make one-time non-refundable milestone payments to Paragon of up to a total of $22.0 million, upon the achievement of certain clinical development and regulatory milestones. On April 28, 2026, we exercised the Option available under the Paragon Option Agreement with respect to the DMR-002 research program.
Our Relationship with Fairmount, Paragon and Paramora
In connection with the Asset Acquisition, we assumed the rights and obligations of Pre-Acquisition Damora under the Paragon Option Agreement. Fairmount Funds Management LLC (“Fairmount”) beneficially owns more than 5% of Paragon, appointed Paragon’s board of directors, and has the contractual right to approve the appointment of any executive officers of Paragon. Paramora is an entity formed by Paragon as a vehicle to hold equity in Pre-Acquisition Damora (and as a result of the Asset Acquisition, us) in order to share profits with certain employees of Paragon and will not perform any substantive role under the Paragon Option Agreement other than to receive warrants expected to be granted to Paramora under the Paragon Option Agreement. Three of our directors are affiliated with Fairmount (Peter Harwin, Christopher Cain, Ph.D., and Julianne Bruno) and were appointed in accordance with the Acquisition Agreement. We consider Paragon, Paramora, and Fairmount to be related parties.
Recent Developments
Shelf Registration Statement, ATM Offering Program and February 2026 Public Offering
On February 10, 2026, we filed an automatically effective shelf registration statement (the “Registration Statement”) with the SEC for the issuance of Common Stock, preferred stock, warrants, debt securities, rights and units.
On February 10, 2026, we entered into the ATM Agreement, which was amended on August 10, 2026, pursuant to which we may sell, from time-to-time, shares of our Common Stock under an ATM offering program for up to $150.0 million. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2026, the Company sold an aggregate of 1,240,400 shares of common stock under the ATM offering program to a single institutional investor at a price per share of $24.16 resulting in net proceeds of $29.3 million.
On February 10, 2026, we also entered into an underwriting agreement with certain underwriters to issue and sell 16,644,737 shares of our Common Stock, which included the full exercise by the underwriters of their option to purchase an additional 2,171,052 shares, at a public offering price of $19.00 per share. The net proceeds from this offering were approximately $295.5 million, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and expenses of the offering. The underwritten offering closed on February 12, 2026.
We intend to use the net proceeds from this offering to advance our preclinical studies, clinical trials, and manufacturing in support of our antibody programs, as well as for additional research and development activities, working capital, and general corporate purposes. We may also use a portion of the proceeds to license, acquire or invest in new product candidates or for drug development activities related to such product candidates, complementary businesses, technology or assets.
The underwritten offering was made pursuant to the Registration Statement. A final prospectus supplement dated February 10, 2026 relating to and describing the terms of the underwritten offering was filed with the SEC on February 11, 2026.
Name Change
On March 6, 2026, we filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware an amendment to our amended and restated certificate of incorporation to change the name of the Company from “Galecto, Inc.” to “Damora Therapeutics, Inc.” (the “Name Change Amendment”). The Name Change Amendment became effective at 12:01 a.m. Eastern Time on March 10, 2026.
Redomestication
On July 16, 2026, we changed our jurisdiction of incorporation from the State of Delaware to the Cayman Islands (the “Redomestication”) pursuant to a plan of conversion. The Redomestication became effective on July 16, 2026 and was accomplished by the filing of (i) a Certificate of Conversion with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware and (ii) the requisite documents required under section 201 of the Companies Act (as amended) of the Cayman Islands, as well as our Cayman Islands memorandum and articles of association, with the Cayman Islands Registrar of Companies. We will continue to be treated as a U.S. corporation for all purposes under the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. For additional information, see Note 1 to our unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
Business and Macroeconomic Conditions
The extent of the impact of macroeconomic events and conditions, including inflation, increasing interest rates, increasing financial market volatility and uncertainty, the impacts of geopolitical instabilities and government actions, including the ongoing military conflict in Ukraine, conflict between Israel and various other parties, conflicts in the Middle East, geopolitical tensions between China and the United States, and the implementation of tariffs, sanctions, export or import controls, and other measures that restrict international trade by the United States, China or other governments, and their potential supply chain impact, and public health pandemics on our operational and financial performance will continue to depend on certain developments, including the impact on our clinical studies, employee or industry events, and effect on our suppliers and manufacturers, all of which are uncertain and cannot be predicted. Adverse effects of these large macroeconomic conditions have been prevalent in many of the areas where we and our suppliers or third-party business partners conduct business, and as a result, we may experience disruptions in our operations. We may experience disruptions or delays due to these factors as well as delays due to labor shortages and supply chain disruptions in distribution of clinical trial materials, trial monitoring and data analysis that could materially adversely impact our business, results of operations and overall financial performance in future periods. As of the filing date of this Quarterly Report, the extent to which these macroeconomic events and conditions may impact our financial condition, results of operations or guidance is uncertain. The effect of these macroeconomic events and conditions may not be fully reflected in our results of operations and overall financial performance until future periods. See Part II, Item 1A “Risk Factors” for further discussion of the possible impact of these macroeconomic conditions on our business.
Components of Operating Results
Operating Expenses
Our operating expenses since inception have consisted primarily of research and development expenses and general and administrative costs.
Research and Development Expenses
Our research and development expenses consist primarily of costs incurred for the development of our product candidates and our drug discovery efforts, which include:
•personnel costs, which include salaries, benefits and equity-based compensation expense;
•expenses incurred under agreements with consultants, and third-party contract organizations that conduct research and development activities on our behalf;
•direct and pass through costs associated with research conducted under the Paragon Option Agreement, including equity-based compensation expense from issuing warrants to Paramora;
•costs related to sponsored research service agreements;
•costs related to production of preclinical and clinical materials, including fees paid to contract manufacturers;
•laboratory and vendor expenses related to the execution of preclinical studies and planned clinical trials;
•laboratory supplies and equipment used for internal research and development activities; and
•acquired in-process research and development programs.
We expense all research and development costs in the periods in which they are incurred, including for acquired in-process research and development. Costs for certain research and development activities are recognized based on an evaluation of the progress to completion of specific tasks using information and data provided to us by our vendors and third-party service providers.
For the three and six months ended June 30, 2026, we recognized $5.8 million and $17.8 million, respectively, of research and development expenses in connection with services provided by Paragon under the Paragon Option Agreement in our consolidated statement of operations and comprehensive loss.
We have historically met the requirements to receive a tax credit in Denmark of up to $0.8 million per year for losses resulting from research and development costs of up to approximately $3.9 million per year. The tax credit is reported as a reduction to research and development expense in the consolidated statements of operations. We recorded a tax credit of $0.4 million in the six months ended June 30, 2025. We recorded a tax credit of $0.1 million in the six months ended June 30, 2026. The credits are available the following year, in 2027 and 2026, respectively.
Our direct research and development expenses are not currently tracked on a program-by-program basis. We use our personnel and infrastructure resources across multiple research and development programs directed toward identifying and developing product candidates.
Research and development activities account for a significant portion of our operating expenses. We expect our research and development expenses will increase substantially for the foreseeable future as we continue to invest in research and development activities related to the continued development of our programs, developing any future programs, including investments in manufacturing, as we advance any program we may identify and continue to conduct clinical trials. The process of conducting the necessary clinical research to obtain regulatory approval is costly and time-consuming, and the successful development of our product candidates is highly uncertain. Product candidates in later stages of clinical development generally incur higher development costs than those in earlier stages of clinical development, primarily due to the increased size and duration of later-stage clinical trials. As a result, we expect that if we pursue further development and testing of our product candidates, our research and development expenses will increase as our product candidates advance into clinical development and/or later stages of clinical development.
Because of the numerous risks and uncertainties associated with product development and the current stage of development of our product candidates and programs, we cannot reasonably estimate or know the nature, timing and estimated costs necessary to complete the remainder of the development of our product candidates or programs through commercialization. We are also unable to predict if, when, or to what extent we will obtain approval and generate revenues from the commercialization and sale of our product candidates. The duration, costs and timing of preclinical studies and clinical trials and development of our product candidates will depend on a variety of factors, including:
•the initiation, progress, timing, costs and results of preclinical studies and clinical trials for our product candidates, including DMR-001, DMR-002, DMR-003 and any our other product candidates we develop in the future;
•data from our clinical programs that support an acceptable risk-benefit profile of our product candidates in the intended patient populations;
•acceptance by the FDA, regulatory authorities in Europe or other regulatory agencies of regulatory filings for DMR-001, DMR-002, DMR-003 and any future product candidates;
•maintenance of a workforce of experienced scientists and others to continue to develop our product candidates;
•successful application for and receipt of marketing approvals from applicable regulatory authorities;
•obtainment and maintenance of intellectual property protection and regulatory exclusivity for our product candidates;
•arrangements with third-party manufacturers for, or establishment of, commercial manufacturing capabilities;
•establishment of sales, marketing and distribution capabilities and successful launch of commercial sales of our products, if and when approved, whether alone or in collaboration with others;
•acceptance of our products, if and when approved, by patients, the medical community and third-party payors;
•effective competition with other therapies;
•obtainment and maintenance of coverage, adequate pricing and adequate reimbursement from third-party payors, including government payors;
•maintenance, enforcement, defense and protection of our rights in our intellectual property portfolio;
•avoidance of infringement, misappropriation or other violations with respect to others’ intellectual property or proprietary rights; and
•maintenance of a continued acceptable safety profile of our products following receipt of any marketing approvals.
We may never succeed in achieving regulatory approval for any of our product candidates. We may obtain unexpected results from our preclinical studies and clinical trials. We may elect to discontinue, delay or modify clinical trials of some product candidates or focus on others. A change in the outcome of any of these factors could mean a significant change in the costs and timing associated with the development of our current and future preclinical and clinical product candidates. For example, if the FDA or another regulatory authority were to require us to conduct clinical trials beyond those that we currently anticipate will be required for the completion of clinical development, or if we experience significant delays in execution of or enrollment in any of our preclinical studies or clinical trials, we could be required to expend significant additional financial resources and time on the completion of preclinical and clinical development.
Acquired In-process Research and Development Activities
Our acquired in-process research and development activities consist of payments pursuant to our business development transactions, including asset acquisitions. In-process research and development that is acquired in a transaction that does not qualify as a business combination under United States generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”) and that does not have an alternative future use is recorded to “Acquired in-process research and development expenses” (“AIPR&D”) in our consolidated statements of income in the period in which it is acquired. We present the cost to acquire AIPR&D within our “Cash flows from operating activities” in our consolidated statements of cash flows.
General and Administrative Expenses
Our general and administrative expenses consist primarily of personnel costs, depreciation expense and other expenses for outside professional services, including legal, human resources, audit and accounting services and facility-related fees not otherwise included in research and development expenses. Personnel costs consist of salaries, benefits and stock-based compensation expense, for our personnel in executive, finance and accounting, business operations and other administrative functions. We expect that our general and administrative expenses will increase substantially for the foreseeable future as we increase our headcount and further establish our office space to support our expected growth. We also expect to incur increased expenses as a public company, including increased costs of accounting, audit, legal, regulatory and tax related services associated with maintaining compliance with SEC requirements, additional director and officer insurance costs, and investor and public relations costs. We also expect to incur additional intellectual property-related expenses as we file patent applications to protect innovations arising from our research and development activities.
Other Income (Expense), Net
Our other income (expense), net is comprised of:
•Interest income: The interest income earned on our cash and cash equivalents is recorded in our statements of operations.
•Foreign exchange: The functional currency of our subsidiaries in Denmark and Sweden is the Euro. Transactions denominated in currencies other than the Euro result in exchange gains and losses that are recorded in our consolidated statements of operations.
Results of Operations
Comparison of the Three Months Ended June 30, 2026 and 2025
The following sets forth our results of operations for the three months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025:
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Three Months Ended June 30, |
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Change |
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2026 |
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2025 |
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Amount |
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Percent |
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(in thousands) |
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Operating expenses |
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Research and development |
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$ |
25,540 |
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$ |
1,465 |
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$ |
24,075 |
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1643 |
% |
General and administrative |
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9,454 |
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1,956 |
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7,498 |
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383 |
% |
Total operating expenses |
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34,994 |
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3,421 |
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31,573 |
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923 |
% |
Loss from operations |
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(34,994 |
) |
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(3,421 |
) |
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(31,573 |
) |
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923 |
% |
Other income (loss), net |
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4,075 |
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(12 |
) |
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4,087 |
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-34058 |
% |
Loss before income tax expense |
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(30,919 |
) |
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(3,433 |
) |
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(27,486 |
) |
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801 |
% |
Income tax expense |
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(255 |
) |
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(4 |
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(251 |
) |
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6275 |
% |
Net loss |
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$ |
(31,174 |
) |
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$ |
(3,437 |
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$ |
(27,737 |
) |
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807 |
% |
Research and Development Expenses
Research and development expenses were comprised of:
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Three Months Ended June 30, |
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2026 |
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2025 |
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Change |
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(in thousands) |
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Preclinical studies and clinical trial-related activities |
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$ |
4,715 |
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$ |
327 |
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$ |
4,388 |
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Amortized cost of Paramora warrant obligation |
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4,543 |
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— |
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4,543 |
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Chemistry, manufacturing and control |
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9,916 |
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817 |
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9,099 |
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Personnel |
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2,848 |
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76 |
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2,772 |
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Consultants and other costs |
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3,518 |
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245 |
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3,273 |
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Total research and development expenses |
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$ |
25,540 |
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$ |
1,465 |
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$ |
24,075 |
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Research and development expenses were $25.5 million for the three months ended June 30, 2026, compared to $1.5 million for the three months ended June 30, 2025. The increase of $24.1 million was primarily related to increased preclinical studies and clinical trial-related expenses of $4.4 million, all of which related to costs incurred by Paragon under the Paragon Option Agreement, costs related to the Paramora Warrant Obligation of $4.5 million, increased chemistry, manufacturing and control (“CMC”) activities of $9.1 million, increased personnel costs of $2.8 million (of which $1.5 million relates to stock-based compensation expense) and increased consulting related costs and other research and development costs of $3.3 million.
General and Administrative Expenses
General and administrative expenses were $9.5 million for the three months ended June 30, 2026, compared to $2.0 million for the three months ended June 30, 2025. The increase of $7.5 million was primarily related to increased personnel costs of $1.3 million, increased stock-based compensation expense of $4.5 million, increased professional fees of $0.8 million, and increased other general and administrative costs of $0.9 million.
Other Income (Expense), Net
Other income, net was $4.1 million for the three months ended June 30, 2026, compared to other expense, net of less than $0.1 million for the three months ended June 30, 2025. The increase of $4.1 million was due to increased interest income as a result of the recent financings.
Comparison of the Six Months Ended June 30, 2026 and 2025
The following sets forth our results of operations for the six months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025:
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Six Months Ended June 30, |
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Change |
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2026 |
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2025 |
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Amount |
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Percent |
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(in thousands) |
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Operating expenses |
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Research and development |
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$ |
49,317 |
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$ |
2,143 |
|
|
$ |
47,174 |
|
|
|
2201 |
% |
General and administrative |
|
|
16,488 |
|
|
|
3,877 |
|
|
|
12,611 |
|
|
|
325 |
% |
Total operating expenses |
|
|
65,805 |
|
|
|
6,020 |
|
|
|
59,785 |
|
|
|
993 |
% |
Loss from operations |
|
|
(65,805 |
) |
|
|
(6,020 |
) |
|
|
(59,785 |
) |
|
|
993 |
% |
Other income, net |
|
|
7,145 |
|
|
|
56 |
|
|
|
7,089 |
|
|
|
12659 |
% |
Loss before income tax expense |
|
|
(58,660 |
) |
|
|
(5,964 |
) |
|
|
(52,696 |
) |
|
|
884 |
% |
Income tax expense |
|
|
(297 |
) |
|
|
(6 |
) |
|
|
(291 |
) |
|
|
4850 |
% |
Net loss |
|
$ |
(58,957 |
) |
|
$ |
(5,970 |
) |
|
$ |
(52,987 |
) |
|
|
888 |
% |
Research and Development Expenses
Research and development expenses were comprised of:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Six Months Ended June 30, |
|
|
|
|
|
|
2026 |
|
|
2025 |
|
|
Change |
|
|
|
(in thousands) |
|
Preclinical studies and clinical trial-related activities |
|
$ |
8,371 |
|
|
$ |
467 |
|
|
$ |
7,904 |
|
Amortized cost of Paramora warrant obligation |
|
|
9,527 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
9,527 |
|
Chemistry, manufacturing and control |
|
|
19,771 |
|
|
|
1,013 |
|
|
|
18,758 |
|
Personnel |
|
|
4,958 |
|
|
|
149 |
|
|
|
4,809 |
|
Consultants and other costs |
|
|
6,690 |
|
|
|
514 |
|
|
|
6,176 |
|
Total research and development expenses |
|
$ |
49,317 |
|
|
$ |
2,143 |
|
|
$ |
47,174 |
|
Research and development expenses were $49.3 million for the six months ended June 30, 2026, compared to $2.1 million for the six months ended June 30, 2025. The increase of $47.2 million was primarily related to increased preclinical studies and clinical trial-related expenses of $7.9 million, all of which related to costs incurred by Paragon under the Paragon Option Agreement, costs related to the Paramora Warrant Obligation of $9.5 million, increased chemistry, manufacturing and control (“CMC”) activities of $18.8 million, increased personnel costs of $4.8 million (of which $2.8 million relates to stock-based compensation expense) and increased consulting related costs and other research and development costs of $6.2 million.
General and Administrative Expenses
General and administrative expenses were $16.5 million for the six months ended June 30, 2026, compared to $3.9 million for the six months ended June 30, 2025. The increase of $12.6 million was primarily related to increased personnel costs of $3.0 million, increased stock-based compensation costs of $6.1 million, increased professional fees of $2.4 million, and increased other general and administrative costs of $1.1 million.
Other Income (Expense), Net
Other income, net was $7.1 million for the six months ended June 30, 2026, compared to $0.1 million for the six months ended June 30, 2025. The increase of $7.0 million was due to increased interest income as a result of the recent financings.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Sources of Liquidity
Our operations to date have been financed primarily through our initial public offering, the sale and issuance of Common Stock and preferred shares and, prior to becoming a public company, convertible notes. During the six months ended June 30, 2026, we entered into an underwriting agreement in February 2026 with certain underwriters to issue and sell 16,644,737 shares of our Common Stock, which included the full exercise by the underwriters of their option to purchase an additional 2,171,052 shares, at a public offering price of $19.00 per share. The net proceeds from this offering were approximately $295.5 million, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and expenses of the offering. In February 2026, we entered into the ATM Agreement, which was amended on August 10, 2026, pursuant to which we may sell, from time-to-time, Ordinary Shares (formerly Common Stock) under an ATM offering program for up to $150.0 million. As of June 30, 2026, we sold an aggregate of 1,240,400 shares of our Common Stock under the ATM offering program to a single institutional investor at a price per share of $24.16 resulting in net proceeds of $29.3 million.
Since inception, we have had significant operating losses. Our net losses were $31.2 million and $3.4 million for the three months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025, respectively, and $59.0 million and $6.0 million for the six months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025, respectively. As of June 30, 2026, we had an accumulated deficit of $546.3 million and $540.5 million in cash and cash equivalents. Our primary use of cash is to fund operating expenses, which consist primarily of research and development expenditures, and to a lesser extent, general and administrative expenditures. Cash used to fund operating expenses is impacted by the timing of when we pay these expenses, as reflected in the change in our outstanding accounts payable and accrued expenses.
Cash Flows
The following table summarizes our cash flows for the periods indicated:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Six Months Ended June 30, |
|
|
|
2026 |
|
|
2025 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(in thousands) |
|
Net cash used in operating activities |
|
$ |
(42,465 |
) |
|
$ |
(4,676 |
) |
Net cash provided by financing activities |
|
|
325,426 |
|
|
|
— |
|
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents |
|
$ |
282,961 |
|
|
$ |
(4,676 |
) |
Net Cash Used in Operating Activities
Cash used in operating activities of $42.5 million during the six months ended June 30, 2026 was attributable to our net loss of $59.0 million, a net decrease of $7.1 million in our working capital, and a net increase in non-cash items of $9.3 million principally with respect to non-cash stock-based compensation.
Cash used in operating activities of $4.7 million during the six months ended June 30, 2025 was attributable to our net loss of $6.0 million, offset by a net increase in non-cash items of $0.4 million of non-cash stock-based compensation and a net decrease of $0.1 million in our working capital.
Net Cash Provided by Financing Activities
Cash provided by financing activities of $325.4 million for the six months ended June 30, 2026 was primarily attributable to entering into an underwriting agreement in February 2026 with certain underwriters to issue and sell 16,644,737 shares of our Common Stock, which included the full exercise by the underwriters of their option to purchase an additional 2,171,052 shares, at a public offering price of $19.00 per share. The net proceeds from this offering were approximately $295.5 million, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and expenses of the offering.
We had no financing activities for the six months ended June 30, 2025.
Funding Requirements
Since inception, we have not generated any revenue from product sales. We do not expect to generate any meaningful product revenue unless and until we obtain regulatory approval of and commercialize DMR-001, DMR-002, DMR-003 or any future product candidates, and we do not know when, or if, that will occur. Until we can generate significant revenue from product sales, if ever, we will continue to require substantial additional capital to develop DMR-001, DMR-002, DMR-003 or any future product candidates and fund operations for the foreseeable future. We expect our expenses to increase in connection with our ongoing activities. We are subject to all the risks involved in the development of new biopharmaceutical products, and we may encounter unforeseen expenses, difficulties, complications, delays, and other unknown factors that may harm our business. We expect to incur significant costs as we implement our development plans for DMR-001, DMR-002 and DMR-003 and we will need to obtain substantial additional funding to finance our continuing operations.
In order to complete the development of DMR-001, DMR-002, DMR-003 or any future product candidates and to build the sales, marketing and distribution infrastructure that we believe will be necessary to commercialize product candidates, if approved, we will require substantial additional capital. Accordingly, until such time that we can generate a sufficient amount of revenue from product sales or other sources, if ever, we expect to seek to raise any necessary additional capital through private or public equity or debt financings, loans or other capital sources, which could include income from collaborations, partnerships or other marketing, distribution, licensing or other strategic arrangements with third parties, or from grants. To the extent that we raise additional capital through equity financings, such as our ATM offering program, or convertible debt securities, the ownership interest of our shareholders will be or could be diluted, and the terms of these securities may include liquidation or other preferences that adversely affect the rights of our holders of Ordinary Shares. Debt financing and equity financing, if available, may involve agreements that include covenants limiting or restricting our ability to take specific actions, including restricting our operations and limiting our ability to incur liens, issue additional debt, pay dividends, repurchase our Ordinary Shares, make certain investments or engage in merger, consolidation, licensing, or asset sale transactions. If we raise capital through collaborations, partnerships, and other similar arrangements with third parties, we may be required to grant rights to develop and market product candidates that we would otherwise prefer to develop and market ourselves. We may be unable to raise additional capital from these sources on favorable terms, or at all. Our ability to raise additional capital may be adversely impacted by potential worsening global economic conditions and the disruptions to, and volatility in, the credit and financial markets in the United States and worldwide resulting from bank failures, other general macroeconomic conditions and otherwise. Our failure to obtain sufficient capital on acceptable terms when needed could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations or financial condition, including requiring us to seek other alternatives which may include, among others, a delay or termination of our clinical trials or the development of our product candidates, temporary or permanent curtailment of our operations, a sale of our assets, or other alternatives with strategic or financial partners. We cannot provide assurance that we will ever generate positive cash flow from operating activities.
Our primary uses of capital are, and we expect will continue to be, costs related to third-party research, manufacturing and development services; laboratory expenses and costs for related supplies; clinical costs; compensation-related expenses; legal and other regulatory expenses; costs to operate as a public company; and general overhead costs.
Based on current estimates of our expenses going forward, we believe that our existing cash and cash equivalents of $540.5 million as of June 30, 2026 will be sufficient to fund our operations into the second half of 2029. We have based these estimates on assumptions that may prove to be wrong, and we could exhaust our available capital resources sooner than we expect.
Critical Accounting Policies and Significant Judgments and Estimates
Our management’s discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations is based on our consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP. The preparation of these consolidated financial statements requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the related disclosures of assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements, as well as the reported expenses incurred during the reporting periods. Our estimates are based on our historical experience and on various other factors that we believe are reasonable under the circumstances, and the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying value of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions. We believe that the accounting policies discussed below are critical to understanding our historical and future performance, as these policies relate to the more significant areas involving management’s judgments and estimates.
Research and Development Costs
We incur expenses associated with the development of our product candidates to conduct preclinical studies and clinical trials. Accounting for clinical trials relating to activities performed by clinical research organizations (“CROs”), contract manufacturing organizations (“CMOs”) and other external vendors requires management to exercise estimates in regard to the timing and accounting for these expenses. We estimate costs of research and development activities conducted by service providers, which include the conduct of sponsored research, preclinical studies and contract manufacturing activities. The diverse nature of services being provided under CRO and other arrangements, the different compensation arrangements that exist for each type of service and the lack of timely information related to certain clinical activities complicates the estimation of accruals for services rendered by CROs, CMOs and other vendors in connection with preclinical studies and clinical trials. We record the estimated costs of research and development activities based upon the estimated amount of services provided by the CRO, CMOs and other vendors but not yet invoiced and include these costs in the accrued and other current liabilities or prepaid expenses on the balance sheets and within research and development expense on the consolidated statements of operations. In estimating the duration of a clinical study, we evaluate the start-up, treatment and wrap-up periods, compensation arrangements and services received attributable to each clinical trial and fluctuations are regularly tested against payment plans and trial completion assumptions.
We estimate these costs based on factors such as estimates of the work completed and budget provided, and in accordance with agreements established with our collaboration partners and third-party service providers. We make estimates in determining the accrued liabilities and prepaid expense balances in each reporting period. As actual costs become known, we adjust our accrued liabilities or prepaid expenses. We have not experienced any material differences between accrued costs and actual costs incurred since our inception.
Our expenses related to clinical trials are based on estimates of patient enrollment and related expenses at clinical investigator sites as well as estimates for the services received and efforts expended pursuant to contracts with multiple research institutions and CROs that may be used to conduct and manage clinical trials on our behalf. We generally accrue expenses related to clinical trials based on contracted amounts applied to the level of patient enrollment and activity. If timelines or contracts are modified based upon changes in the clinical trial protocol or scope of work to be performed, we modify our estimates of accrued expenses accordingly on a prospective basis.
Stock-based Compensation
We have issued stock-based compensation awards through the granting of stock awards, which generally vest over a four-year period. We account for stock-based compensation in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 718, Compensation-Stock Compensation (“ASC 718”). In accordance with ASC 718, compensation cost is measured at estimated fair value and is recognized as compensation expense over the vesting period during which service is provided in exchange for the award.
We use a Black-Scholes option pricing model to determine fair value of our stock options. The Black-Scholes option pricing model includes various assumptions, including the fair value of common shares, expected life of stock options, the expected volatility based on the historical volatility of a publicly traded set of peer companies and the expected risk-free interest rate. These assumptions reflect our best estimates, but they involve inherent uncertainties based on market conditions generally outside our control. As a result, if other assumptions had been used, stock-based compensation cost could have been materially impacted. Furthermore, if we use different assumptions for future grants, share-based compensation cost could be materially impacted in future periods.
The fair value of our awards in the three months ended June 30, 2026 has been estimated using Black-Scholes based on the following assumptions: term of 6.1 years; volatility of 84.1%; risk-free rate of 4.0%; and no expectation of dividends. The fair value of our awards in the three months ended June 30, 2025 has been estimated using Black-Scholes based on the following assumptions: term of 5.9 years; volatility of 95.9%; risk-free rate of 4.4%; and no expectation of dividends.
We will continue to use judgment in evaluating the assumptions utilized for our equity-based compensation expense calculations on a prospective basis. In addition to the assumptions used in the Black-Scholes model, the amount of equity-based compensation expense we recognize in our consolidated financial statements includes stock option forfeitures as they occurred. We recognize forfeitures as they occur, and the compensation expense is reversed in the period that the forfeiture occurs.
Income Taxes
Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases, and operating losses and tax credit carry forwards. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted statutory tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the jurisdictions and years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment date.
Based on the level of historical operating results and projections for the taxable income for the future, we have determined that it is more likely than not that our net deferred tax assets will not be realized. Accordingly, we have recorded a full valuation allowance to reduce our deferred tax assets.
We recognize tax benefits from uncertain tax positions only if (based on the technical merits of the position) it is more likely than not that the tax positions will be sustained on examination by the tax authority. The tax benefits recognized in the financial statements from such positions are measured based on the largest amount that is more than 50% likely to be realized upon ultimate settlement. We have not recorded any uncertain tax positions as of June 30, 2026 or December 31, 2025. We do not believe there will be any material changes in our unrecognized tax positions over the next 12 months. In the event we are assessed interest or penalties at some point in the future, they will be classified in the consolidated financial statements as a component of income tax expense. We have not incurred any interest or penalties.
We operate in multiple jurisdictions, both within and outside the United States, and may be subject to audits from various tax authorities. Management’s judgment is required in determining our provision for income taxes, our deferred tax assets and liabilities, liabilities for uncertain tax positions, and any valuation allowance recorded against our net deferred tax assets. We will monitor the extent to which our deferred tax assets may be realized and adjust the valuation allowance accordingly.
Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements
Refer to Note 2, “Summary of Significant Accounting Policies,” in the accompanying notes to our consolidated financial statements for the three and six months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025 for a discussion of recent accounting pronouncements.
Contractual Obligations
We enter into contracts in the normal course of business with third-party service providers for clinical trials, preclinical research studies and testing, manufacturing and other services and products for operating purposes. These contracts generally provide for termination upon notice, and therefore, we believe that our non-cancelable obligations under these agreements are not material and we cannot reasonably estimate the timing of if and when they will occur. Refer to Note 3, “Related Party Transactions,” in the accompanying notes to our consolidated financial statements for the three and six months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025 for a discussion of our obligations under the Paragon Option Agreement. We could also enter into additional research, manufacturing, supplier and other agreements in the future, which may require up-front payments and even long-term commitments of cash.
Smaller Reporting Company Status
We are a “smaller reporting company,” meaning that the market value of our shares held by non-affiliates is less than $700 million and our annual revenue was less than $100 million during the most recently completed fiscal year. We may continue to be a smaller reporting company if either (i) the market value of our shares held by non-affiliates is less than $250 million or (ii) our annual revenue was less than $100 million during the most recently completed fiscal year and the market value of our shares held by non-affiliates is less than $700 million. As a smaller reporting company, we may choose to present only the two most recent fiscal years of audited financial statements in our Annual Report on Form 10-K, and smaller reporting companies have reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation.
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.
We are a smaller reporting company as defined by Item 305(e) of Regulation S-K and are not required to provide the information otherwise required under this item.
Effects of Inflation
Our assets are primarily monetary, consisting of cash and cash equivalents. Because of their liquidity, these assets are not directly affected by inflation. Since we intend to retain and continue to use our equipment, furniture, fixtures and office equipment, computer hardware and software and leasehold improvements, we believe that the incremental inflation related to replacement costs of such items will not materially affect our operations. However, the rate of inflation affects our expense and use of our resources. We continue to monitor the impact of inflation on these costs in order to minimize its effects through productivity improvements and cost reductions. There can be no assurance, however, that our operating results will not be affected by inflation in the future.
Item 4. Controls and Procedures.
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Our management, with the participation of our principal executive officer and our principal financial officer, evaluated, as of the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures. Based on that evaluation of our disclosure controls and procedures, our principal executive officer and principal financial officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective at the reasonable assurance level as of June 30, 2026.
The term “disclosure controls and procedures,” as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act, means controls and other procedures of a company that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by a company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act are recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our periodic and current reports we file or submit under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial and accounting officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Management recognizes that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving their objectives and our management necessarily applies its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible controls and procedures.
Inherent Limitations of Internal Controls
Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Therefore, even those systems determined to be effective can provide only reasonable assurance with respect to financial statement preparation and presentation. Projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
There has been no change in our internal control over financial reporting as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act during our most recently completed fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
PART II - OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1. Legal Proceedings.
We are not party to any material legal matters or claims. In the future, we may become party to legal matters and claims arising in the ordinary course of business. We cannot predict the outcome of any such legal matters or claims, and despite the potential outcomes, the existence thereof may have an adverse impact on us because of defense and settlement costs, diversion of management resources and other factors.
Item 1A. Risk Factors.
The following summarizes the principal factors that make an investment in the Company speculative or risky, all of which are more fully described in the Risk Factors section below. This summary should be read in conjunction with the Risk Factors section and should not be relied upon as an exhaustive summary of the material risks facing our business. Some of the factors, events and contingencies discussed below may have occurred in the past, but the disclosures below are not representations as to whether or not the factors, events or contingencies have occurred in the past, and instead reflect our beliefs and opinions as to the factors, events or contingencies that could materially and adversely affect us in the future. The occurrence of any of these risks, could harm our business, financial condition, results of operations and/or growth prospects or cause our actual results to differ materially from those contained in forward-looking statements we have made in this Quarterly Report and those we may make from time to time. You should consider all of the risk factors described in our public filings when evaluating our business.
Risk Factor Summary
Risks Related to Our Limited Operating History, Financial Position and Capital Requirements
•There is no guarantee that our acquisition of Pre-Acquisition Damora in November 2025 will increase shareholder value.
•We are a preclinical stage biotechnology company with a limited operating history on which to assess our business; we have no products that have been administered to humans or approved for commercial sale, which may make it difficult to evaluate our current business and likelihood of success and viability.
•We will require substantial additional capital to finance our operations in the future. If we are unable to raise such capital when needed, or on acceptable terms, we may be forced to delay, reduce and/or eliminate one or more of our research programs or future commercialization efforts.
Risks Related to Our Discovery, Development and Commercialization
•We face competition from entities that have developed or may develop product candidates for the diseases addressed by our product candidates.
•Our programs are in the preclinical stages of development and may fail in development or suffer delays that materially and adversely affect our viability. If we or our current or future collaborators are unable to complete development of or commercialize our product candidates, or experience significant delays in doing so, our business will be materially harmed.
•We are substantially dependent on the success of DMR-001, and our anticipated future clinical trials of such product candidate may not be successful.
•If we do not achieve our projected development objectives in the time frames we announce and expect, the commercialization of our product candidates may be delayed which may harm our reputation and prospects, increase our expenses and cause our stock price to decline.
•Preclinical and clinical development involves a lengthy and expensive process that is subject to delays and with uncertain outcomes, and results of earlier studies and trials may not be predictive of future clinical trial results. If our preclinical studies and clinical trials are not sufficient to support regulatory approval of any of our product candidates, we may incur additional costs or experience delays in completing, or ultimately be unable to complete, the development of such product candidate.
Risks Related to Our Reliance on Third Parties
•We rely on collaborations and licensing arrangements with third parties, including Paragon. If we are unable to maintain these collaborations or licensing arrangements, or if these collaborations or licensing arrangements are not successful, our business could be negatively impacted.
Risks Related to Our Business and Operations
•In order to successfully implement our plans and strategies, we will need to grow the size of our organization and we may experience difficulties in managing this growth.
•We are highly dependent on our key personnel and anticipate hiring new key personnel. If we are not successful in attracting and retaining highly qualified personnel, we may not be able to successfully implement our business strategy.
•Our estimates of market opportunity and forecasts of market growth may prove to be inaccurate, and even if the markets in which we compete achieve the forecasted growth, our business may not grow at similar rates, or at all.
•Our internal information technology systems, or those of any of our CROs, manufacturers, other contractors or consultants, third-party service providers, or existing or future collaborators, may fail or suffer security or data privacy breaches or other unauthorized or improper access to, use of, or destruction of our proprietary or confidential data, employee data or personal data, which could result in additional costs, loss of revenue, significant liabilities, harm to our brand and material disruption of our operations.
•We are subject to stringent and changing laws, regulations and standards, and contractual obligations relating to privacy, data protection, and data security. The actual or perceived failure to comply with such obligations could lead to government enforcement actions (which could include civil or criminal penalties), fines and sanctions, private litigation and/or adverse publicity and could negatively affect our operating results and business.
Risks Related to Our Intellectual Property
•Our intellectual property portfolio is at an early stage. Therefore, our ability to obtain and protect our patent rights, and protect other proprietary rights, is uncertain, exposing us to the possible loss of competitive advantage.
•If we are unable to obtain or maintain necessary rights to our programs through acquisitions and in-licenses, our business may be materially harmed.
Risks Related to Government Regulation
•The regulatory approval processes of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (the “FDA”) and other comparable foreign regulatory authorities are lengthy, time-consuming and inherently unpredictable. If we are not able to obtain, or if there are delays in obtaining, required regulatory approvals for our product candidates, we will not be able to commercialize, or will be delayed in commercializing, our product candidates, and our ability to generate revenue will be materially impaired.
Risks Related to the Ownership of Our Ordinary Shares
•The market price of our Ordinary Shares has been and is expected to continue to be volatile.
•If we fail to maintain proper and effective internal controls, our ability to produce accurate financial statements on a timely basis could be impaired.
•Conflicts of interest may arise between us and Paragon or us and Fairmount.
General Risk Factors
•Our business could be adversely affected by economic downturns, inflation, fluctuating interest rates, natural disasters, public health crises, political crises, geopolitical events, or other macroeconomic conditions, which could have a material and adverse effect on our results of operations and financial condition.
•Litigation costs and the outcome of litigation could have a material adverse effect on our business.
Risks Related to Our Limited Operating History, Financial Position and Capital Requirements
There is no guarantee that our acquisition of Pre-Acquisition Damora will increase shareholder value.
In November 2025, we acquired Pre-Acquisition Damora. We cannot guarantee that implementing the Asset Acquisition and related transactions will not impair shareholder value or otherwise adversely affect our business. The Asset Acquisition poses significant integration challenges between our businesses which could result in management and business disruptions, any of which could harm our results of operation, business prospects, and impair the value of the Asset Acquisition to our shareholders.
We are a preclinical stage biotechnology company with a limited operating history on which to assess our business; we have no products that have been administered to humans or approved for commercial sale, which may make it difficult to evaluate our current business and likelihood of success and viability.
We are a preclinical stage biotechnology company with limited operating history. Since our inception, we have incurred operating losses with no corresponding revenue and have utilized substantially all of our resources to identify, license and develop our product candidates, organize and staff our company and provide other general and administrative support for our operations. We have limited experience as a company in initiating, conducting and completing preclinical studies and clinical trials. In part because of this lack of experience, we cannot be certain that our preclinical studies or clinical trials will begin or be completed on time, if at all. In addition, we have not yet demonstrated an ability to obtain regulatory approvals, manufacture a commercial-scale product or arrange for a third party to do so on our behalf, or conduct sales, marketing and distribution activities necessary for successful product commercialization. Consequently, any predictions about our future success or viability may not be as accurate as they could be if we had a longer operating history.
In addition, as our business grows, we may encounter unforeseen expenses, restrictions, difficulties, complications, delays and other known and unknown factors. We will need to transition at some point from a company with an early research and development focus to a company capable of supporting larger scale clinical trials and eventually commercial activities. We may not be successful in such a transition.
We will require substantial additional capital to finance our operations in the future. If we are unable to raise such capital when needed, or on acceptable terms, we may be forced to delay, reduce and/or eliminate one or more of our research programs or future commercialization efforts.
Developing biotechnology products is a long, time-consuming, expensive and uncertain process that takes years to complete. We expect our expenses to increase in connection with our ongoing activities, particularly as we conduct preclinical studies and clinical trials of, and seek regulatory approval for our product candidates, advance discovery efforts with respect to our research and research programs, and advance any future programs and product candidates that we may develop or license. Even if one or more of the programs that we develop is approved for commercial sale, we anticipate incurring significant costs associated with sales, marketing, manufacturing and distribution activities to launch any such product. Our expenses could increase beyond expectations if we are required by the FDA or other regulatory agencies to perform preclinical studies or clinical trials in addition to or more expansive than those that we currently anticipate. Because the design and outcome of our planned and anticipated clinical trials are highly uncertain, we cannot reasonably estimate the actual amount of funding that will be necessary to successfully complete the development and commercialization of any program we develop. Our future capital requirements depend on many factors, including but not limited to:
the scope, design, progress, results and costs of discovery, preclinical and clinical development for our product candidates;
the cost and timing of completion of clinical and commercial-scale manufacturing activities;
the costs and timing of preparing, filing and prosecuting patent applications, maintaining, defending and enforcing our intellectual property and proprietary rights, and defending intellectual property-related claims, including claims of infringement, misappropriation or other violations of third-party intellectual property;
the costs, timing and outcome of the regulatory review of our product candidates and obtaining the requisite regulatory approvals;
the costs of our future commercialization activities, either on our own or in collaboration with others, including product sales, marketing, manufacturing, and distribution for any product candidate for which we receive regulatory approval;
the revenue, if any, received from commercial sales of product candidates for which we receive regulatory approval;
the success of our current or future collaborations, including our collaboration with Paragon pursuant to the Paragon Option Agreement and any future license agreements we enter into with Paragon;
our ability to establish and maintain additional collaborations on favorable terms, if at all;
the extent to which we acquire or in-license products, intellectual property and technologies;
the costs of operational, financial and management information systems and associated personnel; and
the costs of operating as a public company.
As a result, we will require substantial additional funding to continue our operations. As of June 30, 2026, we had $540.5 million of cash and cash equivalents. We expect that our existing cash and cash equivalents will be sufficient to fund our operations into the second half of 2029. We will still need to raise additional capital to continue to fund our operations in the future. If we are unable to raise additional capital when needed, that could raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern.
We may be required to seek additional funds sooner than planned through public or private equity offerings, debt financings, collaborations and licensing arrangements or other sources, and adequate additional financing may not be available to us on acceptable terms, or at all. Such financing may dilute our shareholders or the failure to obtain such financing may restrict our operating activities. Any additional fundraising efforts may divert our management from their day-to-day activities, which may adversely affect our business. To the extent that we raise additional capital through the sale of equity or convertible debt securities, the ownership interest of our shareholders will be diluted, and the terms may include liquidation or other preferences and anti-dilution protections that adversely affect the rights of our shareholders. Debt financing may result in the imposition of debt covenants, increased fixed payment obligations or other restrictions that may affect our business. If we raise additional funds through upfront payments or milestone payments pursuant to current or future collaborations with third parties, we may have to relinquish valuable rights to our product candidates, or grant licenses on terms that are not favorable to us. Our ability to raise additional capital may be adversely impacted by global macroeconomic conditions and volatility in the credit and financial markets in the United States and worldwide. Our failure to raise capital as and when needed or on acceptable terms would have a negative impact on our financial condition and our ability to pursue our business strategy, and we may have to delay, reduce the scope of, suspend or eliminate one or more of our product candidates, clinical trials or future commercialization efforts or cease our operations.
We expect to continue to incur losses for the foreseeable future and may not be able to achieve or sustain profitability in the future. We have no products approved for sale, have not generated any revenue from our product candidates and may never generate revenue or become profitable.
Investment in biotechnology product development is a highly speculative undertaking and entails substantial upfront capital expenditures and significant risks that any product candidate will fail to demonstrate adequate efficacy or an acceptable safety profile, gain regulatory approval and become commercially viable. We have no products that have been dosed in humans or approved for commercial sale, have not generated any revenue from product sales to date, and continue to incur significant research and development and other expenses related to our ongoing operations. We do not expect to generate product revenue unless or until we successfully complete preclinical and clinical development and obtain regulatory approval of, and then successfully commercialize, at least one of our product candidates. We may never succeed in these activities and, even if we do, may never generate revenues that are significant or large enough to achieve profitability. If we are unable to raise sufficient additional capital to advance a product candidate to commercialization or generate sufficient revenue through the sale of any approved products, we may be unable to continue operations without additional funding.
We have incurred significant net losses in each period since our inception in 2011. For the three months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025, we had net losses of $31.2 million and $3.4 million, respectively. As of June 30, 2026, we had an accumulated deficit of $546.3 million. We expect to continue to incur losses for the foreseeable future. Our operating expenses and net losses may fluctuate significantly from quarter to quarter and year to year. We anticipate that our expenses will increase substantially if and as we:
advance our existing and future product candidates through preclinical and clinical development;
seek to identify additional product candidates;
maintain, expand, enforce, defend and protect our intellectual property portfolio;
seek, obtain and maintain regulatory and regulatory approvals for our product candidates;
seek to identify, establish and maintain additional collaborations and license agreements;
make milestone payments to Paragon under the Paragon Option Agreement and under any additional future collaboration or license agreements that we enter into;
ultimately establish a sales, marketing and distribution infrastructure to commercialize any drug products for which we may obtain regulatory approval, either on our own or in collaboration with others;
generate revenue from commercial sales of product candidates for which we receive regulatory approval, if any;
hire additional personnel including research and development, clinical and commercial personnel;
add operational, financial and management information systems and personnel, including personnel to support our product development;
acquire or in-license products, intellectual property and technologies;
establish clinical and commercial-scale current good manufacturing practices (“cGMPs”) capabilities through a third-party or our own manufacturing facility; and
continue to integrate Pre-Acquisition Damora into our operations.
In addition, our expenses will increase if, among other things, we are required by the FDA or other regulatory authorities to perform clinical trials or studies in addition to, or different than, those that we currently anticipate, there are any delays in completing our clinical trials or the development of any of our product candidates, or there are any third-party challenges to our intellectual property or we need to defend against any intellectual property-related claim.
Even if we obtain regulatory approval for, and are successful in commercializing, one or more of our product candidates, we expect to incur substantial additional research and development and other expenditures to develop and market additional product candidates and/or to expand the approved indications of any marketed product. We may encounter unforeseen expenses, difficulties, complications, delays and other unknown factors that may adversely affect our business. The size of our future net losses will depend, in part, on the rate of future growth of our expenses and our ability to generate revenue.
Our failure to become profitable would decrease our value and could impair our ability to raise capital, maintain our research and development efforts, expand our business and/or continue our operations. A decline in the value of our stock could also cause shareholders to lose all or part of their investment.
Risks Related to Our Discovery, Development and Commercialization
We face competition from entities that have developed or may develop product candidates for the diseases addressed by our product candidates.
The development and commercialization of drugs is highly competitive. Our product candidates, if approved, will face significant competition and our failure to effectively compete may prevent us from achieving significant market penetration. We compete with a variety of multinational biopharmaceutical companies, specialized biotechnology companies and emerging biotechnology companies. If approved for the treatment of patients with mutCALR-driven MPNs, our portfolio of products would compete with anagrelide as well as hydroxyurea, ruxolitinib and interferon, which are not approved for the treatment of ET in the United States, as well as ruxolitinib, momelotinib, pacritinib and fedratinib in MF. In addition, we are aware of several companies with product candidates in research and development for the treatment of patients with mutCALR-driven MPNs, including Incyte’s INCA033989 and INCA035784, Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.’s JNJ-88549968, Meiji Seika Pharma’s mutCALR TCE, Prelude Therapeutics, LLC’s mCALR CDK9d DAC, and Alethio Therapeutics’ AT-02. We are also aware of several companies with product candidates in development for the treatment of ET and/or MF, including PharmaEssentia Corporation’s ropeginterferon alfa-2b, Merck & Co., Inc’s bomedemstat, Novartis AG’s pelabresib, Geron Corporation’s imetelstat, Kartos Therapeutics, Inc.’s navtemadlin, Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc.’s selinexor, AbbVie Inc.’s navitoclax, Bristol Myers Squibb Company’s BMS-986158, Disc Medicine, Inc.’s DISC-0974 and Takeda’s elritercept. We also compete with academic institutions, governmental agencies, and public and private research institutions, among others. Many of the companies with which we are currently competing or will compete against in the future have significantly greater financial resources and expertise in research and development, manufacturing, preclinical testing, conducting clinical trials, obtaining regulatory approvals, and regulatory approved products than we do, and are further along in the clinical development and/or commercialization process. Mergers and acquisitions in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry may result in even more resources being concentrated among a smaller number of our competitors. Smaller or early-stage companies may also prove to be significant competitors, particularly through collaborative arrangements with large and established companies. These competitors also compete with us in
recruiting and retaining qualified scientific and management personnel, establishing clinical trial sites, raising capital, patient registration for clinical trials, establishing and defending rights to intellectual property, as well as in acquiring technologies complementary to, or necessary for, our product candidates.
Our competitors have developed or are developing, and may in the future develop, product candidates or products competitive with our product candidates. Competitive therapeutic treatments include those that have already been approved and accepted by the medical community and any potential new treatments, including those currently under clinical development. Our success will depend partially on our ability to develop and commercialize products that have a competitive safety, efficacy, dosing and/or presentation profile. Our commercial opportunity and success will be reduced or eliminated if competing products are safer, more effective, have a more attractive dosing profile or presentation or are less expensive than the products we develop, or if our competitors develop competing products or biosimilars that enter the market more quickly than we do and are able to gain market acceptance. Conversely, the lack of commercial success of other competing therapies may raise concerns about the financial viability of our product candidates.
In addition, because of the competitive landscape for MPNs, we may also face competition for establishing trial sites and clinical trial enrollment. Patient enrollment will depend on many factors, including if potential clinical trial patients choose to undergo treatment with approved products or enroll in competitors’ ongoing clinical trials for product candidates that are under development for the same indications as our product candidates. An increase in the number of approved products for the indications we are targeting with our product candidates will likely further exacerbate this competition. Our inability to enroll a sufficient number of patients could, among other impacts, delay our development timeline, which may further harm our competitive position.
Our programs are in the preclinical stages of development and may fail in development or suffer delays that materially and adversely affect our viability. If we or our current or future collaborators are unable to complete development of or commercialize our product candidates, or experience significant delays in doing so, our business will be materially harmed.
We have no commercially approved products. Our programs are in the preclinical stages of development, and we have not begun or completed any clinical trials for these product candidates. As a result, we expect it will be many years before we commercialize any product candidate, if ever. Our ability to achieve and sustain profitability depends on obtaining regulatory approvals for, and successfully commercializing, our product candidates, either alone or with third parties, and we cannot guarantee you that we will ever obtain regulatory approval for any of our product candidates. We have not yet demonstrated our ability to obtain regulatory approvals, manufacture a commercial-scale product or arrange for a third party to do so on our behalf, or conduct sales and marketing activities necessary for successful product commercialization. Before obtaining regulatory approval for the commercial distribution of any product candidate, we or an existing or future collaborator must conduct extensive preclinical tests and clinical trials to demonstrate the safety and efficacy in humans of the product candidate.
We or our collaborators may experience delays in initiating or completing preclinical studies or clinical trials. We or our collaborators also may experience numerous unforeseen events during, or as a result of, any future preclinical studies or clinical trials that we could conduct that could delay or prevent our ability to receive regulatory approval or commercialize our product candidates, including:
regulators, such as the FDA, institutional review boards (“IRBs”) or comparable foreign regulatory authorities may not authorize us or our investigators to commence a clinical trial or conduct a clinical trial at a prospective trial site;
we may experience delays in reaching, or fail to reach, agreement on acceptable terms with prospective trial sites and prospective CROs, the terms of which can be subject to extensive negotiation and may vary significantly among different CROs and trial sites;
clinical trial sites may deviate from the trial protocol, fail to conduct trials in a compliant manner or drop out of a trial, which may require that we add new clinical trial sites or investigators or otherwise negatively impact the timing or integrity of our clinical trial(s);
clinical trials of any product candidates may fail to show safety or efficacy, or may produce negative or inconclusive results and we may decide, or regulators may require us, to conduct additional preclinical studies or clinical trials or we may decide to abandon a product research program;
the number of subjects required for clinical trials of any product candidates may be larger than we anticipate, and enrollment in these clinical trials may be slower than we anticipate or subjects may drop out of these clinical trials or fail to return for post-treatment follow-up at a higher rate than we anticipate;
our third-party contractors may fail to comply with regulatory requirements or meet their contractual obligations to us in a timely manner, or at all, or may deviate from the clinical trial protocol or suffer other quality or performance issues that negatively impact the timing or integrity of our clinical trial(s);
we may elect to, or regulators, IRBs or ethics committees may require that we or our investigators, suspend or terminate clinical research or trials for various reasons, including noncompliance with regulatory requirements or a finding that the participants in our clinical trials are being exposed to unacceptable health risks;
the cost of clinical trials of any of our product candidates may be greater than we anticipate;
the quality of our product candidates or other materials necessary to conduct clinical trials of our product candidates may be inadequate to initiate or successfully complete a given clinical trial;
we may be unable to manufacture sufficient quantities of our product candidates for use in clinical trials;
reports from clinical testing of other therapies may raise safety or efficacy concerns about our product candidates;
we may fail to establish an appropriate safety profile for a product candidate based on clinical or preclinical data for such product candidates as well as data emerging from other therapies in the same class as our product candidates; and
the FDA or other regulatory authorities may require us to submit additional data, such as long-term toxicology studies, or impose other requirements before permitting us to initiate a clinical trial.
Commencing clinical trials in the United States is subject to acceptance by the FDA of an Investigational New Drug Application (“IND”) and finalizing the trial design based on discussions with the FDA. Commencing clinical trials in jurisdictions outside of the United States is similarly subject to acceptance by the applicable regulatory authority of clinical trial documentation following discussions with such authority. In the event that the FDA or other applicable regulatory authority requires us to complete additional preclinical studies or we are required to satisfy other FDA or foreign regulatory authority requests, respectively, prior to commencing clinical trials, the start of our first clinical trial for a product candidate may be delayed. Even after we receive and incorporate guidance from these regulatory authorities, the FDA or other regulatory authorities could disagree as to whether we have satisfied their requirements to commence any clinical trial or change their position on the acceptability of our trial design or the clinical endpoints selected, which may require us to complete additional preclinical studies or clinical trials, delay the enrollment of our clinical trials or impose stricter approval conditions than we currently expect. There are analogous processes and risks applicable to clinical trial applications in other countries, including but not limited to Canada, New Zealand, Australia, countries in the EU and countries in Asia.
We may not have the financial resources to continue development of our product candidates if we experience any issues that delay or prevent regulatory approval of, or our ability to commercialize, our product candidates. We or our current or future collaborators’ inability to complete development of, or commercialize our product candidates, or significant delays in doing so, could have a material and adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.
We are substantially dependent on the success of DMR-001, and our anticipated future clinical trials of such product candidate may not be successful.
Our future success is substantially dependent on our ability to timely obtain regulatory approval for, and then successfully commercialize, DMR-001. We are initially investing a majority of our efforts and financial resources into the research and development of this program. We recently initiated our Phase 1/1b trial of DMR-001 in ET and MF patients, with receipt of health authority clearance in the first country. We plan to complete additional regulatory submissions for DMR-001 in the second half of 2026 to expand the Phase 1/1b trial globally. The success of DMR-001 is dependent on observing rapid and sustained reduction in excess platelets, the key pathology in ET, compared to other anti-mutCALR antibody product candidates in clinical development. This is based in part on the assumption that the increased in vitro potency and improved pharmacokinetics observed in non-human primates (“NHPs”) will translate into inhibition of Type 1 and Type 2 mutCALR-dependent cell proliferation and improved pharmacokinetic properties of DMR-001 in humans, resulting in a more convenient dosing regimen. To the extent we do not observe this inhibition of Type 1 and Type 2 mutCALR-dependent cell proliferation or improved pharmacokinetic properties in our global Phase 1/1b clinical trial of DMR-001 or in additional clinical trials, it would significantly and adversely affect the clinical and commercial potential of DMR-001..
Our product candidates will require additional clinical development, evaluation of clinical, preclinical and manufacturing activities, regulatory approval in multiple jurisdictions, substantial investment and significant marketing efforts before we generate any revenues from product sales. We are not permitted to market or promote these product candidates, or any other product
candidates, before we receive regulatory approval from the FDA and comparable foreign regulatory authorities, and we may never receive such regulatory approvals.
The success of our product candidates will depend on a variety of factors. We do not have complete control over many of these factors, including certain aspects of clinical development and the regulatory submission process, potential threats to our intellectual property rights, potential threats from the intellectual property rights of third parties and the manufacturing, marketing, distribution and sales efforts of any current or future collaborator. Accordingly, we cannot assure you that we will ever be able to generate revenue through the sale of these product candidates, even if approved. If we are not successful in obtaining regulatory approval and commercializing DMR-001, DMR-002, DMR-003 or future product candidates, or are significantly delayed in doing so, our business will be materially harmed.
If we do not achieve our projected development objectives in the time frames we announce and expect, the commercialization of our product candidates may be delayed which may harm our reputation and prospects, increase our expenses and cause our stock price to decline.
From time to time, we estimate the timing of the anticipated accomplishment of various scientific, clinical, regulatory and other product development goals, which we sometimes refer to as milestones. These milestones may include the commencement or completion of scientific studies and clinical trials, such as the expected timing for the initiation of our Phase 1 clinical trials of DMR-001, DMR-002 and DMR-003, the timing for receipt of clinical data, and the timing for the submission of regulatory filings. From time to time, we may publicly announce the expected timing of some of these milestones. All of these milestones are and will be based on numerous assumptions. The actual timing of these milestones can vary dramatically compared to our estimates, in many cases for reasons beyond our control. If we do not meet these milestones as publicly announced, or at all, our prospects and reputation may be adversely affected and our stock price may decline. Additionally, delays relative to our projected timelines are likely to cause overall expenses to increase, which may require us to raise additional capital sooner than expected and prior to achieving targeted development milestones.
The target patient population for the treatment of MPNs is small and has not been definitively determined, and if estimates of the number of treatable patients is lower than expected, our potential revenues from sales of our product candidates, if approved, and our ability to achieve profitability would be compromised.
The estimates of both the number of patients who have MPNs, as well as the subset of patients with the disease in a position to receive treatment from DMR-001 (i.e., those with mutCALR proteins > 42,000 patients in the United States), if approved, may prove to be incorrect. These estimates have been derived from a variety of sources, including scientific literature, input from physicians that treat patients with the diseases we are targeting, patient foundations and secondary market research databases. For example, estimates of the prevalence of MPNs in certain geographies are based in part on the published prevalence of MPNs among patient populations in the United States split across ethnicities, and our own analyses of prevalence in Europe, and on published disease incidence rates for certain geographies and estimated for the populations of such geographies. Further, new studies may change the estimated incidence or prevalence of MPNs. Similar considerations would apply to estimates of patient population for target indications we select for DMR-002, DMR-003 and any future product candidates. Accordingly, our target patient populations may turn out to be lower than expected, in which case the potential revenues from sales of our product candidates, if approved, would be lower than expected.
Our approach to the discovery and development of DMR-001, DMR-002 and DMR-003 is unproven, and we may not be successful in our efforts to build a pipeline of product candidates with commercial value.
Our approach to the discovery and development of our product candidates leverages well-established mechanisms of action and incorporates advanced antibody engineering to optimize half-life and other properties designed to overcome limitations of existing therapies, including increased binding affinity. Our product candidates are purposefully designed to improve upon existing product candidates and products while maintaining the same, well-established mechanisms of action. However, the scientific research that forms the basis of our efforts to develop DMR-001, DMR-002 and DMR-003 using half-life extension technologies and to enhance efficacy through improved binding affinity, including monoclonal antibodies, is ongoing and may not result in viable product candidates. We have limited clinical data on product candidates utilizing monoclonal antibody half-life extension technologies, especially in autoimmune indications, demonstrating whether they are safe or effective for long-term treatment in humans. We also have no clinical data to indicate whether our modifications to enhance binding affinity translate into improved efficacy in humans. The long-term safety and efficacy of DMR-001, DMR-002 and DMR-003 compared to currently approved products is unknown.
We may ultimately discover that utilizing half-life extension technologies for our specific targets and indications and any product candidates resulting therefrom do not possess certain properties required for therapeutic effectiveness. We currently have only preclinical data regarding the increased half-life properties of DMR-001, DMR-002 and DMR-003, and the same results may not be seen in humans. In addition, product candidates using half-life extension technologies may demonstrate different chemical and pharmacological properties in patients than they do in laboratory studies. This technology and any product candidates resulting therefrom may not demonstrate the same chemical and pharmacological properties in humans and may interact with human biological systems in unforeseen, ineffective or harmful ways. Many product candidates that appeared highly promising in preclinical studies or in early-stage clinical trials have failed when advanced into, or further in, clinical development.
In addition, other companies are developing drug products that utilize half-life extension technology in other targets and indications. The failure of those companies to demonstrate the safety and efficacy of their product candidates may be harmful to our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.
In addition, we may in the future seek to discover and develop product candidates that are based on novel targets and technologies that are unproven. If our discovery or business development activities fail to identify novel targets or technologies for drug development, or such targets or technologies prove to be unsuitable for treating human disease, we may not be able to develop viable additional product candidates. We and our existing or future collaborators may never receive approval to market and commercialize any product candidate. Even if we or an existing or future collaborator obtains regulatory approval, the approval may be for targets, disease indications or patient populations that are not as broad as we intended or desired or may require labeling that includes significant use or distribution restrictions or safety warnings. If the products resulting from our product candidates prove to be ineffective, unsafe or commercially unviable, our product candidates and pipeline would have little, if any, value, which would have a material and adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.
Preclinical and clinical development involves a lengthy and expensive process that is subject to delays and uncertain outcomes, and results of earlier studies and trials may not be predictive of future clinical trial results. If our preclinical studies and clinical trials are not sufficient to support regulatory approval of any of our product candidates, we may incur additional costs or experience delays in completing, or ultimately be unable to complete, the development of such product candidate.
Before obtaining regulatory approval from regulatory authorities for the sale of any product candidate, we must complete preclinical studies and then conduct extensive clinical trials to demonstrate the safety and efficacy of our product candidate in humans. Our clinical trials may not be conducted as planned or completed on schedule, if at all, and failure can occur at any time during the preclinical study or clinical trial process. For example, we depend on the availability of NHPs to conduct certain preclinical studies that we are required to complete prior to submitting an IND and initiating clinical development. There is currently a global shortage of NHPs available for drug development. While we currently do not anticipate that this shortage will materially impact our costs or timelines, a continuing or future shortage could cause the cost of obtaining NHPs for our future preclinical studies to increase significantly or result in delays to our development timelines.
Moreover, enrolling patients in clinical trials for cancer therapies is challenging, as cancer patients will first receive the applicable standard of care. Many patients who respond positively to the standard of care therapy (and thus do not enroll in clinical trials) are believed to have tumor types that may have responded well to our product candidates. This may limit the number of eligible patients able to enroll in our clinical trials and could extend development timelines or increase costs for these programs. Patients who fail to respond positively to the standard of care treatment will be eligible for clinical trials of unapproved drug candidates. However, these patients may have either compromised immune function from prior administration of chemotherapy or an enhanced immune response from the prior administration of checkpoint inhibitors. Either of these prior treatment regimens may render our therapies less effective in clinical trials. We have sought and may continue to seek to mitigate these effects in the future through modification of enrollment eligibility criteria. Additionally, patients who have failed approved therapies will typically have more advanced cancer and a poorer long-term prognosis. If we are unable to initiate or adequately enroll our clinical trial sites, our clinical trials may be delayed.
Furthermore, a failure of one or more clinical trials can occur at any clinical trial phase. The outcome of preclinical studies and early-stage clinical trials may not be predictive of the success of later clinical trials. Moreover, preclinical and clinical data are often susceptible to varying interpretations and analyses, and many companies that have believed their product candidates performed satisfactorily in preclinical studies and clinical trials have nonetheless failed to obtain regulatory approval of their product candidates. In addition, we expect to rely on patients to provide feedback on measures such as measures of disease and quality of life, which are subjective and inherently difficult to evaluate. These measures can be influenced by factors outside of our control and can vary widely from day to day for a particular patient, and from patient to patient and from site to site within a clinical trial.
We cannot be sure that the FDA or comparable foreign regulatory authorities will agree with our clinical development plans, and there is no guarantee that data from our Phase 1 trial will support additional trials. If the FDA or comparable foreign regulatory authorities require us to conduct additional trials or enroll additional patients, our development timelines may be delayed. We cannot be sure that submission of an IND or similar foreign application will result in the FDA or comparable foreign regulatory authorities, as applicable, allowing clinical trials to begin in a timely manner, if at all. Moreover, even if these trials begin, issues may arise that could cause regulatory authorities to suspend or terminate such clinical trials. Events that may prevent successful or timely initiation or completion of clinical trials include: inability to generate sufficient preclinical, toxicology or other in vivo or in vitro data to support the initiation or continuation of clinical trials; delays in reaching a consensus with regulatory authorities on study design or implementation of the clinical trials; delays or failure in obtaining regulatory authorization to commence a trial; delays in reaching agreement on acceptable terms with prospective CROs and clinical trial sites, the terms of which can be subject to extensive negotiation and may vary significantly among different CROs and clinical trial sites; delays in identifying, recruiting and training suitable clinical investigators; delays in obtaining required IRB approval or positive ethics committee opinions at each clinical trial site; delays in manufacturing, testing, releasing, validating or importing/exporting sufficient stable quantities of our product candidates for use in clinical trials or the inability to do any of the foregoing; failure by our CROs, other third parties or us to adhere to clinical trial protocols; failure to perform in accordance with the FDA’s or any other regulatory authority’s good clinical practice (“GCP”) requirements or regulatory guidelines; changes to the clinical trial protocols; clinical sites deviating from trial protocol or dropping out of a trial; changes in regulatory requirements, guidance or clinical trial plans that require amending or submitting new clinical protocols; selection of clinical endpoints that require prolonged periods of observation or analyses of resulting data; transfer of manufacturing processes to new or larger-scale facilities and delays or failure by our CMOs or us to make any necessary changes to such manufacturing process; and third parties being unwilling or unable to satisfy their contractual obligations to us.
We could also encounter delays if a clinical trial is suspended or terminated by us, by the IRBs or ethics committees of the institutions in which such clinical trials are being conducted, by the Data Safety Monitoring Board, if any, for such clinical trial or by the FDA or comparable foreign regulatory authorities. Such authorities may suspend or terminate a clinical trial due to a number of factors, including failure to conduct the clinical trial in accordance with regulatory requirements or our clinical trial protocols, inspection of the clinical trial operations or trial site by the FDA or comparable foreign regulatory authorities resulting in the imposition of a clinical hold, unforeseen safety issues or adverse side effects, failure to demonstrate a benefit from the product candidate, changes in governmental regulations or administrative actions or lack of adequate funding to continue the clinical trial. If we are required to conduct additional clinical trials or other testing of our product candidates beyond those that we currently contemplate, if we are unable to successfully complete clinical trials of our product candidates, if the results of these trials are not positive or are only moderately positive or if there are safety concerns, our business and results of operations would be adversely affected.
We may find it difficult to enroll patients in our clinical trials, particularly given the relatively small patient population. If we encounter difficulties enrolling patients in our future clinical trial of DMR-001 or our other programs, our clinical development activities could be delayed or otherwise adversely affected.
We may experience difficulties in patient enrollment in our current or future clinical trials for a variety of reasons. The timely completion of clinical trials in accordance with their protocols depends, among other things, on our ability to enroll a sufficient number of patients who remain in the trial until our conclusion.
In addition, cancer therapies are sometimes characterized by line of therapy (first, second, third, fourth, etc.), and the FDA often initially approves new therapies only for use in a particular line or lines of therapy. For example, we may initially seek approval of our product candidates as a third-line therapy for patients who have failed other approved treatments. We may subsequently seek approval as a second- and first-line therapy. There is no guarantee that our product candidates, even if initially approved, would be subsequently approved as a second or first line therapy, which may further reduce the number of patients available to us.
Currently, most ET patients are often treated with aspirin alone. However, the remaining ET patients carry a higher risk of clotting and bleeding and are generally treated with hydroxyurea, which is not approved for the treatment of ET in the United States, anagrelide or interferon.
The enrollment of patients in future trials for any of our product candidates will depend on many factors, including:
size and nature of the patient population;
severity of the disease under investigation;
availability and efficacy of approved drugs for the disease under investigation;
patient eligibility and exclusion criteria for the trial in question;
patients’ and clinicians’ perceived risks and benefits of the product candidate under study;
if patients choose to enroll in clinical trials, rather than using approved products, or if our competitors have ongoing clinical trials for product candidates that are under development for the same indications as our product candidates, and patients instead enroll in such clinical trials;
efforts to facilitate timely enrollment in clinical trials;
patient referral practices of physicians;
the ability to monitor patients adequately during and after treatment;
proximity and availability of clinical trial sites for prospective patients; and
continued enrollment of prospective patients by clinical trial sites.
Additionally, the number of patients required for clinical trials of our product candidates may be larger than we anticipate. Even if we are able to enroll a sufficient number of patients for our future clinical trials, we may have difficulty maintaining patients in our clinical trials. Our inability to enroll or maintain a sufficient number of patients would result in significant delays in completing clinical trials or receipt of regulatory approvals and increased development costs or may require us to abandon one or more clinical trials altogether, which could cause our value to decline, limit our ability to obtain additional financing and otherwise harm our prospects.
Preliminary, “topline” or interim data from our clinical trials that we announce or publish from time to time may change as more patient data become available and are subject to audit and verification procedures.
From time to time, we may publicly disclose preliminary or topline data from our preclinical studies and clinical trials, which are based on a preliminary analysis of then-available data. The results and related findings and conclusions are subject to change following a more comprehensive review of the data. We also make assumptions, estimations, calculations and conclusions as part of our analyses of these data without the opportunity to fully and carefully evaluate complete data. As a result, the preliminary or topline results that we report may differ from future results of the same studies, or different conclusions or considerations may qualify such results, once additional data have been received and fully evaluated or subsequently made subject to audit and verification procedures.
Any preliminary or topline data should be viewed with caution until the final data are available. From time to time, we may also disclose interim data from our preclinical studies and clinical trials. Interim data are subject to the risk that one or more of the clinical outcomes may materially change as patient enrollment continues and more patient data become available or as patients from our clinical trials continue other treatments. Further, others, including regulatory authorities, may not accept or agree with our assumptions, estimates, calculations, conclusions or analyses or may interpret or weigh the importance of data differently, which could impact the value of the particular product candidate, the approvability or commercialization of the particular product candidate and of us as a company. In addition, the information we choose to publicly disclose regarding a particular preclinical study or clinical trial is based on what is typically extensive information, and you or others may not agree with what we determine is material or otherwise appropriate information to include in our disclosure. As a result, you or others may have reached different conclusions based on such extensive information in comparison to our publicly disclosed conclusion regarding a particular preclinical study or clinical trial. If the preliminary, topline or interim data that we report differ from actual results, or if others, including regulatory authorities, disagree with the conclusions reached, our ability to obtain approval for, and commercialize, our product candidates may be harmed, which could harm our business, operating results, prospects or financial condition.
Our future clinical trials or those of our current or future collaborators may reveal significant adverse events or undesirable side effects not seen in our preclinical studies and may result in a safety profile that could halt clinical development, inhibit regulatory approval or limit commercial potential or market acceptance of any of our product candidates.
Results of our clinical trials could reveal a high or unacceptable severity and prevalence of side effects, adverse events or unexpected characteristics. If significant adverse events or other side effects are observed in any of our future clinical trials, we may have difficulty recruiting patients to such trials, patients may drop out of our trials, or we may be required to abandon the trials or our development efforts of one or more product candidates altogether. For example, although anti-mutCALR monoclonal antibodies have been generally well tolerated in clinical trials to date, four discontinuations out of 55 patients, one of which was due to a treatment-emergent adverse event (“TEAE”), were reported by Incyte in its Phase 1 trial investigating INCA033989 in ET
patients resistant or intolerant to prior cytoreductive therapy. The most frequent grade ≥ 3 TEAEs were neutropenia, amylase increase, anemia and lipase increase. Because DMR-001 will have a similar mechanism of action, it is possible that patients in our future clinical trials could exhibit similar grade TEAEs as well. We, the FDA or other applicable regulatory authorities, or an IRB or ethics committee, may suspend any clinical trials of any product candidate at any time for various reasons, including a belief that subjects or patients in such trials are being exposed to unacceptable health risks or adverse side effects. Some potential products developed in the biotechnology industry that initially showed therapeutic promise in early-stage studies and trials have later been found to cause side effects that prevented their further development. Other potential products have shown side effects in preclinical studies, which side effects do not present themselves in clinical trials in humans. Even if the side effects do not preclude the product candidate from obtaining or maintaining regulatory approval, undesirable side effects may inhibit market acceptance of the approved product due to our tolerability versus other therapies. In addition, an extended half-life could prolong the duration of undesirable side effects, which could also inhibit market acceptance. TEAEs could also affect patient recruitment or the ability of enrolled subjects to complete our clinical trials or could result in potential product liability claims. Potential side effects associated with our product candidates may not be appropriately recognized or managed by the treating medical staff, as toxicities resulting from our product candidates may not be normally encountered in the general patient population and by medical personnel. Any of these occurrences could harm our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects significantly.
In addition, even if we successfully advance our product candidates or any future product candidate through clinical trials, such trials will only include a limited number of patients and limited duration of exposure to our product candidates. As a result, we cannot be assured that adverse effects of our product candidates will not be uncovered when a significantly larger number of patients are exposed to the product candidate after approval. Further, any clinical trials may not be sufficient to determine the effect and safety consequences of using our product candidates over a multi-year period.
If any of the foregoing events occur or if one or more of our product candidates prove to be unsafe, our entire pipeline could be affected, any of which would have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.
We may expend our resources to pursue a particular program and fail to capitalize on programs that may be more profitable or for which there is a greater likelihood of success.
Because we have limited financial and managerial resources, we focus our research and development efforts on certain selected programs. For example, we are currently focused primarily on DMR-001. As a result, we may forgo or delay pursuit of opportunities with other programs that later prove to have greater commercial potential. Our resource allocation decisions may cause us to fail to capitalize on viable commercial products or profitable market opportunities. Our spending on current and future research and development of product candidates for specific indications may not yield any commercially viable product candidates. If we do not accurately evaluate the commercial potential or target market for a particular product candidate, we may relinquish valuable rights to that product candidate through collaboration, licensing or other royalty arrangements in cases in which it would have been more advantageous for us to retain sole development and commercialization rights to such product candidate. In addition, we select product candidates amongst a variety of potential product candidates from Paragon, and the product candidates we select may fail to be viable commercial products or the product candidates we do not select may have a greater likelihood of success.
Any approved products resulting from our current programs or any future program may not achieve adequate market acceptance among clinicians, patients, healthcare third-party payors and others in the medical community necessary for commercial success and we may not generate any future revenue from the sale or licensing of such products.
Even if regulatory approval is obtained for a product candidate resulting from one of our current or future programs, we may not gain market acceptance among physicians, healthcare professionals, patients, healthcare payors or the medical community. We may not generate or sustain revenue from sales of the product due to factors such as whether the product can be sold at a competitive cost and whether it will otherwise be accepted in the market. Market acceptance will depend on many factors, including factors that are not within our control. There are two recently approved products and additional product candidates in later stages of development for the treatment of MPNs, including momelotinib (approved in 2023) and pacritinib (approved in 2022) as well as late-stage ropeginterferon alfa-2b, imetelstat, pelabresib, bomedemstat, and navtemadlin. However, DMR-001 is designed to have improved potency against both Type 1 and Type 2 mutCALR and contain modifications that are known to increase the half-life of antibodies in circulation; to date, no such disease-modifying therapy that reduces platelet counts in ET patients with high risk of clotting and bleeding has been approved by the FDA for the treatment of MPNs, though several such agents are in advanced clinical development and close to approval. Market participants with significant influence over acceptance of new treatments, such as clinicians and third-party payors, may not adopt a biologic that incorporates anti-mutCALR antibodies and half-life extension for our targeted indication, and we may not be able to convince the medical community and third-party
payors to accept and use, or to provide favorable reimbursement for, any programs developed by us or our existing or future collaborators. Market acceptance of our product candidates may be negatively impacted by potential poor performance of our competitors, including the occurrence of serious adverse events in such competitors’ clinical trials or failure by such competitors to obtain and maintain regulatory approval for their product candidates. Additionally, although we believe that the improved dosing and convenience we expect our product candidates to provide will improve market acceptance of such product candidates and that our candidates will have a competitive efficacy profile, our predictions may not be accurate and other competitive products may instead gain and hold the applicable market. Sales of medical products also depend on the willingness of clinicians to prescribe the treatment. We cannot predict whether clinicians, clinicians’ organizations, hospitals, other healthcare providers, government agencies or private insurers will determine that our product is safe, therapeutically effective, cost effective or less burdensome as compared with competing treatments. If any current or future product candidate is approved but does not achieve an adequate level of acceptance by such parties, we may not generate or derive sufficient revenue from that product candidate and may not become or remain profitable.
Certain of our programs may compete with our other programs, which could negatively impact our business and reduce our future revenue.
We are developing DMR-001 for the treatment of ET and MF and intend to develop DMR-002 and DMR-003 for other MPNs, and we may in the future develop programs for additional MPNs. However, developing multiple product candidates for MPNs may negatively impact our business if the product candidates compete with each other. For example, if multiple product candidates are conducting clinical trials at the same time, they could compete for the enrollment of patients. In addition, if multiple product candidates are approved for the same indication, they may compete for market share, which could limit our future revenue.
We plan to conduct clinical trials for product candidates at sites outside the United States, and the FDA may not accept data from trials conducted in such locations.
We are planning to conduct our Phase 1/1b clinical trial of DMR-001 in several geographies, including the United States and Australia, and we may choose to conduct one or more of our future clinical trials outside the United States in whole or in part. Although the FDA may accept data from clinical trials conducted outside the United States, acceptance of this data is subject to conditions imposed by the FDA. For example, the clinical trial must be well designed and conducted and performed by qualified investigators in accordance with ethical principles. The trial population must also adequately represent the U.S. population, and the data must be applicable to the U.S. population and U.S. medical practice in ways that the FDA deems clinically meaningful. In addition, while these clinical trials are subject to the applicable local laws, FDA acceptance of the data will depend on our determination that the trials also complied with all applicable U.S. laws and regulations. Many foreign regulatory authorities have similar requirements for clinical data gathered outside of their respective jurisdictions. In addition, such foreign trials would be subject to the applicable local laws of the foreign jurisdictions where the trials are conducted. There can be no assurance that the FDA or any comparable foreign regulatory authority will accept data from trials conducted outside of the United States or the relevant jurisdiction, as applicable. If the FDA or any comparable foreign regulatory authority does not accept such data, it would likely result in the need for additional trials, which would be costly and time-consuming and would delay or permanently halt our development of the applicable product candidates or delay or prevent regulatory approval for commercialization in the applicable jurisdiction. Even if the FDA or any comparable foreign regulatory authority accepted such data, it could require us to modify our planned clinical trials to receive clearance to initiate such trials in the United States or the relevant jurisdiction, as applicable, or to continue such trials once initiated.
Further, conducting international clinical trials presents additional risks that may delay completion of our clinical trials. These risks include the failure of enrolled patients in foreign countries to adhere to clinical protocol as a result of differences in healthcare services or cultural customs that could restrict or limit our ability to conduct our clinical trials, the administrative burdens of conducting clinical trials under multiple sets of foreign regulations, foreign exchange fluctuations, diminished protection of intellectual property in some countries, as well as political and economic risks relevant to foreign countries.
Risks Related to Our Reliance on Third Parties
We rely on collaborations and licensing arrangements with third parties, including Paragon. If we are unable to maintain these collaborations or licensing arrangements, or if these collaborations or licensing arrangements are not successful, our business could be negatively impacted.
We rely on our collaboration with a third party, Paragon, for a substantial portion of our discovery capabilities and for the rights necessary to develop and commercialize our product candidates. In the future, we could also rely on additional licensing arrangements with third parties. For example, we have entered into the Paragon Option Agreement. However, Paragon could
terminate the Paragon Option Agreement under certain circumstances, including our failure to make any payments owed to Paragon under the agreement or any uncured material breach of the agreement by us, in which event we may lose intellectual property rights and may not be able to develop or commercialize the product candidates covered by that agreement, including DMR-001, DMR-002 or DMR-003, as applicable.
Collaborations or licensing arrangements that we enter into may not be successful, and any success will depend heavily on the efforts and activities of such collaborators or licensors. If any of our collaborators or licensors experiences delays in performance of, or fails to perform, our obligations under our agreement with us, disagrees with our interpretation of the terms of such agreement or terminates their agreement with us, our pipeline and product candidates and development timeline could be adversely affected. If we fail to comply with any of the obligations under our collaborations or license agreements, including payment terms and diligence terms, our collaborators or licensors may have the right to terminate such agreements, in which event we may lose intellectual property rights and may not be able to develop, manufacture, market or sell the products covered by our agreements or may face other penalties under our agreements. Our collaborators and licensors may also fail to properly maintain or defend the intellectual property we have licensed from them, if required by our agreement with them, leading to the potential invalidation of our intellectual property, or they may even infringe upon our intellectual property rights, any of which could subject us to litigation or arbitration, which would be time-consuming and expensive and could harm our ability to commercialize our product candidates. In addition, collaborators could independently develop, or develop with third parties, products that compete directly or indirectly with our product candidates and products if the collaborators believe that the competitive products are more likely to be successfully developed or can be commercialized under terms that are more economically attractive than ours.
As part of our strategy, we plan to evaluate additional opportunities to enhance our capabilities and expand our development pipeline or add development or commercialization capabilities. We may not realize the benefits of such collaborations, alliances or licensing arrangements. Any of these relationships may require us to incur non-recurring and other charges, increase our near and long-term expenditures, issue securities that dilute our existing shareholders or disrupt our management and business.
We may face significant competition in attracting appropriate collaborators, and more established companies may also be pursuing strategies to license or acquire third-party intellectual property rights that we consider attractive. These companies may have a competitive advantage over us due to their size, financial resources and greater clinical development and commercialization capabilities. In addition, companies may be unwilling to assign or license rights to us, whether they perceive us to be a competitor or for other reasons. Whether we reach a definitive agreement for a collaboration will depend, among other things, upon our assessment of the collaborator’s resources and expertise, the terms and conditions of the proposed collaboration and the proposed collaborator’s evaluation of a number of factors. Collaborations are complex and time-consuming to negotiate, document and execute. In addition, consolidation among large pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies has reduced the number of potential future collaborators. We may not be able to negotiate additional collaborations on a timely basis, on acceptable terms or at all. If we fail to enter into collaborations and does not have sufficient funds or expertise to undertake the necessary development and commercialization activities, we may not be able to further develop our product candidates or bring them to market.
Risks associated with the in-licensing or acquisition of product candidates could cause substantial delays in the preclinical and clinical development of our product candidates.
We have relied and continue to rely on Paragon, and expect to rely on our future licensing partners, to (i) conduct research and development in accordance with the applicable protocol, legal, regulatory and scientific standards, (ii) accurately report the results of all preclinical trials conducted prior to our licensing or acquisition of the relevant product candidates and (iii) correctly collect and interpret the data from these trials. If the research and development processes or the results of the research programs prior to our licensing or acquisition of our product candidates prove to be unreliable, this could result in increased costs and delays in the development of our product candidates, which could adversely affect any future revenue from such product candidates, if approved.
We may also acquire or in-license additional product candidates for preclinical or clinical development in the future as we continue to build our pipeline. The risks associated with acquiring or in-licensing product candidates could result in delays in the commencement or completion of our preclinical studies and clinical trials, if they are ever commenced or completed, and our ability to generate revenues from our product candidates may be delayed. Please see the section titled “Risk Factors-Risks Related
to Our Intellectual Property-If we are unable to obtain or maintain necessary rights to our programs through acquisitions and in-licenses, our business may be materially harmed” below for additional information regarding such risks.
We currently rely, and plan to rely in the future, on third parties to conduct and support our preclinical studies and clinical trials. If these third parties do not properly and successfully carry out their contractual duties or meet expected deadlines, we may not be able to obtain regulatory approval of or commercialize our product candidates.
We have utilized and plan to continue to utilize and depend upon independent investigators and collaborators, such as medical institutions, CROs, contract testing labs and strategic partners, to conduct and support our preclinical studies and clinical trials under agreements with us. We will rely heavily on these third parties over the course of our preclinical studies and clinical trials, and we control only certain aspects of their activities. As a result, we will have less direct control over the conduct, timing and completion of these preclinical studies and clinical trials and the management of data developed through preclinical studies and clinical trials than would be the case if we were relying entirely upon our own staff. Nevertheless, we are responsible for ensuring that each of our studies and trials is conducted in accordance with the applicable protocol, legal, regulatory and scientific standards, and our reliance on these third parties does not relieve us of our regulatory responsibilities. We and our third-party contractors and CROs are required to comply with GCP, which are regulations and guidelines enforced by the FDA and comparable foreign regulatory authorities for all of our product candidates in clinical development. If we or any of these third parties fail to comply with applicable GCP regulations, the clinical data generated in our clinical trials may be deemed unreliable and the FDA or comparable foreign regulatory authorities may require us to perform additional clinical trials before approving our marketing applications. We cannot assure you that upon inspection by a given regulatory authority, such regulatory authority will determine that any of our clinical trials comply with GCP. In addition, our clinical trials must be conducted with products manufactured in accordance with cGMPs. Our failure to comply with these requirements may require us to repeat clinical trials, which would delay the regulatory approval process. Moreover, our business may be implicated if any of these third parties violates federal or state fraud and abuse or false claims laws and regulations or healthcare privacy and security laws, and foreign equivalents.
Any third parties conducting our clinical trials will not be our employees and, except for remedies available to us under our agreements with such third parties, we cannot control whether they devote sufficient time and resources to our programs. These third parties may encounter challenges hiring and retaining sufficient qualified personnel or they may be involved in mergers, acquisitions or similar transactions and may have relationships with other commercial entities, including our competitors, for whom they may also be conducting clinical trials or other product development activities, which could negatively affect their performance on our behalf and the timing thereof and could lead to products that compete directly or indirectly with our current or future product candidates. If these third parties do not successfully carry out their contractual duties or obligations or meet expected deadlines, if they need to be replaced or if the quality or accuracy of the clinical data they obtain is compromised due to the failure to adhere to our clinical protocols or regulatory requirements or for other reasons, our clinical trials may be extended, delayed or terminated and we may not be able to complete development of, obtain regulatory approval of or successfully commercialize our product candidates.
In addition, we plan to rely on foreign CROs and CMOs, including WuXi Biologics (Hong Kong) Limited (“WuXi Biologics (Hong Kong)”), for formulation and manufacturing of our Phase 1 clinical trial materials, and will likely continue to rely on foreign CROs and CMOs in the future. WuXi Biologics (Hong Kong) is a subsidiary or affiliate of WuXi Biologics, which was previously identified in the U.S. legislation proposed in 2024 known as the BIOSECURE Act as a biotechnology “company of concern.” The BIOSECURE Act as it was enacted into law on December 18, 2025, will prohibit U.S. federal agencies from entering into, extending or renewing procurement contracts with, as well as providing grants and loans to, an entity that uses biotechnology equipment or services from a “biotechnology company of concern,” and includes a grandfathering provision allowing biotechnology equipment and services provided or produced by named biotechnology companies of concern under a contract or agreement entered into before the effective date of revisions to the Federal Acquisition Regulation designating an entity a biotechnology company of concern until five years from such effective date. The timing for implementation of the BIOSECURE Act is uncertain. Depending on how the BIOSECURE Act is implemented by U.S. federal agencies, we could be potentially restricted from pursuing U.S. federal government business or grants in the future if we continue to use WuXi Biologics (Hong Kong) and if WuXi Biologics (Hong Kong) or other parties we contract with are identified as “biotechnology companies of concern” beyond the grandfathering period. Foreign CMOs may be the target of U.S. legislation, including the BIOSECURE Act, trade restrictions and other foreign regulatory requirements which could increase the cost or reduce the supply of material available to us, delay the procurement or supply of such material, restrict or even prohibit our ability to work with such CMOs, or have an adverse effect on our ability to secure significant commitments from governments to purchase potential therapies.
The biopharmaceutical industry in China is strictly regulated by the Chinese government. Changes to Chinese regulations or government policies affecting biopharmaceutical companies are unpredictable and may have a material adverse effect on our
collaborators in China which could have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects. In addition, the United States government has imposed significant tariffs on imports from China and other countries and may impose more restrictions on goods, including biologically derived substances, manufactured in or imported from China or other countries or impose other restrictions on companies’ ability to work with Chinese or other foreign counterparties. Evolving changes in China’s public health, economic, political, and social conditions and uncertainty around China’s relationship with other governments, such as the United States and the UK, could also negatively impact our ability to manufacture our product candidates for our planned clinical trials or have an adverse effect on our ability to secure government funding, which could adversely affect our financial condition and cause us to delay our clinical research programs. Furthermore, if one or more of our collaborators or vendors in China, including WuXi Biologics (Hong Kong), is named a biotechnology company of concern, our operations and financial condition may be negatively impacted as a result of any delays or increased costs arising from the trade restrictions and other foreign regulatory requirements affecting such collaborators. In addition, while we have established relationships with CROs and CMOs outside of China, moving to those suppliers in the event of a geopolitical instability affecting our collaborators in China could introduce delays into the research program.
We rely on the use of third-party CMOs to manufacture our product candidates, and we expect to continue to rely on third-party CMOs to produce our products, if approved. Our business could be adversely affected if we are unable to use third-party manufacturing suites or if the third-party manufacturers encounter difficulties in production.
We do not currently own any facility that may be used as our clinical-scale manufacturing and processing facility and must rely on CMOs to manufacture our product candidates. We have not yet caused our product candidates to be manufactured on a commercial scale and may not be able to do so for any of our product candidates, if approved. We currently have a single source for our supply of our product candidates and recently entered into an agreement with a second supplier. If there should be any disruption in such supply arrangement, including any adverse events affecting our sole supplier, or if we experience delays or difficulties in transferring, or are unable to successfully transfer, our manufacturing processes, it could have a negative effect on the clinical development of our product candidates and other operations while we work to identify and qualify an alternate supply source. We have limited control over the manufacturing process of, and may be dependent on, our contract manufacturing partners for compliance with cGMP requirements and any other regulatory requirements of the FDA or comparable foreign regulatory authorities for the manufacture of our product candidates. Beyond periodic audits, we have limited control over the ability of our CMOs to maintain adequate quality control, quality assurance and qualified personnel. If the FDA or another applicable regulatory authority does not approve these facilities for the manufacture of our product candidates or withdraws any approval in the future, we may need to find alternative manufacturing facilities, which would require the incurrence of significant additional costs and delays and materially adversely affect our ability to develop, obtain regulatory approval for or market our product candidates, if approved. We, or our future contract manufacturers, any current or future collaborators and their contract manufacturers could be subject to periodic unannounced inspections by the FDA, competent authorities of the EU Member States or other comparable foreign regulatory authorities, to monitor and ensure compliance with cGMPs. Despite our efforts to audit and verify regulatory compliance, one or more of our third-party manufacturing vendors may be found on regulatory inspection by the FDA, competent authorities of EU Member States or other comparable foreign regulatory authorities to be noncompliant with cGMP regulations. Our failure, or the failure of our CMOs, to comply with applicable regulations could result in sanctions being imposed on us, including fines, injunctions, civil penalties, delays, suspension, variation or withdrawal of approvals, license revocation, seizures or recalls of product candidates or drugs, operating restrictions and criminal prosecutions, any of which could significantly and adversely affect supplies of our product candidates or products, if approved, and harm our business and results of operations.
Moreover, our CMOs may experience manufacturing difficulties due to resource constraints, supply chain issues, intellectual property disputes or as a result of labor disputes or unstable political environments. If any CMOs on which we will rely fail to manufacture quantities of our product candidates at quality levels necessary to meet regulatory requirements and at a scale sufficient to meet anticipated demand at a commercially reasonable cost, our business, financial condition and prospects could be materially and adversely affected. In addition, our CMOs are responsible for transporting temperature-controlled materials that can be inadvertently degraded during transport due to several factors, rendering certain batches unsuitable for trial use for failure to meet, among others, our integrity and purity specifications. We and any of our CMOs may also face product seizure or detention or refusal to permit the import or export of products. Our business could be materially adversely affected by business disruptions to our third-party providers that could materially adversely affect our anticipated timelines, potential future revenue and financial condition and increase our costs and expenses. Each of these risks could delay or prevent the completion of our preclinical studies and clinical trials or the approval of any of our product candidates by the FDA or comparable foreign regulatory authorities, result in higher costs or adversely impact commercialization of our product candidates.
Risks Related to Our Business and Operations
In order to successfully implement our plans and strategies, we will need to grow the size of our organization and we may experience difficulties in managing this growth.
We expect to experience significant growth in the number of our employees and the scope of our operations, particularly in the areas of preclinical and clinical drug development, technical operations, clinical operations and regulatory affairs. To manage our anticipated future growth, we must continue to implement and improve our managerial, operational and financial personnel and systems, expand our facilities and continue to recruit and train additional qualified personnel. Due to our limited financial resources and the limited experience of our management team working together in managing a company with such anticipated growth, we may not be able to effectively manage the expansion of our operations or recruit and train additional qualified personnel.
We are highly dependent on our key personnel and anticipate hiring new key personnel. If we are not successful in attracting and retaining highly qualified personnel, we may not be able to successfully implement our business strategy.
Our ability to compete in the highly competitive biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries depends upon our ability to attract and retain highly qualified managerial, scientific and medical personnel. We are highly dependent on our managerial, scientific and medical personnel, including Jennifer Jarrett, our President and Chief Executive Officer, Becker Hewes, M.D., our Chief Medical Officer, and Sherwin Sattarzadeh, our Chief Operating Officer. Although we have entered into employment agreements with our executive officers, each of them may terminate their employment with us at any time. We do not maintain “key person” insurance for any of our executives or other employees. The loss of the services of our executive officers or other key employees could impede the achievement of our research, development and commercialization objectives and seriously harm our ability to successfully implement our business strategy. Furthermore, replacing executive officers and key personnel may be difficult and may take an extended period of time. If we do not succeed in attracting and retaining qualified personnel, it could materially adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations. We could in the future have difficulty attracting and retaining experienced personnel and may be required to expend significant financial resources in our employee recruitment and retention efforts.
Our future growth may depend, in part, on our ability to operate in foreign markets, where we would be subject to additional regulatory burdens and other risks and uncertainties.
Our future growth may depend, in part, on our ability to develop and commercialize our product candidates, if approved, in foreign markets for which we may rely on collaboration with third parties. Recent and ongoing changes in the United States trade policy with foreign countries, including the continued uncertainty surrounding U.S. tariffs and potential retaliatory measures by foreign governments, may disrupt the global supply chain for biopharmaceutical products. For example, in September 2025, President Trump announced plans to impose 100% tariffs on imported branded or patented pharmaceuticals, unless the importing company is building U.S. manufacturing capacity. It is not yet clear whether these tariffs would apply to the importation of active pharmaceutical ingredients and possibly bulk drug products that are intended for use in clinical trials and not for commercial sale, which could increase the costs of materials for our clinical trials. Any direct tariffs, if imposed on pharmaceutical products, may result in increased costs for raw materials and contract manufacturing services, reduced ability to source critical CMOs, and a delay in our development timelines.
We are not permitted to market or promote any of our product candidates before we receive regulatory approval from the applicable foreign regulatory authority, and we may never receive such regulatory approval for any of our product candidates. To obtain separate regulatory approval in many other countries, we must comply with numerous and varying regulatory requirements of such countries regarding safety and efficacy and governing, among other things, clinical trials and commercial sales, pricing and distribution of our product candidates, if approved, and we cannot predict success in these jurisdictions. If we fail to comply with the regulatory requirements in international markets and receive applicable regulatory approvals, our target market will be reduced and our ability to realize the full market potential of our product candidates will be harmed and our business will be adversely affected. Moreover, even if we obtain approval of our product candidates and ultimately commercialize our product candidates in foreign markets, we would be subject to the risks and uncertainties, including the burden of complying with complex and changing foreign regulatory, tax, accounting and legal requirements and reduced protection of intellectual property rights in some foreign countries.
Our estimates of market opportunity and forecasts of market growth may prove to be inaccurate, and even if the markets in which we compete achieve the forecasted growth, our business may not grow at similar rates, or at all.
Our market opportunity estimates and growth forecasts are subject to significant uncertainty and are based on assumptions and estimates which may not prove to be accurate. Our estimates and forecasts relating to size and expected growth of our target market may prove to be inaccurate. Even if the markets in which we compete meet our size estimates and growth forecasts, our business may not grow at similar rates, or at all. Our growth is subject to many factors, including our success in implementing our business strategy, which is subject to many risks and uncertainties.
Our revenue will be dependent, in part, upon the size of the markets in the territories for which we gain regulatory approval, the accepted price for the product, the ability to obtain coverage and reimbursement and whether we own the commercial rights for that territory. If the number of our addressable patients is not as significant as we estimate, the indication approved by regulatory authorities is narrower than we expect or the treatment population is narrowed by competition, physician choice or treatment guidelines, we may not generate significant revenue from sales of such products, even if approved.
Our employees, independent contractors, consultants, commercial collaborators, principal investigators, CROs, CMOs, suppliers and vendors may engage in misconduct or other improper activities, including noncompliance with regulatory standards and requirements.
We are exposed to the risk that our employees, independent contractors, consultants, commercial collaborators, principal investigators, CROs, CMOs, suppliers and vendors acting for or on our behalf may engage in misconduct or other improper activities. Misconduct by these parties could include intentional, reckless or negligent conduct or disclosure of unauthorized activities to us that violates FDA regulations, including those laws requiring the reporting of true, complete and accurate information to the FDA, manufacturing standards, federal and state healthcare laws and regulations, and laws that require the true, complete and accurate reporting of financial information or data. In particular, sales, marketing and business arrangements in the healthcare industry are subject to extensive laws and regulations intended to prevent fraud, kickbacks, self-dealing and other abusive practices. These laws and regulations may restrict or prohibit a wide range of pricing, discounting, marketing and promotion, sales commission, customer incentive programs and other business arrangements. Misconduct by these parties could also involve the improper use of individually identifiable information, including, without limitation, information obtained in the course of clinical trials, which could result in regulatory sanctions and serious harm to our reputation. We have adopted a code of conduct, but it is not always possible to identify and deter misconduct by these parties and the precautions we take to detect and prevent this activity may not be effective in controlling unknown or unmanaged risks or losses or in protecting us from governmental investigations or other actions or lawsuits stemming from a failure to comply with these laws or regulations.
Our internal information technology systems, or those of any of our CROs, manufacturers, other contractors or consultants, third-party service providers, or existing or future collaborators, may fail or suffer security or data privacy breaches or other unauthorized or improper access to, use of, or destruction of our proprietary or confidential data, employee data or personal data, which could result in additional costs, loss of revenue, significant liabilities, harm to our brand and material disruption of our operations.
In the ordinary course of our business, we and the third parties upon which we rely collect, receive, store, process, generate, use, transfer, disclose, make accessible, protect, secure, dispose of, transmit, and share (collectively, “Process”) proprietary, confidential, and sensitive data, including personal data, intellectual property, trade secrets, and other sensitive data (collectively, “Sensitive Information”).
Despite the implementation of security measures in an effort to protect systems that store our information, given their size and complexity and the increasing amounts of information maintained on our internal information technology systems and those of our third-party CROs, other contractors (including sites performing our clinical trials), third-party service providers and supply chain companies, and consultants, these systems are potentially vulnerable to breakdown or other damage or interruption from service interruptions, system malfunction, natural disasters, terrorism, war and telecommunication and electrical failures, as well as security breaches from inadvertent or intentional actions by our employees, contractors, consultants, business partners and/or other third parties, or from cyber-attacks by malicious third parties, which may compromise our system infrastructure or lead to the loss, destruction, alteration or dissemination of, or damage to, our data.
Some actors now engage and are expected to continue to engage in cyber-attacks, including without limitation nation-state actors for geopolitical reasons and in conjunction with military conflicts and defense activities. During times of war and other major conflicts, we, and the third parties upon which we rely, may be vulnerable to a heightened risk of these attacks, including retaliatory cyber-attacks, that could materially disrupt our systems and operations. In particular, severe ransomware attacks are
becoming increasingly prevalent and can lead to significant interruptions in our operations, loss of sensitive data and income, reputational harm, and diversion of funds. Extortion payments may alleviate the negative impact of a ransomware attack, but we may be unwilling or unable to make such payments due to, for example, applicable laws or regulations prohibiting such payments.
To the extent that any disruption or security breach were to result in loss, destruction, unavailability, alteration or dissemination of, or damage to, our data or applications, or for it to be believed or reported that any of these occurred, we could incur liability and reputational damage and the development and commercialization of our product candidates could be delayed. Further, our insurance policies may not be adequate to compensate us for the potential losses arising from any such disruption in, or failure or security breach of, our systems or third-party systems where information important to our business operations or commercial development is stored.
Our remote workforce may create additional risks for our information technology systems and data because our employees work remotely and utilize network connections, computers, and devices working at home, while in transit and in public locations. Additionally, business transactions (such as acquisitions or integrations) could expose us to additional cybersecurity risks and vulnerabilities, as our systems could be negatively affected by vulnerabilities present in acquired or integrated entities’ systems and technologies.
While we have implemented security measures designed to protect against security incidents, there can be no assurance that these measures will be effective. We may be unable in the future to detect vulnerabilities in our information technology systems because such threats and techniques change frequently, are often sophisticated in nature, and may not be detected until after a security incident has occurred. Further, we may experience delays in developing and deploying remedial measures designed to address any such identified vulnerabilities. Applicable data privacy and security obligations may require us to notify relevant stakeholders of security incidents. Such disclosures are costly, and the disclosure or the failure to comply with such requirements could lead to adverse consequences.
We rely on third-party service providers and technologies to operate critical business systems to Process Sensitive Information in a variety of contexts. Our ability to monitor these third parties’ information security practices is limited, and these third parties may not have adequate information security measures in place. If our third-party service providers experience a security incident or other interruption, we could experience adverse consequences. While we may be entitled to damages if our third-party service providers fail to satisfy their privacy or security-related obligations to us, any award may be insufficient to cover our damages, or we may be unable to recover such award. In addition, supply-chain attacks have increased in frequency and severity, and we cannot guarantee that third parties’ infrastructure in our supply chain or our third-party partners’ supply chains have not been compromised.
If we (or a third party upon whom we rely) experience a security incident or are perceived to have experienced a security incident, we may experience adverse consequences, such as government enforcement actions (for example, investigations, fines, penalties, audits, and inspections); additional reporting requirements and/or oversight; restrictions on Processing Sensitive Information (including personal data); litigation (including class claims); indemnification obligations; negative publicity; reputational harm; monetary fund diversions; interruptions in our operations (including availability of data); financial loss; and other similar harms. Security incidents and attendant consequences may cause stakeholders (including investors and potential customers) to stop supporting our platform, deter new customers from products, and negatively impact our ability to grow and operate our business.
Our contracts may not contain limitations of liability, and even where they do, there can be no assurance that limitations of liability in our contracts are sufficient to protect us from liabilities, damages, or claims related to our data privacy and security obligations. We cannot be sure that our insurance coverage will be adequate or sufficient to protect us from or to mitigate liabilities arising out of our privacy and security practices, that such coverage will continue to be available on commercially reasonable terms or at all, or that such coverage will pay future claims.
We are subject to stringent and changing laws, regulations and standards, and contractual obligations relating to privacy, data protection, and data security. The actual or perceived failure to comply with such obligations could lead to government enforcement actions (which could include civil or criminal penalties), fines and sanctions, private litigation and/or adverse publicity and could negatively affect our operating results and business.
We, and third parties we work with, are or may become subject to numerous domestic and foreign laws, regulations, and standards relating to privacy, data protection, and data security, the scope of which is changing, subject to differing applications and interpretations, and may be inconsistent among countries, or conflict with other rules. In addition, we are and may become subject to the terms of contractual obligations related to privacy, data protection, and data security. Our obligations may also
change or expand as our business grows. The actual or perceived failure by us or third parties related to us to comply with such laws, regulations and obligations could increase our compliance and operational costs, expose us to regulatory scrutiny, actions, fines and penalties, result in reputational harm, lead to a loss of customers, result in litigation and liability, and otherwise cause a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations.
If we fail to comply with environmental, health and safety laws and regulations, we could become subject to fines or penalties or incur costs that could have a material adverse effect on the success of our business.
We are subject to numerous environmental, health and safety laws and regulations, including those governing laboratory procedures and the handling, use, storage, treatment and disposal of hazardous materials and wastes. Our operations may involve the use of hazardous and flammable materials, including chemicals and biological and radioactive materials. In addition, we may incur substantial costs in order to comply with current or future environmental, health and safety laws and regulations. These current or future laws and regulations may impair our research, development or commercialization efforts. Failure to comply with these laws and regulations also may result in substantial fines, penalties or other sanctions.
We may be subject to adverse legislative or regulatory tax changes that could negatively impact our financial condition.
The rules governing U.S. federal, state and local income taxation are constantly under review by persons involved in the legislative process and by the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) and the U.S. Treasury Department. Changes to tax laws (which changes may have retroactive application) could adversely affect our shareholders or us. We assess the impact of various tax reform proposals and modifications to existing tax treaties in all jurisdictions where we have operations to determine the potential effect on our business and any assumptions we have made about our future taxable income. We cannot predict whether any specific proposals will be enacted, the terms of any such proposals or what effect, if any, such proposals would have on our business if they were to be enacted.
For example, the United States enacted the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, which implements, among other changes, a 1% excise tax on certain stock buybacks. In addition, beginning in 2022, the Tax Cuts and JOBS Act eliminated the previously available option to deduct research and development expenditures and requires taxpayers to amortize them generally over five years for research activities conducted in the United States and over fifteen years for research activities conducted outside the United States. On July 4, 2025, the U.S. Congress enacted the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which includes a provision restoring the immediate deductibility of domestic research and development expenditures. The impact of this newly enacted law on our tax position will depend on how the provision is implemented and interpreted by the IRS and other regulatory authorities. In addition, we have no assurance as to whether, when and how this provision may be subject to further amendment or repeal. Such changes, among others, may adversely affect our effective tax rate, results of operation and financial condition.
We may acquire businesses, product candidates or products, or form strategic alliances, in the future, and may not realize the benefits of such acquisitions.
We may acquire additional businesses or products, form strategic alliances, or create joint ventures with third parties that believe will complement or augment our existing business. If we acquire businesses with promising markets or technologies, we may not be able to realize the benefit of acquiring such businesses if we are unable to successfully integrate them with our existing operations and company culture. We may encounter numerous difficulties in developing, manufacturing and marketing any new product candidates or products resulting from a strategic alliance or acquisition that delay or prevent us from realizing their expected benefits or enhancing our business. There is no assurance that, following any such acquisition, we will achieve the synergies expected in order to justify the transaction, which could result in a material adverse effect on our business and prospects.
We maintain our cash at financial institutions, often in balances that exceed federally-insured limits. The failure of financial institutions could adversely affect our ability to pay our operational expenses or make other payments.
Our cash held in non-interest-bearing and interest-bearing accounts exceeds the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) insurance limits. If such banking institutions were to fail, we could lose all or a portion of those amounts held in excess of such insurance limitations. For example, the FDIC took control of Silicon Valley Bank in March 2023. The Federal Reserve subsequently announced that account holders would be made whole. However, the FDIC may not make all account holders whole in the event of future bank failures. In addition, even if account holders are ultimately made whole with respect to a future bank failure, account holders’ access to their accounts and assets held in their accounts may be substantially delayed. Any material loss that we may experience in the future or inability for a material time period to access our cash and cash equivalents could have an adverse effect on our ability to pay our operational expenses or make other payments, which could adversely affect our business.
Risks Related to Our Intellectual Property
Our intellectual property portfolio is at an early stage. Therefore, our ability to obtain and protect our patent rights, and protect other proprietary rights, is uncertain, exposing us to the possible loss of competitive advantage.
We will rely upon a combination of patents, trademarks, trade secret protection, copyrights and confidentiality agreements, licenses and the Paragon Option Agreement to protect the intellectual property related to our programs and technologies and to prevent third parties from competing unfairly with us. Our success depends in large part on our ability to obtain and maintain patent protection for our product candidates and their uses, as well as our ability to operate without infringing on or violating the proprietary rights of others. We do not currently own or license any patents with respect to DMR-001, DMR-002, DMR-003. Paragon has filed patent applications directed to anti-mutCALR monoclonal antibodies, including applications covering composition of matter, pharmaceutical formulations, and methods of using such antibodies, including DMR-001, which we have the option to license pursuant to the Paragon Option Agreement. In the future, we expect to prosecute underlying intellectual property for DMR-001, DMR-002, DMR-003, and some or all of the in-licensed or owned product candidates that we develop.
We may not be able to obtain or protect our intellectual property rights throughout the world and the legal systems in certain countries may not favor enforcement or protection of at least certain patents, trade secrets or other intellectual property. Filing, prosecuting, maintaining and defending patents on product candidates and other related inventions worldwide would be expensive and our intellectual property rights in some foreign jurisdictions can be less extensive than those in the United States; the reverse may also occur. As such, we may not have patents in all countries or all major markets and may not be able to obtain patents in all jurisdictions even if we or our licensor files patent applications to obtain such rights. Our competitors may operate in countries where we do not have patent protection and may be able to freely use our technologies and discoveries in such countries, at least to the extent not forbidden by law.
Our intellectual property portfolio is at an early stage. Except as described above, we do not currently own or license any issued patents or pending patent applications. Our future optioned, in-licensed or owned patent applications may not result in patents being issued. Any issued patents may not afford sufficient protection of our product candidates or their intended uses against competitors, nor can there be any assurance that the patents issued will not be infringed, designed around, or invalidated by third parties, or effectively prevent others from commercializing competitive technologies, products or product candidates. Even if these patents are granted, they may be difficult to enforce. Further, any issued patents that we may license or own covering our product candidates could be narrowed or found invalid or unenforceable if challenged in court or before administrative bodies in the United States or abroad, including the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”). If we do not obtain patent coverage for the work we are conducting, or if we obtain such rights but they are invalidated or rendered unenforceable, we may be unable to exclude competitors from pursuing and marketing the same or similar product candidates. Other risks we face if we are not able to obtain and maintain patent coverage for our product candidates are the reduction in valuation of our product candidates, and ultimately of us as a company, by potential investors, and our inability to assert claims for infringement against third parties or counterclaim against such third parties or negotiate more advantageous settlement parameters. Further, if we encounter delays in our clinical trials or delays in obtaining regulatory approval, the period of time during which we could market our product candidates under patent protection would be reduced. Thus, the patents that we may own or license may not afford us any meaningful exclusivity period or competitive advantage.
In addition to seeking patents for some of our technology and product candidates, we may also rely on trade secrets, including unpatented know-how, technology and other proprietary information, to maintain our competitive position. Any disclosure, either intentional or unintentional, by our employees, the employees of third parties with whom we share our facilities or third-party consultants and vendors that we engage to perform research, clinical trials or manufacturing activities, or misappropriation by third parties (such as through a cybersecurity breach) of our trade secrets or proprietary information could enable competitors to duplicate or surpass our technological achievements, thus eroding our competitive position in our market. In order to protect our proprietary technology and processes, we rely in part on confidentiality agreements with our collaborators, employees, consultants, outside scientific collaborators and sponsored researchers and other advisors. These agreements may not effectively prevent disclosure of confidential information and may not provide an adequate remedy in the event of unauthorized disclosure of confidential information. We may need to share our proprietary information, including trade secrets, with future business partners, collaborators, contractors and others located in countries at heightened risk of theft of trade secrets, including through direct intrusion by private parties or state actors and those affiliated with or controlled by state actors. In addition, while we undertake reasonable efforts to protect our trade secrets and other confidential information from disclosure, others may independently discover trade secrets and proprietary information, and in such cases, we may not be able to assert any trade secret rights against such party. Costly and time-consuming litigation could be necessary to enforce and determine the scope of our proprietary rights and failure to obtain or maintain trade secret protection could adversely affect our competitive business position.
Lastly, if our trademarks and trade names are not registered or adequately protected, then we may not be able to build name recognition in our markets of interest and our business may be adversely affected.
If we are unable to obtain or maintain necessary rights to our programs through acquisitions and in-licenses, our business may be materially harmed.
Because our research programs currently do and may in the future require the use of proprietary rights held by third parties, the growth of our business will depend in part on our ability to acquire, in-license, or use these third-party proprietary rights. We may be unable to acquire or in-license any compositions, methods of use, processes or other third-party intellectual property rights from third parties that we identify as necessary for our programs. The licensing and acquisition of third-party intellectual property rights is a competitive area, and a number of more established companies may pursue strategies to license or acquire third-party intellectual property rights that we may consider attractive or necessary. These established companies may have a competitive advantage over us due to their size, capital resources and greater clinical development and commercialization capabilities. In addition, companies that perceive us to be a competitor may be unwilling to assign or license rights to us. We also may be unable to license or acquire third-party intellectual property rights on terms that would allow us to make an appropriate return on our investment or at all. If we are unable to successfully obtain rights to required third-party intellectual property rights or maintain intellectual property rights we obtain in the future, we may have to abandon development of the relevant program, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations, and prospects.
While we have the right to control prosecution, defense, maintenance and enforcement of patents in-licensed under the Paragon license agreements once the trigger for transfer of prosecution control is met, there may be times when rights for patents and patent applications relating to our product candidates are controlled by our future licensors or collaboration partners. For example, Paragon currently has the right to file patent applications and control prosecution with respect to any other inventions that may fall within the Paragon Option Agreement, including those that may apply to DMR-001, DMR-002 and DMR-003. If we, Paragon or any of our future licensors or collaboration partners fail to prosecute, defend, maintain and enforce such patents and patent applications in a manner consistent with our best interests, including by payment of all applicable fees for patents covering our product candidates, we could lose our rights to the intellectual property or our exclusivity with respect to those rights, our ability to develop and commercialize those product candidates may be adversely affected and we may not be able to prevent competitors from making, using and selling competing products. In addition, even if we have the right to control prosecution of patents and patent applications we have licensed to and from third parties, including under future license agreements with Paragon following the point at which such control is assumed, we may still be adversely affected or prejudiced by actions or inactions of Paragon, additional licensees, or licensors and their counsel prior to the date upon which we assume control over patent prosecution. For example, Paragon is responsible for the prosecution, defense, maintenance and enforcement of patents related to DMR-001, DMR-002 and DMR-003. Subsequent to entering into such license agreements, we expect to control patent prosecution over DMR-001, DMR-002 and DMR-003 following the trigger for transfer of prosecution control for the applicable program to us.
Our future licensors may not be the sole and exclusive owners of all rights in the patents we may in-license. If other third parties have rights to our future in-licensed patents, they may be able to license such patents to our competitors, and our competitors could market competing products and technology. This could have a material adverse effect on our competitive position, business, financial condition, results of operations, and prospects.
It is possible that we may be unable to obtain licenses at a reasonable cost or on reasonable terms, if at all. Even if we are able to obtain a license, it may be non-exclusive, thereby giving our competitors access to the same technologies licensed to us. In that event, we may be required to expend significant time and resources to redesign our product candidates, or the methods for manufacturing them or to develop or license replacement technology, all of which may not be feasible on a technical or commercial basis. If we are unable to do so, we may be unable to develop or commercialize the affected product candidates, which could harm our business, financial condition, results of operations, and prospects significantly. We cannot provide any assurances that third-party patents do not exist which might be enforced against our product candidates, manufacturing methods or future products or methods resulting in either an injunction prohibiting our manufacture or future sales, or, with respect to our future sales, an obligation on our part to pay royalties and/or other forms of compensation to third parties, which could be significant.
Disputes may arise between us and our future licensors regarding intellectual property subject to a license agreement, including (but not limited to): the scope of rights granted under the license agreement and other interpretation-related issues; whether and the extent to which our technology and processes infringe on intellectual property of the licensor that is not subject to the licensing agreement; our right to sublicense patents and other rights to third parties; our right to transfer or assign the license; the inventorship and ownership of inventions and know-how resulting from the joint creation or use of intellectual property by our future licensors and us and our partners; and the priority of invention of patented technology. If we or our future licensors breach
the terms of our license agreements, such breach may have a material adverse effect on our business and the commercialization efforts for our programs.
We may be subject to intellectual property lawsuits or may need to file lawsuits to protect our intellectual property, which could result in substantial costs and liability and prevent us from commercializing our potential products.
Because the intellectual property landscape in the biotechnology industry is rapidly evolving and interdisciplinary, it is difficult to conclusively assess our freedom to operate and guarantee that we can operate without infringing on or violating third-party rights. If certain of our product candidates are ultimately granted regulatory approval, patent rights held by third parties could be alleged to render one or more of our product candidates infringing. If a third party successfully brings a claim against us, and our rights are not held invalid or unenforceable, we may be required to pay substantial damages, be forced to abandon any affected product candidate and/or seek a license from the patent holder. In addition, any intellectual property claims (e.g., patent infringement or trade secret misappropriation) brought against us, whether or not successful, may cause us to incur significant legal expenses and divert the attention of our management and key personnel from other business concerns. We cannot be certain that future patents, if filed and issued, owned or licensed by us will not be challenged by others, whether in the course of litigation or in agencies like the USPTO. Some of our competitors may be able to sustain the costs of complex intellectual property litigation more effectively than we can because they have substantially greater resources. In addition, any uncertainties resulting from the initiation and continuation of any litigation could have a material adverse effect on our ability to raise funds.
Competitors may infringe or otherwise violate our future patents, trademarks, copyrights or other intellectual property. To counter infringement or other violations, we may be required to file claims, which can be expensive and time-consuming. Any such claims could provoke these parties to assert counterclaims against us, including claims alleging that we infringe their patents or other intellectual property rights. In addition, in a patent infringement proceeding, a court or administrative body may decide that one or more of the patents we assert is invalid or unenforceable, in whole or in part, construe the patent’s claims narrowly or refuse to prevent the other party from using the technology at issue on the grounds that our patents do not cover the technology. Similarly, if we assert trademark infringement claims, a court or administrative body may determine that the marks we have asserted are invalid or unenforceable or that the party against whom we have asserted trademark infringement has superior rights to the marks in question. In such a case, we could ultimately be forced to cease use of such marks. In any intellectual property litigation, even if we are successful, any award of monetary damages or other remedy we receive may not be commercially valuable.
Further, we may be required to protect our future patents, if filed and issued, through procedures created to attack the validity of a patent at the USPTO. An adverse determination in any such submission or proceeding could reduce the scope or enforceability of, or invalidate, our patent rights, which could adversely affect our competitive position. Because of a lower evidentiary standard in USPTO proceedings compared to the evidentiary standard in United States federal courts necessary to invalidate a patent claim, a third party could potentially provide evidence in a USPTO proceeding sufficient for the USPTO to hold a claim invalid even though the same evidence would be insufficient to invalidate the claim if first presented in a district court action.
In addition, if our product candidates are found to infringe the intellectual property rights of third parties, these third parties may assert infringement claims against our future licensees or customers and other parties with whom we have business relationships and we may be required to indemnify those parties for any damages they suffer as a result of these claims, which may require us to initiate or defend protracted and costly litigation on behalf of licensees or other parties regardless of the merits of such claims. If any of these claims succeed, we may be forced to pay damages on behalf of those parties or may be required to obtain licenses for the products they use.
Furthermore, because of the substantial amount of discovery required in connection with intellectual property litigation or other legal proceedings relating to our intellectual property rights, there is a risk that some of our confidential information could be compromised by disclosure during this type of litigation or other proceedings.
Our success will depend in part on our and our current and future licensors’ ability to obtain, maintain and enforce patent protection for our licensed intellectual property.
Our success will depend in part on our and our current and future licensors’ (including Paragon’s) ability to obtain, maintain and enforce patent protection for our licensed intellectual property. Currently, Paragon controls the prosecution, maintenance, enforcement and defense of DMR-001, DMR-002 and DMR-003. After entry into license agreements with Paragon for DMR-001, DMR-002 and DMR-003, and once the trigger for transfer of prosecution control is met, we expect to hold such rights. We, Paragon and our future licensors may not successfully prosecute the patent applications that cover our product candidates. Even if
patents are issued in respect of these patent applications, we and our future licensors (including Paragon) may fail to maintain these patents, may determine not to pursue litigation against other companies that are infringing these patents, or may pursue such litigation less aggressively than we would. Without protection for any in-licensed intellectual property, other companies might be able to offer substantially identical products for sale, which could adversely affect our competitive business position and harm our business prospects.
We may be subject to claims that we have wrongfully hired an employee from a competitor or that our employees, consultants or independent contractors have wrongfully used or disclosed confidential information of third parties.
As is common in the biotechnology industry, in addition to our employees, we engage the services of consultants to assist us in the development of our product candidates. Many of these consultants, and many of our employees, were previously employed at, or may have previously provided or may be currently providing consulting services to, other biotechnology or pharmaceutical companies including our competitors or potential competitors. We could in the future be subject to claims that we or our employees have inadvertently or otherwise used or disclosed alleged trade secrets or other confidential information of former employers or competitors. Although we try to ensure that our employees and consultants do not use the intellectual property, proprietary information, know-how or trade secrets of others in their work for us, we may become subject to claims that we caused an employee to breach the terms of his or her non-competition or non-solicitation agreement, or that we or these individuals have, inadvertently or otherwise, used or disclosed the alleged trade secrets or other proprietary information of a former employer or competitor.
While we may litigate to defend against these claims, even if we are successful, litigation could result in substantial costs and could be a distraction to management and other employees. If our defenses to these claims fail, in addition to requiring us to pay monetary damages, a court could prohibit us from using technologies or features that are essential to our product candidates, if such technologies or features are found to incorporate or be derived from the trade secrets or other proprietary information of the former employers. Moreover, any such litigation or the threat thereof may adversely affect our reputation, our ability to form strategic alliances or sublicense our rights to collaborators, engage with scientific advisors or hire employees or consultants, each of which would have an adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition. Even if we are successful in defending against such claims, litigation could result in substantial costs and be a distraction to management.
Changes to patent laws in the United States and other jurisdictions could diminish the value of patents in general, thereby impairing our ability to protect our products.
Changes in either the patent laws or interpretation of patent laws in the United States, including patent reform legislation such as the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (the “Leahy-Smith Act”) could increase the uncertainties and costs surrounding the prosecution of our owned and in-licensed patent applications and the maintenance, enforcement or defense of our owned and in-licensed issued patents. The Leahy-Smith Act includes a number of significant changes to United States patent law. These changes include provisions that affect the way patent applications are prosecuted, redefine prior art, provide more efficient and cost-effective avenues for competitors to challenge the validity of patents, and enable third-party submission of prior art to the USPTO during patent prosecution and additional procedures to attack the validity of a patent at USPTO-administered post-grant proceedings, including post-grant review, inter partes review, and derivation proceedings. Assuming that other requirements for patentability are met, prior to March 2013, in the United States, the first to invent the claimed invention was entitled to the patent, while outside the United States, the first to file a patent application was entitled to the patent. After March 2013, under the Leahy-Smith Act, the United States transitioned to a first-to-file system in which, assuming that the other statutory requirements for patentability are met, the first inventor to file a patent application will be entitled to the patent on an invention regardless of whether a third party was the first to invent the claimed invention. As such, the Leahy-Smith Act and its implementation increased the uncertainties and costs surrounding the prosecution of our patent applications and the enforcement or defense of our issued patents, all of which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects. Additionally, there have been proposals for additional changes to the patent laws of the United States and other countries that, if adopted, could impact our ability to enforce our proprietary technology.
In addition, the patent positions of companies in the development and commercialization of biologics and pharmaceuticals are particularly uncertain. U.S. Supreme Court and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit rulings have narrowed the scope of patent protection available in certain circumstances and weakened the rights of patent owners in certain situations, including in the antibody arts. For example, the United States Supreme Court in Amgen, Inc. v. Sanofi (“Amgen”) recently held that Amgen’s patent claims to a class of antibodies functionally defined by their ability to bind a particular antigen were invalid for lack of enablement where the patent specification provided 26 exemplary antibodies, but the claimed class of antibodies covered a “vast number” of additional antibodies not disclosed in the specification. The Court stated that if patent claims are directed to an entire class of compositions of matter, then the patent specification must enable a person skilled in the art to make and use the entire class
of compositions. This decision makes it unlikely that we will be granted U.S. patents with composition of matter claims as broad as Amgen’s directed to antibodies functionally defined by their ability to bind a particular antigen. Even if we are granted claims directed to functionally defined antibodies, it is possible that a third party may challenge our patents, when issued, relying on the reasoning in Amgen or other precedential court decisions. This combination of events has created uncertainty with respect to the validity and enforceability of patents once obtained. Depending on future actions by the U.S. Congress, the federal courts and the USPTO, the laws and regulations governing patents could change in unpredictable ways that could have a material adverse effect on our patent rights and our ability to protect, defend and enforce our patent rights in the future.
In addition, the U.S. Supreme Court’s July 2024 decision to overturn established case law giving deference to regulatory agencies’ interpretations of ambiguous statutory language has introduced uncertainty regarding the extent to which the FDA’s regulations, policies and decisions may become subject to increasing legal challenges, delays, and/or changes. We cannot predict the likelihood, nature or extent of government regulation that may arise from future legislation or administrative action, either in the United States or abroad. Geopolitical instability in the United States and in foreign countries could increase the uncertainties and costs surrounding the prosecution or maintenance of patent applications and the maintenance, enforcement or defense of issued patents. In addition, the Unified Patent Court (“UPC”) entered into force on June 1, 2023. The UPC is a common patent court that hears patent infringement and revocation proceedings effective for EU Member States. This could enable third parties to seek revocation of a European patent in a single proceeding at the UPC rather than through multiple proceedings in each of the jurisdictions in which the European patent is validated.
Although we do not currently own any European patents or applications, if we obtain or license such patents and applications in the future, any such revocation and loss of patent protection could have a material adverse impact on our business and our ability to commercialize or license our technology and products. Moreover, the controlling laws and regulations of the UPC will develop over time and may adversely affect our ability to enforce or defend the validity of any European patents we may obtain. We may decide to opt out from the UPC any future European patent applications that we may file and any patents we may obtain. If certain formalities and requirements are not met, however, such European patents and patent applications could be challenged for non-compliance and brought under the jurisdiction of the UPC. We cannot be certain that future European patents and patent applications will avoid falling under the jurisdiction of the UPC, if we decide to opt out of the UPC.
Obtaining and maintaining patent protection depends on compliance with various procedural, document submissions, fee payment and other requirements imposed by governmental patent agencies, and our patent protection could be reduced or eliminated for non-compliance with these requirements.
Periodic maintenance fees, renewal fees, annuities fees and various other governmental fees on patents and/or patent applications are due to be paid to the USPTO and foreign patent agencies in several stages over the lifetime of the patent and/or patent application. The USPTO and various foreign governmental patent agencies also require compliance with a number of procedural, documentary, fee payment and other similar provisions during the patent application process. While an inadvertent lapse can in many cases be cured by payment of a late fee or by other means in accordance with the applicable rules, there are situations in which noncompliance can result in abandonment or lapse of the patent or patent application, resulting in partial or complete loss of patent rights in the relevant jurisdiction. Non-compliance events that could result in abandonment or lapse of a patent or patent application include, but are not limited to, failure to respond to official actions within prescribed time limits, non-payment of fees and failure to properly legalize and submit formal documents. If we fail to maintain any future patents and patent applications, if filed and issued, covering our product candidates, our competitive position would be adversely affected.
We may not identify relevant third-party patents or may incorrectly interpret the relevance, scope or expiration of a third-party patent, which might adversely affect our ability to develop and market our products.
We cannot guarantee that any of our patent searches or analyses, including the identification of relevant patents, the scope of patent claims or the expiration of relevant patents, are complete or thorough, nor can we be certain that we have identified each and every third-party patent and pending application in the United States and abroad that is relevant to or necessary for the commercialization of our product candidates in any jurisdiction. The scope of a patent claim is determined by an interpretation of the law, the written disclosure in a patent, the patent’s prosecution history and in some cases certain extrinsic evidence of the meaning of terms in a claim. Our interpretation of the relevance or the scope of a patent or a pending application may be incorrect. For example, we may incorrectly determine that our products are not covered by a third-party patent or may incorrectly predict whether a third-party’s pending application will issue with claims of relevant scope. Our determination of the expiration date of any patent in the United States or abroad that we consider relevant may be incorrect. Our failure to identify and correctly interpret relevant patents may negatively impact our ability to develop and market our products.
In addition, because some patent applications in the United States may be maintained in secrecy until the patents are issued, patent applications in the United States and many foreign jurisdictions are typically not published until 18 months after filing, and publications in the scientific literature often lag behind actual discoveries, we cannot be certain that others have not filed patent applications for technology covered by our future issued patents or our pending applications, if filed, or that we were the first to invent the technology. Our competitors may have filed, and may in the future file, patent applications covering our products or technology similar to ours. Any such patent application may have priority over our future patent applications or patents, if filed and issued, which could require us to obtain rights to issued patents covering such technologies.
We may become subject to claims challenging the inventorship or ownership of our patents, if issued, and other intellectual property.
We may be subject to claims that former employees, collaborators or other third parties have an interest in our future patents, if filed and issued, or other intellectual property as an inventor or co-inventor. The failure to name the proper inventors on a patent application can result in the patents issuing thereon being invalid or unenforceable. Inventorship disputes may arise from conflicting views regarding the contributions of different individuals named as inventors, the effects of foreign laws where foreign nationals are involved in the development of the subject matter of the patent, conflicting obligations of third parties involved in developing our programs or as a result of questions regarding co-ownership of potential joint inventions. Litigation may be necessary to resolve these and other claims challenging inventorship and/or ownership. Alternatively, or additionally, we may enter into agreements to clarify the scope of our rights in such intellectual property. If we fail in defending any such claims, in addition to paying monetary damages, we may lose valuable intellectual property rights, such as exclusive ownership of, or right to use, valuable intellectual property. Such an outcome could have a material adverse effect on our business. Even if we are successful in defending against such claims, litigation could result in substantial costs and be a distraction to management and other employees.
Our current or future licensors may have relied on third-party consultants or collaborators or on funds from third parties, such as the U.S. government, such that our licensors are not the sole and exclusive owners of the patents we in-licensed. If other third parties have ownership rights or other rights to our in-licensed patents, they may be able to license such patents to our competitors, and our competitors could market competing products and technology. This could have a material adverse effect on our competitive position, business, financial condition, results of operations, and prospects.
Patent terms may be inadequate to protect our competitive position of our product candidates for an adequate amount of time.
Patents have a limited lifespan. In the United States, if all maintenance fees are timely paid, the natural expiration of a patent is generally 20 years from our earliest U.S. non-provisional filing date. Various extensions may be available, but the life of a patent, and the protection it affords, is limited. Even if patents covering our product candidates are obtained, once the patent life has expired, we may be open to competition from competitive products, including generics or biosimilars. Given the amount of time required for the development, testing and regulatory review of new product candidates, patents protecting such product candidates might expire before or shortly after such product candidates are commercialized. As a result, our owned and licensed patent portfolio may not provide us with sufficient rights to exclude others from commercializing products similar or identical to ours.
Our technology licensed from various third parties may be subject to retained rights.
Our future licensors may retain certain rights under the relevant agreements with us, including the right to use or license the licensed technology outside of the scope of our license, use the underlying technology for noncommercial academic and research use, to publish general scientific findings from research related to the technology, and to make customary scientific and scholarly disclosures of information relating to the technology. It is difficult to monitor whether our licensors limit their use of the technology to these uses, and we could incur substantial expenses to enforce our rights to our licensed technology in the event of misuse. In addition, while there are certain restrictions on Paragon’s ability to develop products that could be competitive with ours, these restrictions may not prevent the possible future license or development by Paragon of certain technology that could lead to product candidates competitive with ours. This could have a material adverse effect on our competitive position, business, financial condition, results of operations, and prospects.
Risks Related to Government Regulation
The regulatory approval processes of the FDA and other comparable foreign regulatory authorities are lengthy, time-consuming and inherently unpredictable. If we are not able to obtain, or if there are delays in obtaining, required regulatory
approvals for our product candidates, we will not be able to commercialize, or will be delayed in commercializing, our product candidates, and our ability to generate revenue will be materially impaired.
The process of obtaining regulatory approvals, both in the United States and abroad, is unpredictable, expensive and typically takes many years following commencement of clinical trials, if approval is obtained at all, and can vary substantially based upon a variety of factors, including the type, complexity and novelty of the product candidates involved. We cannot commercialize product candidates in the United States without first obtaining regulatory approval from the FDA. Similarly, we cannot commercialize product candidates outside of the United States without obtaining regulatory approval from comparable foreign regulatory authorities. Before obtaining regulatory approvals for the commercial sale of our product candidates, including DMR-001, DMR-002 and DMR-003, we must demonstrate through lengthy, complex and expensive preclinical studies and clinical trials that our product candidates are both safe and effective for each targeted indication. Securing regulatory approval also requires the submission of information about the drug manufacturing process to, and inspection of manufacturing facilities by, the relevant regulatory authority. Further, our product candidates may not be effective, may be only moderately effective, may prove to have undesirable or unintended side effects, toxicities or other characteristics, or may fail to improve on the applicable standard of care, any of which may preclude our obtaining regulatory approval. The FDA and comparable foreign regulatory authorities have discretion in the approval process and may refuse to accept any application or may decide that our data are insufficient for approval and require additional preclinical, clinical or other data. Our product candidates could be delayed in receiving, or fail to receive, regulatory approval for many reasons, including: the FDA or comparable foreign regulatory authorities may disagree with the design or implementation of our clinical trials; we may be unable to demonstrate to the satisfaction of the FDA or comparable foreign regulatory authorities that a product candidate is safe and effective for our proposed indication; the results of clinical trials may not meet the level of statistical significance required by the FDA or comparable foreign regulatory authorities for approval; serious and unexpected drug-related side effects may be experienced by participants in our clinical trials or by individuals using drugs similar to our product candidates; we may be unable to demonstrate that a product candidate’s clinical and other benefits outweigh our safety risks; the FDA or comparable foreign regulatory authorities may disagree with our interpretation of data from preclinical studies or clinical trials; the data collected from clinical trials of our product candidates may not be acceptable or sufficient to support the submission of a biologics license application (“BLA”) or other submission or to obtain regulatory approval in the United States or elsewhere, and we may be required to conduct additional clinical trials; the FDA or the applicable foreign regulatory authority may disagree regarding the formulation, labeling and/or the specifications of our product candidates; the FDA or comparable foreign regulatory authorities may fail to approve the manufacturing processes or facilities of third-party manufacturers with which we contract for clinical and commercial supplies; and the approval policies or regulations of the FDA or comparable foreign regulatory authorities may significantly change in a manner rendering our clinical data insufficient for approval.
Of the large number of drugs in development, only a small percentage successfully complete the FDA or applicable foreign regulatory approval processes and are commercialized. The lengthy approval process as well as the unpredictability of future clinical trial results may result in our failing to obtain regulatory approval to market our product candidates, which would significantly harm our business, results of operations and prospects.
If we were to obtain approval, regulatory authorities may approve any of our product candidates for fewer or more limited indications than we request, including failing to approve the most commercially promising indications, may grant approval contingent on the performance of costly post-marketing clinical trials, or may approve a product candidate with a label that does not include the labeling claims necessary or desirable for the successful commercialization of that product candidate. If we are not able to obtain, or if there are delays in obtaining, required regulatory approvals for our product candidates, we will not be able to commercialize, or will be delayed in commercializing, this could have a material adverse effect on our competitive position, business, financial condition, results of operations, and prospects. In addition, the FDA and foreign regulatory authorities may undergo leadership changes, change their policies, issue additional regulations or revise existing regulations, or take other actions, which may impact our clinical development plans or prevent or delay approval of our product candidates under development on a timely basis. Such policy or regulatory changes could impose additional requirements upon us that could delay our ability to obtain approvals and increase the costs of compliance. It is difficult to predict how executive actions that may be taken under the current administration may affect the FDA’s ability to exercise its regulatory authority. If any actions impose constraints on the FDA’s ability to engage in routine oversight and product review activities in the normal course, our business may be negatively impacted. Additionally, federal government could adopt legislation, regulations or policies that adversely affect our business or create a more challenging and costly environment to pursue the development, approval and commercialization of our product candidates.
We may not be able to meet requirements for the chemistry, manufacturing and control of our product candidates.
In order to receive approval of our products by the FDA and comparable foreign regulatory authorities, we must show that we and our contract manufacturing partners are able to characterize, control and manufacture our drug products safely and in
accordance with regulatory requirements. This includes manufacturing the active ingredient, developing an acceptable formulation, manufacturing the drug product, performing tests to adequately characterize the formulated product, documenting a repeatable manufacturing process, and demonstrating that our drug products meet stability requirements. Meeting these chemistry, manufacturing and control requirements is a complex task that requires specialized expertise. If we are not able to meet the chemistry, manufacturing and control requirements, we may not be successful in getting our products approved.
Our product candidates for which we intend to seek approval as biologics may face competition from biosimilars sooner than anticipated.
The ACA includes a subtitle called the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act of 2009 (“BPCIA”), which created an abbreviated approval pathway for biological products that are biosimilar to or interchangeable with an FDA-licensed reference biological product. Under the BPCIA, an application for a highly similar or “biosimilar” product may not be submitted to the FDA until four years following the date that the reference product was first approved by the FDA. In addition, the approval of a biosimilar product may not be made effective by the FDA until 12 years from the date on which the reference product was first approved. During this 12-year period of exclusivity, another company may still market a competing version of the reference product if the FDA approves a full BLA for the competing product containing the sponsor’s own preclinical data and data from adequate and well-controlled clinical trials to demonstrate the safety, purity and potency of their product.
We believe that any of our product candidates approved as biologics under a BLA should qualify for the 12-year period of exclusivity. However, there is a risk that this exclusivity could be shortened due to congressional action or otherwise, or that the FDA will not consider our product candidates to be reference products for competing products, potentially creating the opportunity for competition sooner than anticipated.
Even if we receive regulatory approval of our product candidates, we will be subject to extensive ongoing regulatory obligations and continued regulatory review, which may result in significant additional expense, and we may be subject to penalties if we fail to comply with regulatory requirements or experience unanticipated problems with our product candidates.
Any regulatory approvals that we may receive for our product candidates will require the submission of reports to regulatory authorities and surveillance to monitor the safety and efficacy of the product candidate, may contain significant limitations related to use restrictions for specified age groups, warnings, precautions or contraindications, and may include burdensome post-approval study or risk management requirements. For example, the FDA may require a risk evaluation and mitigation strategy, or REMS, in order to approve our product candidates, which could entail requirements for a medication guide, physician training and communication plans or additional elements to ensure safe use, such as restricted distribution methods, patient registries and other risk minimization tools. Comparable foreign regulatory authorities may impose similar requirements. In addition, if the FDA or comparable foreign regulatory authorities approve our product candidates, our product candidates and the activities associated with their development and commercialization, including their design, testing, manufacture, safety, efficacy, recordkeeping, labeling, storage, approval, advertising, promotion, sale, distribution, import and export will be subject to comprehensive regulation by the FDA and other regulatory agencies in the United States and by comparable foreign regulatory authorities. These requirements include submissions of safety and other post-marketing information and reports, registration, as well as on-going compliance with cGMPs and GCPs for any clinical trials that we conduct following approval. In addition, manufacturers of drug products and their facilities are subject to continual review and periodic, unannounced inspections by the FDA and other regulatory authorities for compliance with cGMPs. If we or a regulatory authority discovers previously unknown problems with a product, such as adverse events of unanticipated severity or frequency, or problems with the facilities where the product is manufactured, a regulatory authority may impose restrictions on that product, the manufacturing facility or us, including requiring recall or withdrawal of the product from the market or suspension of manufacturing, delays or restrictions on our ability to conduct clinical trials or delays or refusal to grant a marketing authorization, including full or partial clinical holds on ongoing or planned trials, restrictions on the manufacturing process, warning or untitled letters, civil and criminal penalties, injunctions, product seizures, detentions or import bans, suspension, withdrawal or variation of any marketing authorization that has been granted, voluntary or mandatory publicity requirements and imposition of restrictions on operations, including costly new manufacturing requirements. Similar penalties may apply in case of failure by us or by any of our third-party partners, including suppliers, manufacturers and distributors, to comply with FDA and EU laws and the related national laws of individual EU Member States and other applicable regulatory authorities governing the conduct of clinical trials, manufacturing approval, marketing authorization of medicinal products and marketing of such products, both before and after grant of a marketing authorization, statutory health insurance, bribery and anti-corruption or other applicable regulatory requirements, including administrative, civil or criminal penalties. The occurrence of any event or
penalty described above may inhibit our ability to commercialize our product candidates and generate revenue and could require us to expend significant time and resources in response and could generate negative publicity.
Disruptions at the FDA, the SEC and other government agencies and regulatory authorities caused by funding shortages or global health concerns could hinder their ability to hire and retain key leadership and other personnel, prevent new products and services from being developed or commercialized in a timely manner or otherwise prevent those agencies from performing normal business functions on which the operation of our business may rely, which could negatively impact our business.
The ability of the FDA to review regulatory filings and our ability to commence human clinical trials can be affected by a variety of factors, including government budget and funding levels, ability to hire and retain key personnel and accept the payment of user fees, and statutory, regulatory and policy changes. Average review times at the agency have fluctuated in recent years as a result. In addition, government funding of the SEC, and other government agencies on which our operations may rely, including those that fund research and development activities is subject to the political process, which is inherently fluid and unpredictable.
Disruptions at the FDA and other agencies or comparable foreign regulatory authorities may also slow the time necessary for the review and approval of applications for clinical trial or marketing authorization, which would adversely affect our business. For example, in recent years, including for 43 days beginning on October 1, 2025, the U.S. government shut down and certain regulatory agencies, such as the FDA and the SEC, had to furlough critical employees and stop critical activities. Actions to limit federal agency budgets or personnel may result in reductions to the FDA’s budget, employees, and operations, which may lead to slower response times and longer review periods, potentially affecting our ability to progress development of our product candidates or obtain regulatory approval for our product candidates. If a prolonged government shutdown occurs, it could significantly impact the ability of the FDA to timely review and process our regulatory submissions, which could have a material adverse effect on our business. Further, future government shutdowns could impact our ability to access the public markets and obtain necessary capital in order to properly capitalize and continue our operations.
If a prolonged government shutdown occurs, or if global health concerns prevent the FDA or other regulatory authorities from conducting their regular inspections, reviews, or other regulatory activities, it could significantly impact the ability of the FDA or other regulatory authorities to timely review and process our regulatory submissions, which could have a material adverse effect on our business.
We may face difficulties from healthcare and regulatory legislative reform measures.
Existing regulatory policies may change, and additional government regulations may be enacted that could prevent, limit or delay regulatory approval of our product candidates. We cannot predict the likelihood, nature or extent of government regulation that may arise from future legislation or administrative action, either in the United States or abroad. If we are slow or unable to adapt to changes in existing requirements or the adoption of new requirements or policies, or if we are not able to maintain regulatory compliance, we may lose any regulatory approval that we may have obtained and we may not achieve or sustain profitability.
Our business operations and current and future arrangements with investigators, healthcare professionals, consultants, third-party payors, patient organizations and customers will be subject to applicable healthcare regulatory laws, which could expose us to penalties.
Our business operations and current and future arrangements with investigators, healthcare professionals, consultants, third-party payors, patient organizations and customers may expose us to broadly applicable fraud and abuse and other healthcare laws and regulations. These laws may constrain the business or financial arrangements and relationships through which we conduct our operations, including how we research, market, sell and distribute our product candidates, if approved.
Ensuring that our internal operations and future business arrangements with third parties comply with applicable healthcare laws and regulations will involve substantial costs. If our operations are found to be in violation of any of these laws or any other governmental laws and regulations that may apply to us, we may be subject to significant penalties, including civil, criminal and administrative penalties, damages, fines, exclusion from government-funded healthcare programs, integrity oversight and reporting obligations to resolve allegations of non-compliance, disgorgement, individual imprisonment, contractual damages, reputational harm, diminished profits and the curtailment or restructuring of our operations. Further, defending against any such actions can be costly and time-consuming and may require significant personnel resources. Therefore, even if we are successful in defending against any such actions that may be brought against us, our business may be impaired.
Even if we are able to commercialize any product candidates, due to unfavorable pricing regulations and/or third-party coverage and reimbursement policies, we may not be able to offer such product candidates at competitive prices, which would seriously harm our business.
We intend to seek approval to market our product candidates in both the United States and in selected foreign jurisdictions. If we obtain approval in one or more foreign jurisdictions for our product candidates, we will be subject to rules and regulations in those jurisdictions. Our ability to successfully commercialize any product candidates that we may develop will depend in part on the extent to which reimbursement for these product candidates and related treatments will be available from government health administration authorities, private health insurers and other organizations. Government authorities and other third-party payors, such as private health insurers and health maintenance organizations, decide which medications they will pay for and establish reimbursement levels. Government authorities and other third-party payors have attempted to control costs by limiting coverage and the amount of reimbursement for particular medications. These entities may create preferential access policies for a competitor’s product, including a branded or generic/biosimilar product, over our products in an attempt to reduce their costs, which may reduce our commercial opportunity.
We are subject to U.S. and certain foreign export and import controls, sanctions, embargoes, anti-corruption laws, and anti-money laundering laws and regulations. We can face criminal liability and other serious consequences for violations, which can harm our business.
We are subject to export control and import laws and regulations, including the U.S. Export Administration Regulations, U.S. Customs regulations, various economic and trade sanctions regulations administered by the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Controls, the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, the U.S. domestic bribery statute contained in 18 U.S.C. § 201, the U.S. Travel Act, the USA PATRIOT Act, and other state and national anti-bribery and anti-money laundering laws in the countries in which we conduct activities. Governmental regulation of the import or export of our drug candidates, or our failure to obtain any required import or export authorization for our candidates, when applicable, could harm international operations. Furthermore, export control laws and economic sanctions prohibit the provision of certain items, technology, and services to countries, governments, and persons targeted by sanctions programs. Anti-corruption laws are interpreted broadly and prohibit companies and their employees, agents, contractors, and other collaborators from authorizing, promising, offering, or providing, directly or indirectly, improper payments or anything else of value to or from recipients in the public or private sector. We may engage third parties to sell our products outside the United States, to conduct clinical trials, and/or to obtain necessary permits, licenses, patent registrations, and other regulatory approvals. We have direct or indirect interactions with officials and employees of government agencies or government-affiliated hospitals, universities, and other organizations. We can be held liable for the corrupt or other illegal activities of our employees, agents, contractors, and other collaborators, even if we do not explicitly authorize or have actual knowledge of such activities. Any violations of the laws and regulations described above may result in substantial civil and criminal fines and penalties, imprisonment, the loss of export or import privileges, debarment, tax reassessments, breach of contract and fraud litigation, reputational harm, and other consequences.
Governments outside the United States tend to impose strict price controls, which may adversely affect our revenue, if any.
In some countries, particularly EU Member States, the pricing of prescription drugs is subject to governmental control. In these countries, pricing negotiations with governmental authorities can take considerable time after receipt of regulatory approval for a therapeutic. In addition, there can be considerable pressure by governments and other stakeholders on prices and reimbursement levels, including as part of cost containment measures. Political, economic and regulatory developments may further complicate pricing negotiations, and pricing negotiations may continue after reimbursement has been obtained. Reference pricing used by various EU Member States and parallel distribution, or arbitrage between low-priced and high-priced EU Member States, can further reduce prices. To obtain coverage and reimbursement or pricing approvals in some countries, we or future collaborators may be required to conduct a clinical trial or other studies that compare the cost-effectiveness of our product candidates to other available therapies in order to obtain or maintain reimbursement or pricing approval. Publication of discounts by third-party payors or authorities may lead to further pressure on the prices or reimbursement levels within the country of publication and other countries. If reimbursement of any product candidate approved for marketing is unavailable or limited in scope or amount, or if pricing is set at unsatisfactory levels, our business, financial condition, results of operations or prospects could be materially and adversely affected.
If we seek and are unable to obtain accelerated approval, the amount, size and duration of our clinical trials could be greater than planned, which could increase the expense, reduce the likelihood, and/or delay the timing of obtaining necessary
regulatory approvals. Even if we receive accelerated approval, if confirmatory trials do not verify clinical benefit, or if we do not comply with rigorous post-approval requirements, such authorities may withdraw accelerated approval.
We may seek accelerated approval, or other expedited development, review or approval status, for our product candidates. Even if granted, there is no guarantee that receiving an expedited development, review or approval status from the FDA will lead to a faster development or regulatory review or approval process, and such status does not increase the likelihood that our product candidates will ultimately receive marketing approval. The FDA may grant accelerated approval to a product designed to treat a serious or life-threatening condition that provides meaningful therapeutic advantage over available therapies and demonstrates an effect on a surrogate endpoint or intermediate clinical endpoint that is reasonably likely to predict clinical benefit. If we choose to pursue accelerated approval, there can be no assurance that the FDA will agree that our proposed primary endpoint is an appropriate surrogate endpoint. Similarly, there can be no assurance that after subsequent FDA feedback that we will continue to pursue accelerated approval or any other form of expedited development, review, or approval, even if we initially decide to do so. Furthermore, if we submit an application for accelerated approval, there can be no assurance that such application will be accepted or that approval will be granted on a timely basis, or at all. The FDA also could require us to conduct further studies or trials prior to considering our application or granting approval of any type. We might not be able to fulfill the FDA’s requirements in a timely manner, which would cause delays, or approval might not be granted because our submission is deemed incomplete by the FDA. Accelerated approval may be contingent on the sponsor’s agreement to conduct, in a diligent manner, additional post-approval confirmatory studies to verify and describe the drug’s predicted effect on irreversible morbidity or mortality or other clinical benefit. Under the Food and Drug Omnibus Reform Act of 2022, the FDA may require, as appropriate, that such studies be underway prior to approval or within a specific time period after the date of approval for a product granted accelerated approval. The FDA may require that any such confirmatory study be initiated or substantially underway prior to the submission of an application for accelerated approval. Even if we receive accelerated approval from the FDA, we will be subject to rigorous post-approval requirements, including submission to the FDA of all promotional materials prior to their dissemination. The FDA could withdraw accelerated approval for multiple reasons, including our failure to conduct any required post-approval study with due diligence, or the inability of such study to confirm the drug’s predicted clinical benefit relative to its risks. A failure to obtain accelerated approval or any other form of expedited review or approval for a product candidate could result in a longer time period prior to commercializing such product candidate, increase the cost of development of such product candidate, and harm our competitive position in the marketplace. Comparable considerations apply outside of the United States.
Risks Related to the Ownership of Our Ordinary Shares
The market price of our Ordinary Shares has been and is expected to continue to be volatile.
The market price of our Ordinary Shares has been and is expected to continue to be subject to significant fluctuations. Some of the factors that may cause the market price of our Ordinary Shares to fluctuate include:
results of clinical trials and preclinical studies of our product candidates, or those of our competitors or our existing or future collaborators;
failure to meet or exceed financial and development projections we may provide to the public;
failure to meet or exceed the financial and development projections of the investment community;
if we do not achieve the perceived benefits of our recent merger as rapidly or to the extent anticipated by financial or industry analysts;
announcements of significant acquisitions, strategic collaborations, joint ventures or capital commitments by us or our competitors;
actions taken by regulatory agencies with respect to our product candidates, clinical studies, manufacturing process or sales and marketing terms;
disputes or other developments relating to proprietary rights, including patents, litigation matters, and our ability to obtain patent protection for our technologies;
additions or departures of key personnel;
significant lawsuits, including patent or shareholder litigation;
if securities or industry analysts do not publish research or reports about our business, or if they issue adverse or misleading opinions regarding our business and stock;
changes in the market valuations of similar companies;
general market or macroeconomic conditions or market conditions in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology sectors;
sales of securities by us or our securityholders in the future;
if we fail to raise an adequate amount of capital to fund our operations or continued development of our product candidates;
trading volume of our Ordinary Shares;
announcements by competitors of new commercial products, clinical progress or lack thereof, significant contracts, commercial relationships or capital commitments;
adverse publicity relating to precision medicine product candidates, including with respect to other products in such markets;
the introduction of technological innovations or new therapies that compete with our products and services; and
period-to-period fluctuations in our financial results.
Moreover, the stock markets in general have experienced substantial volatility that has often been unrelated to the operating performance of individual companies. These broad market fluctuations may also adversely affect the trading price of our Ordinary Shares. In addition, a recession, depression or other sustained adverse market event could materially and adversely affect our business and the value of our Ordinary Shares. In the past, following periods of volatility in the market price of a company’s securities, shareholders have often instituted class action securities litigation against such companies. Furthermore, market volatility may lead to increased shareholder activism if we experience a market valuation that activists believe is not reflective of our intrinsic value. Activist campaigns that contest or conflict with our strategic direction or seek changes in the composition of our board of directors could have an adverse effect on our operating results, financial condition and cash flows.
We are governed by Cayman Islands law, and certain provisions of our Articles of Association have anti-takeover implications.
Our organizational documents are governed by Cayman Islands law, and certain provisions in our Articles of Association may discourage, delay or prevent a merger, acquisition or other change in control of the Company that shareholders may consider favorable, including transactions in which holders of our Ordinary Shares might otherwise receive a premium price for their Ordinary Shares. These provisions could also limit the price that investors might be willing to pay in the future for our Ordinary Shares, thereby depressing the market price of our Ordinary Shares. In addition, because our board of directors is responsible for appointing the members of our management team, these provisions may frustrate or prevent any attempts by any shareholders to replace or remove our current management by making it more difficult for shareholders to replace members of our board of directors. Among other things, these provisions:
provide for a classified board of directors such that not all members of our board of directors are elected at one time;
allow the authorized number of directors to be changed only by resolution of our board of directors, subject to the terms of the Series B Certificate of Designation;
limit the manner in which shareholders can remove directors from our board of directors;
provide for advance notice requirements for nominations for election to the board of directors or for proposing matters that can be acted on at shareholder meetings;
limit who may call a general meeting of shareholders;
authorize the board of directors to issue preferred shares without shareholder approval, which could be used to institute a “poison pill” that would work to dilute the share ownership of a potential hostile acquirer, effectively preventing acquisitions that have not been approved by our board of directors; and
require a special resolution to amend provisions of the Articles of Association.
In addition, the Series B Certificate of Designation relating to the Series B Preferred Shares may delay or prevent a change in control of the Company. At any time while at least 30% of the originally issued Series B Preferred Shares remain issued and outstanding, we may not (a) consummate (i) any Fundamental Transaction (as defined in the Series B Certificate of Designation) or (ii) any merger or consolidation of the Company or other business combination in which the holders of the Series B Preferred Shares of the Company immediately before such transaction do not hold at least a simple majority on an as-converted- basis of the share capital of the Company immediately after such transaction, (b) increase the size of the board of directors, (c) adopt, amend or repeal any written delegation of authority policy, corporate authority matrix or similar document, framework or schedule unless such adoption, amendment or repeal has been approved by the unanimous vote of the board of directors or (d) retain or replace the Company’s registered independent accounting firm, independent compensation consultant or corporate counsel. This provision of the Series B Certificate of Designation may make it more difficult for us to enter into any of the aforementioned transactions, even potential change of control transactions that could offer a premium over the market value of the Company to holders of our
Ordinary Shares, as it would require the separate consent of the board of directors, acting together, or a simple majority of the issued and outstanding Series B Preferred Shares.
Our Articles of Association designate the courts of the Cayman Islands as the sole and exclusive forum for certain types of actions and proceedings that may be initiated by our shareholders, which could limit your ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers or other employees.
Our Articles of Association provide that, unless we consent in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the courts of the Cayman Islands shall have exclusive jurisdiction over any claim or dispute arising out of or in connection with our Articles of Association or otherwise related in any way to each shareholder’s shareholding in us, including, but not limited to: (i) any derivative action or proceeding brought on behalf of us; (ii) any action asserting a claim of breach of any fiduciary or other duty owed by any of our current or former directors, officers or other employees to us or our shareholders; (iii) any action asserting a claim arising pursuant to any provision of the Companies Act or our Articles of Association; or (iv) any action asserting a claim against us governed by the internal affairs doctrine (as such concept is recognized under the laws of the United States of America) and that each shareholder irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the Cayman Islands over all such claims or disputes. The forum selection provision in our Articles of Association does not apply to actions or suits brought to enforce any liability or duty created by the Securities Act, the Exchange Act of 1934, or any claim for which the federal district courts of the United States of America are, as a matter of the laws of the United States of America, the sole and exclusive forum for determination of such a claim.
Our Articles of Association also provide that, without prejudice to any other rights or remedies that we may have, each of our shareholders acknowledges that damages alone would not be an adequate remedy for any breach of the selection of the courts of the Cayman Islands as exclusive forum and that accordingly we are entitled, without proof of special damages, to the remedies of injunction, specific performance, or other equitable relief for any threatened or actual breach of the selection of the courts of the Cayman Islands as exclusive forum.
This choice of forum provision may increase a shareholder’s cost and limit the shareholder’s ability to bring a claim in a judicial forum that it finds favorable for disputes with us or our directors, officers, or other employees, which may discourage lawsuits against us and our directors, officers, and other employees. Any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring any of our shares or other securities, whether by transfer, sale, operation of law, or otherwise, shall be deemed to have notice of and have irrevocably agreed and consented to these provisions. There is uncertainty as to whether a court would enforce such provisions, and the enforceability of similar choice of forum provisions in other companies’ memorandum and articles of association or other charter documents has been challenged in legal proceedings. It is possible that a court could find this type of provisions to be inapplicable or unenforceable, and if a court were to find this provision in our Articles of Association to be inapplicable or unenforceable in an action, we may incur additional costs associated with resolving the dispute in other jurisdictions, which could have adverse effect on our business and financial performance.
We will incur additional costs and increased demands upon management as a result of complying with the laws and regulations affecting public companies.
We will incur significant legal, accounting and other expenses as a public company, including costs associated with public company reporting obligations under the Exchange Act. Our executive officers and other personnel need to devote substantial time to comply with public company reporting requirements and additional applicable laws and obligations. Any changes we make to comply with these obligations may not be sufficient to allow us to satisfy our obligations as a public company on a timely basis, or at all. These reporting requirements, rules and regulations, coupled with the increase in potential litigation exposure associated with being a public company, could also make it more difficult for us to attract and retain qualified persons to serve on the board of directors or on board committees or to serve as executive officers, or to obtain certain types of insurance, including directors’ and officers’ insurance, on acceptable terms.
Once we are no longer a smaller reporting company or otherwise no longer qualify for applicable exemptions, we will be subject to additional laws and regulations affecting public companies that will increase our costs and the demands on management and could harm our operating results and cash flows.
We are subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, which require, among other things, that we file with the SEC, annual, quarterly and current reports with respect to our business and financial condition as well as other disclosure and corporate governance requirements. However, as a “smaller reporting company,” as such term is defined in Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act, in at least the near term, we may take advantage of exemptions from disclosure requirements and reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in our periodic reports and proxy statements. In addition, as a smaller reporting company with less than $100.0 million in annual revenue, we are not required to comply with the auditor attestation
requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Once we are no longer a smaller reporting company or otherwise no longer qualify for these exemptions, we will be required to comply with these additional legal and regulatory requirements applicable to public companies and will incur significant legal, accounting and other expenses to do so. If we are not able to comply with the requirements in a timely manner or at all, our financial condition or the market price of our Ordinary Shares may be harmed. For example, if we or our independent auditor identifies deficiencies in our internal control over financial reporting that are deemed to be material weaknesses, we could face additional costs to remedy those deficiencies, the market price of our stock could decline or we could be subject to sanctions or investigations by the SEC or other regulatory authorities, which would require additional financial and management resources.
If we fail to maintain proper and effective internal controls, our ability to produce accurate financial statements on a timely basis could be impaired.
We are subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the rules and regulations of Nasdaq. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act requires, among other things, that we maintain effective disclosure controls and procedures and internal control over financial reporting. We must perform system and process evaluation and testing of our internal control over financial reporting to allow management to report on the effectiveness of our internal controls over financial reporting in our Annual Report on Form 10-K filing for that year, as required by Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
We may discover weaknesses in our system of internal financial and accounting controls and procedures that could result in a material misstatement of our financial statements. Our internal control over financial reporting will not prevent or detect all errors and all fraud. A control system, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the control system’s objectives will be met. Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that misstatements due to error or fraud will not occur or that all control issues and instances of fraud will be detected.
If we are not able to comply with the requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, or if we are unable to maintain proper and effective internal controls, we may not be able to produce timely and accurate financial statements. If that were to happen, the market price of our Ordinary Shares could decline and we could be subject to sanctions or investigations by Nasdaq, the SEC or other regulatory authorities.
We do not anticipate that we will pay any cash dividends in the foreseeable future.
The current expectation is that we will retain our future earnings, if any, to fund the growth of our business as opposed to paying dividends. As a result, capital appreciation, if any, of our Ordinary Shares will be the sole source of gain, if any, for our shareholders for the foreseeable future.
Future sales of shares by existing shareholders could cause our stock price to decline.
If existing securityholders sell, or indicate an intention to sell, substantial amounts of our Ordinary Shares in the public market after legal restrictions on resale in connection with our recent merger lapse, the trading price of our Ordinary Shares could decline. In addition, shares of Ordinary Shares that are subject to outstanding options will become eligible for sale in the public market to the extent permitted by the provisions of various vesting agreements and Rules 144 and 701 under the Securities Act. If these shares are sold, the trading price of our Ordinary Shares could decline.
Our executive officers, directors and principal shareholders have the ability to control or significantly influence all matters submitted to our shareholders for approval.
Our executive officers, directors and principal shareholders, in the aggregate, beneficially own a significant portion of our outstanding shares of Ordinary Shares (on a fully-diluted basis), subject to beneficial ownership limitations. As a result, if these shareholders were to choose to act together, they would be able to control or significantly influence all matters submitted to our shareholders for approval, as well as our management and affairs. For example, these shareholders, if they choose to act together, would control or significantly influence the election of directors and approval of any merger, consolidation or sale of all or substantially all of our assets. This concentration of voting power could delay or prevent an acquisition of us on terms that other shareholders may desire.
Conflicts of interest may arise between us and Paragon or us and Fairmount.
In connection with the Asset Acquisition, we assumed the rights and obligations of Pre-Acquisition Damora under the Paragon Option Agreement. See the section titled “Paragon Option Agreement” for more information on the Paragon Option Agreement. Fairmount beneficially owns more than 5% of Paragon, appointed Paragon’s board of directors, and has the contractual right to approve the appointment of any executive officers of Paragon. Paramora is an entity formed by Paragon as a vehicle to hold equity in Pre-Acquisition Damora (and as a result of the Asset Acquisition, us) in order to share profits with certain employees of Paragon. Fairmount beneficially owns 19.99% of our Ordinary Shares assuming conversion of the Series B Preferred Shares and Series C Preferred Shares into Ordinary Shares (in each case, subject to beneficial ownership limitations). Three of our directors are affiliated with Fairmount (Peter Harwin, Christopher Cain, Ph.D., and Julianne Bruno) and were appointed in accordance with the Acquisition Agreement. The remaining three members of the board of directors are not affiliated with Fairmount or Paragon.
Our relationship with Paragon, Paramora, Fairmount and our non-employee directors may create, or may create the appearance of, conflicts of interest when we are faced with decisions that could have different implications for Paragon or Paramora than the decisions have for us. For example, such conflicts may arise in connection with the selection of additional targets, the exercise of options under the Paragon Option Agreement, the negotiation of the terms of any future license agreements, the allocation of resources and expenses, the enforcement or defense of intellectual property rights, the pursuit of strategic partnerships or transactions, or the resolution of any disputes that may arise between us and Paragon or Paramora. We expect that the decision to amend the Paragon Option Agreement or enter into any similar agreements or license agreements with Paragon will be subject to the approval of the board of directors. All directors owe fiduciary duties pursuant to Cayman Islands law, and directors are expected to comply with their respective fiduciary duties under Cayman Islands law relevant to related party transactions. We have previously adopted a related party transaction approval policy and our audit committee will be responsible for the review, consideration and approval or ratification of related party transactions.
Furthermore, because Paragon and Fairmount have interests in other biotechnology companies that may compete with us or pursue similar or complementary product candidates or technologies, they may have an incentive to favor or support such other companies over us. These potential conflicts of interest may make it more difficult for us to favorably advance our business interests and may adversely affect our competitive position, business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.
If equity research analysts do not publish research or reports, or publish unfavorable research or reports, about us, our business or our market, then our stock price and trading volume could decline.
The trading market for our Ordinary Shares is influenced by the research and reports that equity research analysts publish about us and our business. Equity research analysts may elect to not provide research coverage of our Ordinary Shares, and such lack of research coverage may adversely affect the market price of our Ordinary Shares. In addition, we do not have any control over the analysts or the content and opinions included in their reports. The price of our Ordinary Shares could decline if one or more equity research analysts downgrade our stock or issue other unfavorable commentary or research. If one or more equity research analysts cease coverage of us or fail to publish reports on us regularly, demand for our Ordinary Shares could decrease, which in turn could cause our stock price or trading volume to decline.
Our ability to use net operating loss (“NOL”) carryforwards and other tax attributes may be limited, including as a result of our recent merger.
We do not expect to become profitable in the near future and may never achieve profitability. As of December 31, 2025, we had federal and state NOL carryforwards and federal and state research and development credits that may be used to offset future taxable income. Under current law, our U.S. federal NOLs incurred in tax years beginning after December 31, 2017 may be carried forward indefinitely, but the deductibility of such net operating loss carryforwards is limited to 80% of taxable income. It is uncertain if and to what extent various states will conform to federal law. In addition, under Sections 382 and 383 of the Internal Revenue Code (the “Code”), U.S. federal NOL carryforwards and other tax attributes may become subject to an annual limitation in the event of certain cumulative changes in ownership. An “ownership change” pursuant to Section 382 of the Code generally occurs if one or more shareholders or groups of shareholders who own at least 5% of a company’s stock increase their ownership by more than 50 percentage points over their lowest ownership percentage within a rolling three-year period. Our ability to utilize our net operating loss carryforwards and other tax attributes to offset future taxable income or tax liabilities may be limited as a result of ownership changes, including, as discussed above, in connection with our recent merger or other transactions. Similar rules may apply under state tax laws. If we earn taxable income, such limitations could result in increased future income tax liability to us, and our future cash flows could be adversely affected.
The class structure of our capital stock may limit your ability to influence corporate matters and may limit your visibility with respect to certain transactions.
The class structure of our capital stock may limit your ability to influence corporate matters. Holders of Ordinary Shares are entitled to one vote per share, while holders of the Series B Preferred Shares and Series C Preferred Shares are not entitled to any votes. Nonetheless, each Series B Preferred Share and Series C Preferred Share may be converted at any time into 1,000 Ordinary Shares at the option of the holder by providing written notice to us, subject to beneficial ownership limitations and the limitations provided for in our Cayman Islands memorandum and articles of association and the related certificates of designation. Consequently, if holders of our Series B Preferred Shares and Series C Preferred Shares exercise their option to make this conversion, this will have the effect of increasing the relative voting power of those prior holders of Series B Preferred Shares and Series C Preferred Shares, respectively, and correspondingly decreasing the voting power of the holders of Ordinary Shares, which may limit your ability to influence corporate matters.
Although Series B Preferred Shares do not have voting rights on proposals presented to our holders of Ordinary Shares, at any time while at least 30% of the originally issued Series B Preferred Shares remain issued and outstanding, we will not, without the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the then outstanding Series B Preferred Shares, (i) consummate (x) any Fundamental Transaction (as defined in the Series B Certificate of Designation) or (y) any merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another entity or any stock sale to, or other business combination in which our shareholders immediately before such transaction do not hold at least a majority of our capital stock immediately after such transaction, (ii) increase the size of the board of directors, (iii) adopt, amend or repeal any written delegation of authority policy, corporate authority matrix or similar document, framework or schedule unless such adoption, amendment or repeal has been approved by the unanimous vote of the board of directors, or (iv) retain or replace our registered independent public accounting firm, independent compensation consultant or corporate counsel.
Additionally, shareholders who hold, in the aggregate, more than 10% of our Ordinary Shares, Series B Preferred Shares and Series C Preferred Shares outstanding, but beneficially own 10% or less of Ordinary Shares, and are not otherwise an insider, may not be required to report changes in their ownership due to transactions in the Series B Preferred Shares and Series C Preferred Shares pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act, and may not be subject to the short-swing profit provisions of Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act.
General Risk Factors
We may become exposed to costly and damaging liability claims, when testing a product candidate in the clinical stage or at the commercial stage, and our product liability insurance may not cover all damages from such claims.
We are exposed to potential product liability and professional indemnity risks that are inherent in the research, development, manufacturing, marketing and use of pharmaceutical products. While we currently have no products that have been dosed in humans or approved for commercial sale, the future use of a product candidate in clinical trials, and the sale of any approved products in the future, may expose us to liability claims. These claims may be made by patients that use the product or product candidate, healthcare providers, pharmaceutical companies, or others selling such product. Any claims against us, regardless of their merit, could be difficult and costly to defend and could materially and adversely affect the market for our products or any prospects for commercialization of our products. Although we intend to obtain product liability insurance for our future clinical trials, it is possible that our liabilities could exceed our insurance coverage or that in the future we may not be able to maintain insurance coverage at a reasonable cost or obtain insurance coverage that will be adequate to satisfy any liability that may arise. If a successful product liability claim or series of claims is brought against us for uninsured liabilities or in excess of insured liabilities, our assets may not be sufficient to cover such claims and our business operations could be impaired.
Litigation costs and the outcome of litigation could have a material adverse effect on our business.
From time to time, we may be subject to litigation claims through the ordinary course of our business operations regarding, but not limited to, securities litigation, employment matters, security of patient and employee personal information, contractual relations with collaborators and licensors and intellectual property rights. Litigation to defend ourselves against claims by third parties, or to enforce any rights that we may have against third parties, could result in substantial costs and diversion of our resources, causing a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.
Our business could be adversely affected by economic downturns, inflation, fluctuating interest rates, natural disasters, public health crises, political crises, geopolitical events, or other macroeconomic conditions, which could have a material and adverse effect on our results of operations and financial condition.
The global economy, including credit and financial markets, has experienced extreme volatility and disruptions, including, among other things, diminished liquidity and credit availability, declines in consumer confidence, declines in economic growth, supply chain shortages, increases in inflation rates, fluctuating interest rates, and uncertainty about economic stability. Adverse macroeconomic conditions, including inflation, slower growth or recession, new or increased tariffs imposed by the U.S. government and potential retaliatory measures by foreign governments and other barriers to trade, especially in light of recent comments and executive orders made by the Trump administration, changes to fiscal and monetary policy or government budget dynamics (particularly in the pharmaceutical and biotech areas), government shutdowns, tighter credit, higher interest rates, volatility in financial markets, high unemployment, labor availability constraints, currency fluctuations and other challenges in the global economy have in the past adversely affected, and may in the future adversely affect, we and our business partners and suppliers. For example, the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in widespread unemployment, economic slowdown and extreme volatility in the capital markets. In addition, the U.S. has imposed and taken action to pause, resume or adjust tariffs on imports from a number of countries. Since February 2025, the United States government has imposed various tariffs on imports from most countries, including tariffs on imports from China and South Korea. In September 2025, President Trump announced plans to impose 100% tariffs on imported branded or patented pharmaceuticals, unless the importing company is building U.S. manufacturing capacity. It is not yet clear whether these tariffs would apply to the importation of active pharmaceutical ingredients and possibly bulk drug products that are intended for use in clinical trials and not for commercial sale, which could increase the costs of materials for our clinical trials. There still remains substantial uncertainty about the duration of existing tariffs and whether additional tariffs may be imposed, modified or suspended. Historically, tariffs have led to increased trade and political tensions. In response to tariffs, other countries have implemented retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods. Uncertainty and political tensions as a result of trade policies could reduce trade volume, investment, technological exchange and other economic activities between major international economies, resulting in a material adverse effect on global economic conditions and the stability of global financial markets. The Federal Reserve has raised interest rates multiple times in recent years in response to concerns about inflation and it may raise them again. High interest rates, coupled with reduced government spending and volatility in financial markets, may increase economic uncertainty and affect consumer spending. Similarly, the ongoing military conflict between Russia and Ukraine and in the Middle East and rising tensions with China have created extreme volatility in the global capital markets and may have further global economic consequences, including disruptions of the global supply chain. Any such volatility and disruptions may adversely affect our business or the third parties on whom we rely. If the equity and credit markets deteriorate, including as a result of political unrest or war, it may make any necessary debt or equity financing more costly, more dilutive, or more difficult to obtain in a timely manner or on favorable terms, if at all. Increased inflation rates can adversely affect us by increasing our costs, including labor and employee benefit costs.
We may in the future experience disruptions as a result of such macroeconomic conditions, including delays or difficulties in initiating or expanding clinical trials and manufacturing sufficient quantities of materials. Any one or a combination of these events could have a material and adverse effect on our results of operations and financial condition.
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds.
On May 21, 2026, all 158.361 outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock were converted into 158,361 shares of Common Stock in accordance with their terms. The shares of Common Stock were issued in reliance on the exemption from registration provided by Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act, and no commission or other remuneration was paid or given for soliciting the conversion.
Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities.
None.
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Other Information.
Appointment of Director
On August 6, 2026, our board of directors appointed Andrew Cheng, M.D., Ph.D. as a Class III director effective as of August 12, 2026 (the “Effective Date”). In connection with his appointment, Dr. Cheng was appointed as a member of the Compensation Committee of the board of directors.
Andrew Cheng, M.D., Ph.D. (Age 59). Dr. Cheng has served as President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Avere Therapeutics, a biotechnology company, since 2026. He previously served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Akero Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKRO), a biotechnology company, from 2018 until its acquisition by Novo Nordisk in December 2025, where he also served on the board of directors. Prior to Akero, he spent nearly two decades at Gilead Sciences, where his last role was Chief Medical Officer. Dr. Cheng serves on the board of directors of Vera Therapeutics (NASDAQ: VERA) and he previously served as a board member at MorphoSys (NASDAQ: MOR), until its acquisition by Novartis in 2024, and Arbutus Biopharma Corporation (NASDAQ: ABUS). Dr. Cheng received his M.D. and Ph.D. from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and completed his internal medicine residency at the University of California, Los Angeles and was board certified in internal medicine.
In connection with his appointment as a director, Dr. Cheng will receive a cash retainer and an initial grant of equity awards in accordance with the Company’s non-employee director cash and equity compensation program. The equity award will be an option to purchase the lesser of (i) 40,000 Ordinary Shares or (ii) a number of Ordinary Shares determined by dividing $700,000 by the Black-Scholes value of an option to purchase one Ordinary Share on the date of grant, under the 2026 Equity Plan, with an exercise price per share equal to the closing price of the Company’s Ordinary Shares on the date of grant. This option will vest and become exercisable in equal monthly installments through the third anniversary of the date of grant, subject to Dr. Cheng’s continued service as a director through each applicable vesting date.
In connection with his appointment as a director, Dr. Cheng will enter into our standard form of indemnification agreement for directors, a copy which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
There are no family relationships between Dr. Cheng and any of our executive officers or directors. There are no arrangements or understandings between Dr. Cheng and any other person pursuant to which he was appointed as one of our directors. Dr. Cheng is not a party to any transaction required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.
On the Effective Date, our board of directors increased its size from six to seven members.
Rule 10b5-1 Trading Plans
During the three months ended June 30, 2026, none of the Company’s directors or officers adopted, materially modified, or terminated any contract, instruction, or written plan for the purchase or sale of Company securities that was intended to satisfy the affirmative defense conditions of Rule 10b5-1(c) or any non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement.
Item 6. Exhibits.
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Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated November 10, 2025, by and among the Registrant, Daylight Merger Sub I, Inc., Daylight Merger Sub II, LLC and Damora Therapeutics, Inc. |
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Form 8-K (Exhibit 2.1) |
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Plan of Conversion. |
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Cayman Memorandum and Articles of Association. |
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Cayman Certificate of Designation of Preferences, Rights and Limitations of Series A Non-Voting Convertible Preferred Shares. |
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July 20, 2026 |
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Cayman Certificate of Designation of Preferences, Rights and Limitation of Series B Non-Voting Convertible Preferred Shares. |
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Form 8-K (Exhibit 3.3) |
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Cayman Certificate of Designation of Preferences, Rights and Limitation of Series C Non-Voting Convertible Preferred Shares. |
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Form of Indemnification Agreement for directors and officers. |
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Amended and Restated Damora Therapeutics, Inc. 2020 Stock Option and Grant Plan. |
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Amended and Restated Damora Therapeutics, Inc. 2020 Equity Incentive Plan. |
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Amended and Restated Damora Therapeutics, Inc. 2022 Inducement Plan. |
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Form of Option Award Agreement under the Amended and Restated Damora Therapeutics, Inc. 2022 Inducment Plan. |
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Form of Restricted Stock Unit Agreement under the Amended and Restated Damora Therapeutics, Inc. 2022 Inducment Plan. |
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Amended and Restated Damora Therapeutics, Inc. 2025 Equity Incentive Plan. |
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Amended and Restated Damora Therapeutics, Inc. 2026 Equity Incentive Plan. |
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Form of Employee Option Award Agreement under the Amended and Restated Damora Therapeutics, Inc. 2026 Equity Incentive Plan. |
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Form of Director Option Award Agreement under the Amended and Restated Damora Therapeutics, Inc. 2026 Equity Incentive Plan. |
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Amended and Restated Damora Therapeutics, Inc. 2026 Employee Stock Purchase Plan. |
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Certification of Principal Executive Officer Pursuant to Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. |
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* Filed herewith.
** Furnished herewith.
# Indicates management contract or any compensatory plan, contract or arrangement.
Exhibits and/or schedules have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(a)(5) of Regulation S-K. The registrant hereby undertakes to furnish supplementally copies of any of the omitted exhibits and schedules upon request by the SEC; provided, however, that the registrant may request confidential treatment pursuant to Rule 24b-2 under the Exchange Act for any exhibits or schedules so furnished.
This certification will not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act or otherwise subject to the liability of that section. Such certification will not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, except to the extent specifically incorporated by reference into such filing.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
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Damora Therapeutics, Inc. |
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Date: August 10, 2026 |
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/s/ Jennifer Jarrett |
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Jennifer Jarrett |
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President, Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer) |
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Date: August 10, 2026 |
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/s/ Brian Burkavage |
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Brian Burkavage |
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EX-10.2
DAMORA THERAPEUTICS, INC.
2020 STOCK OPTION AND GRANT PLAN
SECTION 1. GENERAL PURPOSE OF THE PLAN; DEFINITIONS
The name of the plan is the Damora Therapeutics, Inc. 2020 Stock Option and Grant Plan (the “Plan”). The purpose of the Plan is to encourage and enable the officers, employees, directors, Consultants and other key persons of Damora Therapeutics, Inc., a Cayman Islands exempted company (including any successor entity, the “Company”) and its Subsidiaries, upon whose judgment, initiative and efforts the Company largely depends for the successful conduct of its business, to provide eligible persons to acquire a proprietary interest in the Company as an incentive to remain in the service of the Company.
The Plan has been amended and restated to reflect the Company’s name change and a change in the Company’s jurisdiction of incorporation from the State of Delaware to the Cayman Islands, but no further awards may be issued under the Plan as of October 20, 2020.
The following terms shall be defined as set forth below:
“Affiliate” of any Person means a Person that directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by or is under common control with the first mentioned Person. A Person shall be deemed to control another Person if such first Person possesses directly or indirectly the power to direct, or cause the direction of, the management and policies of the second Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.
“Award” or “Awards,” except where referring to a particular category of grant under the Plan, shall include Incentive Stock Options, Non-Qualified Stock Options, Restricted Stock Awards, Unrestricted Stock Awards, Restricted Stock Units or any combination of the foregoing.
“Award Agreement” means a written or electronic agreement setting forth the terms and provisions applicable to an Award granted under the Plan. Each Award Agreement may contain terms and conditions in addition to those set forth in the Plan; provided, however, in the event of any conflict in the terms of the Plan and the Award Agreement, the terms of the Plan shall govern.
“Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company.
“Cause” shall have the meaning as set forth in the Award Agreement(s). In the case that any Award Agreement does not contain a definition of “Cause,” it shall mean (i) the grantee’s dishonest statements or acts with respect to the Company or any Affiliate of the Company, or any current or prospective customers, suppliers vendors or other third parties with which such entity does business; (ii) the grantee’s commission of (A) a felony (as such term is construed in accordance with U.S. law) or (B) any misdemeanor involving moral turpitude, deceit, dishonesty or fraud; (iii) the grantee’s failure to perform his assigned duties and responsibilities to the reasonable satisfaction of the Company which failure continues, in the reasonable judgment of the Company, after written notice given to the grantee by the Company; (iv) the grantee’s gross negligence (as such term is construed in accordance with U.S. law), willful misconduct or insubordination with respect to the Company or any Affiliate of the Company; or (v) the grantee’s material violation of any provision of any agreement(s) between the grantee and the Company relating to noncompetition, nonsolicitation, nondisclosure and/or assignment of inventions.
“Chief Executive Officer” means the Chief Executive Officer of the Company or, if there is no Chief Executive Officer, then the President of the Company.
“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and any successor Code, and related rules, regulations and interpretations.
“Committee” means the Committee of the Board referred to in Section 2.
“Consultant” means any natural person that provides bona fide services to the Company (including a Subsidiary), and such services are not in connection with the offer or sale of securities in a capital-raising transaction and do not directly or indirectly promote or maintain a market for the Company’s securities.
“Covenant Breach” means a breach by any Holder of Section 10 or of any other applicable restrictive covenant between such Holder and the Company or any of its Affiliates.
“Disability” means “disability” as defined in Section 422(c) of the Code.
“Effective Date” means the date on which the Plan is adopted as set forth on the final page of the Plan.
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder.
“Fair Market Value” of the Shares on any given date means the fair market value of the Shares determined in good faith by the Committee based on the reasonable application of a reasonable valuation method not inconsistent with Section 409A of the Code. If the Shares are admitted to trade on a national securities exchange, the determination shall be made by reference to the closing price reported on such exchange. If there is no closing price for such date, the determination shall be made by reference to the last date preceding such date for which there is a closing price. If the date for which Fair Market Value is determined is the first day when trading prices for the Shares are reported on a national securities exchange, the Fair Market Value shall be the “Price to the Public” (or equivalent) set forth on the cover page for the final prospectus relating to the Company’s Initial Public Offering.
“Good Reason” shall have the meaning as set forth in the Award Agreement(s). In the case that any Award Agreement does not contain a definition of “Good Reason,” it shall mean (i) a material diminution in the grantee’s base salary except for across-the-board salary reductions similarly affecting all or substantially all similarly situated employees of the Company or (ii) a change of more than 50 miles in the geographic location at which the grantee provides services to the Company, so long as the grantee provides written notice to the Company within 30 days following the initial occurrence of any such event and the Company fails to cure such event within 30 days thereafter, provided, that if such grantee does not actually terminate employment within five business days of such cure period, any claim of “Good Reason” shall be deemed waived by such grantee.
“Grant Date” means the date that the Committee designates in its approval of an Award in accordance with applicable law as the date on which the Award is granted, which date may not precede the date of such Committee approval.
“Holder” means, with respect to an Award or any Shares, the Person holding such Award or Shares, including the initial recipient of the Award or any Permitted Transferee.
“Incentive Stock Option” means any Stock Option designated and qualified as an “incentive stock option” as defined in Section 422 of the Code.
“Initial Public Offering” means the consummation of the first firm commitment underwritten public offering pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act covering the offer and sale by the Company of its equity securities, as a result of or following which the Shares shall be publicly held.
“Non-Qualified Stock Option” means any Stock Option that is not an Incentive Stock Option.
“Option” or “Stock Option” means any option to purchase Shares granted pursuant to Section 5.
“Original Cost” means the amount paid in cash, if any, paid by a Holder to the Company in exchange for receipt of a Share. For the avoidance of doubt, “Original Cost” shall not include any consideration paid in respect of withholding taxes or, if applicable, Shares paid as part of a cashless exercise or settlement of an Award.
“Permitted Transferees” shall mean any of the following to whom a Holder may transfer Shares hereunder (as set forth in Section 9(a)(ii)(A)): the Holder’s child, stepchild, grandchild, parent, stepparent, grandparent, spouse, former spouse, sibling, niece, nephew, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law, including adoptive relationships, any person sharing the Holder’s household (other than a tenant or employee), a trust in which these persons have more than fifty percent of the beneficial interest, a foundation in which these persons control the management of assets, and any other entity in which these persons own more than fifty percent of the voting interests; provided, however, that any such trust does not require or permit distribution of any Shares during the term of the Award Agreement unless subject to its terms. Upon the death of the Holder, the term Permitted Transferees shall also include such deceased Holder’s estate, executors, administrators, personal representatives, heirs, legatees and distributees, as the case may be.
“Person” shall mean any individual, corporation, partnership (limited or general), limited liability company, limited liability partnership, association, trust, joint venture, unincorporated organization or any similar entity.
“Restricted Stock Award” means Awards granted pursuant to Section 6 and “Restricted Stock” means Shares issued pursuant to such Awards.
“Restricted Stock Unit” means an Award of phantom stock units to a grantee, which may be settled in cash or Shares as determined by the Committee, pursuant to Section 8.
“Sale Event” means the consummation of (i) the dissolution or liquidation of the Company, (ii) the sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company on a consolidated basis to an unrelated person or entity, (iii) a merger, reorganization or consolidation pursuant to which the holders of the Company’s outstanding voting power immediately prior to such transaction do not own a majority of the outstanding voting power of the surviving or resulting entity (or its ultimate parent, if applicable), (iv) the acquisition of all or a majority of the outstanding voting shares of the Company in a single transaction or a series of related transactions by a Person or group of Persons (excluding, however, transactions for which holders of the Company’s outstanding voting power immediately prior to such transaction continue to own a majority of the outstanding voting power of the surviving or resulting entity (or its ultimate parent, if applicable)), or (v) any other acquisition of the business of the Company, as determined by the Board; provided, however, that in the event an Award is subject to Section 409A, no such event shall constitute a “Sale Event” unless such event is also a change of ownership, a change in effective control, or a change in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets of the Company, in each case, within the meaning of Section 409A.
“Section 409A” means Section 409A of the Code and the regulations and other guidance promulgated thereunder.
“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder.
“Service Relationship” means any relationship as a full-time employee, part-time employee, director or other key person (including Consultants) of the Company or any Subsidiary or any successor entity (e.g., a Service Relationship shall be deemed to continue without interruption in the event an individual’s status changes from full-time employee to parttime employee or Consultant).
“Shares” means the ordinary shares, par value $0.00001 per share, of the Company.
“Subsidiary” means any corporation or other entity (other than the Company) in which the Company has more than a 50 percent interest, either directly or indirectly.
“Ten Percent Owner” means an employee who owns or is deemed to own (by reason of the attribution rules of Section 424(d) of the Code) more than 10 percent of the combined voting power of all classes of shares of the Company or any parent of the Company or any Subsidiary.
“Termination Event” means the termination of the Award recipient’s Service Relationship with the Company and its Subsidiaries for any reason whatsoever, regardless of the circumstances thereof, and including, without limitation, upon death, disability, retirement, discharge or resignation for any reason, whether voluntarily or involuntarily. The following shall not constitute a Termination Event: (i) a transfer to the service of the Company from a Subsidiary or
from the Company to a Subsidiary, or from one Subsidiary to another Subsidiary or (ii) an approved leave of absence for military service or sickness, or for any other purpose approved by the Committee, if the individual’s right to re-employment is guaranteed either by a statute or by contract or under the policy pursuant to which the leave of absence was granted or if the Committee otherwise so provides in writing.
“Unrestricted Stock Award” means any Award granted pursuant to Section 7 and “Unrestricted Stock” means Shares issued pursuant to such Awards.
SECTION 2. ADMINISTRATION OF PLAN; COMMITTEE AUTHORITY TO SELECT GRANTEES AND DETERMINE AWARDS
(a) Administration of Plan. The Plan shall be administered by the Board, or at the discretion of the Board, by a committee of the Board, comprised of not less than two directors. All references herein to the “Committee” shall be deemed to refer to the group then responsible for administration of the Plan at the relevant time (i.e., either the Board of Directors or a committee or committees of the Board, as applicable).
(b) Powers of Committee. The Committee shall have the power and authority to grant Awards consistent with the terms of the Plan, including the power and authority:
(i) to select the individuals to whom Awards may from time to time be granted;
(ii) to determine the time or times of grant, and the amount, if any, of Incentive Stock Options, Non-Qualified Stock Options, Restricted Stock Awards, Unrestricted Stock Awards, Restricted Stock Units, or any combination of the foregoing, granted to any one or more grantees;
(iii) to determine the number of Shares to be covered by any Award and, subject to the provisions of the Plan, the price, exercise price, conversion ratio or other price relating thereto;
(iv) to determine and, subject to Section 13, to modify from time to time the terms and conditions, including restrictions, not inconsistent with the terms of the Plan, of any Award, which terms and conditions may differ among individual Awards and grantees, and to approve the form of Award Agreements;
(v) to accelerate at any time the exercisability or vesting of all or any portion of any Award;
(vi) to impose any limitations on Awards, including limitations on transfers, repurchase provisions and the like, and to exercise repurchase rights or obligations;
(vii) subject to Section 5(a)(ii) and any restrictions imposed by Section 409A, to extend at any time the period in which Stock Options may be exercised; and
(viii) at any time to adopt, alter and repeal such rules, guidelines and practices for administration of the Plan and for its own acts and proceedings as it shall deem advisable; to interpret the terms and provisions of the Plan and any Award (including Award Agreements); to make all determinations it deems advisable for the administration of the Plan; to decide all disputes arising in connection with the Plan; and to otherwise supervise the administration of the Plan.
All decisions and interpretations of the Committee shall be binding on all persons, including the Company and all Holders.
(c) Award Agreement. Awards under the Plan shall be evidenced by Award Agreements that set forth the terms, conditions and limitations for each Award.
(d) Indemnification. Neither the Board nor the Committee, nor any member of either or any delegate thereof, shall be liable for any act, omission, interpretation, construction or determination made in good faith in connection with the Plan, and the members of the Board and the Committee (and any delegate thereof) shall be entitled in all cases to indemnification and reimbursement by the Company in respect of any claim, loss, damage or expense (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising or resulting therefrom to the fullest extent permitted by law and/or under the Company’s governing documents, including its memorandum and articles of association, or any directors’ and officers’ liability insurance coverage which may be in effect from time to time and/or any indemnification agreement between such individual and the Company.
(e) Foreign Award Recipients. Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the contrary, in order to comply with the laws in other countries in which the Company and any Subsidiary operate or have employees or other persons eligible for Awards, the Committee, in its sole discretion, shall have the power and authority to: (i) determine which Subsidiaries, if any, shall be covered by the Plan; (ii) determine which persons, if any, outside the United States are eligible to participate in the Plan; (iii) modify the terms and conditions of any Award granted to persons outside the United States to comply with applicable foreign laws; (iv) establish subplans and modify exercise procedures and other terms and procedures, to the extent the Committee determines such actions to be necessary or advisable (and such subplans and/or modifications shall be attached to the Plan as appendices); provided, however, that no such subplans and/or modifications shall increase the share limitation contained in Section 3(a) hereof; and (v) take any action, before or after an Award is made, that the Committee determines to be necessary or advisable to obtain approval or comply with any local governmental regulatory exemptions or approvals.
SECTION 3. SHARES ISSUABLE UNDER THE PLAN; MERGERS AND OTHER TRANSACTIONS; SUBSTITUTION
(a) Shares Issuable. The maximum number of Shares reserved and available for issuance under the Plan shall be 39,694 Shares, subject to adjustment as provided in Section 3(b). For purposes of this limitation, the Shares underlying any Awards that are forfeited, canceled, reacquired by the Company prior to vesting, satisfied without the issuance of Shares or otherwise terminated (other than by exercise) and Shares that are withheld upon exercise of an Option or settlement of an Award to cover the exercise price or tax withholding shall be added back to the Shares available for issuance under the Plan. Subject to such overall limitations, Shares may be issued up to such maximum number pursuant to any type or types of Award, and no more than 5,178 Shares may be issued pursuant to Incentive Stock Options. The Shares available for issuance under the Plan may be authorized but unissued Shares or Shares reacquired by the Company.
(b) Changes in Shares. Subject to Section 3(c) hereof, if, as a result of any reorganization, recapitalization, reclassification, share dividend, share split, reverse share split or other similar change in the Company’s share capital, the outstanding Shares are increased or decreased or are exchanged for a different number or kind of shares or other securities of the Company, or additional Shares or new or different shares or other securities of the Company or other non-cash assets are distributed with respect to such Shares or other securities, in each case, without the receipt of consideration by the Company, or, if, as a result of any merger or consolidation, or sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, the outstanding Shares are converted into or exchanged for other securities of the Company or any successor entity (or a parent or subsidiary thereof), the Committee shall make an appropriate and proportionate adjustment in (i) the maximum number of Shares reserved for issuance under the Plan, (ii) the number and kind of Shares or other securities subject to any then outstanding Awards under the Plan, (iii) the repurchase price, if any, per Share subject to each outstanding Award, and (iv) the exercise price for each Share subject to any then outstanding Stock Options under the Plan, without changing the aggregate exercise price (i.e., the exercise price multiplied by the number of Stock Options) as to which such Stock Options remain exercisable. The Committee shall in any event make such adjustments as may be required by Section 25102(o) of the California Corporation Code and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. The adjustment by the Committee shall be final, binding and conclusive. No fractional Shares shall be issued under the Plan resulting from any such adjustment, but the Committee in its discretion may make a cash payment in lieu of fractional shares.
(c) Sale Events.
(i) Options.
(A) In the case of and subject to the consummation of a Sale Event, the Plan and all outstanding Options issued hereunder shall terminate upon the effective time of any such Sale Event unless assumed or continued by the successor entity, or new stock options or other awards of the successor entity or parent thereof are substituted therefor, with an equitable or proportionate adjustment as to the number and kind of shares and, if appropriate, the per share exercise prices, as such parties shall agree (after taking into account any acceleration hereunder and/or pursuant to the terms of any Award Agreement).
(B) In the event of the termination of the Plan and all outstanding Options issued hereunder pursuant to Section 3(c), each Holder of Options shall be permitted, within a period of time prior to the consummation of the Sale Event as specified by the Committee, to exercise all such Options which are then vested and exercisable or will become
vested and exercisable as of the effective time of the Sale Event; provided, however, that the exercise of Options not vested and exercisable prior to the Sale Event shall be subject to the consummation of the Sale Event.
(C) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 3(c)(i)(A), in the event of a Sale Event, the Company shall have the right, but not the obligation, to make or provide for a cash payment to the Holders of Options, without any consent of the Holders, in exchange for the cancellation thereof, in an amount equal to the difference between (A) the value as determined by the Committee of the consideration payable per Share pursuant to the Sale Event (the “Sale Price”) times the number of Shares subject to outstanding Options being cancelled (to the extent then vested and exercisable, including by reason of acceleration in connection with such Sale Event, at prices not in excess of the Sale Price) and (B) the aggregate exercise price of all such outstanding vested and exercisable Options.
(ii) Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Unit Awards.
(A) In the case of and subject to the consummation of a Sale Event, all unvested Restricted Stock and unvested Restricted Stock Unit Awards (other than those becoming vested as a result of the Sale Event) issued hereunder shall be forfeited immediately prior to the effective time of any such Sale Event unless assumed or continued by the successor entity, or awards of the successor entity or parent thereof are substituted therefor, with an equitable or proportionate adjustment as to the number and kind of shares subject to such awards as such parties shall agree (after taking into account any acceleration hereunder and/or pursuant to the terms of any Award Agreement).
(B) In the event of the forfeiture of Restricted Stock pursuant to Section 3(c)(ii)(A), such Restricted Stock shall be repurchased from the Holder thereof at a price per share equal to the original per share purchase price paid by the Holder (subject to adjustment as provided in Section 3(b)) for such Shares.
(C) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 3(c)(ii)(A), in the event of a Sale Event, the Company shall have the right, but not the obligation, to (x) accelerate the vesting of any unvested Restricted Stock and/or Restricted Stock Units Awards and/or (y) make or provide for a cash payment to the Holders of vested Restricted Stock or vested Restricted Stock Unit Awards, without consent of the Holders, in exchange for the cancellation thereof, in an amount equal to the Sale Price times the number of Shares subject to such vested Awards, to be paid at the time of such Sale Event or, if applicable, upon the later vesting of such Awards.
(iii) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee shall have full discretion to provide that, in connection with any such Sale Event, any amounts payable to Holders of Awards shall be (x) provided in the same proportion of cash and/or other property and/or rights as the consideration provided to other holders of the Company’s Shares and/or (y) provided proportionally at the same time and subject to same conditions (e.g., holdbacks, earnouts, escrow) as the consideration provided to other holders of the Company’s Shares.
SECTION 4. ELIGIBILITY
Grantees under the Plan will be such full or part-time officers and other employees, directors, Consultants and key persons of the Company and any Subsidiary who are selected from time to time by the Committee in its sole discretion.
SECTION 5. STOCK OPTIONS
Upon the grant of a Stock Option, the Company and the grantee shall enter into an Award Agreement. The terms and conditions of each such Award Agreement shall be determined by the Committee, and such terms and conditions may differ among individual Awards and grantees.
Stock Options granted under the Plan may be either Incentive Stock Options or NonQualified Stock Options. Incentive Stock Options may be granted only to employees of the Company or any Subsidiary that is a “subsidiary corporation” within the meaning of Section 424(f) of the Code. To the extent that any Option does not qualify as an Incentive Stock Option, it shall be deemed a Non-Qualified Stock Option.
(a) Terms of Stock Options. The Committee in its discretion may grant Stock Options to those Persons who meet the eligibility requirements of Section 4. Stock Options shall be subject to the following terms and conditions and shall contain such additional terms and conditions, not inconsistent with the terms of the Plan, as the Committee shall deem desirable.
(i) Exercise Price. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee, the exercise price per share for the Shares covered by a Stock Option shall be determined by the Committee at the time of grant but shall not be less than 100 percent of the Fair Market Value on the Grant Date, and in the case of an Incentive Stock Option that is granted to a Ten Percent Owner, the exercise price per share for the Shares covered by such Incentive Stock Option shall not be less than 110 percent of the Fair Market Value on the Grant Date.
(ii) Option Term. The term of each Stock Option shall be fixed by the Committee, but no Stock Option shall be exercisable more than ten years from the Grant Date. In the case of an Incentive Stock Option that is granted to a Ten Percent Owner, the term of such Stock Option shall be no more than five years from the Grant Date.
(iii) Exercisability; Rights of a Shareholder. Stock Options shall become exercisable and/or vested at such time or times, whether or not in installments, as shall be determined by the Committee at or after the Grant Date. The Award Agreement may permit a grantee to exercise all or a portion of a Stock Option immediately at grant; provided that the Shares issued upon such exercise shall be subject to restrictions and a vesting schedule identical to the vesting schedule of the related Stock Option, such Shares shall be deemed to be Restricted Stock for purposes of the Plan, and the optionee may be required to enter into an additional or new Award Agreement as a condition to exercise of such Stock Option. An optionee shall have the rights of a shareholder only as to Shares acquired upon the exercise of a Stock Option and not as to unexercised Stock Options. An optionee shall not be deemed to have acquired any Shares unless and until a Stock Option shall have been exercised pursuant to the terms of the Award Agreement and this Plan and the optionee’s name has been entered in the register of members of the Company as a shareholder.
(iv) Method of Exercise. Stock Options may be exercised by an optionee in whole or in part, by the optionee giving written or electronic notice of exercise to the Company, specifying the number of Shares to be purchased. Payment of the purchase price may be made by one or more of the following methods (or any combination thereof) to the extent provided in the Award Agreement:
(A) In cash, by certified or bank check, by wire transfer of immediately available funds, or other instrument acceptable to the Committee;
(B) If permitted by the Committee, by the optionee delivering to the Company a promissory note, if the Board has expressly authorized the loan of funds to the optionee for the purpose of enabling or assisting the optionee to effect the exercise of his or her Stock Option; provided, that at least so much of the exercise price as represents the par value of the Shares shall be paid in cash if required by state law;
(C) If permitted by the Committee and the Initial Public Offering has occurred (or the Shares otherwise becomes publicly-traded), through the delivery (or attestation to the ownership) of Shares that have been purchased by the optionee on the open market or that are beneficially owned by the optionee and are not then subject to restrictions under any Company plan. To the extent required to avoid variable accounting treatment under ASC 718 or other applicable accounting rules, such surrendered Shares if originally purchased from the Company shall have been owned by the optionee for at least six months. Such surrendered Shares shall be valued at Fair Market Value on the exercise date;
(D) If permitted by the Committee and the Initial Public Offering has occurred (or the Shares otherwise becomes publicly-traded), by the optionee delivering to the Company a properly executed exercise notice together with irrevocable instructions to a broker to promptly deliver to the Company cash or a check payable and acceptable to the Company for the purchase price; provided that in the event the optionee chooses to pay the purchase price as so provided, the optionee and the broker shall comply with such procedures and enter into such agreements of indemnity and other agreements as the Committee shall prescribe as a condition of such payment procedure; or
(E) If permitted by the Committee, and only with respect to Stock Options that are not Incentive Stock Options, by a “net exercise” arrangement pursuant to which the Company will reduce the number of Shares issuable upon exercise by the largest whole number of Shares with a Fair Market Value that does not exceed the aggregate exercise price.
Payment instruments will be received subject to collection. No certificates for Shares so purchased will be issued to the optionee or, with respect to uncertificated Shares, no transfer to the optionee on the records of the Company will take place, until the Company has completed all steps it has deemed necessary to satisfy legal requirements relating to the issuance and sale of the Shares, which steps may include, without limitation, (i) receipt of a representation from the optionee at the time of exercise of the Option that the optionee is purchasing the Shares for the optionee’s own account and not with a view to any sale or distribution of the Shares or other representations relating to
compliance with applicable law governing the issuance of securities, (ii) the legending of the certificate (or notation on any book entry) representing the Shares to evidence the foregoing restrictions, and (iii) obtaining from optionee payment or provision for all withholding taxes due as a result of the exercise of the Option. The delivery of certificates representing the Shares (or the transfer to the optionee on the records of the Company with respect to uncertificated Shares) to be purchased pursuant to the exercise of a Stock Option will be contingent upon (A) receipt from the optionee (or a purchaser acting in his or her stead in accordance with the provisions of the Stock Option) by the Company of the full purchase price for such Shares and the fulfillment of any other requirements contained in the Award Agreement or applicable provisions of laws and (B) if required by the Company, the optionee shall have entered into any shareholders agreements or other agreements with the Company and/or certain other of the Company’s shareholders relating to the Shares. In the event an optionee chooses to pay the purchase price by previously-owned Shares through the attestation method, the number of Shares transferred to the optionee upon the exercise of the Stock Option shall be net of the number of Shares attested to.
(b) Annual Limit on Incentive Stock Options. To the extent required for “incentive stock option” treatment under Section 422 of the Code, the aggregate Fair Market Value (determined as of the Grant Date) of the Shares with respect to which Incentive Stock Options granted under the Plan and any other plan of the Company or its parent and any Subsidiary that become exercisable for the first time by an optionee during any calendar year shall not exceed one hundred thousand US dollars ($100,000 US dollars) or such other limit as may be in effect from time to time under Section 422 of the Code. To the extent that any Stock Option exceeds this limit, it shall constitute a Non-Qualified Stock Option.
(c) Termination. Any portion of a Stock Option that is not vested and exercisable on the date of termination of an optionee’s Service Relationship shall immediately expire and be null and void. Unless otherwise set forth in the applicable Award Agreement, once any portion of the Stock Option becomes vested and exercisable, the optionee’s right to exercise such portion of the Stock Option (or the optionee’s representatives and legatees as applicable) in the event of a termination of the optionee’s Service Relationship shall continue until the earliest of: (i) the date which is: (A) twelve (12) months following the date on which the optionee’s Service Relationship terminates due to death or Disability (or such longer period of time as determined by the Committee and set forth in the applicable Award Agreement), or (B) three (3) months following the date on which the optionee’s Service Relationship terminates if the termination is due to any reason other than death or Disability (or such longer period of time as determined by the Committee and set forth in the applicable Award Agreement), or (ii) the Expiration Date set forth in the Award Agreement; provided that notwithstanding the foregoing, an Award Agreement may provide that if the optionee’s Service Relationship is terminated for Cause, the Stock Option shall terminate immediately and be null and void upon the date of the optionee’s termination and shall not thereafter be exercisable.
SECTION 6. RESTRICTED STOCK AWARDS
(a) Nature of Restricted Stock Awards. The Committee may, in its sole discretion, grant (or sell at par value or such other purchase price determined by the Committee) to an eligible individual under Section 4 hereof a Restricted Stock Award under the Plan. The Committee shall determine the restrictions and conditions applicable to each Restricted Stock Award at the time of grant. Conditions may be based on continuing employment (or other Service Relationship), achievement of pre-established performance goals and objectives and/or such other criteria as the Committee may determine. Upon the grant of a Restricted Stock Award, the Company and the grantee shall enter into an Award Agreement. The terms and conditions of each such Award Agreement shall be determined by the Committee, and such terms and conditions may differ among individual Awards and grantees.
(b) Rights as a Shareholder. Upon the grant of the Restricted Stock Award and payment of any applicable purchase price, a grantee of Restricted Stock shall be considered the record owner of and shall be entitled to vote the Restricted Stock if, and to the extent, such Shares are entitled to voting rights, subject to such conditions contained in the Award Agreement. The grantee shall be entitled to receive all dividends and any other distributions declared on the Shares; provided, however, that the Company is under no duty to declare any such dividends or to make any such distribution. Unless the Committee shall otherwise determine, certificates evidencing the Restricted Stock shall remain in the possession of the Company until such Restricted Shares are vested as provided in subsection (d) below of this Section, and the grantee shall be required, as a condition of the grant, to deliver to the Company an instrument of transfer executed in blank and such other instruments of transfer as the Committee may prescribe.
(c) Restrictions. Restricted Stock may not be sold, assigned, transferred, pledged or otherwise encumbered or disposed of except as specifically provided herein or in the Award Agreement. Except as may otherwise be provided by the Committee either in the Award Agreement or, subject to Section 13 below, in writing after the Award Agreement is issued, if a grantee’s Service Relationship with the Company and any Subsidiary terminates, the Company or its assigns shall have the right, as may be specified in the relevant instrument, to repurchase some or all of the Shares subject to the Award at such purchase price as is set forth in the Award Agreement.
(d) Vesting of Restricted Stock. The Committee at the time of grant shall specify in the Award Agreement the date or dates and/or the attainment of pre-established performance goals, objectives and other conditions on which the substantial risk of forfeiture imposed shall lapse and the Restricted Stock shall become vested, subject to such further rights of the Company or its assigns as may be specified in the Award Agreement.
SECTION 7. UNRESTRICTED STOCK AWARDS
The Committee may, in its sole discretion, grant (or sell at par value or such other purchase price determined by the Committee) to an eligible person under Section 4 hereof an Unrestricted Stock Award under the Plan. Unrestricted Stock Awards may be granted in respect of past services or other valid consideration, or in lieu of cash compensation due to such grantee.
SECTION 8. RESTRICTED STOCK UNITS
(a) Nature of Restricted Stock Units. The Committee may, in its sole discretion, grant to an eligible person under Section 4 hereof Restricted Stock Units under the Plan. The Committee shall determine the restrictions and conditions applicable to each Restricted Stock Unit at the time of grant. Vesting conditions may be based on continuing employment (or other Service Relationship), achievement of pre-established performance goals and objectives and/or other such criteria as the Committee may determine. Upon the grant of Restricted Stock Units, the grantee and the Company shall enter into an Award Agreement. The terms and conditions of each such Award Agreement shall be determined by the Committee and may differ among individual Awards and grantees. On or promptly following the vesting date or dates applicable to any Restricted Stock Unit, but in no event later than March 15 of the year following the year in which such vesting occurs, such Restricted Stock Unit(s) shall be settled in the form of cash or Shares, as specified in the Award Agreement. Restricted Stock Units may not be sold, assigned, transferred, pledged, or otherwise encumbered or disposed of.
(b) Rights as a Shareholder. A grantee shall have the rights of a shareholder only as to Shares, if any, acquired upon settlement of Restricted Stock Units. A grantee shall not be deemed to have acquired any such Shares unless and until the Restricted Stock Units shall have been settled in Shares pursuant to the terms of the Plan and the Award Agreement, the Company shall have issued and delivered a certificate representing the Shares to the grantee (or transferred on the records of the Company with respect to uncertificated shares), and the grantee’s name has been entered in the register of members of the Company as a shareholder.
(c) Termination. Except as may otherwise be provided by the Committee either in the Award Agreement or in writing after the Award Agreement is issued, a grantee’s right in all Restricted Stock Units that have not vested shall automatically terminate upon the grantee’s cessation of Service Relationship with the Company and any Subsidiary for any reason.
SECTION 9. TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS; COMPANY RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL; COMPANY REPURCHASE RIGHTS
(a) Restrictions on Transfer.
(i) Non-Transferability of Stock Options. Stock Options and, prior to exercise, the Shares issuable upon exercise of such Stock Option, shall not be transferable by the optionee otherwise than by will, or by the laws of descent and distribution, and all Stock Options shall be exercisable, during the optionee’s lifetime, only by the optionee, or by the optionee’s legal representative or guardian in the event of the optionee’s incapacity. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee, in its sole discretion, may provide in the Award Agreement regarding a given Stock Option that the optionee may transfer by gift, without consideration for the transfer, his or her Non-Qualified Stock Options to his or her family members (as defined in Rule 701 of the Securities Act), to trusts for the benefit of such family members, or to partnerships in which such family members are the only partners (to the extent such trusts or
partnerships are considered “family members” for purposes of Rule 701 of the Securities Act), provided that the transferee agrees in writing with the Company to be bound by all of the terms and conditions of this Plan and the applicable Award Agreement, including the execution of a stock power upon the issuance of Shares. Stock Options, and the Shares issuable upon exercise of such Stock Options, shall be restricted as to any pledge, hypothecation, or other transfer, including any short position, any “put equivalent position” (as defined in the Exchange Act) or any “call equivalent position” (as defined in the Exchange Act) prior to exercise.
(ii) Shares. No Shares shall be sold, assigned, transferred, pledged, hypothecated, given away or in any other manner disposed of or encumbered, whether voluntarily or by operation of law, unless (i) the transfer is in compliance with the terms of the applicable Award Agreement, all applicable securities laws (including, without limitation, the Securities Act), and with the terms and conditions of this Section 9, (ii) the transfer does not cause the Company to become subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, and (iii) the transferee consents in writing to be bound by the provisions of the Plan and the Award Agreement, including this Section 9. In connection with any proposed transfer, the Committee may require the transferor to provide at the transferor’s own expense an opinion of counsel to the transferor, satisfactory to the Committee, that such transfer is in compliance with all foreign, federal and state securities laws (including, without limitation, the Securities Act). Any attempted transfer of Shares not in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Section 9 shall be null and void, and the Company shall not reflect on its records any change in record ownership of any Shares as a result of any such transfer, shall otherwise refuse to recognize any such transfer and shall not in any way give effect to any such transfer of Shares. The Company shall be entitled to seek protective orders, injunctive relief and other remedies available at law or in equity including, without limitation, seeking specific performance or the rescission of any transfer not made in strict compliance with the provisions of this Section 9. Subject to the foregoing general provisions, and unless otherwise provided in the applicable Award Agreement, Shares may be transferred pursuant to the following specific terms and conditions (provided that with respect to any transfer of Restricted Stock, all vesting and forfeiture provisions shall continue to apply with respect to the original recipient):
(A) Transfers to Permitted Transferees. The Holder may transfer any or all of the Shares to one or more Permitted Transferees; provided, however, that following such transfer, such Shares shall continue to be subject to the terms of this Plan (including this Section 9) and such Permitted Transferee(s) shall, as a condition to any such transfer, deliver a written acknowledgment to that effect to the Company and shall deliver a stock power to the Company with respect to the Shares. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Holder may not transfer any of the Shares to a Person whom the Company reasonably determines is a direct competitor or a potential competitor of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
(B) Transfers Upon Death. Upon the death of the Holder, any Shares then held by the Holder at the time of such death and any Shares acquired after the Holder’s death by the Holder’s legal representative shall be subject to the provisions of this Plan, and the Holder’s estate, executors, administrators, personal representatives, heirs, legatees and distributees shall be obligated to convey such Shares to the Company or its assigns under the terms contemplated by the Plan and the Award Agreement.
(b) Right of First Refusal. In the event that a Holder desires at any time to sell or otherwise transfer all or any part of his or her Shares (other than shares of Restricted Stock which by their terms are not transferrable), the Holder first shall give written notice to the Company of the Holder’s intention to make such transfer. Such notice shall state the number of Shares that the Holder proposes to sell (the “Offered Shares”), the price and the terms at which the proposed sale is to be made and the name and address of the proposed transferee. At any time within 30 days after the receipt of such notice by the Company, the Company or its assigns may elect to purchase all or any portion of the Offered Shares at the price and on the terms offered by the proposed transferee and specified in the notice. The Company or its assigns shall exercise this right by mailing or delivering written notice to the Holder within the foregoing thirty (30) day period. If the Company or its assigns elect to exercise its purchase rights under this Section 9(b), the closing for such purchase shall, in any event, take place within 45 days after the receipt by the Company of the initial notice from the Holder. In the event that the Company or its assigns do not elect to exercise such purchase right, or in the event that the Company or its assigns do not pay the full purchase price within such forty-five day (45) day period, the Holder shall be required to pay a transaction processing fee of ten thousand US dollars ($10,000 US dollars) to the Company (unless waived by the Committee) and then may, within 60 days thereafter, sell the Offered Shares to the proposed transferee and at the same price and on the same terms as specified in the Holder’s notice. Any Shares not sold to the proposed transferee shall remain subject to the Plan. If the Holder is a party to any shareholders agreements or other agreements with the Company and/or certain other of the Company’s shareholders relating to the Shares, (i) the transferring Holder shall comply with the requirements of such shareholders
agreements or other agreements relating to any proposed transfer of the Offered Shares, and (ii) any proposed transferee that purchases Offered Shares shall enter into such shareholders agreements or other agreements with the Company and/or certain of the Company’s shareholders relating to the Offered Shares on the same terms and in the same capacity as the transferring Holder.
(c) Company’s Right of Repurchase.
(i) Upon a Covenant Breach or a Termination Event for any reason (each, a Repurchase Event”), the Company shall have the right, but not the obligation, to repurchase any portion of the Shares then held by the Holder pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth in this Section 9(c).
(ii) Repurchase Price.
(A) Unvested Shares. With respect to any Shares that are unvested at the time of the Repurchase Event, the repurchase price per Share shall be equal to the lesser of (i) the Original Cost or (ii) the Fair Market Value (as of the date of the Repurchase Notice (defined below)); provided, that if the Original Cost of the Shares was $0 (including any Options that were cashlessly exercised), then notwithstanding anything contained herein, such Shares shall be automatically forfeited for no consideration upon the Repurchase Event.
(B) Vested Shares. With respect to any Shares that are vested at the time of the Repurchase Event, the repurchase price per Share shall be equal to the Fair Market Value (as of the date of the Repurchase Notice); provided, that in the event the Repurchase Event was a Covenant Breach or a Termination Event for Cause, the repurchase price for such vested Shares shall be set in accordance with subsection (A) above; provided, further, that if a Covenant Breach occurs following a repurchase of any Shares in accordance with the repurchase price set forth in this subsection (B), the Holder shall immediately repay the Company for the excess between the amount actually received for such Shares minus the amount that would have been paid for such Shares in the repurchase price had been set in accordance with subsection (A) above.
(iii) Procedure. Any repurchase right of the Company shall be exercised by the Company or its assigns by giving the Holder written notice (“Repurchase Notice”) no later than one hundred eighty 180 days after the later of (i) the Repurchase Event and (ii) the one hundred eighty first ( 181st) day following the acquisition of the Shares subject to such repurchase. The closing of the repurchase described herein shall occur as soon as reasonably practicable, and in any event not later than thirty (30) days after delivery of the applicable Repurchase Notice (provided, that such time shall be extended as necessary to comply with the requirements of the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvement Act of 1976, as amended, or other applicable legal requirements), at the principal office of the Company, or at such other time and location as the parties to such purchase may mutually determine, subject, however, to Holder’s execution of any documentation as may be reasonably requested by the Company. The Company will pay for the Shares by it first by offsetting amounts outstanding under any bona fide debts, if any, owed by such Holder to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, now existing or hereinafter arising, and will pay the remainder of the repurchase price by, at its option, (i) wire transfer of immediately available funds, (ii) delivery of a check payable to the Holder of such Shares, (iii) a promissory note payable upon a Sale Event and bearing interest at the applicable federal rate, or (iv) any combination of (i), (ii) and (iii), in the aggregate amount of the repurchase price for such Shares. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, all repurchases of Shares by the Company will be subject to applicable restrictions contained in the corporation law of the Company’s jurisdiction of incorporation and in the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ debt and equity financing agreements. If any such restrictions prohibit the repurchase of Shares hereunder which the Company is otherwise entitled to make, the Company may make such repurchases as soon as it is permitted to do so under such restrictions.
(iv) Termination of Repurchase. The Company’s repurchase rights described herein shall terminate upon the first to occur between a Sale Event and an Initial Public Offering.
(d) Drag Along Right. In the event the holders of a majority of the Company’s equity securities then outstanding (the “Majority Shareholders”) determine to enter into a Sale Event in a bona fide negotiated transaction (a “Sale”), with any non-Affiliate of the Company or any majority shareholder (in each case, the “Buyer”), a Holder of Shares, including any Permitted Transferee, shall be obligated to and shall upon the written request of the Majority Shareholders: (a) sell, transfer and deliver, or cause to be sold, transferred and delivered, to the Buyer, his or her Shares (including for this purpose all of such Holder’s Shares that presently or as a result of any such transaction may be acquired upon the exercise of an Option (following the payment of the exercise price therefor)) on substantially the same terms applicable to the Majority Shareholders (with appropriate adjustments to reflect the conversion of convertible securities, the redemption of redeemable securities and the exercise of exercisable
securities as well as the relative preferences and priorities of preferred shares); and (b) execute and deliver such instruments of conveyance and transfer and take such other action, including voting such Shares in favor of any Sale proposed by the Majority Shareholders and executing any purchase agreements, merger agreements, indemnity agreements, escrow agreements or related documents as the Majority Shareholders or the Buyer may reasonably require in order to carry out the terms and provisions of this Section 9(d).
(e) Escrow Arrangement.
(i) Escrow. In order to carry out the provisions of this Section 9 of this Plan more effectively, the Company shall hold any Shares issued pursuant to Awards granted under the Plan in escrow together with separate stock powers executed by the Holder in blank for transfer. The Company shall not dispose of the Shares except as otherwise provided in this Plan. In the event of any repurchase by the Company (or any of its assigns), the Company is hereby authorized by the Holder, as the Holder’s attorney-in-fact, to date and complete the stock powers necessary for the transfer of the Shares being purchased and to transfer such Shares in accordance with the terms hereof. At such time as any Shares are no longer subject to the Company’s repurchase and first refusal rights, the Company shall, at the written request of the Holder, deliver to the Holder a certificate representing such Shares with the balance of the Shares to be held in escrow pursuant to this Section.
(ii) Remedy. Without limitation of any other provision of this Plan or other rights, in the event that a Holder or any other Person is required to sell a Holder’s Shares pursuant to the provisions of Sections 9(b) or (c) hereof and in the further event that he or she refuses or for any reason fails to deliver to the Company or its designated purchaser of such Shares the certificate or certificates evidencing such Shares together with a related stock power, the Company or such designated purchaser may deposit the applicable purchase price for such Shares with a bank designated by the Company, or with the Company’s independent public accounting firm, as agent or trustee, or in escrow, for such Holder or other Person, to be held by such bank or accounting firm for the benefit of and for delivery to him, her, them or it, and/or, in its discretion, pay such purchase price by offsetting any indebtedness then owed by such Holder as provided above. Upon any such deposit and/or offset by the Company or its designated purchaser of such amount and upon notice to the Person who was required to sell the Shares to be sold pursuant to the provisions of Sections 9(b) or (c), such Shares shall at such time be deemed to have been sold, assigned, transferred and conveyed to such purchaser, such Holder shall have no further rights thereto (other than the right to withdraw the payment thereof held in escrow, if applicable), and the Company shall record such transfer in its stock transfer book or in any appropriate manner.
(f) Lockup Provision. If requested by the Company, a Holder shall not sell or otherwise transfer or dispose of any Shares (including, without limitation, pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act) held by him or her for such period following the effective date of a public offering by the Company of Shares as the Company shall specify reasonably and in good faith. If requested by the underwriter engaged by the Company, each Holder shall execute a separate letter confirming his or her agreement to comply with this Section.
(g) Adjustments for Changes in Capital Structure. If, as a result of any reorganization, recapitalization, reclassification, share dividend, share split, reverse share split or other similar change in the Shares, the outstanding Shares are increased or decreased or are exchanged for a different number or kind of securities of the Company, the restrictions contained in this Section 9 shall apply with equal force to additional and/or substitute securities, if any, received by Holder in exchange for, or by virtue of his or her ownership of, Shares.
(h) Termination. The terms and provisions of Section 9(b) shall terminate upon the closing of the Company’s Initial Public Offering or upon consummation of any Sale Event, in either case as a result of which Shares are registered under Section 12 of the Exchange Act and publicly-traded on any national security exchange.
SECTION 10. RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS
Upon receipt of any Award, each Holder shall be deemed to have agreed to be bound by this Section 10.
(a) Confidentiality. Holder shall not, for any purpose whatsoever, other than to the extent necessary to render services to the Company or its Subsidiaries in good faith, required by law, or with the express prior written consent of the Company, use, disclose, or divulge to a third party or use for Holder’s personal benefit or for the benefit of a third party, at any time, either during Holder’s employment or services with the Company or its Subsidiaries or thereafter, any Confidential Information of which Holder is or becomes aware, whether or not such information is developed by Holder. Holder will treat all Confidential Information as confidential and take all reasonable and
appropriate steps to safeguard all Confidential Information and to protect it against disclosure, misuse, espionage, loss and theft. Holder shall deliver to the Company at Holder’s date of termination, or at any other time the Company may request, all memoranda, notes, agreements, client lists, plans, records, reports, computer tapes and software and other documents and data (and all copies or reproductions thereof) relating to the Confidential Information, Work Product or the business of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries which Holder may then possess or have under Holder’s control. As used herein, the term “Confidential Information” means information that is not generally known to the public and that is used, developed or obtained by the Company or its Subsidiaries in connection with their business, including but not limited to (i) information, observations and data obtained by Holder while employed by or providing services to the Company or its Subsidiaries concerning the business or affairs of the Company or its Subsidiaries, (ii) products or services, (iii) fees, costs and pricing structures, (iv) designs, (v) analyses, (vi) drawings, photographs and reports, (vii) computer software (including source code, executable code, algorithms, pseudocode, firmware, interfaces, data, databases, and documentation), including operating systems, applications and program listings or any portions or logic comprising said software, (viii) flow charts, manuals and documentation, (ix) data bases, (x) accounting and business methods, (xi) inventions, devices, new developments, methods and processes, whether patentable or unpatentable and whether or not reduced to practice, (xii) customers and clients and customer or client lists and terms of contracts with clients and customers (xiii) other copyrightable works, (xiv) all production, programming, manufacturing, engineering, and distribution processes or techniques, technology and trade secrets, and (xv) all similar and related information in whatever form or medium. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the term “Confidential Information” shall not include any information that Holder can demonstrate by written proof was generally available to the public at the time it was disclosed to such Holder or subsequently becomes in the public domain other than as a result of a disclosure by such Holder in violation of this Section 10, provided that Confidential Information will not be deemed to have been generally available merely because individual portions of the information have been separately published or otherwise made generally available to the public, but only if all material features comprising such information have been made generally available to the public in combination. The covenants made in this Section 10(a) shall continue perpetually, including after Holder’s Termination Event. Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1833(b), however, the Holder will not be held criminally or civilly liable under any Federal or State trade secret law for the disclosure of a trade secret of the Company or its Affiliates that—(i) is made—(A) in confidence to a Federal, State, or local government official, either directly or indirectly, or to the Holder’s attorney and (B) solely for the purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of law; or (ii) is made in a complaint or other document that is filed under seal in a lawsuit or other proceeding. If the Holder files a lawsuit for retaliation by the Company for reporting a suspected violation of law, the Holder may disclose the trade secret to the Holder’s attorney and use the trade secret information in the court proceeding, if the Holder files any document containing the trade secret under seal and does not disclose the trade secret except under court order. Nothing in the Plan or any Award Agreement is intended to conflict with 18 U.S.C. § 1833(b) or create liability for disclosures of trade secrets that are expressly allowed by such Section.
(b) Non-Competition; Non-Solicitation. Holder acknowledges and agrees with the Company that during the course of Holder’s involvement and/or employment with the Company or its Subsidiaries, Holder has had and will continue to have the opportunity to develop relationships with existing employees, vendors, suppliers, customers, strategic partners, licensees, licensors, lessors and other business associates of the Company and its Subsidiaries which relationships constitute goodwill of the Company and its Subsidiaries, and the Company and its Subsidiaries would be irreparably damaged if Holder were to take actions that would damage or misappropriate such goodwill. Accordingly, Holder agrees as follows:
(i) Holder acknowledges that the Company and its Subsidiaries currently conduct their business throughout the United States and the world (hereinafter, the “Territory”). For purposes hereof, the “Territory” shall also include any international market in which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries conducts its business or has plans that have been considered by the Board to conduct its business, in either event, at the time of Holder’s date of termination. Accordingly, during the Holder’s Service Relationship and during the twelve (12) month period thereafter (the “Non-Competition Period”), Holder shall not, directly or indirectly, enter into, engage in, assist, give or lend funds to or otherwise finance, be employed by or consult with, or have a financial or other interest in, any business, operation or entity in the same or substantially similar line of business conducted by the Company or its Subsidiaries within the Territory (hereinafter, the “Line of Business”), whether for or by Holder or as a representative for or on behalf of any other person or entity.
(ii) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the aggregate passive ownership by Holder of no more than two percent (2%) of the outstanding equity securities of any entity, which securities are traded on a national or foreign securities exchange, quoted on the Nasdaq Stock Market or other automated quotation system, and which entity competes with the Company (or any part thereof) within the Territory, shall not be deemed to be giving or lending funds to, otherwise financing or having a financial interest in a competitor. In the event that any entity in which Holder has any financial or other interest directly or indirectly enters into the Line of Business during the Non-Competition Period, Holder shall use his reasonable best efforts to divest all of his interest (other than any amount permitted to be held pursuant to the first sentence of this Section 10(b)(ii) in such entity within thirty (30) days after learning that such entity has entered the Line of Business.
(iii) Holder covenants and agrees that during the Non-Competition Period (i) Holder will not, directly or indirectly, either for Holder or for any other person or entity, solicit any employee, consultant or agent of the Company (other than such Holder’s personal assistant or secretary) or any Subsidiary or Affiliate of the Company to terminate their employment or other relationship with the Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate of the Company or (ii) employ or engage (or cause to be employed or engaged) any such individual.
(c) Remedies. Holder acknowledges that the restrictions contained in this Section 10 are reasonable and necessary to protect the legitimate interests of the Company and its Subsidiaries and that the Company would not have entered into the Plan or any Award Agreement in the absence of such restrictions. Holder also acknowledges that any breach by Holder of this Section 10 will cause continuing and irreparable injury to the Company and its Subsidiaries for which monetary damages would not be an adequate remedy. Holder shall not, in any action or proceeding to enforce any of the provisions of the Plan, assert the claim or defense that an adequate remedy at law exists or that this Section 10 is unreasonable or otherwise not enforceable in accordance with their terms. In the event of such breach by Holder, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries shall have the right to enforce the provisions of this Section 10 by seeking injunctive or other relief in any court of competent jurisdiction, and the Plan shall not in any way limit remedies of law or in equity otherwise available to such entity. The periods of time set forth in this Section 10 shall not include, and shall be deemed extended by, any time required for litigation to enforce the relevant covenant periods, provided that the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is successful on the merits in any such litigation. The “time required for litigation” is herein defined to mean the period of time from the earlier of Holder’s first breach of such covenants or service of process upon Holder through the expiration of all appeals related to such litigation.
SECTION 11. TAX WITHHOLDING
(a) Payment by Grantee. Each grantee shall, no later than the date as of which the value of an Award or of any Shares or other amounts received thereunder first becomes includable in the gross income of the grantee for income tax purposes, pay to the Company, or make arrangements satisfactory to the Committee regarding payment of, any Federal, state, or local taxes of any kind required by law to be withheld by the Company with respect to such income. The Company and any Subsidiary shall, to the extent permitted by law, have the right to deduct any such taxes from any payment of any kind otherwise due to the grantee. The Company’s obligation to deliver share certificates (or evidence of book entry) to any grantee is subject to and conditioned on any such tax withholding obligations being satisfied by the grantee.
(b) Payment in Shares. The Company’s minimum required tax withholding obligation may be satisfied, in whole or in part, by the Company withholding from Shares to be issued pursuant to an Award a number of Shares having an aggregate Fair Market Value (as of the date the withholding is effected) that would satisfy the minimum withholding amount due.
SECTION 12. SECTION 409A.
(a) The Plan is intended to comply with the applicable requirements of Section 409A and shall be limited, construed and interpreted in accordance with such intent. To the extent that any Award is subject to Section 409A, it shall be paid in a manner that will comply with Section 409A. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, any provision in the Plan that is inconsistent with Section 409A shall be deemed to be amended to comply with Section 409A and to the extent such provision cannot be amended to comply therewith, such provision shall be null and void. The Company makes no warranties or representations and shall have no liability to any Person, or any other party, if an Award that is intended to be exempt from, or compliant with, Section 409A is not so exempt or compliant or for any action taken by the Committee or the Company and, in the event that any amount or benefit under the Plan becomes subject to penalties under Section 409A, responsibility for payment of such penalties shall
rest solely with the affected Persons and not with the Company. In addition, with respect to any installment amounts payable under the Plan or any Award, the right of any grantee or any other Person to receive any such amounts shall be treated as a right to receive a series of separate and distinct payments.
(b) To the extent that any Award is determined to constitute “nonqualified deferred compensation” within the meaning of Section 409A (hereinafter a “409A Award”), the Award shall be subject to such additional rules and requirements as may be specified by the Committee from time to time. In this regard, if any amount under a 409A Award is payable upon a Termination Event, no such event will be deemed to occur unless it is also “separation from service” (within the meaning of Section 409A), and for purposes of the Plan and any Award, references to a Termination Event, “termination,” “termination of employment” or any similar terms shall mean “separation from service.” In addition, with respect to any grantee who is considered a “specified employee” (within the meaning of Section 409A), then no such payment shall be made prior to the date that is the earlier of (i) six (6) months and one (1) day after the grantee’s separation from service, or (ii) the grantee’s death, but only to the extent such delay is necessary to prevent such payment from being subject to interest, penalties and/or additional tax imposed pursuant to Section 409A.
SECTION 13. AMENDMENTS AND TERMINATION
The Board may, at any time, amend or discontinue the Plan and the Committee may, at any time, amend or cancel any outstanding Award for the purpose of satisfying changes in law or for any other lawful purpose, but no such action shall adversely affect rights under any outstanding Award without the consent of the holder of the Award. The Committee may exercise its discretion to reduce the exercise price of outstanding Stock Options or effect repricing through cancellation of outstanding Stock Options and by granting such holders new Awards in replacement of the cancelled Stock Options. To the extent determined by the Committee to be required either by the Code to ensure that Incentive Stock Options granted under the Plan are qualified under Section 422 of the Code or otherwise, Plan amendments shall be subject to approval by the Company shareholders entitled to vote at a meeting of shareholders.
Nothing in this Section 13 shall limit the Board’s or Committee’s authority to take any action permitted pursuant to Section 3(c). The Board reserves the right to amend the Plan and/or the terms of any outstanding Stock Options to the extent reasonably necessary to comply with the requirements of the exemption pursuant to paragraph (f)(4) of Rule 12h-1 of the Exchange Act.
SECTION 14. STATUS OF PLAN
With respect to the portion of any Award that has not been exercised and any payments in cash, Shares or other consideration not received by a grantee, a grantee shall have no rights greater than those of a general creditor of the Company unless the Committee shall otherwise expressly so determine in connection with any Award.
SECTION 15. GENERAL PROVISIONS
(a) No Distribution; Compliance with Legal Requirements. The Committee may require each person acquiring Shares pursuant to an Award to represent to and agree with the Company in writing that such person is acquiring the Shares without a view to distribution thereof. No Shares shall be issued pursuant to an Award until all applicable securities law and other legal and stock exchange or similar requirements have been satisfied. The Committee may require the placing of such stop-orders and restrictive legends on certificates for Shares and Awards as it deems appropriate.
(b) Delivery of Share Certificates. Share certificates to grantees under the Plan shall be deemed delivered for all purposes when the Company or a share transfer agent of the Company shall have mailed such certificates in the United States mail, addressed to the grantee, at the grantee’s last known address on file with the Company; provided that share certificates to be held in escrow pursuant to Section 9 of the Plan shall be deemed delivered when the Company shall have recorded the issuance in its records. Uncertificated Shares shall be deemed delivered for all purposes when the Company or a share transfer agent of the Company shall have given to the grantee by electronic mail (with proof of receipt) or by United States mail, addressed to the grantee, at the grantee’s last known address on
file with the Company, notice of issuance and recorded the issuance in its records (which may include electronic “book entry” records).
(c) No Employment Rights. The adoption of the Plan and the grant of Awards do not confer upon any Person any right to continued employment or Service Relationship with the Company or any Subsidiary.
(d) Trading Policy Restrictions. Option exercises and other Awards under the Plan shall be subject to the Company’s insider trading policy-related restrictions, terms and conditions as may be established by the Committee, or in accordance with policies set by the Committee, from time to time.
(e) Designation of Beneficiary. Each grantee to whom an Award has been made under the Plan may designate a beneficiary or beneficiaries to exercise any Award on or after the grantee’s death or receive any payment under any Award payable on or after the grantee’s death. Any such designation shall be on a form provided for that purpose by the Committee and shall not be effective until received by the Committee. If no beneficiary has been designated by a deceased grantee, or if the designated beneficiaries have predeceased the grantee, the beneficiary shall be the grantee’s estate.
(f) Legend. Any certificate(s) representing the Shares shall carry substantially the following legend (and with respect to uncertificated Shares, the book entries evidencing such shares shall contain the following notation):
The transferability of this certificate and the Shares represented hereby are subject to the restrictions, terms and conditions (including repurchase and restrictions against transfers) contained in the Damora Therapeutics, Inc. 2020 Stock Option and Grant Plan and any agreements entered into thereunder by and between the company and the holder of this certificate (a copy of which is available at the offices of the company for examination).
(g) Information to Holders of Options. In the event the Company is relying on the exemption from the registration requirements of Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act contained in paragraph (f)(1) of Rule 12h-1 of the Exchange Act, the Company shall provide the information described in Rule 701(e)(3), (4) and (5) of the Securities Act to all holders of Options in accordance with the requirements thereunder. The foregoing notwithstanding, the Company shall not be required to provide such information unless the optionholder has agreed in writing, on a form prescribed by the Company, to keep such information confidential.
SECTION 16. EFFECTIVE DATE OF PLAN
The Plan shall become effective upon adoption by the Board and shall be approved by stockholders in accordance with applicable state law and the Company’s memorandum and articles of association within twelve (12) months thereafter. If the stockholders fail to approve the Plan within twelve (12) months after its adoption by the Board of Directors, then any Awards granted or sold under the Plan shall be rescinded and no additional grants or sales shall thereafter be made under the Plan. Subject to such approval by stockholders and to the requirement that no Shares may be issued hereunder prior to such approval. Stock Options and other Awards may be granted hereunder on and after adoption of the Plan by the Board. No grants of Stock Options and other Awards may be made hereunder after the tenth anniversary of the date the Plan is adopted by the Board or the date the Plan is approved by the Company’s stockholders, whichever is earlier.
This Plan, all Awards and any controversy arising out of or relating to this Plan and all Awards shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Cayman Islands, without regard to conflict of law principles that would result in the application of any law other than the law of the Cayman Islands.
SECTION 17. CERTAIN ISSUANCES, EXCHANGES AND SUBSTITUTIONS
To the extent any Awards are issued with respect to, in exchange for, or as a substitute for previously held awards or rights (hereinafter, the “Replaced Awards”), such Awards shall comply with applicable law relating to such issuance, exchange, or substitution, and such Awards shall otherwise be generally subject to the terms of the Plan; provided, however, that the Committee shall have discretion to modify the terms of such Awards to comply with applicable law relating to such issuance, exchange, or substitution, including (without limitation) that the terms of any such Awards that are Options may vary from the provisions of the Plan to the extent such variances comply with Treasury Regulation 1.424-1, and, in addition, to the extent any such Options (including the applicable Award Agreement and/or the Plan) provide for additional benefits that were not provided under the Replaced Awards, such additional benefits shall be rendered null and void ab initio with respect to such Options.
EX-10.3
DAMORA THERAPEUTICS, INC.
2020 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN
SECTION 1. GENERAL PURPOSE OF THE PLAN; DEFINITIONS
The name of the plan is the Damora Therapeutics, Inc. 2020 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”). The purpose of the Plan is to encourage and enable Employees, Non-Employee Directors and Consultants of Damora Therapeutics, Inc., a Cayman Islands exempted company (including any successor entity, the “Company”) and its Affiliates upon whose judgment, initiative and efforts the Company largely depends for the successful conduct of its business, to provide eligible persons to acquire a proprietary interest in the Company as an incentive to remain in the service of the Company. It is further anticipated that providing such persons with a direct stake in the Company’s welfare will assure a closer identification of their interests with those of the Company and its shareholders, thereby stimulating their efforts on the Company’s behalf and strengthening their desire to remain with the Company. This Plan supersedes the Damora Therapeutics, Inc. 2020 Stock Option and Grant Plan (the “Prior Plan”), from which no new grants shall be made. All awards forfeited pursuant to the terms of the Prior Plan shall be returned to the pool to be granted pursuant to Section 3(a) of the Plan.
The Plan has been amended and restated to reflect the Company’s name change and a change in the Company’s jurisdiction of incorporation from the State of Delaware to the Cayman Islands, but no further awards may be issued under the Plan as of February 9, 2026.
The following terms shall be defined as set forth below:
“Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder.
“Administrator” means either (x) the Board, (y) the compensation committee of the Board or (z) a similar committee performing the functions of the compensation committee, which committee shall be, for any actions taken at or following the Registration Date, comprised of not less than two Non-Employee Directors who are independent.
“Affiliate” means, at the time of determination, any “parent” or “subsidiary” of the Company as such terms are defined in Rule 405 of the Act. The Board will have the authority to determine the time or times at which “parent” or “subsidiary” status is determined within the foregoing definition.
“Award” or “Awards,” except where referring to a particular category of grant under the Plan, shall include Incentive Stock Options, Non-Qualified Stock Options, Stock Appreciation Rights, Restricted Stock Units, Restricted Stock Awards, Unrestricted Stock Awards, Cash-Based Awards, and Dividend Equivalent Rights.
“Award Agreement” means a written or electronic document setting forth the terms and provisions applicable to an Award granted under the Plan. Each Award Agreement is subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan.
“Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company.
“Cash-Based Award” means an Award entitling the recipient to receive a cash-denominated payment.
“Cause” shall have the meaning set forth in a Grantee’s employment agreement or consulting agreement, if any, unless otherwise set forth in the applicable Award Agreement or, in the case that no employment agreement, consulting agreement, or Award Agreement contains a definition of “Cause,” it shall mean (i) the Grantee’s dishonest statements or acts with respect to the Company or any Affiliate of the Company, or any current or prospective customers, suppliers vendors or other third parties with which such entity does business; (ii) the Grantee’s commission of (A) a felony (as such term is construed in accordance with U.S. law) or (B) any misdemeanor involving moral turpitude, deceit, dishonesty or fraud; (iii) the Grantee’s failure to perform his assigned duties and responsibilities to the reasonable satisfaction of the Company which failure continues, in the reasonable judgment of the Company, after written notice given to the Grantee by the Company; (iv) the Grantee’s
gross negligence (as such term is construed in accordance with U.S. law), willful misconduct or insubordination with respect to the Company or any Affiliate of the Company; or (v) the Grantee’s material violation of any provision of any agreement(s) between the Grantee and the Company relating to non-competition, non-solicitation, non-disclosure and/or assignment of inventions.
“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and any successor Code, and related rules, regulations and interpretations.
“Consultant” means a natural person who is a consultant or adviser to the Company or an Affiliate.
“Dividend Equivalent Right” means an Award entitling the Grantee to receive credits based on ordinary cash dividends that would have been paid on the Shares specified in the Dividend Equivalent Right (or other award to which it relates) if such shares had been issued to and held by the Grantee.
“Effective Date” means the date on which the Plan becomes effective as set forth in Section 19.
“Employee” means each employee of the Company or an Affiliate.
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder.
“Fair Market Value” of the Shares on any given date means the fair market value of the Shares determined in good faith by the Administrator in accordance with Section 409A; provided, however, that if the Shares are listed on the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation System (“NASDAQ”), NASDAQ Global Market, The New York Stock Exchange or another national securities exchange or traded on any established market, the determination shall be made by reference to the last sales price on the date immediately preceding such given date; provided further, however, that if the date for which Fair Market Value is determined is the Registration Date, the Fair Market Value shall be the “Price to the Public” (or equivalent) set forth on the cover page for the final prospectus relating to the Company’s initial public offering.
“Good Reason” shall have the meaning set forth in a Grantee’s employment agreement or consulting agreement, if any, unless otherwise set forth in the applicable Award Agreement or, in the case that no employment agreement, consulting agreement, or Award Agreement contains a definition of “Good Reason,” it shall mean (i) a material diminution in the Grantee’s base salary except for across-the-board salary reductions similarly affecting all or substantially all similarly situated Employees of the Company or (ii) a change of more than 50 miles in the geographic location at which the Grantee provides services to the Company; provided, that any claim for “Good Reason” shall be deemed waived unless (x) the Grantee provides written notice to the Company within 30 days following the initial occurrence of any such event, (y) the Company fails to cure such event within 30 days of such written notice, and (z) such Grantee actually terminates employment or service within five business days of the conclusion of such cure period.
“Grantee” means an Employee, a Non-Employee Director, or a Consultant that has been granted an Award under the Plan.
“Incentive Stock Option” means any Stock Option designated and qualified as an “incentive stock option” as defined in Section 422 of the Code.
“Non-Employee Director” means a member of the Board who is not also an Employee of the Company or any Subsidiary.
“Non-Qualified Stock Option” means any Stock Option that is not an Incentive Stock Option.
“Option” or “Stock Option” means any option to purchase Shares granted pursuant to Section 5.
“Registration Date” means the date upon which the registration statement on Form S-1 that is filed by the Company with respect to its initial public offering is declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Restricted Shares” means the Shares underlying a Restricted Stock Award that remain subject to a risk of forfeiture or the Company’s right of repurchase.
“Restricted Stock Award” means an Award of Restricted Shares subject to such restrictions and conditions as the Administrator may determine at the time of grant.
“Restricted Stock Units” means an Award of stock units subject to such restrictions and conditions as the Administrator may determine at the time of grant.
“Sale Event” shall mean (i) the sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company on a consolidated basis to an unrelated person or entity, (ii) a merger, reorganization or consolidation pursuant to which the holders of the Company’s outstanding voting power and outstanding shares immediately prior to such transaction do not own a majority of the outstanding voting power and outstanding shares or other equity interests of the resulting or successor entity (or its ultimate parent, if applicable) immediately upon completion of such transaction, (iii) the sale of all of the Shares of the Company to an unrelated person, entity or group thereof acting in concert, or (iv) any other transaction in which the owners of the Company’s outstanding voting power immediately prior to such transaction do not own at least a majority of the outstanding voting power of the Company or any successor entity immediately upon completion of the transaction other than as a result of the acquisition of securities directly from the Company; provided, however, that in the event an Award is subject to Section 409A, no such event shall constitute a payment event unless such event is also a change of control event as defined by Section 409A.
“Sale Price” means the value as determined by the Administrator of the consideration payable, or otherwise to be received by shareholders, per Share pursuant to a Sale Event.
“Section 409A” means Section 409A of the Code and the regulations and other guidance promulgated thereunder.
“Service Relationship” means any relationship as an Employee, Non-Employee Director or Consultant of the Company or any Affiliate (e.g., a Service Relationship shall be deemed to continue without interruption in the event an individual’s status changes from full-time Employee to part-time Employee or Consultant). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the Plan, an Award Agreement, or otherwise, the following shall not constitute a termination of a Grantee’s Service Relationship: (i) a transfer to the service of the Company from an Affiliate or from the Company to an Affiliate, or from one Affiliate to another Affiliate or (ii) an approved leave of absence for military service or sickness, or for any other purpose approved by the Administrator, if the individual’s right to re-employment is guaranteed either by a statute or by contract or under the policy pursuant to which the leave of absence was granted or if the Administrator otherwise so provides in writing.
“Shares” means the Ordinary Shares, par value $0.00001 per share, of the Company, subject to adjustments pursuant to Section 3.
“Stock Appreciation Right” means an Award entitling the recipient to receive Shares (or cash, to the extent explicitly provided for in the applicable Award Agreement) having a value equal to the excess of the Fair Market Value of the Shares on the date of exercise over the exercise price of the Stock Appreciation Right multiplied by the number of Shares with respect to which the Stock Appreciation Right shall have been exercised.
“Subsidiary” means any corporation or other entity (other than the Company) in which the Company has at least a 50 percent interest, either directly or indirectly.
“Ten Percent Owner” means an Employee who owns or is deemed to own (by reason of the attribution rules of Section 424(d) of the Code) more than 10 percent of the combined voting power of all classes of shares of the Company or any parent or subsidiary corporation.
“Unrestricted Stock Award” means an Award of Shares free of any restrictions.
SECTION 2. ADMINISTRATION OF PLAN; ADMINISTRATOR AUTHORITY TO SELECT GRANTEES AND DETERMINE AWARDS
(a) Administration of Plan. The Plan shall be administered by the Administrator.
(b) Powers of Administrator. The Administrator shall have the power and authority to grant Awards consistent with the terms of the Plan, including the power and authority:
(i) to select the individuals to whom Awards may from time to time be granted;
(ii) to determine the time or times of grant, and the extent, if any, of Incentive Stock Options, Non-Qualified Stock Options, Stock Appreciation Rights, Restricted Stock Awards, Restricted Stock Units, Unrestricted Stock Awards, Cash-Based Awards, and Dividend Equivalent Rights, or any combination of the foregoing, granted to any one or more Grantees;
(iii) to determine the number of Shares to be covered by any Award and, subject to the provisions of the Plan, the price, exercise price, conversion ratio or other price relating thereto;
(iv) to determine and modify from time to time the terms and conditions, including restrictions, not inconsistent with the terms of the Plan, of any Award, which terms and conditions may differ among individual Awards and Grantees, and to approve the forms of Award Agreements;
(v) to accelerate at any time the exercisability or vesting of all or any portion of any Award;
(vi) to impose any limitations and/or vesting conditions on Awards;
(vii) subject to the provisions of Sections 5(c) and 6(d) and any restrictions imposed by Section 409A, to extend at any time the period in which Stock Options or Stock Appreciation Rights may be exercised; and
(viii) at any time to adopt, alter and repeal such rules, guidelines and practices for administration of the Plan and for its own acts and proceedings as it shall deem advisable; to interpret the terms and provisions of the Plan and any Award (including related written instruments); to make all determinations it deems advisable for the administration of the Plan; to decide all disputes arising in connection with the Plan; and to otherwise supervise the administration of the Plan.
All decisions and interpretations of the Administrator shall be binding on all persons, including the Company and Grantees.
(c) Delegation of Authority to Grant Awards. Subject to applicable law, the Administrator, in its discretion, may delegate to a committee consisting of one or more officers of the Company including the Chief Executive Officer (the “CEO”) of the Company or a committee consisting of the CEO or one or more other officers of the Company (the CEO or such committee, as applicable, the “Officer Committee”) all or part of the Administrator’s authority and duties with respect to the granting of Awards (the “Delegated Awards”) to individuals who are (i) not subject to the reporting and other provisions of Section 16 of the Exchange Act and (ii) not members of the delegated committee. Any such delegation by the Administrator shall include a limitation as to the amount of Shares underlying Awards that may be granted during the period of the delegation and shall contain guidelines as to the determination of the exercise price and the vesting criteria.
The Administrator may revoke or amend the terms of a delegation at any time, but such action shall not invalidate any prior actions of the Administrator’s delegate or delegates that were consistent with the terms of the Plan. Additionally, in order to evidence the Officer Committee’s approval of Delegated Award grants pursuant to any delegation of authority, the Company shall compile a record prior to each grant date documenting the Offer Committee’s approval of Delegated Award grants. Such record will list the name of each grantee, the type and amount of Delegated Awards approved for grant (including, if applicable, the exercise prices), the grant date, the vesting schedule for the Delegated Awards and any other non-standard material terms.
(d) Award Agreement. Awards under the Plan shall be evidenced by Award Agreements that set forth the terms, conditions and limitations for each Award which may include, without limitation, the term of an Award and the provisions applicable in the event employment or service terminates.
(e) Indemnification. Neither the Board nor the Administrator, nor any member of either or any delegate thereof, shall be liable for any act, omission, interpretation, construction or determination made in good faith in connection with the Plan, and the members of the Board and the Administrator (and any delegate thereof) shall be entitled in all cases to indemnification and reimbursement by the Company in respect of any claim, loss, damage or expense (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising or resulting therefrom to the fullest extent permitted by law and/or under the Company’s memorandum and articles of association or any directors’ and officers’ liability insurance coverage which may be in effect from time to time and/or any indemnification agreement between such individual and the Company.
(f) Foreign Award Recipients. Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the contrary, in order to comply with the laws in other countries in which the Company and its Affiliates operate or have Employees or other individuals eligible for Awards, the Administrator, in its sole discretion, shall have the power and authority to: (i) determine which Affiliates shall be covered by the Plan; (ii) determine which individuals outside the United States are eligible to participate in the Plan; (iii) modify the terms and conditions of any Award granted to individuals outside the United States to comply with applicable foreign laws; (iv) establish subplans and modify exercise procedures and other terms and procedures, to the extent the Administrator determines such actions to be necessary or advisable (and such subplans and/or modifications shall be attached to this Plan as appendices); provided, however, that no such subplans and/or modifications shall increase the share limitations contained in Section 3(a) hereof; and (v) take any action, before or after an Award is made, that the Administrator determines to be necessary or advisable to obtain approval or comply with any local governmental regulatory exemptions or approvals. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Administrator may not take any actions hereunder, and no Awards shall be granted, that violate the Exchange Act or any other applicable United States securities law, the Code, or any other applicable United States governing statute or law.
SECTION 3. SHARES ISSUABLE UNDER THE PLAN; MERGERS; SUBSTITUTION
(a) Shares Issuable. The maximum number of Shares reserved and available for issuance under the Plan shall be 67,434 shares (the “Initial Limit”), subject to adjustment as provided in this Section 3, plus on January 1, 2021 and each January 1 thereafter, the number of shares of Stock reserved and available for issuance under the Plan shall be cumulatively increased by 5 percent of the number of shares of Stock issued and outstanding on the immediately preceding December 31 (the “Annual Increase”). Subject to such overall limitation, the maximum aggregate number of shares of Stock that may be issued in the form of Incentive Stock Options shall not exceed the Initial Limit cumulatively increased on January 1, 2021 and on each January 1 thereafter by the lesser of the Annual Increase for such year or 56,195 shares of Stock, subject in all cases to adjustment as provided in this Section 3. For purposes of this limitation, the Shares underlying any awards under the Plan and under the Company’s Prior Plan that are forfeited, canceled or otherwise terminated shall be added back to the Shares available for issuance under the Plan and, to the extent permitted under Section 422 of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder, the Shares that may be issued as Incentive Stock Options. In the event the Company repurchases Shares on the open market, such shares shall be added to the Shares available for issuance under the Plan. Subject to such overall limitations, Shares may be issued up to such maximum number pursuant to any type or types of Award. The shares available for issuance under the Plan may be authorized but unissued Shares or Shares reacquired by the Company.
(b) Changes in Shares. Subject to Section 3(c) hereof, if, as a result of any reorganization, recapitalization, reclassification, share dividend, share split, reverse share split or other similar change in the Company’s share capital, the outstanding Shares are increased or decreased or are exchanged for a different number or kind of shares or other securities of the Company, or additional shares or new or different shares or other securities of the Company or other non-cash assets are distributed with respect to such Shares or other securities, or, if, as a result of any merger or consolidation, sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, the outstanding Shares are converted into or exchanged for securities of the Company or any successor entity (or a parent or subsidiary thereof), the Administrator shall make an appropriate or proportionate adjustment in (i) the maximum number of shares reserved for issuance under the Plan, including the maximum number of shares that may be issued in the form of Incentive Stock Options, (ii) the number and kind of shares or other securities subject to any then outstanding Awards under the Plan, (iii) the repurchase price, if any, per share subject to each outstanding Restricted Stock Award, and (iv) the exercise price for each share subject to any then outstanding Stock Options and Stock Appreciation Rights under the Plan, without changing the aggregate exercise price (i.e., the exercise price multiplied by the number of shares subject to Stock Options and Stock Appreciation Rights) as to which such Stock Options
and Stock Appreciation Rights remain exercisable. The Administrator shall also make equitable or proportionate adjustments in the number of shares subject to outstanding Awards and the exercise price and the terms of outstanding Awards to take into consideration cash dividends paid other than in the ordinary course or any other extraordinary corporate event. The adjustment by the Administrator shall be final, binding and conclusive. No fractional Shares shall be issued under the Plan resulting from any such adjustment, but the Administrator in its discretion may make a cash payment in lieu of fractional shares.
(c) Mergers and Other Transactions. In the case of and subject to the consummation of a Sale Event, the parties thereto may cause the assumption or continuation of Awards theretofore granted by the successor entity, or the substitution of such Awards with new Awards of the successor entity or parent thereof, with appropriate adjustment as to the number and kind of shares and, if appropriate, the per share exercise prices, as such parties shall agree. To the extent the parties to such Sale Event do not provide for the assumption, continuation or substitution of Awards, upon the effective time of the Sale Event, the Plan and all outstanding Awards granted hereunder shall terminate. In such case, except as may be otherwise provided in the relevant Award Agreement, all Options and Stock Appreciation Rights with time-based vesting conditions or restrictions that are not vested and/or exercisable immediately prior to the effective time of the Sale Event shall become fully vested and exercisable as of the effective time of the Sale Event, all other Awards with time-based vesting, conditions or restrictions shall become fully vested and nonforfeitable as of the effective time of the Sale Event, and all Awards with conditions and restrictions relating to the attainment of performance goals may become vested and nonforfeitable in connection with a Sale Event in the Administrator’s discretion or to the extent specified in the relevant Award Agreement. In the event of such termination, (i) the Company shall have the option (in its sole discretion) to make or provide for a payment, in cash or in kind, to the Grantees holding Options and Stock Appreciation Rights, in exchange for the cancellation thereof, in an amount equal to the difference between (A) the Sale Price multiplied by the number of Shares subject to outstanding Options and Stock Appreciation Rights (to the extent then exercisable at prices not in excess of the Sale Price) and (B) the aggregate exercise price of all such outstanding Options and Stock Appreciation Rights (provided that, in the case of an Option or Stock Appreciation Right with an exercise price equal to or greater than the Sale Price, such Option or Stock Appreciation Right shall be cancelled for no consideration); or (ii) each Grantee shall be permitted, within a specified period of time prior to the consummation of the Sale Event as determined by the Administrator, to exercise all outstanding Options and Stock Appreciation Rights (to the extent then exercisable) held by such Grantee. The Company shall also have the option (in its sole discretion) to make or provide for a payment, in cash or in kind, to the Grantees holding other Awards in an amount equal to the Sale Price multiplied by the number of vested Shares under such Awards.
(d) Maximum Awards to Non-Employee Directors. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Plan, neither (i) the value of all equity- and equity-based Awards awarded under this Plan at or following the Registration Date paid by the Company to any Non-Employee Director for service as a Non-Employee Director in any calendar year, shall exceed $500,000 nor (ii) shall the value of all Awards awarded under this Plan at or following the Registration Date paid by the Company to any Non-Employee Director for service as a Non-Employee Director, when combined with any additional cash amounts (including retainers) paid to such person in any calendar year, exceed $750,000 (the “Director Limit”), provided, however, that the Director Limit shall be doubled in the case of (i) the Chairman of the Board or (ii) in any Non-Employee Director’s first year of service as a Non-Employee Director. For the purpose of this limitation, the value of any Award shall be its grant date fair value, as determined in accordance with ASC 718 or successor provision but excluding the impact of estimated forfeitures related to service-based vesting provisions.
SECTION 4. ELIGIBILITY
Grantees under the Plan will be such full- or part-time Employees, Non-Employee Directors or Consultants of the Company and its Affiliates as are selected from time to time by the Administrator in its sole discretion; provided that Awards may not be granted to Employees, Directors or Consultants who are providing services only to any “parent” of the Company, as such term is defined in Rule 405 of the Act, unless (i) the shares underlying the Awards is treated as “service recipient stock” under Section 409A or (ii) the Company has determined that such Awards are exempt from or otherwise comply with Section 409A.
SECTION 5. STOCK OPTIONS
(a) Award of Stock Options. The Administrator may grant Stock Options under the Plan. Any Stock Option granted under the Plan shall be in such form as the Administrator may from time to time approve.
Stock Options granted under the Plan may be either Incentive Stock Options or Non-Qualified Stock Options. Incentive Stock Options may be granted only to Employees of the Company or any Subsidiary that is a “subsidiary corporation” within the meaning of Section 424(f) of the Code. To the extent that any Option does not qualify as an Incentive Stock Option, it shall be deemed a Non-Qualified Stock Option.
Stock Options granted pursuant to this Section 5 shall be subject to the following terms and conditions and shall contain such additional terms and conditions, not inconsistent with the terms of the Plan, as the Administrator shall deem desirable.
(b) Exercise Price. The exercise price per share for the Shares covered by a Stock Option granted pursuant to this Section 5 shall be determined by the Administrator at the time of grant but shall not be less than 100 percent of the Fair Market Value on the date of grant. In the case of an Incentive Stock Option that is granted to a Ten Percent Owner, the exercise price of such Incentive Stock Option shall be not less than 110 percent of the Fair Market Value on the grant date. To the extent any Stock Options are issued with respect to, in exchange for, or as a substitute for previously held awards or rights (hereinafter, the “Replaced Awards”), such Stock Options shall comply with applicable law relating to such issuance, exchange, or substitution, and such Stock Options shall otherwise be generally subject to the terms of the Plan; provided, however, that the Administrator shall have discretion to modify the terms of such Stock Options to comply with applicable law relating to such issuance, exchange, or substitution, including (without limitation) that the terms of any such Stock Options may vary from the provisions of the Plan to the extent such variances comply with Treasury Regulation 1.424-1, and, in addition, to the extent any such Stock Options (including the applicable Award Agreement and/or the Plan) provide for additional benefits that were not provided under the Replaced Awards, such additional benefits shall be rendered null and void ab initio with respect to such Stock Options.
(c) Option Term. The term of each Stock Option shall be fixed by the Administrator, but no Stock Option shall be exercisable more than ten years after the date the Stock Option is granted. In the case of an Incentive Stock Option that is granted to a Ten Percent Owner, the term of such Stock Option shall be no more than five years from the date of grant.
(d) Exercisability; Rights of a Shareholder. Stock Options shall become exercisable at such time or times, whether or not in installments, as shall be determined by the Administrator at or after the grant date. The Award Agreement may permit a Grantee to exercise all or a portion of a Stock Option immediately at grant; provided that the Shares issued upon such exercise shall be subject to restrictions and a vesting schedule identical to the vesting schedule of the related Stock Option, such Shares shall be deemed to be Restricted Shares for purposes of the Plan, and the Grantee may be required to enter into an additional or new Award Agreement as a condition to exercise of such grant date. The Administrator may, pursuant to Section 2(b)(v), at any time accelerate the exercisability of all or any portion of any Stock Option. A Grantee shall have the rights of a shareholder only as to shares acquired upon the exercise of a Stock Option and not as to unexercised Stock Options.
(e) Method of Exercise. Stock Options may be exercised in whole or in part, by giving written or electronic notice of exercise to the Company, specifying the number of shares to be purchased. Payment of the purchase price may be made by one or more of the following methods except to the extent otherwise provided in the Award Agreement:
(i) In cash, by certified or bank check or other instrument acceptable to the Administrator;
(ii) Through the delivery (or attestation to the ownership following such procedures as the Company may prescribe) of Shares that are not then subject to restrictions under any Company plan. Such surrendered shares shall be valued at Fair Market Value on the exercise date;
(iii) By the Grantee delivering to the Company a properly executed exercise notice together with irrevocable instructions to a broker to promptly deliver to the Company cash or a check payable and acceptable to the Company for the purchase price; provided that in the event the Grantee chooses to pay the purchase price as so provided, the
Grantee and the broker shall comply with such procedures and enter into such agreements of indemnity and other agreements as the Company shall prescribe as a condition of such payment procedure; and/or
(iv) With respect to Stock Options that are not Incentive Stock Options, by a “net exercise” arrangement pursuant to which the Company will reduce the number of Shares issuable upon exercise by the largest whole number of shares with a Fair Market Value that does not exceed the aggregate exercise price.
Payment instruments will be received subject to collection. The transfer to the Grantee on the records of the Company or of the transfer agent of the Shares to be purchased pursuant to the exercise of a Stock Option will be contingent upon receipt from the Grantee (or a purchaser acting in his stead in accordance with the provisions of the Stock Option) by the Company of the full purchase price for such shares and the fulfillment of any other requirements contained in the Award Agreement or applicable provisions of laws (including the satisfaction of any withholding taxes that the Company is obligated to withhold with respect to the Grantee). In the event a Grantee chooses to pay the purchase price by previously-owned Shares through the attestation method, the number of Shares transferred to the Grantee upon the exercise of the Stock Option shall be net of the number of attested shares. In the event that the Company establishes, for itself or using the services of a third party, an automated system for the exercise of Stock Options, such as a system using an internet website or interactive voice response, then the paperless exercise of Stock Options may be permitted through the use of such an automated system.
(f) Annual Limit on Incentive Stock Options. To the extent required for “incentive stock option” treatment under Section 422 of the Code, the aggregate Fair Market Value (determined as of the time of grant) of the Shares with respect to which Incentive Stock Options granted under this Plan and any other plan of the Company or its parent and subsidiary corporations become exercisable for the first time by a Grantee during any calendar year shall not exceed $100,000. To the extent that any Stock Option exceeds this limit, it shall constitute a Non-Qualified Stock Option.
SECTION 6. STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS
(a) Award of Stock Appreciation Rights. The Administrator may grant Stock Appreciation Rights under the Plan. A Stock Appreciation Right is an Award entitling the recipient to receive Shares (or cash, to the extent explicitly provided for in the applicable Award Agreement) having a value equal to the excess of the Fair Market Value of a Share on the date of exercise over the exercise price of the Stock Appreciation Right multiplied by the number of Shares with respect to which the Stock Appreciation Right shall have been exercised.
(b) Exercise Price of Stock Appreciation Rights. The exercise price of a Stock Appreciation Right shall not be less than 100 percent of the Fair Market Value of the Shares on the date of grant.
(c) Grant and Exercise of Stock Appreciation Rights. Stock Appreciation Rights may be granted by the Administrator independently of any Stock Option granted pursuant to Section 5 of the Plan.
(d) Terms and Conditions of Stock Appreciation Rights. Stock Appreciation Rights shall be subject to such terms and conditions as shall be determined on the date of grant by the Administrator. The term of a Stock Appreciation Right may not exceed ten years. The terms and conditions of each such Award shall be determined by the Administrator, and such terms and conditions may differ among individual Awards and Grantees.
SECTION 7. RESTRICTED STOCK AWARDS
(a) Nature of Restricted Stock Awards. The Administrator may grant Restricted Stock Awards under the Plan. A Restricted Stock Award is any Award of Restricted Shares subject to such restrictions and conditions as the Administrator may determine at the time of grant. Conditions may be based on continuing employment (or other Service Relationship) and/or achievement of pre-established performance goals and objectives, including, without limitation, the following: cash flow (including, but not limited to, operating cash flow and free cash flow); research and development, publication, clinical and/or regulatory milestones; earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization; net income (loss) (either before or after interest, taxes, depreciation and/or amortization); changes in the market price of Shares; economic value-added; acquisitions or strategic transactions, including licenses, collaborations, joint ventures or promotion arrangements; operating income (loss); return on capital, assets, equity,
or investment; total shareholder returns; coverage decisions; productivity; expense efficiency; margins; operating efficiency; working capital; earnings (loss) per Share; sales or market shares; number of prescriptions or prescribing physicians; revenue; corporate revenue; operating income and/or net annual recurring revenue; or any other performance goal selection by the Administrator, any of which may be (A) measured in absolute terms or compared to any incremental increase, (B) measured in terms of growth, (C) compared to another company or companies or to results of a peer group, (D) measured against the market as a whole and/or as compared to applicable market indices and/or (E) measured on a pre-tax or post-tax basis (if applicable). Further, any such goals may be used to measure the performance of the Company as a whole or a business unit or other segment of the Company, or one or more product lines or specific markets.
(b) Rights as a Shareholder. Upon the grant of the Restricted Stock Award and payment of any applicable purchase price, a Grantee shall have the rights of a shareholder with respect to the voting of the Restricted Shares and receipt of dividends; provided that any dividends paid by the Company during the period upon which applicable restriction lapse shall accrue and shall not be paid to the Grantee until and to the extent the restrictions lapse with respect to the Restricted Stock Award. Unless the Administrator shall otherwise determine, (i) uncertificated Restricted Shares shall be accompanied by a notation on the records of the Company or the transfer agent to the effect that they are subject to forfeiture until such Restricted Shares are vested as provided in Section 7(d) below, and (ii) certificated Restricted Shares shall remain in the possession of the Company until such Restricted Shares are vested as provided in Section 7(d) below, and the Grantee shall be required, as a condition of the grant, to deliver to the Company such instruments of transfer as the Administrator may prescribe.
(c) Restrictions. Restricted Shares may not be sold, assigned, transferred, pledged or otherwise encumbered or disposed of except as specifically provided herein or in the applicable Award Agreement. Except as may otherwise be provided by the Administrator either in the Award Agreement or, subject to Section 16 below, in writing after the Award is issued, if a Grantee’s employment (or other Service Relationship) with the Company and its Affiliates terminates for any reason, any Restricted Shares that have not vested at the time of termination shall automatically and without any requirement of notice to such Grantee from or other action by or on behalf of, the Company be deemed to have been reacquired by the Company at its original purchase price (if any) from such Grantee or such Grantee’s legal representative simultaneously with such termination of employment (or other Service Relationship), and thereafter shall cease to represent any ownership of the Company by the Grantee or rights of the Grantee as a shareholder. Following such deemed reacquisition of Restricted Shares that are represented by physical certificates, a Grantee shall surrender such certificates to the Company upon request without consideration.
(d) Vesting of Restricted Shares. The Administrator at the time of grant shall specify the date or dates and/or the attainment of pre-established performance goals, objectives and other conditions on which the non-transferability of the Restricted Shares and the Company’s right of repurchase or forfeiture shall lapse. Subsequent to such date or dates and/or the attainment of such pre-established performance goals, objectives and other conditions, the shares on which all restrictions have lapsed shall no longer be Restricted Shares and shall be deemed “vested.”
SECTION 8. RESTRICTED STOCK UNITS
(a) Nature of Restricted Stock Units. The Administrator may grant Restricted Stock Units under the Plan. A Restricted Stock Unit is an Award of stock units that may be settled in Shares (or cash, to the extent explicitly provided for in the Award Agreement) upon the satisfaction of such restrictions and conditions at the time of grant. Conditions may be based on continuing employment (or other Service Relationship) and/or achievement of pre-established performance goals and objectives. The terms and conditions of each such Award shall be determined by the Administrator, and such terms and conditions may differ among individual Awards and Grantees. Except in the case of Restricted Stock Units with a deferred settlement date that complies with Section 409A, at the end of the vesting period, the Restricted Stock Units, to the extent vested, shall be settled in the form of Shares (or, if determined by Administrator, in cash in lieu of Shares,). Restricted Stock Units with deferred settlement dates are subject to Section 409A and shall contain such additional terms and conditions as the Administrator shall determine in its sole discretion in order to comply with the requirements of Section 409A.
(b) Election to Receive Restricted Stock Units in Lieu of Compensation. The Administrator may, in its sole discretion, permit a Grantee to elect to receive a portion of future cash compensation otherwise due to such Grantee in the form of an award of Restricted Stock Units. Any such election shall be made in writing and shall be delivered
to the Company no later than the date specified by the Administrator and in accordance with Section 409A and such other rules and procedures established by the Administrator. Any such future cash compensation that the Grantee elects to defer shall be converted to a fixed number of Restricted Stock Units based on the Fair Market Value of Shares on the date the compensation would otherwise have been paid to the Grantee if such payment had not been deferred as provided herein. The Administrator shall have the sole right to determine whether and under what circumstances to permit such elections and to impose such limitations and other terms and conditions thereon as the Administrator deems appropriate. Any Restricted Stock Units that are elected to be received in lieu of cash compensation shall be fully vested, unless otherwise provided in the Award Agreement.
(c) Rights as a Shareholder. A Grantee shall have the rights as a shareholder only as to Shares acquired by the Grantee upon settlement of Restricted Stock Units; provided, however, that the Grantee may be credited with Dividend Equivalent Rights with respect to the stock units underlying his Restricted Stock Units, subject to the provisions of Section 11 and such terms and conditions as the Administrator may determine.
(d) Termination. Except as may otherwise be provided by the Administrator either in the Award Agreement or, subject to Section 16 below, in writing after the Award is issued, a Grantee’s right in all Restricted Stock Units that have not vested shall automatically terminate upon the Grantee’s termination of employment (or cessation of Service Relationship) with the Company and its Affiliates for any reason.
SECTION 9. UNRESTRICTED STOCK AWARDS
Grant or Sale of Unrestricted Stock. The Administrator may grant (or sell at par value or such higher purchase price determined by the Administrator) an Unrestricted Stock Award under the Plan. An Unrestricted Stock Award is an Award pursuant to which the Grantee may receive Shares free of any restrictions under the Plan. Unrestricted Stock Awards may be granted in respect of past services or other valid consideration, or in lieu of cash compensation due to such Grantee.
SECTION 10. CASH-BASED AWARDS
Grant of Cash-Based Awards. The Administrator may grant Cash-Based Awards under the Plan. A Cash-Based Award is an Award that entitles the Grantee to a payment in cash upon the attainment of specified performance goals. The Administrator shall determine the duration of the Cash-Based Award (which may be quarterly, annual, or any other short- or long-term period), the amount of cash to which the Cash-Based Award pertains, the conditions upon which the Cash-Based Award shall become vested or payable, and such other provisions as the Administrator shall determine. Each Cash-Based Award shall specify a cash-denominated payment amount, formula or payment ranges as determined by the Administrator. Payment, if any, with respect to a Cash-Based Award shall be made in accordance with the terms of the Award and may be made in cash. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Plan, Cash-Based Awards may be paid pursuant to a subplan or policy, and may be granted from time to time with or with an Award Agreement.
SECTION 11. DIVIDEND EQUIVALENT RIGHTS
(a) Dividend Equivalent Rights. The Administrator may grant Dividend Equivalent Rights under the Plan. A Dividend Equivalent Right is an Award entitling the Grantee to receive credits based on ordinary cash dividends that would have been paid on the Shares specified in the Dividend Equivalent Right (or other Award to which it relates) if such shares had been issued to the Grantee. A Dividend Equivalent Right may be granted hereunder to any Grantee as a component of an award of Restricted Stock Units or as a freestanding award. The terms and conditions of Dividend Equivalent Rights shall be specified in the Award Agreement. Dividend equivalents credited to the holder of a Dividend Equivalent Right may be accrued or may be deemed to be reinvested in additional Shares, which may thereafter accrue additional equivalents. Any such reinvestment shall be at Fair Market Value on the date of reinvestment or such other price as may then apply under a dividend reinvestment plan sponsored by the Company, if any. Dividend Equivalent Rights may be settled in cash or Shares or a combination thereof, in a single installment or installments. A Dividend Equivalent Right granted as a component of an Award of Restricted Stock Units shall provide that such Dividend Equivalent Right shall be settled only upon settlement or payment of, or lapse
of restrictions on, such other Award, and that such Dividend Equivalent Right shall expire or be forfeited or annulled under the same conditions as such other Award.
(b) Termination. Except as may otherwise be provided by the Administrator either in the Award Agreement or, subject to Section 16 below, in writing after the Award is issued, a Grantee’s rights in all Dividend Equivalent Rights shall automatically terminate upon the Grantee’s termination of employment (or cessation of Service Relationship) with the Company and its Affiliates for any reason.
SECTION 12. TRANSFERABILITY OF AWARDS
(a) Transferability. Except as provided in Section 12(b) below, during a Grantee’s lifetime, his or her Awards shall be exercisable only by the Grantee, or by the Grantee’s legal representative or guardian in the event of the Grantee’s incapacity. No Awards shall be sold, assigned, transferred or otherwise encumbered or disposed of by a Grantee other than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution or pursuant to a domestic relations order. No Awards shall be subject, in whole or in part, to attachment, execution, or levy of any kind, and any purported transfer in violation hereof shall be null and void.
(b) Administrator Action. Notwithstanding Section 12(a), the Administrator, in its discretion, may provide either in the Award Agreement regarding a given Award or by subsequent written approval that the Grantee (who is an Employee or Non-Employee Director) may transfer his or her Non-Qualified Stock Options to his or her immediate family members, to trusts for the benefit of such family members, or to partnerships in which such family members are the only partners, provided that the transferee agrees in writing with the Company to be bound by all of the terms and conditions of this Plan and the applicable Award. In no event may an Award be transferred by a Grantee for value.
(c) Family Member. For purposes of Section 12(b), “family member” shall mean a Grantee’s child, stepchild, grandchild, parent, stepparent, grandparent, spouse, former spouse, sibling, niece, nephew, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law, including adoptive relationships, any person sharing the Grantee’s household (other than a tenant of the Grantee), a trust in which these persons (or the Grantee) have more than 50 percent of the beneficial interest, a foundation in which these persons (or the Grantee) control the management of assets, and any other entity in which these persons (or the Grantee) own more than 50 percent of the voting interests.
(d) Designation of Beneficiary. To the extent permitted by the Company, each Grantee to whom an Award has been made under the Plan may designate a beneficiary or beneficiaries to exercise any Award or receive any payment under any Award payable on or after the Grantee’s death. Any such designation shall be on a form provided for that purpose by the Administrator and shall not be effective until received by the Administrator. If no beneficiary has been designated by a deceased Grantee, or if the designated beneficiaries have predeceased the Grantee, the beneficiary shall be the Grantee’s estate.
SECTION 13. TAX WITHHOLDING
(a) Payment by Grantee. Each Grantee shall, no later than the date as of which the value of an Award or of any Shares or other amounts received thereunder first becomes includable in the gross income of the Grantee for Federal income tax purposes, pay to the Company, or make arrangements satisfactory to the Administrator regarding payment of, any Federal, state, or local taxes of any kind required by law to be withheld by the Company with respect to such income. The Company and its Affiliates shall, to the extent permitted by law, have the right to deduct any such taxes from any payment of any kind otherwise due to the Grantee. The Company’s obligation to deliver evidence of book entry (or share certificates) to any Grantee is subject to and conditioned on tax withholding obligations being satisfied by the Grantee.
(b) Payment in Shares. The Administrator may require the Company’s tax withholding obligation to be satisfied, in whole or in part, by the Company withholding from Shares to be issued pursuant to any Award a number of shares with an aggregate Fair Market Value (as of the date the withholding is effected) that would satisfy the withholding amount due; provided, however, that the amount withheld does not exceed the maximum statutory tax rate or such lesser amount as is necessary to avoid liability accounting treatment. For purposes of share withholding, the Fair
Market Value of withheld shares shall be determined in the same manner as the value of Shares includible in income of the Grantees. The Administrator may also require the Company’s tax withholding obligation to be satisfied, in whole or in part, by an arrangement whereby a certain number of Shares issued pursuant to any Award are immediately sold and proceeds from such sale are remitted to the Company in an amount that would satisfy the withholding amount due.
SECTION 14. SECTION 409A AWARDS
Awards are intended to be exempt from Section 409A to the greatest extent possible and to otherwise comply with Section 409A. The Plan and all Awards shall be interpreted in accordance with such intent. To the extent that any Award is determined to constitute “nonqualified deferred compensation” within the meaning of Section 409A (a “409A Award”), the Award shall be subject to such additional rules and requirements as specified by the Administrator from time to time in order to comply with Section 409A. In this regard, if any amount under a 409A Award is payable upon a “separation from service” (within the meaning of Section 409A) to a Grantee who is then considered a “specified employee” (within the meaning of Section 409A), then no such payment shall be made prior to the date that is the earlier of (i) six months and one day after the Grantee’s separation from service, or (ii) the Grantee’s death, but only to the extent such delay is necessary to prevent such payment from being subject to interest, penalties and/or additional tax imposed pursuant to Section 409A. Further, the settlement of any 409A Award may not be accelerated except to the extent permitted by Section 409A.
SECTION 15. TERMINATION OF SERVICE RELATIONSHIP, TRANSFER, LEAVE OF ABSENCE, ETC.
(a) Termination of Service Relationship. If the Grantee’s Service Relationship is with an Affiliate and such Affiliate ceases to be an Affiliate, the Grantee shall be deemed to have terminated his or her Service Relationship for purposes of the Plan.
(b) For purposes of the Plan, the following events shall not be deemed a termination of a Service Relationship:
(i) a transfer to the employment of the Company from an Affiliate or from the Company to an Affiliate, or from one Affiliate to another; or
(ii) an approved leave of absence for military service or sickness, or for any other purpose approved by the Company, if the Employee’s right to re-employment is guaranteed either by a statute or by contract or under the policy pursuant to which the leave of absence was granted or if the Administrator otherwise so provides in writing.
SECTION 16. AMENDMENTS AND TERMINATION
The Board may, at any time, amend or discontinue the Plan and the Administrator may, at any time, amend or cancel any outstanding Award for the purpose of satisfying changes in law or for any other lawful purpose, but no such action shall materially and adversely affect rights under any outstanding Award without the holder’s consent. For the avoidance of doubt, the Administrator may, without shareholder approval, exercise its discretion to reduce the exercise price of outstanding Stock Options or Stock Appreciation Rights or effect repricing through cancellation and re-grants or cancellation of Stock Options or Stock Appreciation Rights in exchange for cash or other Awards. To the extent required under the rules of any securities exchange or market system on which the Shares are listed, to the extent determined by the Administrator to be required by the Code to ensure that Incentive Stock Options granted under the Plan are qualified under Section 422 of the Code, Plan amendments shall be subject to approval by Company shareholders. Nothing in this Section 16 shall limit the Administrator’s authority to take any action permitted pursuant to Section 3(b) or 3(c).
SECTION 17. STATUS OF PLAN
With respect to the portion of any Award that has not been exercised and any payments in cash, Shares or other consideration not received by a Grantee, a Grantee shall have no rights greater than those of a general creditor of the Company unless the Administrator shall otherwise expressly determine in connection with any Award or Awards. In its sole discretion, the Administrator may authorize the creation of trusts or other arrangements to meet the
Company’s obligations to deliver Shares or make payments with respect to Awards hereunder, provided that the existence of such trusts or other arrangements is consistent with the foregoing sentence.
SECTION 18. GENERAL PROVISIONS
(a) No Distribution. The Administrator may require each person acquiring Shares pursuant to an Award to represent to and agree with the Company in writing that such person is acquiring the shares without a view to distribution thereof.
(b) Issuance of Shares. To the extent certificated, share certificates to Grantees under this Plan shall be deemed delivered for all purposes when the Company or a share transfer agent of the Company shall have mailed such certificates in the United States mail, addressed to the Grantee, at the Grantee’s last known address on file with the Company. Uncertificated Shares shall be deemed delivered for all purposes when the Company or a Shares transfer agent of the Company shall have given to the Grantee by electronic mail (with proof of receipt) or by United States mail, addressed to the Grantee, at the Grantee’s last known address on file with the Company, notice of issuance and recorded the issuance in its records (which may include electronic “book entry” records). Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Company shall not be required to issue or deliver any evidence of book entry or certificates evidencing Shares pursuant to the exercise or settlement of any Award, unless and until the Administrator has determined, with advice of counsel (to the extent the Administrator deems such advice necessary or advisable), that the issuance and delivery is in compliance with all applicable laws, regulations of governmental authorities and, if applicable, the requirements of any exchange on which the Shares are listed, quoted or traded. Any Shares issued pursuant to the Plan shall be subject to any stop-transfer orders and other restrictions as the Administrator deems necessary or advisable to comply with federal, state or foreign jurisdiction, securities or other laws, rules and quotation system on which the Shares are listed, quoted or traded. The Administrator may place legends on any Shares certificate or notations on any book entry to reference restrictions applicable to the Shares. In addition to the terms and conditions provided herein, the Administrator may require that an individual make such reasonable covenants, agreements, and representations as the Administrator, in its discretion, deems necessary or advisable in order to comply with any such laws, regulations, or requirements. The Administrator shall have the right to require any individual to comply with any timing or other restrictions with respect to the settlement or exercise of any Award, including a window-period limitation, as may be imposed in the discretion of the Administrator.
(c) Shareholder Rights. Until Shares are deemed delivered in accordance with Section 18(b), no right to vote or receive dividends or any other rights of a shareholder will exist with respect to Shares to be issued in connection with an Award, notwithstanding the exercise of a Stock Option or any other action by the Grantee with respect to an Award.
(d) Other Compensation Arrangements; No Employment Rights. Nothing contained in this Plan shall prevent the Board from adopting other or additional compensation arrangements, including trusts, and such arrangements may be either generally applicable or applicable only in specific cases. The adoption of this Plan and the grant of Awards do not confer upon any Employee any right to continued employment with the Company or any Subsidiary.
(e) Trading Policy Restrictions. Option exercises and other Awards under the Plan shall be subject to the Company’s insider trading policies and procedures, as in effect from time to time.
(f) Clawback Policy. A participant’s rights with respect to any Award hereunder shall in all events be subject to (i) any right that the Company may have under any Company recoupment policy or other agreement or arrangement with a participant, or (ii) any right or obligation that the Company may have regarding the clawback of “incentive-based compensation” under Section 10D of the Exchange Act and any applicable rules and regulations promulgated thereunder from time to time by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
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This Plan shall become effective upon adoption by the Board and shall be approved by stockholders in accordance with applicable state law, the Company’s memorandum and articles of association, and applicable stock exchange rules. No grants of Stock Options and other Awards may be made hereunder after the tenth anniversary of the
Effective Date and no grants of Incentive Stock Options may be made hereunder after the tenth anniversary of the date the Plan is approved by the Board.
SECTION 20. GOVERNING LAW
This Plan and all Awards and actions taken thereunder shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the Cayman Islands without regard to conflict of law principles.
RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD AGREEMENT
FOR NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS
UNDER DAMORA THERAPEUTICS, INC.
2020 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN
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Pursuant to the Damora Therapeutics, Inc. 2020 Equity Incentive Plan as amended through the date hereof (the “Plan”), Damora Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”) hereby grants an award of the number of Restricted Stock Units listed above (an “Award”) to the Grantee named above. Each Restricted Stock Unit shall relate to one Ordinary Share, par value $0.00001 per share (the “Shares”) of the Company.
1. Restrictions on Transfer of Award. This Award may not be sold, transferred, pledged, assigned or otherwise encumbered or disposed of by the Grantee, and any Shares issuable with respect to the Award may not be sold, transferred, pledged, assigned or otherwise encumbered or disposed of until (i) the Restricted Stock Units have vested as provided in Paragraph 2 of this Agreement and (ii) Shares have been issued to the Grantee in accordance with the terms of the Plan and this Agreement.
2. Vesting of Restricted Stock Units. The restrictions and conditions of Paragraph 1 of this Agreement shall lapse on the Vesting Date or Dates specified in the following schedule so long as the Grantee maintains a Service Relationship with the Board, the Company or a Subsidiary on such Vesting Dates. If a series of Vesting Dates is specified, then the restrictions and conditions in Paragraph 1 shall lapse only with respect to the number of Restricted Stock Units specified as vested on such date.
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The Administrator may at any time accelerate the vesting schedule specified in this Paragraph 2.
3. Termination of Service Relationship. If the Grantee’s Service Relationship with the Company and its Subsidiaries ceases for any reason (including death or disability, as reasonably determined by the Administrator in accordance with Section 409A and applicable law) prior to the satisfaction of the vesting conditions set forth in Paragraph 2 above, any Restricted Stock Units that have not vested as of such date shall automatically and without notice terminate and be forfeited, and neither the Grantee nor any of his or her successors, heirs, assigns, or personal representatives will thereafter have any further rights or interests in such unvested Restricted Stock Units.
4. Issuance of Shares. As soon as practicable following each Vesting Date (but in no event later than two and one-half months after the end of the year in which the Vesting Date occurs), the Company shall issue to the Grantee the number of Shares equal to the aggregate number of Restricted Stock Units that have vested pursuant to Paragraph 2 of this Agreement on such date and the Grantee shall thereafter have all the rights of a shareholder of the Company with respect to such shares.
5. Incorporation of Plan. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, this Agreement shall be subject to and governed by all the terms and conditions of the Plan, including the powers of the Administrator set forth in Section 2(b) of the Plan. Capitalized terms in this Agreement shall have the meaning specified in the Plan, unless a different meaning is specified herein.
6. Section 409A of the Code. This Agreement shall be interpreted in such a manner that all provisions relating to the settlement of the Award are exempt from the requirements of Section 409A of the Code as “short-term deferrals” as described in Section 409A of the Code.
7. No Obligation to Continue as a Director. Neither the Plan nor this Award confers upon the Grantee any rights with respect to continuance as a Director.
8. Integration. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties with respect to this Award and supersedes all prior agreements and discussions between the parties concerning such subject matter.
9. Data Privacy Consent. In order to administer the Plan and this Agreement and to implement or structure future equity grants, the Company, its subsidiaries and affiliates and certain agents thereof (together, the “Relevant Companies”) may process any and all personal or professional data, including but not limited to Social Security or other identification number, home address and telephone number, date of birth and other information that is necessary or desirable for the administration of the Plan and/or this Agreement (the “Relevant Information”). By entering into this Agreement, the Grantee (i) authorizes the Company to collect, process, register and transfer to the Relevant Companies all Relevant Information; (ii) waives any privacy rights the Grantee may have with respect to the Relevant Information; (iii) authorizes the Relevant Companies to store and transmit such information in electronic form; and (iv) authorizes the transfer of the Relevant Information to any jurisdiction in which the Relevant Companies consider appropriate. The Grantee shall have access to, and the right to change, the Relevant Information. Relevant Information will only be used in accordance with applicable law.
10. Notices. Notices hereunder shall be mailed or delivered to the Company at its principal place of business and shall be mailed or delivered to the Grantee at the address on file with the Company or, in either case, at such other address as one party may subsequently furnish to the other party in writing.
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The foregoing Agreement is hereby accepted and the terms and conditions thereof hereby agreed to by the undersigned. Electronic acceptance of this Agreement pursuant to the Company’s instructions to the Grantee (including through an online acceptance process) is acceptable.
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RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD AGREEMENT
UNDER THE DAMORA THERAPEUTICS, INC.
2020 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN
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Pursuant to the Damora Therapeutics, Inc. 2020 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) as amended through the date hereof, Damora Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”) hereby grants a Restricted Stock Award (an “Award”) to the Grantee named above. Upon acceptance of this Award, the Grantee shall receive the number of Ordinary Shares, par value $0.00001 per share (the “Shares”) of the Company specified above, subject to the restrictions and conditions set forth herein and in the Plan. The Company acknowledges the receipt from the Grantee of consideration with respect to the par value of the Shares in the form of cash, past or future services rendered to the Company by the Grantee or such other form of consideration as is acceptable to the Administrator.
1. Award. The Restricted Shares awarded hereunder shall be issued and held by the Company’s transfer agent in book entry form, and the Grantee’s name shall be entered as the shareholder of record in the register of members of the Company. Thereupon, the Grantee shall have all the rights of a shareholder with respect to such shares, including voting and dividend rights, subject, however, to the restrictions and conditions specified in Paragraph 2 below. The Grantee shall (i) sign and deliver to the Company a copy of this Award Agreement and (ii) deliver to the Company an instrument of transfer executed in blank.
2. Restrictions and Conditions.
(a) Any book entries for Restricted Shares granted herein shall bear an appropriate legend, as determined by the Administrator in its sole discretion, to the effect that such shares are subject to restrictions as set forth herein and in the Plan.
(b) Restricted Shares granted herein may not be sold, assigned, transferred, pledged or otherwise encumbered or disposed of by the Grantee prior to vesting.
(c) If the Grantee’s Service Relationship with the Company and its Subsidiaries ceases for any reason (including death) prior to vesting of Restricted Shares granted herein, all Restricted Shares shall immediately and automatically be forfeited and returned to the Company.
3. Vesting of Restricted Shares. The restrictions and conditions in Paragraph 2 of this Agreement shall lapse on the Vesting Date or Dates specified in the following schedule so long as the Grantee maintains a Service Relationship with the Company or a Subsidiary on such Vesting Dates. If a series of Vesting Dates is specified, then the restrictions and conditions in Paragraph 2 shall lapse only with respect to the number of Restricted Shares specified as vested on such date.
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Subsequent to such Vesting Date or Dates, the Shares on which all restrictions and conditions have lapsed shall no longer be deemed Restricted Shares. The Administrator may at any time accelerate the vesting schedule specified in this Paragraph 3.
4. Dividends. Dividends on shares of Restricted Shares shall be paid in accordance with the Plan.
5. Incorporation of Plan. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, this Award shall be subject to and governed by all the terms and conditions of the Plan, including the powers of the Administrator set forth in Section 2(b) of the Plan. Capitalized terms in this Agreement shall have the meaning specified in the Plan, unless a different meaning is specified herein.
6. Transferability. This Agreement is personal to the Grantee, is non-assignable and is not transferable in any manner, by operation of law or otherwise, other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution.
7. Tax Withholding. The Grantee shall, not later than the date as of which the receipt of this Award becomes a taxable event for Federal income tax purposes, pay to the Company or make arrangements satisfactory to the Administrator for payment of any Federal, state, and local taxes required by law to be withheld on account of such taxable event. Except in the case where an election is made pursuant to Paragraph 8 below, the Company shall have the authority to cause the required minimum tax withholding obligation to be satisfied, in whole or in part, by withholding from Shares to be issued or released by the transfer agent a number of Shares with an aggregate Fair Market Value that would satisfy the minimum withholding amount due.
8. Election Under Section 83(b). The Grantee and the Company hereby agree that the Grantee may, within 30 days following the Grant Date of this Award, file with the Internal Revenue Service and the Company an election under Section 83(b) of the Internal Revenue Code. In the event the Grantee makes such an election, he or she agrees to provide a copy of the election to the Company. The Grantee acknowledges that he or she is responsible for obtaining the advice of his or her tax advisors with regard to the Section 83(b) election and that he or she is relying solely on such advisors and not on any statements or representations of the Company or any of its agents with regard to such election.
9. No Obligation to Continue Service Relationship. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is obligated by or as a result of the Plan or this Agreement to continue the Grantee in employment and neither the Plan nor this Agreement shall interfere in any way with the right of the Company or any Subsidiary to terminate the Service Relationship of the Grantee at any time.
10. Integration. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties with respect to this Award and supersedes all prior agreements and discussions between the parties concerning such subject matter.
11. Data Privacy Consent. In order to administer the Plan and this Agreement and to implement or structure future equity grants, the Company, its subsidiaries and affiliates and certain agents thereof (together, the “Relevant Companies”) may process any and all personal or professional data, including but not limited to Social Security or other identification number, home address and telephone number, date of birth and other information that is necessary or desirable for the administration of the Plan and/or this Agreement (the “Relevant Information”). By entering into this Agreement, the Grantee (i) authorizes the Company to collect, process, register and transfer to the Relevant Companies all Relevant Information; (ii) waives any privacy rights the Grantee may have with respect to the Relevant Information; (iii) authorizes the Relevant Companies to store and transmit such information in electronic form; and (iv) authorizes the transfer of the Relevant Information to any jurisdiction in which the Relevant Companies consider appropriate. The Grantee shall have access to, and the right to change, the Relevant Information. Relevant Information will only be used in accordance with applicable law.
12. Notices. Notices hereunder shall be mailed or delivered to the Company at its principal place of business and shall be mailed or delivered to the Grantee at the address on file with the Company or, in either case, at such other address as one party may subsequently furnish to the other party in writing.
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NON-QUALIFIED STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT
FOR NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS
UNDER DAMORA THERAPEUTICS, INC.
2020 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN
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1. Exercisability Schedule. No portion of this Stock Option may be exercised until such portion shall have become exercisable. Except as set forth below, and subject to the discretion of the Administrator (as defined in Section 1 of the Plan) to accelerate the exercisability schedule hereunder, this Stock Option shall be exercisable with respect to the following number of Option Shares on the dates indicated so long as the Grantee maintains a Service Relationship with the Board, the Company or a Subsidiary on such dates:
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Once exercisable, this Stock Option shall continue to be exercisable at any time or times prior to the close of business on the Expiration Date, subject to the provisions hereof and of the Plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, upon a Sale Event, this option shall become 100% exercisable.
2. Manner of Exercise.
(a) The Grantee may exercise this Stock Option only in the following manner: from time to time on or prior to the Expiration Date of this Stock Option, the Grantee may give written notice to the Administrator of his or her election to purchase some or all of the Option Shares purchasable at the time of such notice. This notice shall specify the number of Option Shares to be purchased.
Payment of the purchase price for the Option Shares may be made by one or more of the following methods: (i) in cash, by certified or bank check or other instrument acceptable to the Administrator; (ii) through the delivery (or attestation to the ownership) of Shares that have been purchased by the Grantee on the open market or that are beneficially owned by the Grantee and are not then subject to any restrictions under any Company plan and that
otherwise satisfy any holding periods as may be required by the Administrator; (iii) by the Grantee delivering to the Company a properly executed exercise notice together with irrevocable instructions to a broker to promptly deliver to the Company cash or a check payable and acceptable to the Company to pay the option purchase price, provided that in the event the Grantee chooses to pay the option purchase price as so provided, the Grantee and the broker shall comply with such procedures and enter into such agreements of indemnity and other agreements as the Administrator shall prescribe as a condition of such payment procedure; (iv) by a “net exercise” arrangement pursuant to which the Company will reduce the number of Shares issuable upon exercise by the largest whole number of shares with a Fair Market Value that does not exceed the aggregate exercise price; or (v) a combination of (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) above. Payment instruments will be received subject to collection.
The transfer to the Grantee on the records of the Company or of the transfer agent of the Option Shares will be contingent upon (i) the Company’s receipt from the Grantee of the full purchase price for the Option Shares, as set forth above, (ii) the fulfillment of any other requirements contained herein or in the Plan or in any other agreement or provision of laws, and (iii) the receipt by the Company of any agreement, statement or other evidence that the Company may require to satisfy itself that the issuance of Shares to be purchased pursuant to the exercise of Stock Options under the Plan and any subsequent resale of the Shares will be in compliance with applicable laws and regulations. In the event the Grantee chooses to pay the purchase price by previously-owned Shares through the attestation method, the number of Shares transferred to the Grantee upon the exercise of the Stock Option shall be net of the Shares attested to.
(b) The Shares purchased upon exercise of this Stock Option shall be transferred to the Grantee on the records of the Company or of the transfer agent upon compliance to the satisfaction of the Administrator with all requirements under applicable laws or regulations in connection with such transfer and with the requirements hereof and of the Plan. The determination of the Administrator as to such compliance shall be final and binding on the Grantee. The Grantee shall not be deemed to be the holder of, or to have any of the rights of a holder with respect to, any Shares subject to this Stock Option unless and until this Stock Option shall have been exercised pursuant to the terms hereof, the Company or the transfer agent shall have transferred the shares to the Grantee, and the Grantee’s name shall have been entered as the shareholder of record in the register of members of the Company. Thereupon, the Grantee shall have full voting, dividend and other ownership rights with respect to such Shares.
(c) The minimum number of shares with respect to which this Stock Option may be exercised at any one time shall be 100 shares, unless the number of shares with respect to which this Stock Option is being exercised is the total number of shares subject to exercise under this Stock Option at the time.
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision hereof or of the Plan, no portion of this Stock Option shall be exercisable after the Expiration Date hereof.
3. Termination as Director. If the Grantee’s Service Relationship ceases, the period within which to exercise the Stock Option may be subject to earlier termination as set forth below.
(a) Termination Due to Death or Disability. If the Grantee’s Service Relationship as a Director ceases by reason of the Grantee’s death or disability (as reasonably determined by the Administrator in accordance with Section 409A and applicable law), any portion of this Stock Option outstanding on such date, to the extent exercisable on the date of death or disability, may thereafter be exercised by the Grantee or Grantee’s legal representative or legatee, as applicable, for a period of 12 months from the date of death, disability or until the Expiration Date, if earlier. Any portion of this Stock Option that is not exercisable on the date of death or disability shall terminate immediately and be of no further force or effect.
(b) Other Termination. If the Grantee’s Service Relationship as a Director ceases for any reason other than the Grantee’s death or disability, any portion of this Stock Option outstanding on such date may be exercised, to the extent exercisable on the date the Grantee ceased to be a Director, for a period of two years from the date the Grantee ceased to be a Director or until the Expiration Date, if earlier. Any portion of this Stock Option that is not exercisable on the date the Grantee ceases to be a Director shall terminate immediately and be of no further force or effect.
4. Incorporation of Plan. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, this Stock Option shall be subject to and governed by all the terms and conditions of the Plan, including the powers of the Administrator set forth in Section 2(b) of the Plan. Capitalized terms in this Agreement shall have the meaning specified in the Plan, unless a different meaning is specified herein.
5. Transferability. This Agreement is personal to the Grantee, is non-assignable and is not transferable in any manner, by operation of law or otherwise, other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution. This Stock Option is exercisable, during the Grantee’s lifetime, only by the Grantee, and thereafter, only by the Grantee’s legal representative or legatee.
6. No Obligation to Continue as a Director. Neither the Plan nor this Stock Option confers upon the Grantee any rights with respect to continuance as a Director.
7. Integration. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties with respect to this Stock Option and supersedes all prior agreements and discussions between the parties concerning such subject matter.
8. Data Privacy Consent. In order to administer the Plan and this Agreement and to implement or structure future equity grants, the Company, its subsidiaries and affiliates and certain agents thereof (together, the “Relevant Companies”) may process any and all personal or professional data, including but not limited to Social Security or other identification number, home address and telephone number, date of birth and other information that is necessary or desirable for the administration of the Plan and/or this Agreement (the “Relevant Information”). By entering into this Agreement, the Grantee (i) authorizes the Company to collect, process, register and transfer to the Relevant Companies all Relevant Information; (ii) waives any privacy rights the Grantee may have with respect to the Relevant Information; (iii) authorizes the Relevant Companies to store and transmit such information in electronic form; and (iv) authorizes the transfer of the Relevant Information to any jurisdiction in which the Relevant Companies consider appropriate. The Grantee shall have access to, and the right to change, the Relevant Information. Relevant Information will only be used in accordance with applicable law.
9. Notices. Notices hereunder shall be mailed or delivered to the Company at its principal place of business and shall be mailed or delivered to the Grantee at the address on file with the Company or, in either case, at such other address as one party may subsequently furnish to the other party in writing.
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INCENTIVE STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT
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Pursuant to the Damora Therapeutics, Inc. 2020 Equity Incentive Plan as amended through the date hereof (the “Plan”), Damora Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”) hereby grants to the Grantee named above an option (the “Stock Option”) to purchase on or prior to the Expiration Date specified above all or part of the number of Ordinary Shares, par value $0.00001 per share (the “Shares”), of the Company specified above at the Option Exercise Price per Share specified above subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein and in the Plan.
1. Exercisability Schedule. No portion of this Stock Option may be exercised until such portion shall have become exercisable. Except as set forth below, and subject to the discretion of the Administrator (as defined in Section 1 of the Plan) to accelerate the exercisability schedule hereunder, this Stock Option shall be exercisable with respect to the following number of Option Shares on the dates indicated so long as the Grantee remains an employee of the Company or a Subsidiary on such dates:
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Once exercisable, this Stock Option shall continue to be exercisable at any time or times prior to the close of business on the Expiration Date, subject to the provisions hereof and of the Plan.
2. Manner of Exercise.
(a) The Grantee may exercise this Stock Option only in the following manner: from time to time on or prior to the Expiration Date of this Stock Option, the Grantee may give written notice to the Administrator of his or her election to purchase some or all of the Option Shares purchasable at the time of such notice. This notice shall specify the number of Option Shares to be purchased.
Payment of the purchase price for the Option Shares may be made by one or more of the following methods: (i) in cash, by certified or bank check or other instrument acceptable to the Administrator; (ii) through the delivery (or attestation to the ownership) of Shares that have been purchased by the Grantee on the open market or that are beneficially owned by the Grantee and are not then subject to any restrictions under any Company plan and that otherwise satisfy any holding periods as may be required by the Administrator; or (iii) by the Grantee delivering to the Company a properly executed exercise notice together with irrevocable instructions to a broker to promptly
deliver to the Company cash or a check payable and acceptable to the Company to pay the option purchase price, provided that in the event the Grantee chooses to pay the option purchase price as so provided, the Grantee and the broker shall comply with such procedures and enter into such agreements of indemnity and other agreements as the Administrator shall prescribe as a condition of such payment procedure; or (iv) a combination of (i), (ii) and (iii) above. Payment instruments will be received subject to collection.
The transfer to the Grantee on the records of the Company or of the transfer agent of the Option Shares will be contingent upon (i) the Company’s receipt from the Grantee of the full purchase price for the Option Shares, as set forth above, (ii) the fulfillment of any other requirements contained herein or in the Plan or in any other agreement or provision of laws, and (iii) the receipt by the Company of any agreement, statement or other evidence that the Company may require to satisfy itself that the issuance of Shares to be purchased pursuant to the exercise of Stock Options under the Plan and any subsequent resale of the Shares will be in compliance with applicable laws and regulations. In the event the Grantee chooses to pay the purchase price by previously-owned Shares through the attestation method, the number of Shares transferred to the Grantee upon the exercise of the Stock Option shall be net of the Shares attested to.
(b) The Shares purchased upon exercise of this Stock Option shall be transferred to the Grantee on the records of the Company or of the transfer agent upon compliance to the satisfaction of the Administrator with all requirements under applicable laws or regulations in connection with such transfer and with the requirements hereof and of the Plan. The determination of the Administrator as to such compliance shall be final and binding on the Grantee. The Grantee shall not be deemed to be the holder of, or to have any of the rights of a holder with respect to, any Shares subject to this Stock Option unless and until this Stock Option shall have been exercised pursuant to the terms hereof, the Company or the transfer agent shall have transferred the shares to the Grantee, and the Grantee’s name shall have been entered as the shareholder of record in the register of members of the Company. Thereupon, the Grantee shall have full voting, dividend and other ownership rights with respect to such Shares.
(c) The minimum number of shares with respect to which this Stock Option may be exercised at any one time shall be 100 shares, unless the number of shares with respect to which this Stock Option is being exercised is the total number of shares subject to exercise under this Stock Option at the time.
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision hereof or of the Plan, no portion of this Stock Option shall be exercisable after the Expiration Date hereof.
3. Termination of Service Relationship. If the Grantee’s Service Relationship ceases, the period within which to exercise the Stock Option may be subject to earlier termination as set forth below.
(a) Termination Due to Death. If the Grantee’s Service Relationship ceases by reason of the Grantee’s death, any portion of this Stock Option outstanding on such date, to the extent exercisable on the date of death, may thereafter be exercised by the Grantee’s legal representative or legatee for a period of 12 months from the date of death or until the Expiration Date, if earlier. Any portion of this Stock Option that is not exercisable on the date of death shall terminate immediately and be of no further force or effect.
(b) Termination Due to Disability. If the Grantee’s Service Relationship ceases by reason of the Grantee’s disability (as reasonably determined by the Administrator in accordance with Section 409A and applicable law), any portion of this Stock Option outstanding on such date, to the extent exercisable on the date of such termination of employment, may thereafter be exercised by the Grantee for a period of 12 months from the date of disability or until the Expiration Date, if earlier. Any portion of this Stock Option that is not exercisable on the date of disability shall terminate immediately and be of no further force or effect.
(c) Termination for Cause. If the Grantee’s Service Relationship ceases for Cause, any portion of this Stock Option outstanding on such date shall terminate immediately and be of no further force and effect. For purposes hereof, “Cause” shall mean, unless otherwise provided in an employment agreement between the Company and the Grantee, a determination by the Administrator that the Grantee shall be dismissed as a result of (i) any material breach by the Grantee of any agreement between the Grantee and the Company; (ii) the conviction of, indictment for or plea of nolo contendere by the Grantee to a felony or a crime involving moral turpitude; or (iii) any material misconduct or willful and deliberate non-performance (other than by reason of disability) by the Grantee of the Grantee’s duties to the Company.
(d) Other Termination. If the Grantee’s Service Relationship ceases for any reason other than the Grantee’s death, the Grantee’s disability, or Cause, and unless otherwise determined by the Administrator, any portion of this Stock Option outstanding on such date may be exercised, to the extent exercisable on the date of termination, for a period of three months from the date of termination or until the Expiration Date, if earlier. Any portion of this Stock Option that is not exercisable on the date of termination shall terminate immediately and be of no further force or effect. The Administrator’s determination of the reason for termination of the Grantee’s employment shall be conclusive and binding on the Grantee and his or her representatives or legatees.
4. Incorporation of Plan. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, this Stock Option shall be subject to and governed by all the terms and conditions of the Plan, including the powers of the Administrator set forth in Section 2(b) of the Plan. Capitalized terms in this Agreement shall have the meaning specified in the Plan, unless a different meaning is specified herein.
5. Transferability. This Agreement is personal to the Grantee, is non-assignable and is not transferable in any manner, by operation of law or otherwise, other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution. This Stock Option is exercisable, during the Grantee’s lifetime, only by the Grantee, and thereafter, only by the Grantee’s legal representative or legatee.
6. Status of the Stock Option. This Stock Option is intended to qualify as an “incentive stock option” under Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), but the Company does not represent or warrant that this Stock Option qualifies as such. The Grantee should consult with his or her own tax advisors regarding the tax effects of this Stock Option and the requirements necessary to obtain favorable income tax treatment under Section 422 of the Code, including, but not limited to, holding period requirements. To the extent any portion of this Stock Option does not so qualify as an “incentive stock option,” such portion shall be deemed to be a non-qualified stock option. If the Grantee intends to dispose or does dispose (whether by sale, gift, transfer or otherwise) of any Option Shares within the one-year period beginning on the date after the transfer of such shares to him or her, or within the two-year period beginning on the day after the grant of this Stock Option, he or she will so notify the Company within 30 days after such disposition.
7. Tax Withholding. The Grantee shall, not later than the date as of which the exercise of this Stock Option becomes a taxable event for Federal income tax purposes, pay to the Company or make arrangements satisfactory to the Administrator for payment of any Federal, state, and local taxes required by law to be withheld on account of such taxable event. The Company shall have the authority to cause the minimum required tax withholding obligation to be satisfied, in whole or in part, by withholding from Shares to be issued to the Grantee a number of Shares with an aggregate Fair Market Value that would satisfy the minimum withholding amount due.
8. No Obligation to Continue Service Relationship. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is obligated by or as a result of the Plan or this Agreement to continue the Grantee in employment and neither the Plan nor this Agreement shall interfere in any way with the right of the Company or any Subsidiary to terminate the Service Relationship of the Grantee at any time.
9. Integration. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties with respect to this Stock Option and supersedes all prior agreements and discussions between the parties concerning such subject matter.
10. Data Privacy Consent. In order to administer the Plan and this Agreement and to implement or structure future equity grants, the Company, its subsidiaries and affiliates and certain agents thereof (together, the “Relevant Companies”) may process any and all personal or professional data, including but not limited to Social Security or other identification number, home address and telephone number, date of birth and other information that is necessary or desirable for the administration of the Plan and/or this Agreement (the “Relevant Information”). By entering into this Agreement, the Grantee (i) authorizes the Company to collect, process, register and transfer to the Relevant Companies all Relevant Information; (ii) waives any privacy rights the Grantee may have with respect to the Relevant Information; (iii) authorizes the Relevant Companies to store and transmit such information in electronic form; and (iv) authorizes the transfer of the Relevant Information to any jurisdiction in which the Relevant Companies consider appropriate. The Grantee shall have access to, and the right to change, the Relevant Information. Relevant Information will only be used in accordance with applicable law.
11. Notices. Notices hereunder shall be mailed or delivered to the Company at its principal place of business and shall be mailed or delivered to the Grantee at the address on file with the Company or, in either case, at such other address as one party may subsequently furnish to the other party in writing.
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NON-QUALIFIED STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT
FOR COMPANY EMPLOYEES AND CONSULTANTS
UNDER DAMORA THERAPEUTICS, INC.
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Pursuant to the Damora Therapeutics, Inc. 2020 Equity Incentive Plan as amended through the date hereof (the “Plan”), Damora Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”) hereby grants to the Grantee named above an option (the “Stock Option”) to purchase on or prior to the Expiration Date specified above all or part of the number of Ordinary Shares, par value $0.00001 per share (the “Shares”) of the Company specified above at the Option Exercise Price per Share specified above subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein and in the Plan. This Stock Option is not intended to be an “incentive stock option” under Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
1. Exercisability Schedule. No portion of this Stock Option may be exercised until such portion shall have become exercisable. Except as set forth below, and subject to the discretion of the Administrator (as defined in Section 1 of the Plan) to accelerate the exercisability schedule hereunder, this Stock Option shall be exercisable with respect to the following number of Option Shares on the dates indicated so long as Grantee maintains a Service Relationship with Company or a Subsidiary on such dates:
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Once exercisable, this Stock Option shall continue to be exercisable at any time or times prior to the close of business on the Expiration Date, subject to the provisions hereof and of the Plan.
2. Manner of Exercise.
(a) The Grantee may exercise this Stock Option only in the following manner: from time to time on or prior to the Expiration Date of this Stock Option, the Grantee may give written notice to the Administrator of his or her election to purchase some or all of the Option Shares purchasable at the time of such notice. This notice shall specify the number of Option Shares to be purchased.
Payment of the purchase price for the Option Shares may be made by one or more of the following methods: (i) in cash, by certified or bank check or other instrument acceptable to the Administrator; (ii) through the delivery (or attestation to the ownership) of Shares that have been purchased by the Grantee on the open market or that are beneficially owned by the Grantee and are not then subject to any restrictions under any Company plan and that otherwise satisfy any holding periods as may be required by the Administrator; (iii) by the Grantee delivering to the Company a properly executed exercise notice together with irrevocable instructions to a broker to promptly deliver
to the Company cash or a check payable and acceptable to the Company to pay the option purchase price, provided that in the event the Grantee chooses to pay the option purchase price as so provided, the Grantee and the broker shall comply with such procedures and enter into such agreements of indemnity and other agreements as the Administrator shall prescribe as a condition of such payment procedure; (iv) by a “net exercise” arrangement pursuant to which the Company will reduce the number of Shares issuable upon exercise by the largest whole number of shares with a Fair Market Value that does not exceed the aggregate exercise price; or (v) a combination of (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) above. Payment instruments will be received subject to collection.
The transfer to the Grantee on the records of the Company or of the transfer agent of the Option Shares will be contingent upon (i) the Company’s receipt from the Grantee of the full purchase price for the Option Shares, as set forth above, (ii) the fulfillment of any other requirements contained herein or in the Plan or in any other agreement or provision of laws, and (iii) the receipt by the Company of any agreement, statement or other evidence that the Company may require to satisfy itself that the issuance of Shares to be purchased pursuant to the exercise of Stock Options under the Plan and any subsequent resale of the Shares will be in compliance with applicable laws and regulations. In the event the Grantee chooses to pay the purchase price by previously-owned Shares through the attestation method, the number of Shares transferred to the Grantee upon the exercise of the Stock Option shall be net of the Shares attested to.
(b) The Shares purchased upon exercise of this Stock Option shall be transferred to the Grantee on the records of the Company or of the transfer agent upon compliance to the satisfaction of the Administrator with all requirements under applicable laws or regulations in connection with such transfer and with the requirements hereof and of the Plan. The determination of the Administrator as to such compliance shall be final and binding on the Grantee. The Grantee shall not be deemed to be the holder of, or to have any of the rights of a holder with respect to, any Shares subject to this Stock Option unless and until this Stock Option shall have been exercised pursuant to the terms hereof, the Company or the transfer agent shall have transferred the shares to the Grantee, and the Grantee’s name shall have been entered as the shareholder of record in the register of membersof the Company. Thereupon, the Grantee shall have full voting, dividend and other ownership rights with respect to such Shares.
(c) The minimum number of shares with respect to which this Stock Option may be exercised at any one time shall be 100 shares, unless the number of shares with respect to which this Stock Option is being exercised is the total number of shares subject to exercise under this Stock Option at the time.
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision hereof or of the Plan, no portion of this Stock Option shall be exercisable after the Expiration Date hereof.
3. Termination of Service Relationship. If the Grantee’s Service Relationship ceases, the period within which to exercise the Stock Option may be subject to earlier termination as set forth below.
(a) Termination Due to Death. If the Grantee’s Service Relationship ceases by reason of the Grantee’s death, any portion of this Stock Option outstanding on such date, to the extent exercisable on the date of death, may thereafter be exercised by the Grantee’s legal representative or legatee for a period of 12 months from the date of death or until the Expiration Date, if earlier. Any portion of this Stock Option that is not exercisable on the date of death shall terminate immediately and be of no further force or effect.
(b) Termination Due to Disability. If the Grantee’s Service Relationship ceases by reason of the Grantee’s disability (as reasonably determined by the Administrator in accordance with Section 409A and applicable law), any portion of this Stock Option outstanding on such date, to the extent exercisable on the date of such termination of the Service Relationship, may thereafter be exercised by the Grantee for a period of 12 months from the date of disability or until the Expiration Date, if earlier. Any portion of this Stock Option that is not exercisable on the date of disability shall terminate immediately and be of no further force or effect.
(c) Termination for Cause. If the Grantee’s Service Relationship ceases for Cause, any portion of this Stock Option outstanding (whether vested or unvested) on such date shall terminate immediately and be of no further force and effect. For purposes hereof, “Cause” shall mean, unless otherwise provided in an employment agreement between the Company and the Grantee, a determination by the Administrator that the Grantee shall be dismissed as a result of (i) any material breach by the Grantee of any agreement between the Grantee and the Company; (ii) the conviction of, indictment for or plea of nolo contendere by the Grantee to a felony or a crime involving moral turpitude; or (iii) any material misconduct or willful and deliberate non-performance (other than by reason of disability) by the Grantee of the Grantee’s duties to the Company.
(d) Other Termination. If the Grantee’s Service Relationship ceases for any reason other than the Grantee’s death, the Grantee’s disability or Cause, and unless otherwise determined by the Administrator, any portion of this Stock Option outstanding on such date may be exercised, to the extent exercisable on the date of termination, for a period of three months from the date of termination or until the Expiration Date, if earlier. Any portion of this Stock Option that is not exercisable on the date of termination shall terminate immediately and be of no further force or effect.
The Administrator’s determination of the reason for termination of the Grantee’s Service Relationship shall be conclusive and binding on the Grantee and his or her representatives or legatees.
4. Incorporation of Plan. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, this Stock Option shall be subject to and governed by all the terms and conditions of the Plan, including the powers of the Administrator set forth in Section 2(b) of the Plan. Capitalized terms in this Agreement shall have the meaning specified in the Plan, unless a different meaning is specified herein.
5. Transferability. This Agreement is personal to the Grantee, is non-assignable and is not transferable in any manner, by operation of law or otherwise, other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution. This Stock Option is exercisable, during the Grantee’s lifetime, only by the Grantee, and thereafter, only by the Grantee’s legal representative or legatee.
6. Tax Withholding. The Grantee shall, not later than the date as of which the exercise of this Stock Option becomes a taxable event for Federal income tax purposes, pay to the Company or make arrangements satisfactory to the Administrator for payment of any Federal, state, and local taxes required by law to be withheld on account of such taxable event. The Company shall have the authority to cause the minimum required tax withholding obligation to be satisfied, in whole or in part, by withholding from Shares to be issued to the Grantee a number of Shares with an aggregate Fair Market Value that would satisfy the minimum withholding amount due. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of individuals who are subject to the reporting and other provisions of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, the Company shall affirmatively approve, by Board action, any such withholding of Shares as contemplated in the immediately preceding proviso.
7. No Obligation to Continue Service Relationship. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is obligated by or as a result of the Plan or this Agreement to continue the Grantee in employment and neither the Plan nor this Agreement shall interfere in any way with the right of the Company or any Subsidiary to terminate the Service Relationship of the Grantee at any time.
8. Integration. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties with respect to this Stock Option and supersedes all prior agreements and discussions between the parties concerning such subject matter.
9. Data Privacy Consent. In order to administer the Plan and this Agreement and to implement or structure future equity grants, the Company, its subsidiaries and affiliates and certain agents thereof (together, the “Relevant Companies”) may process any and all personal or professional data, including but not limited to Social Security or other identification number, home address and telephone number, date of birth and other information that is necessary or desirable for the administration of the Plan and/or this Agreement (the “Relevant Information”). By entering into this Agreement, the Grantee (i) authorizes the Company to collect, process, register and transfer to the Relevant Companies all Relevant Information; (ii) waives any privacy rights the Grantee may have with respect to the Relevant Information; (iii) authorizes the Relevant Companies to store and transmit such information in electronic form; and (iv) authorizes the transfer of the Relevant Information to any jurisdiction in which the Relevant Companies consider appropriate. The Grantee shall have access to, and the right to change, the Relevant Information. Relevant Information will only be used in accordance with applicable law.
10. Notices. Notices hereunder shall be mailed or delivered to the Company at its principal place of business and shall be mailed or delivered to the Grantee at the address on file with the Company or, in either case, at such other address as one party may subsequently furnish to the other party in writing.
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The foregoing Agreement is hereby accepted and the terms and conditions thereof hereby agreed to by the undersigned. Electronic acceptance of this Agreement pursuant to the Company’s instructions to the Grantee (including through an online acceptance process) is acceptable.
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RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD AGREEMENT
FOR COMPANY EMPLOYEES AND CONSULTANTS
UNDER DAMORA THERAPEUTICS, INC.
2020 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN
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Pursuant to the Damora Therapeutics, Inc. 2020 Equity Incentive Plan as amended through the date hereof (the “Plan”), Damora Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”) hereby grants an award of the number of Restricted Stock Units listed above (an “Award”) to the Grantee named above. Each Restricted Stock Unit shall relate to one Ordinary Share, par value $0.00001 per share (the “Shares”) of the Company.
1. Restrictions on Transfer of Award. This Award may not be sold, transferred, pledged, assigned or otherwise encumbered or disposed of by the Grantee, and any Shares issuable with respect to the Award may not be sold, transferred, pledged, assigned or otherwise encumbered or disposed of until (i) the Restricted Stock Units have vested as provided in Paragraph 2 of this Agreement and (ii) Shares have been issued to the Grantee in accordance with the terms of the Plan and this Agreement.
2. Vesting of Restricted Stock Units. The restrictions and conditions of Paragraph 1 of this Agreement shall lapse on the Vesting Date or Dates specified in the following schedule so long as the Grantee maintains a Service Relationship with the Company or a Subsidiary on such Vesting Dates. If a series of Vesting Dates is specified, then the restrictions and conditions in Paragraph 1 shall lapse only with respect to the number of Restricted Stock Units specified as vested on such date.
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The Administrator may at any time accelerate the vesting schedule specified in this Paragraph 2.
3. Termination of Service Relationship. If the Grantee’s Service Relationship with the Company and its Subsidiaries ceases for any reason (including death or disability, which such disability is reasonably determined by the Administrator in accordance with Section 409A and applicable law) prior to the satisfaction of the vesting conditions set forth in Paragraph 2 above, any Restricted Stock Units that have not vested as of such date shall automatically and without notice terminate and be forfeited, and neither the Grantee nor any of his or her successors, heirs, assigns, or personal representatives will thereafter have any further rights or interests in such unvested Restricted Stock Units.
4. Issuance of Shares. As soon as practicable following each Vesting Date (but in no event later than two and one-half months after the end of the year in which the Vesting Date occurs), the Company shall issue to the Grantee the number of Shares equal to the aggregate number of Restricted Stock Units that have vested pursuant to Paragraph 2 of this Agreement on such date and the Grantee shall thereafter have all the rights of a shareholder of the Company with respect to such shares.
5. Incorporation of Plan. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, this Agreement shall be subject to and governed by all the terms and conditions of the Plan, including the powers of the Administrator set forth in Section 2(b) of the Plan. Capitalized terms in this Agreement shall have the meaning specified in the Plan, unless a different meaning is specified herein.
6. Tax Withholding. The Grantee shall, not later than the date as of which the receipt of this Award becomes a taxable event for Federal income tax purposes, pay to the Company or make arrangements satisfactory to the
Administrator for payment of any Federal, state, and local taxes required by law to be withheld on account of such taxable event. The Company shall have the authority to cause the required minimum tax withholding obligation to be satisfied, in whole or in part, by withholding from Shares to be issued to the Grantee a number of Shares with an aggregate Fair Market Value that would satisfy the withholding amount due.
7. Section 409A of the Code. This Agreement shall be interpreted in such a manner that all provisions relating to the settlement of the Award are exempt from the requirements of Section 409A of the Code as “short-term deferrals” as described in Section 409A of the Code.
8. No Obligation to Continue Employment. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is obligated by or as a result of the Plan or this Agreement to continue the Grantee in employment and neither the Plan nor this Agreement shall interfere in any way with the right of the Company or any Subsidiary to terminate the employment of the Grantee at any time.
9. Integration. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties with respect to this Award and supersedes all prior agreements and discussions between the parties concerning such subject matter.
10. Data Privacy Consent. In order to administer the Plan and this Agreement and to implement or structure future equity grants, the Company, its subsidiaries and affiliates and certain agents thereof (together, the “Relevant Companies”) may process any and all personal or professional data, including but not limited to Social Security or other identification number, home address and telephone number, date of birth and other information that is necessary or desirable for the administration of the Plan and/or this Agreement (the “Relevant Information”). By entering into this Agreement, the Grantee (i) authorizes the Company to collect, process, register and transfer to the Relevant Companies all Relevant Information; (ii) waives any privacy rights the Grantee may have with respect to the Relevant Information; (iii) authorizes the Relevant Companies to store and transmit such information in electronic form; and (iv) authorizes the transfer of the Relevant Information to any jurisdiction in which the Relevant Companies consider appropriate. The Grantee shall have access to, and the right to change, the Relevant Information. Relevant Information will only be used in accordance with applicable law.
11. Notices. Notices hereunder shall be mailed or delivered to the Company at its principal place of business and shall be mailed or delivered to the Grantee at the address on file with the Company or, in either case, at such other address as one party may subsequently furnish to the other party in writing.
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The foregoing Agreement is hereby accepted and the terms and conditions thereof hereby agreed to by the undersigned. Electronic acceptance of this Agreement pursuant to the Company’s instructions to the Grantee (including through an online acceptance process) is acceptable.
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EX-10.4
DAMORA THERAPEUTICS, INC.
2022 INDUCEMENT PLAN
SECTION 1. GENERAL PURPOSE OF THE PLAN; DEFINITIONS
The name of the plan is the Damora Therapeutics, Inc. 2022 Inducement Plan (the “Plan”). The purpose of the Plan is to enable Damora Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”) to grant equity awards to induce highly-qualified prospective officers and employees who are not currently employed by the Company and its Affiliates to accept employment and provide them with a proprietary interest in the Company. It is anticipated that providing such persons with a direct stake in the Company’s welfare will assure a closer identification of their interests with those of the Company and its shareholders, thereby stimulating their efforts on the Company’s behalf and strengthening their desire to remain with the Company. The Company intends that the Plan be reserved for persons to whom the Company may issue securities without shareholder approval as an inducement pursuant to Rule 5635(c)(4) of the Marketplace Rules of the NASDAQ Stock Market, Inc.
The following terms shall be defined as set forth below:
“Act” means the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder.
“Administrator” means either the Board or the compensation committee of the Board or a similar committee performing the functions of the compensation committee and which is comprised of not less than two Non‑Employee Directors who are independent.
“Affiliate” means, at the time of determination, any “parent” or “subsidiary” of the Company as such terms are defined in Rule 405 of the Act. The Board will have the authority to determine the time or times at which “parent” or “subsidiary” status is determined within the foregoing definition.
“Award” or “Awards,” except where referring to a particular category of grant under the Plan, shall include Non-Qualified Stock Options, Stock Appreciation Rights, Restricted Stock Units, Restricted Stock Awards, Unrestricted Stock Awards, and Dividend Equivalent Rights.
“Award Agreement” means a written or electronic document setting forth the terms and provisions applicable to an Award granted under the Plan. Each Award Agreement is subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan.
“Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company.
“Code” means the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and any successor Code, and related rules, regulations and interpretations.
“Consultant” means a consultant or adviser who provides bona fide services to the Company or an Affiliate as an independent contractor and who qualifies as a consultant or advisor under Instruction A.1.(a)(1) of Form S-8 under the Act.
“Dividend Equivalent Right” means an Award entitling the grantee to receive credits based on ordinary cash dividends that would have been paid on the Shares specified in the Dividend Equivalent Right (or other award to which it relates) if such shares had been issued to and held by the grantee.
“Effective Date” means the date on which the Plan is approved by the Board as set forth in Section 19.
“Exchange Act” means the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder.
“Fair Market Value” of the Shares on any given date means the fair market value of the Shares determined in good faith by the Administrator; provided, however, that if the Shares are listed on the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation System (“NASDAQ”), NASDAQ Global Market, The New York Stock Exchange or another national securities exchange or traded on any established market, the determination shall be made by reference to the last sales price on the date immediately preceding such given date.
“Non-Employee Director” means a member of the Board who is not also an employee of the Company or any Subsidiary.
“Non-Qualified Stock Option” means any Stock Option that is not an “incentive stock option” under Section 422 of the Code.
“Option” or “Stock Option” means any option to purchase Shares granted pursuant to Section 5.
“Restricted Shares” means the Shares underlying a Restricted Stock Award that remain subject to a risk of forfeiture or the Company’s right of repurchase.
“Restricted Stock Award” means an Award of Restricted Shares subject to such restrictions and conditions as the Administrator may determine at the time of grant.
“Restricted Stock Units” means an Award of stock units subject to such restrictions and conditions as the Administrator may determine at the time of grant.
“Sale Event” means: (i) the sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company on a consolidated basis to an unrelated person or entity; (ii) a merger, reorganization or consolidation pursuant to which the holders of the Company’s outstanding voting power and outstanding shares immediately prior to such transaction do not own a majority of the outstanding voting power and outstanding shares or other equity interests of the resulting or successor entity (or its ultimate parent, if applicable) immediately upon completion of such transaction, (iii) the sale of all of the Shares of the Company to an unrelated person, entity or
group thereof acting in concert, or (iv) any other transaction in which the owners of the Company’s outstanding voting power immediately prior to such transaction do not own at least a majority of the outstanding voting power of the Company or any successor entity immediately upon completion of the transaction other than as a result of the acquisition of securities directly from the Company; provided, however, that in the event an Award is subject to Section 409A, no such event shall constitute a payment event unless such event is also a change of control event as defined by Section 409A.
“Sale Price” means the value as determined by the Administrator of the consideration payable, or otherwise to be received by shareholders, per Share pursuant to a Sale Event.
“Section 409A” means Section 409A of the Code and the regulations and other guidance promulgated thereunder.
“Service Relationship” means any relationship as an employee, Non-Employee Director or Consultant of the Company or any Affiliate (e.g., a Service Relationship shall be deemed to continue without interruption in the event an individual’s status changes from full-time Employee to part-time employee or Consultant). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the Plan, an Award Agreement, or otherwise, the following shall not constitute a termination of a grantee’s Service Relationship: (i) a transfer to the service of the Company from an Affiliate or from the Company to an Affiliate, or from one Affiliate to another Affiliate or (ii) an approved leave of absence for military service or sickness, or for any other purpose approved by the Administrator, if the individual’s right to re-employment is guaranteed either by a statute or by contract or under the policy pursuant to which the leave of absence was granted or if the Administrator otherwise so provides in writing.
“Shares” means the Ordinary Shares, par value $0.00001 per share, of the Company, subject to adjustments pursuant to Section 3.
“Stock Appreciation Right” means an Award entitling the recipient to receive Shares (or cash, to the extent explicitly provided for in the applicable Award Agreement) having a value equal to the excess of the Fair Market Value of the Shares on the date of exercise over the exercise price of the Stock Appreciation Right multiplied by the number of Shares with respect to which the Stock Appreciation Right shall have been exercised.
“Subsidiary” means any corporation or other entity (other than the Company) in which the Company has at least a 50 percent interest, either directly or indirectly.
“Unrestricted Stock Award” means an Award of Shares free of any restrictions.
SECTION 2. ADMINISTRATION OF PLAN; ADMINISTRATOR AUTHORITY TO SELECT GRANTEES AND DETERMINE AWARDS
(a) Administration of Plan. The Plan shall be administered by the Administrator.
(b) Powers of Administrator. The Administrator shall have the power and authority to grant Awards consistent with the terms of the Plan, including the power and authority:
(i) to select the individuals to whom Awards may from time to time be granted;
(ii) to determine the time or times of grant, and the extent, if any, of Non-Qualified Stock Options, Stock Appreciation Rights, Restricted Stock Awards, Restricted Stock Units, Unrestricted Stock Awards, and Dividend Equivalent Rights, or any combination of the foregoing, granted to any one or more grantees;
(iii) to determine the number of Shares to be covered by any Award;
(iv) to determine and modify from time to time the terms and conditions, including restrictions, not inconsistent with the terms of the Plan, of any Award, which terms and conditions may differ among individual Awards and grantees, and to approve the forms of Award Agreements;
(v) to accelerate at any time the exercisability or vesting of all or any portion of any Award;
(vi) subject to the provisions of Section 5(c) or 6(d), to extend at any time the period in which Stock Options or Stock Appreciation Rights, respectively, may be exercised; and
(vii) at any time to adopt, alter and repeal such rules, guidelines and practices for administration of the Plan and for its own acts and proceedings as it shall deem advisable; to interpret the terms and provisions of the Plan and any Award (including related written instruments); to make all determinations it deems advisable for the administration of the Plan; to decide all disputes arising in connection with the Plan; and to otherwise supervise the administration of the Plan.
All decisions and interpretations of the Administrator shall be binding on all persons, including the Company and Plan grantees.
(c) Reserved.
(d) Award Agreement. Awards under the Plan shall be evidenced by Award Agreements that set forth the terms, conditions and limitations for each Award which may include, without limitation, the term of an Award and the provisions applicable in the event the Service Relationship terminates.
(e) Indemnification. Neither the Board nor the Administrator, nor any member of either or any delegate thereof, shall be liable for any act, omission, interpretation, construction or determination made in good faith in connection with the Plan, and the members of the Board and the Administrator (and any delegate thereof) shall be entitled in all cases to indemnification and reimbursement by the Company in respect of any claim, loss, damage or expense (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising or resulting therefrom to the fullest extent permitted by law and/or under the Company’s memorandum and articles of association or any
directors’ and officers’ liability insurance coverage which may be in effect from time to time and/or any indemnification agreement between such individual and the Company.
(f) Non-U.S. Award Recipients. Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the contrary, in order to comply with the laws in other countries in which the Company and its Affiliates operate or have employees or other individuals eligible for Awards, the Administrator, in its sole discretion, shall have the power and authority to: (i) determine which Affiliates shall be covered by the Plan; (ii) determine which individuals outside the United States are eligible to participate in the Plan; (iii) modify the terms and conditions of any Award granted to individuals outside the United States to comply with applicable laws; (iv) establish subplans and modify exercise procedures and other terms and procedures, to the extent the Administrator determines such actions to be necessary or advisable (and such subplans and/or modifications shall be incorporated into and made part of this Plan); provided, however, that no such subplans and/or modifications shall increase the share limitations contained in Section 3(a) hereof; and (v) take any action, before or after an Award is made, that the Administrator determines to be necessary or advisable to obtain approval or comply with any local governmental regulatory exemptions or approvals. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Administrator may not take any actions hereunder, and no Awards shall be granted, that would violate the Exchange Act or any other applicable United States securities law, the Code, or any other applicable United States governing statute or law.
SECTION 3. SHARES ISSUABLE UNDER THE PLAN; MERGERS; SUBSTITUTION
(a) Shares Issuable. The maximum number of Shares reserved and available for issuance under the Plan shall be 8,000,000, subject to adjustment as provided in this Section 3. For purposes of this limitation, the Shares underlying any Awards under the Plan that are forfeited, canceled, held back upon exercise of an Option or settlement of an Award to cover the exercise price or tax withholding, reacquired by the Company prior to vesting, satisfied without the issuance of Shares or otherwise terminated (other than by exercise) shall be added back to the Shares available for issuance under the Plan. In the event the Company repurchases Shares on the open market, such shares shall not be added to the Shares available for issuance under the Plan. Subject to such overall limitations, Shares may be issued up to such maximum number pursuant to any type or types of Award. The shares available for issuance under the Plan may be authorized but unissued Shares or Shares reacquired by the Company. Awards that may be settled solely in cash shall not be counted against the share reserve.
(b) Changes in Shares. Subject to Section 3(c) hereof, if, as a result of any reorganization, recapitalization, reclassification, share dividend, extraordinary cash dividend, share split, reverse share split or other similar change in the Company’s share capital, the outstanding Shares are increased or decreased or are exchanged for a different number or kind of shares or other securities of the Company, or additional shares or new or different shares or other securities of the Company or other non-cash assets are distributed with respect to such Shares or other securities, or, if, as a result of any merger or consolidation, sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, the outstanding Shares are converted into or exchanged for securities of the Company or any successor entity (or a parent or subsidiary thereof), the Administrator shall make an appropriate or proportionate adjustment in (i) the maximum number of shares
reserved for issuance under the Plan, (ii) the number and kind of shares or other securities subject to any then outstanding Awards under the Plan, (iii) the repurchase price, if any, per share subject to each outstanding Restricted Stock Award, and (iv) the exercise price for each share subject to any then outstanding Stock Options and Stock Appreciation Rights under the Plan, without changing the aggregate exercise price (i.e., the exercise price multiplied by the number of shares subject to Stock Options and Stock Appreciation Rights) as to which such Stock Options and Stock Appreciation Rights remain exercisable. The Administrator shall also make equitable or proportionate adjustments in the number of shares subject to outstanding Awards and the exercise price and the terms of outstanding Awards to take into consideration cash dividends paid other than in the ordinary course or any other extraordinary corporate event. The adjustment by the Administrator shall be final, binding and conclusive. No fractional Shares shall be issued under the Plan resulting from any such adjustment, but the Administrator in its discretion may make a cash payment in lieu of fractional shares.
(c) Mergers and Other Transactions. In the case of and subject to the consummation of a Sale Event, the parties thereto may cause the assumption or continuation of Awards theretofore granted by the successor entity, or the substitution of such Awards with new Awards of the successor entity or parent thereof, with appropriate adjustment as to the number and kind of shares and, if appropriate, the per share exercise prices, as such parties shall agree. To the extent the parties to such Sale Event do not provide for the assumption, continuation or substitution of Awards, upon the effective time of the Sale Event, the Plan and all outstanding Awards granted hereunder shall terminate. In such case, except as may be otherwise provided in the relevant Award Agreement, all Awards with time-based vesting, conditions or restrictions that are not vested, exercisable and/or nonforfeitable immediately prior to the effective time of the Sale Event shall become fully vested, exercisable and/or nonforfeitable as of the effective time of the Sale Event, and all Awards with conditions and restrictions relating to the attainment of performance goals may become vested, exercisable and/or nonforfeitable in connection with a Sale Event in the Administrator’s discretion or to the extent specified in the relevant Award Agreement. In the event of such termination, (i) the Company shall have the option (in its sole discretion) to make or provide for a payment, in cash or in kind, to the grantees holding Options and Stock Appreciation Rights, in exchange for the cancellation thereof, in an amount equal to the difference between (A) the Sale Price multiplied by the number of Shares subject to outstanding Options and Stock Appreciation Rights (to the extent then exercisable at prices not in excess of the Sale Price) and (B) the aggregate exercise price of all such outstanding Options and Stock Appreciation Rights (provided that, in the case of an Option or Stock Appreciation Right with an exercise price equal to or greater than the Sale Price, such Option or Stock Appreciation Right shall be cancelled for no consideration); or (ii) each grantee shall be permitted, within a specified period of time prior to the consummation of the Sale Event as determined by the Administrator, to exercise all outstanding Options and Stock Appreciation Rights (to the extent then exercisable) held by such grantee. The Company shall also have the option (in its sole discretion) to make or provide for a payment, in cash or in kind, to the grantees holding other Awards in an amount equal to the Sale Price multiplied by the number of vested Shares under such Awards.
SECTION 4. ELIGIBILITY
Grantees under the Plan will be such employees of the Company and its Affiliates as to whom the Company may issue securities without shareholder approval in accordance with Rule 5635(c)(4) of the Marketplace Rules of the NASDAQ Stock Market, Inc. as selected from time to time by the Administrator in its sole discretion; provided that Awards may not be granted to employees who are providing services only to any “parent” of the Company, as such term is defined in Rule 405 of the Act, unless (i) the shares underlying the Awards is treated as “service recipient stock” under Section 409A or (ii) the Company has determined that such Awards are exempt from or otherwise comply with Section 409A.
SECTION 5. STOCK OPTIONS
(a) Award of Stock Options. The Administrator may grant Stock Options under the Plan. Any Stock Option granted under the Plan shall be a Non-Qualified Stock Option, and shall be in such form as the Administrator may from time to time approve.
Stock Options granted pursuant to this Section 5 shall be subject to the following terms and conditions and shall contain such additional terms and conditions, not inconsistent with the terms of the Plan, as the Administrator shall deem desirable.
(b) Exercise Price. The exercise price per share for the Shares covered by a Stock Option granted pursuant to this Section 5 shall be determined by the Administrator at the time of grant but shall not be less than 100 percent of the Fair Market Value on the date of grant. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Stock Options may be granted with an exercise price per share that is less than 100 percent of the Fair Market Value on the date of grant (i) to individuals who are not subject to U.S. income tax on the date of grant, or (ii) if the Stock Option is otherwise exempt from or compliant with Section 409A.
(c) Option Term. The term of each Stock Option shall be fixed by the Administrator, but no Stock Option shall be exercisable more than ten years after the date the Stock Option is granted.
(d) Exercisability; Rights of a Shareholder. Stock Options shall become exercisable at such time or times, whether or not in installments, as shall be determined by the Administrator at or after the date of grant. The Administrator may at any time accelerate the exercisability of all or any portion of any Stock Option. An optionee shall have the rights of a shareholder only as to shares acquired upon the exercise of a Stock Option and not as to unexercised Stock Options.
(e) Method of Exercise. Stock Options may be exercised in whole or in part, by giving written or electronic notice of exercise to the Company, specifying the number of shares to be purchased. Payment of the purchase price may be made by one or more of the following methods except to the extent otherwise provided in the Award Agreement:
(i) In cash, by certified or bank check or other instrument acceptable to the Administrator;
(ii) Through the delivery (or attestation to the ownership following such procedures as the Company may prescribe) of Shares that are not then subject to restrictions under any Company plan. Such surrendered shares shall be valued at Fair Market Value on the exercise date;
(iii) By the optionee delivering to the Company a properly executed exercise notice together with irrevocable instructions to a broker to promptly deliver to the Company cash or a check payable and acceptable to the Company for the purchase price; provided that in the event the optionee chooses to pay the purchase price as so provided, the optionee and the broker shall comply with such procedures and enter into such agreements of indemnity and other agreements as the Company shall prescribe as a condition of such payment procedure; or
(iv) By a “net exercise” arrangement pursuant to which the Company will reduce the number of Shares issuable upon exercise by the largest whole number of shares with a Fair Market Value that does not exceed the aggregate exercise price.
Payment instruments will be received subject to collection. The transfer to the optionee on the records of the Company or of the transfer agent of the Shares to be purchased pursuant to the exercise of a Stock Option will be contingent upon receipt from the optionee (or a purchaser acting in his stead in accordance with the provisions of the Stock Option) by the Company of the full purchase price for such shares and the fulfillment of any other requirements contained in the Award Agreement or applicable provisions of laws (including the satisfaction of any taxes that the Company or an Affiliate is obligated to withhold with respect to the optionee). In the event an optionee chooses to pay the purchase price by previously-owned Shares through the attestation method, the number of Shares transferred to the optionee upon the exercise of the Stock Option shall be net of the number of attested shares. In the event that the Company establishes, for itself or using the services of a third party, an automated system for the exercise of Stock Options, such as a system using an internet website or interactive voice response, then the paperless exercise of Stock Options may be permitted through the use of such an automated system.
SECTION 6. STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS
(a) Award of Stock Appreciation Rights. The Administrator may grant Stock Appreciation Rights under the Plan. A Stock Appreciation Right is an Award entitling the recipient to receive Shares (or cash, to the extent explicitly provided for in the applicable Award Agreement) having a value equal to the excess of the Fair Market Value of a Share on the date of exercise over the exercise price of the Stock Appreciation Right multiplied by the number of Shares with respect to which the Stock Appreciation Right shall have been exercised.
(b) Exercise Price of Stock Appreciation Rights. The exercise price of a Stock Appreciation Right shall not be less than 100 percent of the Fair Market Value of the Shares on the date of grant. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Stock Appreciation Rights may be granted with an exercise price per share that is less than 100 percent of the Fair Market Value on the date of grant (i) to individuals who are not subject to U.S. income tax on the date of grant, or (ii) if the Stock Appreciation Right is otherwise exempt from or compliant with Section 409A.
(c) Grant and Exercise of Stock Appreciation Rights. Stock Appreciation Rights may be granted by the Administrator independently of any Stock Option granted pursuant to Section 5 of the Plan.
(d) Terms and Conditions of Stock Appreciation Rights. Stock Appreciation Rights shall be subject to such terms and conditions as shall be determined on the date of grant by the Administrator. The term of a Stock Appreciation Right may not exceed ten years. The terms and conditions of each such Award shall be determined by the Administrator, and such terms and conditions may differ among individual Awards and grantees.
SECTION 7. RESTRICTED STOCK AWARDS
(a) Nature of Restricted Stock Awards. The Administrator may grant Restricted Stock Awards under the Plan. A Restricted Stock Award is any Award of Restricted Shares subject to such restrictions and conditions as the Administrator may determine at the time of grant. Conditions may be based on continuing employment (or other Service Relationship) and/or achievement of pre-established performance goals and objectives.
(b) Rights as a Shareholder. Upon the grant of the Restricted Stock Award and payment of any applicable purchase price, a grantee shall have the rights of a shareholder with respect to the voting of the Restricted Shares and receipt of dividends; provided that if the lapse of restrictions with respect to the Restricted Stock Award is tied to the attainment of vesting conditions, any dividends paid by the Company shall accrue and shall not be paid to the grantee until and to the extent the vesting conditions are met with respect to the Restricted Stock Award. Unless the Administrator shall otherwise determine, (i) uncertificated Restricted Shares shall be accompanied by a notation on the records of the Company or the transfer agent to the effect that they are subject to forfeiture until such Restricted Shares are vested as provided in Section 7(d) below, and (ii) certificated Restricted Shares shall remain in the possession of the Company until such Restricted Shares are vested as provided in Section 7(d) below, and the grantee shall be required, as a condition of the grant, to deliver to the Company such instruments of transfer as the Administrator may prescribe.
(c) Restrictions. Restricted Shares may not be sold, assigned, transferred, pledged or otherwise encumbered or disposed of except as specifically provided herein or in the Restricted Stock Award Agreement. Except as may otherwise be provided by the Administrator either in the Award Agreement or, subject to Section 16 below, in writing after the Award is issued, if a grantee’s employment (or other Service Relationship) with the Company and its Affiliates terminates for any reason, any Restricted Shares that have not vested at the time of termination shall automatically and without any requirement of notice to such grantee from or other action by or on behalf of, the Company be deemed to have been reacquired by the Company at its original purchase price (if any) from such grantee or such grantee’s legal representative simultaneously with such termination of employment (or other Service Relationship), and thereafter shall cease to represent any ownership of the Company by the grantee or rights of the grantee as a shareholder. Following such deemed reacquisition of Restricted Shares that are represented by
physical certificates, a grantee shall surrender such certificates to the Company upon request without consideration.
(d) Vesting of Restricted Shares. The Administrator at the time of grant shall specify the date or dates and/or the attainment of pre-established performance goals, objectives and other conditions on which the non-transferability of the Restricted Shares and the Company’s right of repurchase or forfeiture shall lapse. Subsequent to such date or dates and/or the attainment of such pre-established performance goals, objectives and other conditions, the shares on which all restrictions have lapsed shall no longer be Restricted Shares and shall be deemed “vested.”
SECTION 8. RESTRICTED STOCK UNITS
(a) Nature of Restricted Stock Units. The Administrator may grant Restricted Stock Units under the Plan. A Restricted Stock Unit is an Award of stock units that may be settled in Shares (or cash, to the extent explicitly provided for in the Award Agreement) upon the satisfaction of such restrictions and conditions at the time of grant. Conditions may be based on continuing employment (or other Service Relationship) and/or achievement of pre-established performance goals and objectives. The terms and conditions of each such Award shall be determined by the Administrator, and such terms and conditions may differ among individual Awards and grantees. Restricted Stock Units with deferred settlement dates are subject to Section 409A and shall contain such additional terms and conditions as the Administrator shall determine in its sole discretion in order to comply with the requirements of Section 409A.
(b) Reserved.
(c) Rights as a Shareholder. A grantee shall have the rights as a shareholder only as to Shares acquired by the grantee upon settlement of Restricted Stock Units; provided, however, that the grantee may be credited with Dividend Equivalent Rights with respect to the stock units underlying his or her Restricted Stock Units, subject to the provisions of Section 11 and such terms and conditions as the Administrator may determine.
(d) Termination. Except as may otherwise be provided by the Administrator either in the Award Agreement or, subject to Section 16 below, in writing after the Award is issued, a grantee’s right in all Restricted Stock Units that have not vested shall automatically terminate upon the grantee’s termination of employment (or cessation of Service Relationship) with the Company and its Affiliates for any reason.
SECTION 9. UNRESTRICTED STOCK AWARDS
Grant or Sale of Unrestricted Stock. The Administrator may grant (or sell at par value or such higher purchase price determined by the Administrator) an Unrestricted Stock Award under the Plan. An Unrestricted Stock Award is an Award pursuant to which the grantee may receive Shares free of any restrictions under the Plan. Unrestricted Stock Awards may be granted in respect of past services or other valid consideration, or in lieu of cash compensation due to such grantee.
SECTION 10. RESERVED
SECTION 11. DIVIDEND EQUIVALENT RIGHTS
(a) Dividend Equivalent Rights. The Administrator may grant Dividend Equivalent Rights under the Plan. A Dividend Equivalent Right is an Award entitling the grantee to receive credits based on cash dividends that would have been paid on the Shares specified in the Dividend Equivalent Right (or other Award to which it relates) if such shares had been issued to the grantee. A Dividend Equivalent Right may be granted hereunder to any grantee as a component of an award of Restricted Stock Units or as a freestanding award. The terms and conditions of Dividend Equivalent Rights shall be specified in the Award Agreement. Dividend equivalents credited to the holder of a Dividend Equivalent Right may be paid currently or may be deemed to be reinvested in additional Shares, which may thereafter accrue additional equivalents. Any such reinvestment shall be at Fair Market Value on the date of reinvestment or such other price as may then apply under a dividend reinvestment plan sponsored by the Company, if any. Dividend Equivalent Rights may be settled in cash or Shares or a combination thereof, in a single installment or installments. A Dividend Equivalent Right granted as a component of an Award of Restricted Stock Units shall provide that such Dividend Equivalent Right shall be settled only upon settlement or payment of, or lapse of restrictions on, such other Award, and that such Dividend Equivalent Right shall expire or be forfeited or annulled under the same conditions as such other Award.
(b) Termination. Except as may otherwise be provided by the Administrator either in the Award Agreement or, subject to Section 16 below, in writing after the Award is issued, a grantee’s rights in all Dividend Equivalent Rights shall automatically terminate upon the grantee’s termination of employment (or cessation of Service Relationship) with the Company and its Affiliates for any reason.
SECTION 12. Transferability of Awards
(a) Transferability. Except as provided in Section 12(b) below, during a grantee’s lifetime, his or her Awards shall be exercisable only by the grantee, or by the grantee’s legal representative or guardian in the event of the grantee’s incapacity. No Awards shall be sold, assigned, transferred or otherwise encumbered or disposed of by a grantee other than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution or pursuant to a domestic relations order. No Awards shall be subject, in whole or in part, to attachment, execution, or levy of any kind, and any purported transfer in violation hereof shall be null and void.
(b) Administrator Action. Notwithstanding Section 12(a), the Administrator, in its discretion, may provide either in the Award Agreement regarding a given Award or by subsequent written approval that the grantee may transfer his or her Non-Qualified Stock Options to his or her immediate family members, to trusts for the benefit of such family members, or to partnerships in which such family members are the only partners, provided that the transferee agrees in writing with the Company to be bound by all of the terms and conditions of this Plan and the applicable Award Agreement. In no event may an Award be transferred by a grantee for value.
(c) Family Member. For purposes of Section 12(b), “family member” shall mean a grantee’s child, stepchild, grandchild, parent, stepparent, grandparent, spouse, former spouse, sibling, niece, nephew, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law, including adoptive relationships, any person sharing the grantee’s household (other than a tenant of the grantee), a trust in which these persons (or the grantee) have more than 50 percent of the beneficial interest, a foundation in which these persons (or the grantee) control the management of assets, and any other entity in which these persons (or the grantee) own more than 50 percent of the voting interests.
(d) Designation of Beneficiary. To the extent permitted by the Company and valid under applicable law, each grantee to whom an Award has been made under the Plan may designate a beneficiary or beneficiaries to exercise any Award or receive any payment under any Award payable on or after the grantee’s death. Any such designation shall be on a form provided for that purpose by the Administrator and shall not be effective until received by the Administrator. If no beneficiary has been designated by a deceased grantee, or if the designated beneficiaries have predeceased the grantee, the beneficiary shall be the grantee’s estate or legal heirs.
SECTION 13. TAX WITHHOLDING
(a) Payment by Grantee. Each grantee shall, no later than the date as of which the value of an Award or of any Shares or other amounts received thereunder first becomes includable in the gross income of the grantee for tax purposes, pay to the Company or any applicable Affiliate, or make arrangements satisfactory to the Administrator regarding payment of, any U.S. and non-U.S. federal, state, or local taxes of any kind required by law to be withheld by the Company or any applicable Affiliate with respect to such income. The Company and its Affiliates shall, to the extent permitted by law, have the right to deduct any such taxes from any payment of any kind otherwise due to the grantee or to satisfy any applicable withholding obligations by any other method of withholding that the Company and its Affiliates deem appropriate. The Company’s obligation to deliver evidence of book entry (or share certificates) to any grantee is subject to and conditioned on tax withholding obligations being satisfied by the grantee.
(b) Payment in Shares. The Administrator may cause any tax withholding obligation of the Company or any applicable Affiliate to be satisfied, in whole or in part, by the Company withholding from Shares to be issued pursuant to any Award a number of shares with an aggregate Fair Market Value (as of the date the withholding is effected) that would satisfy the withholding amount due; provided, however, that the amount withheld does not exceed the maximum statutory rate or such lesser amount as is necessary to avoid liability accounting treatment. For purposes of share withholding, the Fair Market Value of withheld shares shall be determined in the same manner as the value of Shares includible in income of the grantees. The Administrator may also require any tax withholding obligation of the Company or any applicable Affiliate to be satisfied, in whole or in part, by an arrangement whereby a certain number of Shares issued pursuant to any Award are immediately sold and proceeds from such sale are remitted to the Company or any applicable Affiliate in an amount that would satisfy the withholding amount due.
SECTION 14. Section 409A awards
Awards are intended to be exempt from Section 409A to the greatest extent possible and to otherwise comply with Section 409A. The Plan and all Awards shall be interpreted in accordance with such intent. To the extent that any Award is determined to constitute “nonqualified deferred compensation” within the meaning of Section 409A (a “409A Award”), the Award shall be subject to such additional rules and requirements as specified by the Administrator from time to time in order to comply with Section 409A. In this regard, if any amount under a 409A Award is payable upon a “separation from service” (within the meaning of Section 409A) to a grantee who is then considered a “specified employee” (within the meaning of Section 409A), then no such payment shall be made prior to the date that is the earlier of (i) six months and one day after the grantee’s separation from service, or (ii) the grantee’s death, but only to the extent such delay is necessary to prevent such payment from being subject to interest, penalties and/or additional tax imposed pursuant to Section 409A. Further, the settlement of any 409A Award may not be accelerated except to the extent permitted by Section 409A. The Company makes no representation that any or all of the payments or benefits described in the Plan will be exempt from or comply with Section 409A of the Code and makes no undertaking to preclude Section 409A of the Code from applying to any such payment. The grantee shall be solely responsible for the payment of any taxes and penalties incurred under Section 409A.
SECTION 15. TERMINATION OF SERVICE RELATIONSHIP, TRANSFER, LEAVE OF ABSENCE, ETC.
(a) Termination of Service Relationship. If the grantee’s Service Relationship is with an Affiliate and such Affiliate ceases to be an Affiliate, the grantee shall be deemed to have terminated his or her Service Relationship for purposes of the Plan.
(b) For purposes of the Plan, the following events shall not be deemed a termination of a Service Relationship:
(i) a transfer to the Service Relationship of the Company from an Affiliate or from the Company to an Affiliate, or from one Affiliate to another; or
(ii) an approved leave of absence, if the employee’s right to re-employment is guaranteed either by a statute or by contract or under the policy pursuant to which the leave of absence was granted or if the Administrator otherwise so provides in writing.
SECTION 16. AMENDMENTS AND TERMINATION
The Board may, at any time, amend or discontinue the Plan and the Administrator may, at any time, amend or cancel any outstanding Award for the purpose of satisfying changes in law or for any other lawful purpose, but no such action shall materially and adversely affect rights under any outstanding Award without the holder’s consent. Except as provided in Section 3(b) or 3(c), without prior shareholder approval, in no event may the Administrator exercise its discretion to reduce the exercise price of outstanding Stock Options or Stock Appreciation
Rights, effect the repricing of such Awards through cancellation and re-grants or cancel such Awards in exchange for cash or other Awards. Nothing in this Section 16 shall limit the Administrator’s authority to take any action permitted pursuant to Section 3(b) or 3(c).
SECTION 17. STATUS OF PLAN
With respect to the portion of any Award that has not been exercised and any payments in cash, Shares or other consideration not received by a grantee, a grantee shall have no rights greater than those of a general creditor of the Company unless the Administrator shall otherwise expressly determine in connection with any Award or Awards. In its sole discretion, the Administrator may authorize the creation of trusts or other arrangements to meet the Company’s obligations to deliver Shares or make payments with respect to Awards hereunder, provided that the existence of such trusts or other arrangements is consistent with the foregoing sentence.
SECTION 18. GENERAL PROVISIONS
(a) No Distribution. The Administrator may require each person acquiring Shares pursuant to an Award to represent to and agree with the Company in writing that such person is acquiring the shares without a view to distribution thereof.
(b) Issuance of Shares. To the extent certificated, share certificates to grantees under this Plan shall be deemed delivered for all purposes when the Company or a share transfer agent of the Company shall have mailed such certificates in the United States mail, addressed to the grantee, at the grantee’s last known address on file with the Company. Uncertificated Shares shall be deemed delivered for all purposes when the Company or a Shares transfer agent of the Company shall have given to the grantee by electronic mail (with proof of receipt) or by United States mail, addressed to the grantee, at the grantee’s last known address on file with the Company, notice of issuance and recorded the issuance in its records (which may include electronic “book entry” records). Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Company shall not be required to issue or deliver any evidence of book entry or certificates evidencing Shares pursuant to the exercise or settlement of any Award, unless and until the Administrator has determined, with advice of counsel (to the extent the Administrator deems such advice necessary or advisable), that the issuance and delivery is in compliance with all applicable laws, regulations of governmental authorities and, if applicable, the requirements of any exchange on which the Shares are listed, quoted or traded. Any Shares issued pursuant to the Plan shall be subject to any stop-transfer orders and other restrictions as the Administrator deems necessary or advisable to comply with federal, state or foreign jurisdiction, securities or other laws, rules and quotation system on which the Shares are listed, quoted or traded. The Administrator may place legends on any Shares certificate or notations on any book entry to reference restrictions applicable to the Shares. In addition to the terms and conditions provided herein, the Administrator may require that an individual make such reasonable covenants, agreements, and representations as the Administrator, in its discretion, deems necessary or advisable in order to comply with any such laws, regulations, or requirements. The Administrator shall have the right to require any individual to comply with any timing or other restrictions with respect to the settlement or exercise of any Award, including a window-period limitation, as may be imposed in the discretion of the Administrator.
(c) Shareholder Rights. Until Shares are deemed delivered in accordance with Section 18(b), no right to vote or receive dividends or any other rights of a shareholder will exist with respect to Shares to be issued in connection with an Award, notwithstanding the exercise of a Stock Option or any other action by the grantee with respect to an Award.
(d) Other Incentive Arrangements; No Rights to Continued Service Relationship. Nothing contained in this Plan shall prevent the Board from adopting other or additional incentive arrangements, including trusts, and such arrangements may be either generally applicable or applicable only in specific cases. The adoption of this Plan and the grant of Awards do not confer upon any grantee any right to continued employment or other Service Relationship with the Company or any Affiliate.
(e) Trading Policy Restrictions. Option exercises and other Awards under the Plan shall be subject to the Company’s insider trading policies and procedures, as in effect from time to time.
(f) Clawback Policy. Awards under the Plan shall be subject to the Company’s clawback policy, as in effect from time to time.
(g) Fractional Shares. No fractional Shares shall be issued or delivered pursuant to the Plan or any Award, and the Administrator shall determine whether cash, other securities or other property shall be paid or transferred in lieu of any fractional Shares, or whether such fractional Shares or any rights thereto shall be canceled, terminated or otherwise eliminated.
SECTION 19. EFFECTIVE DATE OF PLAN
The Plan initially became effective on November 17, 2022, and was amended by the First Amendment to the Plan effective on December 13, 2025. This restated Plan incorporates the First Amendment to the Plan.
SECTION 20. GOVERNING LAW
This Plan and all Awards and actions taken thereunder shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the Cayman Islands without regard to conflict of law principles.
SECTION 21. UNFUNDED PLAN
This Plan shall be unfunded. Although bookkeeping accounts may be established with respect to participants who are granted Awards under this Plan, any such accounts will be used merely as a bookkeeping convenience. The Company shall not be required to segregate any assets which may at any time be represented by Awards, nor shall this Plan be construed as providing for such segregation, nor shall the Company or the Administrator be deemed to be a trustee of shares or cash to be awarded under the Plan.
EX-10.5
non-qualified stock OPTION AGREEMENT
UNDER the DAMORA THERAPEUTICS, INC.
2022 inducement PLAN
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Pursuant to the Damora Therapeutics, Inc. 2022 Inducement Plan as amended through the date hereof (the “Plan”) and this Stock Option Agreement (the “Agreement”), Damora Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”) hereby grants to the Grantee named above an option (the “Stock Option”) to purchase on or prior to the Expiration Date specified above all or part of the number of Ordinary Shares, par value $0.00001 per share (the “Shares”), of the Company specified above at the Option Exercise Price per Option Share specified above subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Agreement and in the Plan. This Stock Option has been granted as an inducement pursuant to Rule 5635(c)(4) of the Marketplace Rules of NASDAQ Stock Market, Inc. This Stock Option is not intended to be an “incentive stock option” under Section 422 of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Capitalized terms in this Agreement shall have the meaning specified in the Plan, unless a different meaning is specified herein.
1.Exercisability Schedule. No portion of this Stock Option may be exercised until such portion shall have become exercisable. Except as set forth below, and subject to the discretion of the Administrator to accelerate the exercisability schedule hereunder, this Stock Option shall be exercisable with respect to the following number of Option Shares on the dates indicated so long as the Grantee maintains a Service Relationship on such dates.
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Except as otherwise provided under Grantee’s offer letter or employment agreement with the Company or an Affiliate, as applicable, if the Grantee is not in a Service Relationship on an Exercisability Date, the Grantee will not earn or be entitled to any pro-rated vesting for any portion of time before an Exercisability Date during which the Grantee was in a Service
Relationship, nor will the Grantee be entitled to any compensation for lost vesting. Once exercisable, this Stock Option shall continue to be exercisable at any time or times prior to the close of business on the Expiration Date, subject to the provisions hereof and of the Plan.
(a)The Grantee may exercise this Stock Option only in the following manner: from time to time on or prior to the Expiration Date of this Stock Option, the Grantee may give written notice to the Administrator (or such person or entity as the Administrator may designate) of his or her election to purchase some or all of the Option Shares purchasable at the time of such notice. This notice shall specify the number of Option Shares to be purchased.
Payment of the Exercise Price may be made by one or more of the following methods: (i) in cash, by certified or bank check or other instrument acceptable to the Administrator; (ii) if permitted by the Administrator, through the delivery (or attestation to the ownership) of Shares that have been purchased by the Grantee on the open market or that are beneficially owned by the Grantee and are not then subject to any restrictions under any Company plan and that otherwise satisfy any holding periods as may be required by the Administrator; (iii) by the Grantee delivering to the Company (or such person or entity as the Administrator may designate) a properly executed exercise notice together with irrevocable instructions to a broker to promptly deliver to the Company cash or a check payable and acceptable to the Company to pay the Exercise Price, provided that in the event the Grantee chooses to pay the Exercise Price as so provided, the Grantee and the broker shall comply with such procedures and enter into such agreements of indemnity and other agreements as the Administrator shall prescribe as a condition of such payment procedure; (iv) if permitted by the Administrator, by a “net exercise” arrangement pursuant to which the Company will reduce the number of Option Shares issuable upon exercise by the largest whole number of Shares with a Fair Market Value that does not exceed the Exercise Price; or (v) a combination of (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) above. Payment instruments will be received subject to collection.
The transfer to the Grantee on the records of the Company or of the transfer agent of the Option Shares will be contingent upon (i) the Company’s receipt from the Grantee of the full Exercise Price, as set forth above, (ii) the fulfillment of any other requirements contained herein or in the Plan or in any other agreement or provision of laws, and (iii) the receipt by the Company of any agreement, statement or other evidence that the Company may require to satisfy itself that the issuance of Shares to be purchased pursuant to the exercise of Stock Options under the Plan and any subsequent resale of the Shares will be in compliance with applicable laws and regulations. In the event the Grantee chooses to pay the Exercise Price by previously-owned Shares through the attestation method, the number of Shares transferred to the Grantee upon the exercise of this Stock Option shall be net of the Shares attested to.
(b)The Shares purchased upon exercise of this Stock Option shall be transferred to the Grantee on the records of the Company or of the transfer agent upon compliance to the satisfaction of the Administrator with all requirements under applicable laws or regulations in connection with such transfer and with the requirements hereof and of the Plan. The determination of the Administrator as to such compliance shall be final and binding on the Grantee. The Grantee shall not be deemed to be the holder of, or to have any of the rights of a
holder with respect to, any Shares subject to this Stock Option unless and until this Stock Option shall have been exercised pursuant to the terms hereof, the Company or the transfer agent shall have transferred the Shares to the Grantee, and the Grantee’s name shall have been entered as the shareholder of record on the books of the Company. Thereupon, the Grantee shall have full voting, dividend and other ownership rights with respect to such Shares.
(c)The minimum number of Shares with respect to which this Stock Option may be exercised at any one time shall be 100 Shares, unless the number of Shares with respect to which this Stock Option is being exercised is the total number of Shares subject to exercise under this Stock Option at the time.
(d)Notwithstanding any other provision hereof or of the Plan, no portion of this Stock Option shall be exercisable after the Expiration Date hereof.
3.Termination of Service Relationship. If the Grantee’s Service Relationship ceases, the period within which to exercise this Stock Option may be subject to earlier termination as set forth below.
(a)Termination Due to Death. If the Grantee’s Service Relationship ceases by reason of the Grantee’s death, any portion of this Stock Option outstanding on such date, to the extent exercisable on the date of death, may thereafter be exercised by the Grantee’s legal representative or legatee for a period of 12 months from the date of death or until the Expiration Date, if earlier. Any portion of this Stock Option that is not exercisable on the date of death shall terminate immediately and be of no further force or effect.
(b)Termination Due to Disability. If the Grantee’s Service Relationship ceases by reason of the Grantee’s disability (as reasonably determined by the Administrator in accordance with Section 409A and applicable law), any portion of this Stock Option outstanding on such date, to the extent exercisable on the date of such termination of the Service Relationship, may thereafter be exercised by the Grantee for a period of 12 months from the date of termination due to disability or until the Expiration Date, if earlier. Any portion of this Stock Option that is not exercisable on the date of termination due to disability shall terminate immediately and be of no further force or effect.
(c)Termination for Cause. If the Grantee’s Service Relationship ceases for Cause, any portion of this Stock Option outstanding (whether vested or unvested) on such date shall terminate immediately and be of no further force and effect. For purposes hereof, “Cause” shall mean, unless otherwise provided in an offer letter or employment agreement between the Company or an Affiliate, as applicable, and the Grantee, a determination by the Administrator that the Grantee shall be dismissed as a result of (i) any material breach by the Grantee of any agreement between the Grantee and the Company or any Affiliate; (ii) the conviction of, indictment for or plea of nolo contendere by the Grantee to a felony or a crime involving moral turpitude; or (iii) any material misconduct or willful and deliberate non-performance (other than by reason of disability) by the Grantee of the Grantee’s duties to the Company or any Affiliate.
(d)Other Termination. If the Grantee’s Service Relationship ceases for any reason other than the Grantee’s death, the Grantee’s disability or Cause, and unless otherwise
determined by the Administrator, any portion of this Stock Option outstanding on such date may be exercised, to the extent exercisable on the date of termination, for a period of three months from the date of termination or until the Expiration Date, if earlier. Any portion of this Stock Option that is not exercisable on the date of termination shall terminate immediately and be of no further force or effect.
The Administrator’s determination of the reason for termination of the Grantee’s Service Relationship shall be conclusive and binding on the Grantee and his or her representatives or legatees.
Further, for purposes of this Stock Option, the Grantee’s Service Relationship will be considered terminated as of the date the Grantee no longer is actively providing services to the Company or any Affiliate (regardless of the reason for such termination and whether or not later found to be invalid or in breach of labor laws in the jurisdiction where the Grantee provides services or the terms of his or her employment or other service agreement, if any), and unless otherwise determined by the Company or specified otherwise in Grantee’s offer letter or employment agreement with the Company or an Affiliate, as applicable, the Grantee’s right to vest in this Stock Option, if any, will terminate and the Grantee’s right to exercise any vested Stock Option will be measured as of such date and, in either case, will not be extended by any notice period (e.g., the Grantee’s period of service would not include any contractual notice period or any period of “garden leave” or similar period mandated under labor laws in the jurisdiction where the Grantee provides services or the terms of his or her employment or other service agreement, if any). The Administrator shall have the exclusive discretion to determine when the Grantee no longer is actively providing services for purposes of this Stock Option (including whether the Grantee still may be considered to be providing services while on a leave of absence).
4.Incorporation of Plan. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, this Stock Option shall be subject to and governed by all the terms and conditions of the Plan, including the powers of the Administrator set forth in Section 2(b) of the Plan. However, this Agreement sets out specific terms for this Stock Option, and those terms will prevail over more general terms in the Plan on the same issue, if any, or in the event of a conflict between such terms.
5.Transferability. This Agreement is personal to the Grantee, is non-assignable and is not transferable in any manner, by operation of law or otherwise, other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution. This Stock Option is exercisable, during the Grantee’s lifetime, only by the Grantee, and thereafter, only by the Grantee’s legal representative or legatee.
6.Responsibility for Taxes.
(a)The Grantee acknowledges and agrees that, regardless of any action taken by the Company or, if different, the Affiliate employing or otherwise retaining the service of the Grantee (the “Service Recipient”), the ultimate liability for all income tax, social insurance, payroll tax, fringe benefits tax, payment on account or other tax-related items related to the Grantee’s participation in the Plan and legally applicable or deemed applicable to the Grantee (“Tax-Related Items”) is and remains the Grantee’s responsibility and may exceed the amount, if any, actually withheld by the Company or the Service Recipient. The Grantee further acknowledges that the Company and/or the Service Recipient (i) make no representations or
undertakings regarding the treatment of any Tax-Related Items in connection with any aspect of this Stock Option or the underlying Shares, including, but not limited to, the grant, vesting or exercise of this Stock Option, the subsequent sale of Shares acquired upon the exercise of this Stock Option and the receipt of any dividends; and (ii) do not commit to and are under no obligation to structure the terms of the grant or any aspect of this Stock Option to reduce or eliminate the Grantee’s liability for Tax-Related Items or to achieve any particular tax result. Further, if the Grantee is subject to Tax-Related Items in more than one jurisdiction, the Grantee acknowledges that the Company and/or the Service Recipient (or former service recipient, as applicable) may be required to withhold or account for Tax-Related Items in more than one jurisdiction.
(b)Prior to the relevant taxable or tax withholding event, as applicable, the Grantee agrees to make adequate arrangements satisfactory to the Company and/or the Service Recipient to satisfy all Tax-Related Items. In this regard, the Grantee authorizes the Company and/or the Service Recipient, or their respective agents, at their discretion, to satisfy any applicable withholding obligations with regard to all Tax-Related Items by one or a combination of the following: (i) requiring the Grantee to make a payment in a form acceptable to the Company, (ii) withholding from the Grantee’s wages or other compensation payable to the Grantee, (iii) withholding from proceeds of the sale of the Shares acquired upon the exercise of this Stock Option either through a voluntary sale or through a mandatory sale arranged by the Company (on the Grantee’s behalf pursuant to this authorization without further consent), (iv) withholding from the Shares otherwise issuable at exercise of this Stock Option, provided, however, that if the Grantee is subject to the reporting and other provisions of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, the Company shall affirmatively approve, by Board action, any such withholding of Shares as contemplated in the immediately preceding proviso, or (v) any other method of withholding determined by the Company and, to the extent required by applicable law or the Plan, approved by the Administrator.
(c)The Company and/or the Service Recipient may withhold or account for Tax-Related Items by considering statutory withholding rates or other withholding rates, including maximum rates applicable in the Grantee’s jurisdiction(s). In the event of over-withholding, the Grantee may receive a refund of any over-withheld amount in cash (with no entitlement to the equivalent in Shares) or, if not refunded, the Grantee may seek a refund from the local tax authorities. In the event of under-withholding, the Grantee may be required to pay additional Tax-Related Items directly to the applicable tax authority or to the Company and/or the Service Recipient. If the obligation for Tax-Related Items is satisfied by withholding in Shares, for tax purposes, the Grantee is deemed to have been issued the full number of Shares subject to the exercised Stock Option, notwithstanding that a number of the Shares is held back solely for the purpose of paying the Tax-Related Items.
(d)The Grantee agrees to pay to the Company or the Service Recipient any amount of Tax-Related Items that the Company or the Service Recipient may be required to withhold or account for as a result of the Grantee’s participation in the Plan that cannot be satisfied by the means previously described. The Company may refuse to issue or deliver the Shares or the proceeds of the sale of the Shares acquired upon the exercise of this Stock Option, if the Grantee fails to comply with his or her obligations in connection with the Tax-Related Items.
7.No Creation of or Obligation to Continue Service Relationship. The grant of this Stock Option shall not be interpreted as forming an employment or service agreement with the Company or any Affiliate, and shall not be construed as giving the Grantee any right to be retained in the employ of, or otherwise provide services to, the Company, the Service Recipient or any other Affiliate. Neither the Plan nor this Agreement shall interfere in any way with the right of the Company or the Service Recipient, as applicable, to terminate the Service Relationship of the Grantee at any time.
8.Nature of Grant. By accepting the grant of this Stock Option, the Grantee acknowledges, understands and agrees that:
(a)the Plan is established voluntarily by the Company, it is discretionary in nature and it may be modified, amended, suspended or terminated by the Company at any time, to the extent permitted by the Plan;
(b)the grant of this Stock Option is exceptional, voluntary and occasional and does not create any contractual or other right to receive any stock options, or benefits in lieu of stock options, in the future even if stock options have been granted in the past;
(c)all decisions with respect to future stock options or other grants, if any, will be at the sole discretion of the Company;
(d)the Grantee is voluntarily participating in the Plan;
(e)this Stock Option and the Shares subject to this Stock Option, and the income from and value of same, are not intended to replace any pension rights or compensation;
(f)this Stock Option and the Shares subject to this Stock Option, and the income from and value of same, are not part of normal or expected compensation for any purpose, including but not limited to, calculating any severance, resignation, termination, redundancy, dismissal, end-of-service payments, bonuses, holiday pay, long-service awards, pension or retirement or welfare benefits or similar payments;
(g)unless otherwise agreed with the Company in writing, this Stock Option and the Shares subject to this Stock Option, and the income from and value of same, are not granted as consideration for, or in connection with, any service the Grantee may provide as a director of an Affiliate;
(h)the future value of the underlying Shares is unknown, indeterminable and cannot be predicted with certainty;
(i)if the underlying Shares do not increase in value after the grant date, this Stock Option will have no value;
(j)if the Grantee exercises this Stock Option and acquires Shares, the value of such Shares may increase or decrease in value, even below the Exercise Price per Share;
(k)no claim or entitlement to compensation or damages, including pro-rated compensation or damages shall arise from forfeiture of this Stock Option resulting from the termination of the Grantee’s Service Relationship (for any reason whatsoever, whether or not later found to be invalid or in breach of labor laws in the jurisdiction where the Grantee provides services or the terms of his or her employment or other service agreement, if any); and
(l)neither the Company, the Service Recipient nor any other Affiliate shall be liable for any foreign exchange rate fluctuation between the Grantee’s local currency and the U.S. dollar that may affect the value of this Stock Option or of any amounts due to the Grantee pursuant to the exercise of this Stock Option or the subsequent sale of any Shares acquired upon exercise.
9.Data Privacy Consent. The Grantee hereby declares that he or she agrees with the data processing practices described herein and consents to the collection, processing and use of Personal Data (as defined below) by the Company and the transfer of Personal Data to the recipients mentioned herein, including recipients located in countries which do not adduce an adequate level of protection from a European (or other non-U.S.) data protection law perspective, for the purposes described herein.
(a)Declaration of Consent. The Grantee understands that he or she must review the following information about the processing of Personal Data by or on behalf of the Company or, if different, the Service Recipient as described in this form and any materials related to the Grantee’s eligibility to participate in the Plan and declare his or her consent. As regards the processing of the Grantee’s Personal Data in connection with the Plan, the Grantee understands that the Company is the controller of his or her Personal Data.
(b)Data Processing and Legal Basis. The Company collects, uses and otherwise processes certain information about the Grantee for purposes of implementing, administering and managing the Plan. The Grantee understands that this information may include, without limitation, the Grantee’s name, home address and telephone number, email address, date of birth, social insurance, passport or other identification number (e.g., resident registration number), salary, nationality, job title, any Shares or directorships held in the Company or its Affiliates, details of all equity awards or any other entitlement to Shares or equivalent benefits awarded, canceled, exercised, vested, unvested or outstanding in the Grantee’s favor (the “Personal Data”). The legal basis for the processing of the Grantee’s Personal Data, where required, is the Grantee’s consent.
(c)Stock Plan Administration Service Providers. The Grantee understands that the Company transfers his or her Personal Data, or parts thereof, to Solium Capital LLC, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC and its affiliates (which operate directly or indirectly as Shareworks) (“Morgan Stanley”), an independent service provider based in the U.S., which assists the Company with the implementation, administration and management of the Plan. In the future, the Company may select different service providers and share the Grantee’s Personal Data with such different service providers that serve the Company in a similar manner. The Company’s service providers will open an account for the Grantee to receive and trade Shares acquired under the Plan and the Grantee may be asked to agree on separate
terms and data processing practices with the service provider, which is a condition of any ability to participate in the Plan.
(d)International Data Transfers. The Company and, as of the date hereof, any third parties assisting in the implementation, administration and management of the Plan, such as Morgan Stanley, are based in the U.S. If the Grantee is located outside the U.S., the Grantee’s country may have enacted data privacy laws that are different from the laws of the U.S. The Company’s legal basis for the transfer of Personal Data is the Grantee’s consent.
(e)Data Retention. The Company will process the Grantee’s Personal Data only as long as is necessary to implement, administer and manage the Grantee’s participation in the Plan, or to comply with legal or regulatory obligations, including under tax, exchange control, labor and securities laws. In the latter case, the Grantee understands and acknowledges that the Company’s legal basis for the processing of his or her Personal Data would be compliance with the relevant laws or regulations. When the Company no longer needs Personal Data for any of the above purposes, the Grantee understands that the Company will remove it from its systems.
(f)Voluntariness and Consequences of Denial/Withdrawal of Consent. The Grantee understands that any participation in the Plan and the Grantee’s consent are purely voluntary. The Grantee may deny or later withdraw his or her consent at any time, with future effect and for any or no reason. If the Grantee denies or later withdraws his or her consent, the Company cannot offer participation in the Plan or grant Stock Options or other equity awards to the Grantee or administer or maintain such awards, and the Grantee will not be eligible to participate in the Plan. The Grantee further understands that denial or withdrawal of his or her consent would not affect the Grantee’s Service Relationship and that the Grantee would merely forfeit the opportunities associated with the Plan.
(g)Data Subject Rights. The Grantee understands that data subject rights regarding the processing of personal data vary depending on the applicable law and that, depending on where the Grantee is based and subject to the conditions set out in the applicable law, the Grantee may have, without limitation, the rights to (i) inquire whether and what kind of Personal Data the Company holds about the Grantee and how it is processed, and to access or request copies of such Personal Data, (ii) request the correction or supplementation of Personal Data about the Grantee that is inaccurate, incomplete or out-of-date in light of the purposes underlying the processing, (iii) obtain the erasure of Personal Data no longer necessary for the purposes underlying the processing, (iv) request the Company to restrict the processing of the Grantee’s Personal Data in certain situations where the Grantee feels its processing is inappropriate, (v) object, in certain circumstances, to the processing of Personal Data for legitimate interests, and to (vi) request portability of the Grantee’s Personal Data that he or she has actively or passively provided to the Company (which does not include data derived or inferred from the collected data), where the processing of such Personal Data is based on consent or the Grantee’s Service Relationship and is carried out by automated means. In case of concerns, the Grantee also may have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent local data protection authority. Further, to receive clarification of, or to exercise any of, the Grantee’s rights, the Grantee understands he or she should contact his or her local human resources representative.
10.Compliance with Law. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan or this Agreement, unless there is an available exemption from any registration, qualification or other legal requirement applicable to the Shares, the Company shall not be required to deliver any Shares issuable upon exercise of this Stock Option prior to the completion of any registration or qualification of the Shares under any U.S. or non-U.S. local, state or federal securities or other applicable law or under rulings or regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) or of any other U.S. or non-U.S. governmental regulatory body, or prior to obtaining any approval or other clearance from any U.S. or non-U.S. local, state or federal governmental agency, which registration, qualification or approval the Company shall, in its absolute discretion, deem necessary or advisable. The Grantee understands that the Company is under no obligation to register or qualify the Shares subject to this Stock Option with the SEC or any U.S. state or non-U.S. securities commission or to seek approval or clearance from any governmental authority for the issuance or sale of the Shares. Further, the Grantee agrees that the Company shall have unilateral authority to amend the Plan and this Agreement without the Grantee’s consent to the extent necessary to comply with securities or other laws applicable to the issuance of the Shares.
11.Language. The Grantee acknowledges that he or she is proficient in the English language, or has consulted with an advisor who is proficient in the English language, so as to enable the Grantee to understand the provisions of this Agreement and the Plan. If the Grantee has received this Agreement or any other document related to the Plan translated into a language other than English and if the meaning of the translated version is different than the English version, the English version will control.
12.No Advice Regarding Grant. The Company is not providing any tax, legal or financial advice, nor is the Company making any recommendations regarding the Grantee’s participation in the Plan, or his or her acquisition or sale of the underlying Shares. The Grantee should consult with his or her own personal tax, legal and financial advisors regarding participation in the Plan before taking any action related to the Plan.
13.Notices. Notices hereunder shall be mailed or delivered to the Company at its principal place of business and shall be mailed or delivered to the Grantee at the address on file with the Company or, in either case, at such other address as one party may subsequently furnish to the other party in writing.
14.Governing Law/Venue. This Agreement and this Stock Option shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Cayman Islands, without regard to conflict of law principles that would result in the application of any law other than the law of the Cayman Islands. Any and all disputes relating to, concerning or arising from this Stock Option, or relating to, concerning or arising from the relationship between the parties evidenced by this Agreement, shall be brought and heard exclusively in the courts of the Cayman Islands; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not apply to any action or suit brought to enforce any liability or duty created by the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any claim for which the federal district courts of the United States of America are, as a matter of the laws of the United States, the sole and exclusive forum for determination of such a claim. Each of the parties hereby represents and agrees that such party is subject to the personal jurisdiction of said courts; hereby irrevocably consents to the
jurisdiction of such courts in any legal or equitable proceedings related to, concerning or arising from such dispute, and waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any objection which such party may now or hereafter have that the laying of the venue of any legal or equitable proceedings related to, concerning or arising from such dispute which is brought in such courts is improper or that such proceedings have been brought in an inconvenient forum.
15.Waiver. The Grantee acknowledges that a waiver by the Company of breach of any provision of this Agreement shall not operate or be construed as a waiver of any other provision of this Agreement, or of any subsequent breach by the Grantee or any other grantees.
16.Integration. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties with respect to this Stock Option and supersedes all prior agreements and discussions between the parties concerning such subject matter.
17.Severability. The provisions of this Agreement are severable and if any one or more provisions are determined to be illegal or otherwise unenforceable, in whole or in part, the remaining provisions shall nevertheless be binding and enforceable.
18.Imposition of Other Requirements. The Company reserves the right to impose other requirements on this Stock Option and the Shares acquired upon exercise of this Stock Option, to the extent the Company determines it is necessary or advisable for legal or administrative reasons, and to require the Grantee to enter into any additional agreements or undertakings that may be necessary to accomplish the foregoing.
19.Electronic Delivery and Acceptance. The Company may, in its sole discretion, decide to deliver any documents related to current or future participation in the Plan by electronic means. The Grantee hereby consents to receive such documents by electronic delivery and agrees to accept this Agreement or otherwise participate in the Plan in the future through an on-line or electronic system established and maintained by the Company or a third party designated by the Company.
20.Insider Trading/Market Abuse. The Grantee acknowledges that, depending on the Grantee’s or the broker’s country or where the Shares are listed, the Grantee may be subject to insider trading restrictions and/or market abuse laws which may affect his or her ability to accept, acquire, sell or otherwise dispose of Shares, rights to Shares (e.g., this Stock Option) or rights linked to the value of Shares during such times the Grantee is considered to have “inside information” regarding the Company as defined in the laws or regulations in the applicable jurisdictions). Local insider trading laws and regulations may prohibit the cancellation or amendment of orders the Grantee placed before he or she possessed inside information. Furthermore, the Grantee could be prohibited from (i) disclosing the inside information to any third party (other than on a “need to know” basis) and (ii) “tipping” third parties or causing them otherwise to buy or sell securities. Keep in mind third parties includes fellow employees. Any restrictions under these laws or regulations are separate from and in addition to any restrictions that may be imposed under any applicable insider trading policy of the Company, as described in Section 18(e) of the Plan. The Grantee is responsible for complying with any restrictions and should speak to his or her personal advisor on this matter.
21.Exchange Control, Foreign Asset/Account and/or Tax Reporting. Depending upon the country to whose laws the Grantee is subject, the Grantee may have certain foreign asset/account and/or tax reporting requirements that may affect his or her ability to acquire or hold Shares under the Plan or cash received from participating in the Plan (including from any dividends or sale proceeds arising from the sale of Shares) in a brokerage or bank account outside the Grantee’s country of residence. The Grantee’s country may require that he or she report such accounts, assets or transactions to the applicable authorities in his or her country. The Grantee also may be required to repatriate cash received from participating in the Plan to his or her country within a certain period of time after receipt. The Grantee is responsible for knowledge of and compliance with any such regulations and should speak with his or her personal tax, legal and financial advisors regarding same.
DAMORA THERAPEUTICS, INC.
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EX-10.6
RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD AGREEMENT
UNDER THE DAMORA THERAPEUTICS, INC.
2022 INDUCEMENT PLAN
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Pursuant to the Damora Therapeutics, Inc. 2022 Inducement Plan as amended through the date hereof (the “Plan”), Damora Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”) hereby grants an award of the number of Restricted Stock Units listed above (an “Award”) to the Grantee named above. Each Restricted Stock Unit shall relate to one Ordinary Share, par value $0.00001 per share (the “Shares”) of the Company. This Award has been granted as an inducement pursuant to Rule 5635(c)(4) of the Marketplace Rules of NASDAQ Stock Market, Inc.
1. Restrictions on Transfer of Award. This Award may not be sold, transferred, pledged, assigned or otherwise encumbered or disposed of by the Grantee, and any Shares issuable with respect to the Award may not be sold, transferred, pledged, assigned or otherwise encumbered or disposed of until (i) the Restricted Stock Units have vested as provided in Paragraph 2 of this Agreement and (ii) Shares have been issued to the Grantee in accordance with the terms of the Plan and this Agreement.
2. Vesting of Restricted Stock Units. The restrictions and conditions of Paragraph 1 of this Agreement shall lapse on the Vesting Date or Dates specified in the following schedule so long as the Grantee maintains a Service Relationship with the Company or a Subsidiary on such Vesting Dates. If a series of Vesting Dates is specified, then the restrictions and conditions in Paragraph 1 shall lapse only with respect to the number of Restricted Stock Units specified as vested on such date.
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The Administrator may at any time accelerate the vesting schedule specified in this Paragraph 2.
3. Termination of Service Relationship. Except as otherwise provided under Grantee’s offer letter or employment agreement with the Company or an Affiliate, as applicable, if the Grantee’s Service Relationship with the Company and its Subsidiaries ceases for any reason (including death or disability, which such disability is reasonably determined by the Administrator in accordance with Section 409A and applicable law) prior to the satisfaction of the vesting conditions set forth in Paragraph 2 above, any Restricted Stock Units that have not vested as of such date shall automatically and without notice terminate and be forfeited, and neither the Grantee nor any of his or her successors, heirs, assigns, or
personal representatives will thereafter have any further rights or interests in such unvested Restricted Stock Units.
4. Issuance of Shares. As soon as practicable following each Vesting Date (but in no event later than two and one-half months after the end of the year in which the Vesting Date occurs), the Company shall issue to the Grantee the number of Shares equal to the aggregate number of Restricted Stock Units that have vested pursuant to Paragraph 2 of this Agreement on such date and the Grantee shall thereafter have all the rights of a shareholder of the Company with respect to such shares.
5. Incorporation of Plan. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, this Agreement shall be subject to and governed by all the terms and conditions of the Plan, including the powers of the Administrator set forth in Section 2(b) of the Plan. Capitalized terms in this Agreement shall have the meaning specified in the Plan, unless a different meaning is specified herein.
6. Tax Withholding. The Grantee shall, not later than the date as of which the receipt of this Award becomes a taxable event for Federal income tax purposes, pay to the Company or make arrangements satisfactory to the Administrator for payment of any Federal, state, and local taxes required by law to be withheld on account of such taxable event. The Company shall have the authority to cause the required minimum tax withholding obligation to be satisfied, in whole or in part, by withholding from Shares to be issued to the Grantee a number of Shares with an aggregate Fair Market Value that would satisfy the withholding amount due.
7. Section 409A of the Code. This Agreement shall be interpreted in such a manner that all provisions relating to the settlement of the Award are exempt from the requirements of Section 409A of the Code as “short-term deferrals” as described in Section 409A of the Code.
8. No Obligation to Continue Employment. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is obligated by or as a result of the Plan or this Agreement to continue the Grantee in employment and neither the Plan nor this Agreement shall interfere in any way with the right of the Company or any Subsidiary to terminate the employment of the Grantee at any time.
9. Integration. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties with respect to this Award and supersedes all prior agreements and discussions between the parties concerning such subject matter.
10. Data Privacy Consent. In order to administer the Plan and this Agreement and to implement or structure future equity grants, the Company, its subsidiaries and affiliates and certain agents thereof (together, the “Relevant Companies”) may process any and all personal or professional data, including but not limited to Social Security or other identification number, home address and telephone number, date of birth and other information that is necessary or desirable for the administration of the Plan and/or this Agreement (the “Relevant Information”). By entering into this Agreement, the Grantee (i) authorizes the Company to collect, process, register and transfer to the Relevant Companies all Relevant Information; (ii) waives any privacy rights the Grantee may have with respect to the Relevant Information; (iii) authorizes the Relevant Companies to store and transmit such information in electronic form; and (iv) authorizes the transfer of the Relevant Information to any jurisdiction in which the Relevant Companies
consider appropriate. The Grantee shall have access to, and the right to change, the Relevant Information. Relevant Information will only be used in accordance with applicable law.
11. Notices. Notices hereunder shall be mailed or delivered to the Company at its principal place of business and shall be mailed or delivered to the Grantee at the address on file with the Company or, in either case, at such other address as one party may subsequently furnish to the other party in writing.
DAMORA THERAPEUTICS, INC.
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Title: __________________________________
The foregoing Agreement is hereby accepted and the terms and conditions thereof hereby agreed to by the undersigned. Electronic acceptance of this Agreement pursuant to the Company’s instructions to the Grantee (including through an online acceptance process) is acceptable.
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EX-10.7
DAMORA THERAPEUTICS, INC.
2025 Equity INCENTIVE PLAN
The purpose of this 2025 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) of Damora Therapeutics, Inc., a Cayman Islands exempted company (the “Company”), is to advance the interests of the Company’s shareholders by enhancing the Company’s ability to attract, retain and motivate persons who are expected to make important contributions to the Company and by providing such persons with equity ownership opportunities and performance-based incentives that are intended to better align the interests of such persons with those of the Company’s shareholders. Except where the context otherwise requires, the term “Company” shall include any of the Company’s present or future parent or subsidiary corporations as defined in Sections 424(e) or (f) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and any regulations promulgated thereunder (the “Code”) and any other business venture (including, without limitation, joint venture or limited liability company) in which the Company has a controlling interest, as determined by the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”).
The Plan has been amended and restated to reflect a change in the Company’s jurisdiction of incorporation from the State of Delaware to the Cayman Islands, but no further awards may be issued under the Plan as of February 9, 2026.
All of the Company’s employees, officers, directors, consultants and advisors are eligible to be granted options, restricted stock, restricted stock units, and other share-based awards (each, an “Award”) under the Plan. Each person who receives an Award under the Plan is deemed a “Participant”.
3.Administration and Delegation.
(a)Administration by Board of Directors. The Plan will be administered by the Board. The Board shall have authority to grant Awards and to adopt, amend and repeal such administrative rules, guidelines and practices relating to the Plan as it shall deem advisable. The Board may construe and interpret the terms of the Plan and any Award agreements entered into under the Plan. The Board may correct any defect, supply any omission or reconcile any inconsistency in the Plan or any Award in the manner and to the extent it shall deem expedient to carry the Plan into effect and it shall be the sole and final judge of such expediency. All decisions by the Board shall be made in the Board’s sole discretion and shall be final and binding on all persons having or claiming any interest in the Plan or in any Award. No director or person acting pursuant to the authority delegated by the Board shall be liable for any action or determination relating to or under the Plan made in good faith.
(b)Appointment of Committees. To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Board may delegate any or all of its powers under the Plan to one or more committees or subcommittees of the Board (a “Committee”). All references in the Plan to the “Board” shall mean the Board or a Committee of the Board or the officers referred to in Section 3(c) to the extent that the Board’s powers or authority under the Plan have been delegated to such Committee or officers. The Board may abolish any Committee at any time, and notwithstanding any delegation of authority, the Board will always retain full authority to take any action permitted under the Plan.
(c)Delegation to Officers. To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Board may delegate to one or more officers of the Company the power to grant Awards (subject to any limitations under the Plan) to employees or officers of the Company and to exercise such other powers under the Plan as the Board may determine, provided that the Board shall fix the terms of the Awards to be granted by such officers (including the exercise price of such Awards, which may include a formula by which the exercise price will be determined) and the maximum number of shares subject to Awards that the officers may grant; provided further, however, that no officer shall be authorized to grant Awards to any “executive officer” of the Company (as defined by Rule 3b-7 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) or to any “officer” of the Company (as defined by Rule 16a-1 under the Exchange Act). The Board may rescind any such delegation at any time.
4.Stock Available for Awards.
(a)Number of Shares. Subject to adjustment under Section 8 hereof, Awards may be made under the Plan covering up to 2,777,778 ordinary shares of the Company (the “Ordinary Shares”), all of which may be granted as Incentive Stock Options (as defined below). If any Award expires, lapses, or is terminated, surrendered or canceled without having been fully exercised or is forfeited in whole or in part (including as the result of Ordinary Shares subject to such Award being repurchased by the Company at or below the original issuance price), in any case in a manner that results in any Ordinary Shares covered by such Award not being issued or being so reacquired by the Company, the unused Ordinary Shares covered by such Award shall again be available for the grant of Awards under the Plan. Further, Ordinary Shares delivered (whether by actual delivery or attestation) or tendered to the Company by a Participant to satisfy the applicable exercise or purchase price of an Award and/or to satisfy any applicable tax withholding obligation (including shares retained by the Company from the Award being exercised or purchased and/or creating the tax obligation) shall again be available for the grant of Awards under the Plan. However, in the case of Incentive Stock Options, the foregoing provisions shall be subject to any limitations under the Code. Ordinary Shares issued under the Plan may consist in whole or in part of authorized but unissued shares, shares purchased on the open market, or treasury shares. At no time while there is any Option (as defined below) outstanding and held by a Participant who was a resident of the State of California on the date of grant of such Option, shall the total number of Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise of all outstanding options and the total number of shares provided for under any stock bonus or similar plan or agreement of the Company exceed the applicable percentage as calculated in accordance with the conditions and exclusions of Section 260.140.45 of the California Code of Regulations (the “California Regulations”), to the extent applicable, based on the shares of the Company which are outstanding at the time the calculation is made.
(b)Substitute Awards. In connection with a merger or consolidation of an entity with the Company or the acquisition by the Company of property or stock of an entity, the Board may grant Awards in substitution for any options or other stock or share-based awards granted prior to such merger or consolidation by such entity or an affiliate thereof. Substitute Awards may be granted on such terms as the Board deems appropriate in the circumstances, notwithstanding any limitations on Awards contained in the Plan. Substitute Awards shall not count against the overall share limit set forth in Section 4(a) hereof, except as may be required by reason of Section 422 and related provisions of the Code.
(a)General. The Board may grant options to purchase Ordinary Shares (each, an “Option”) and determine the number of Ordinary Shares to be covered by each Option, the exercise price of each Option and the conditions and limitations applicable to the exercise of each Option, including conditions relating to applicable federal or state securities laws, as it considers necessary or advisable. An Option that is not intended to be an Incentive Stock Option shall be designated a “Nonstatutory Stock Option”.
(b)Incentive Stock Options. An Option that the Board intends to be an “incentive stock option” as defined in Section 422 of the Code (an “Incentive Stock Option”) shall only be granted to employees of the Company (including any of the Company’s present or future parent or subsidiary corporations as defined in Sections 424(e) or (f) of the Code but excluding any other business venture (including, without limitation, joint venture or limited liability company) in which the Company has a controlling interest). All Options intended to qualify as Incentive Stock Options shall be subject to and shall be construed consistently with the requirements of Section 422 of the Code, and without limiting generality of the foregoing, such Options shall be deemed to include terms that comply with the eligibility standards described Section 422(b) of the Code. Subject to the remaining provisions of this Section 5(b), if an Option intended to qualify as an Incentive Stock Option does not so qualify, the Board may, at its discretion, amend the Plan and Award with respect to such Option so that such Option qualifies as an Incentive Stock Option. To the extent that the aggregate Fair Market Value (determined at the time of grant) of Ordinary Shares with respect to which Incentive Stock Options are exercisable for the first time by any Participant during any calendar year (under all plans of the Company and any affiliates) exceeds $100,000 (or such other limit established in the Code) or otherwise does not comply with the rules governing Incentive Stock Options, the Options or portions thereof that exceed such limit (according to the order in which they were granted) or otherwise do not comply with the rules will be treated as Nonstatutory Stock Options, notwithstanding any contrary provision of the applicable Award. Neither the Company nor the Board shall have any liability to a Participant, or any other party, (i) if an Option (or any part thereof) which is intended to qualify as an Incentive Stock Option fails to qualify as such or (ii) for any action or omission by the Company or Board that causes an Option not to qualify as an Incentive Stock Option, including without limitation the conversion of an Incentive Stock Option to a Nonstatutory Stock Option or the grant of an Option intended as an Incentive Stock Option that fails to satisfy the requirements under the Code applicable to an Incentive Stock Option.
(c)Exercise Price. The Board shall establish the exercise price of each Option and specify the exercise price in the applicable option agreement. The exercise price shall be not less than 100% of the Fair Market Value on the date the Option is granted. In the case of an Incentive Stock Option granted to an employee who, at the time of grant of the Option, owns (or is treated as owning under Section 424 of the Code) stock representing more than 10% of the voting power of all classes of shares of the Company (or a “parent corporation” or “subsidiary corporation” thereof within the meaning of Sections 424(e) or 424(f) of the Code, respectively) (such employee, a “10% Holder”), the per share exercise price shall be no less than 110% of the Fair Market Value on the date the Option is granted.
(d)Duration of Options. Each Option shall be exercisable at such times and subject to such terms and conditions as the Board may specify in the applicable option agreement, provided that the term of any Option shall not exceed 10 years. In the case of an Incentive Stock Option granted to a 10% Holder, the term of the Option shall not exceed five years.
(e)Exercise of Option; Notification of Disposition. Options may be exercised by delivery to the Company of a written notice of exercise signed by the proper person or by any other form of notice (including electronic notice) approved by the Board together with payment in full as specified in Section 5(f) for the number of shares for which the Option is exercised. Unless otherwise determined by the Board, an Option may not be exercised for a fraction of an Ordinary Share. Ordinary Shares subject to the Option will be delivered by the Company as soon as practicable following exercise. If an Option is designated as an Incentive Stock Option, the Participant shall give prompt notice to the Company of any disposition or other transfer of any Ordinary Shares acquired from the Option if such disposition or transfer is made (i) within two years from the grant date with respect to such Option or (ii) within one year after the transfer of such shares to the Participant (other than any such disposition made in connection with a Reorganization Event). Such notice shall specify the date of such disposition or other transfer and the amount realized, in
cash, other property, assumption of indebtedness or other consideration, by the Participant in such disposition or other transfer.
(f)Payment Upon Exercise. Ordinary Shares purchased upon the exercise of an Option granted under the Plan shall be paid for as follows:
(i)in cash or by check, payable to the order of the Company;
(ii)when the Ordinary Shares are registered under the Exchange Act, except as may otherwise be provided in the applicable option agreement, by (A) delivery of an irrevocable and unconditional undertaking by a creditworthy broker acceptable to the Company to deliver promptly to the Company sufficient funds to pay the exercise price and any required tax withholding or (B) delivery by the Participant to the Company of a copy of irrevocable and unconditional instructions to a creditworthy broker acceptable to the Company to deliver promptly to the Company cash or a check sufficient to pay the exercise price and any required tax withholding;
(iii)when the Ordinary Shares are registered under the Exchange Act and to the extent provided for in the applicable option agreement or approved by the Board, in its sole discretion, by delivery (either by actual delivery or attestation) of Ordinary Shares owned by the Participant valued at their fair market value as determined by (or in a manner approved by) the Board (“Fair Market Value”), provided (A) such method of payment is then permitted under applicable law, (B) such Ordinary Shares, if acquired directly from the Company, was owned by the Participant for such minimum period of time, if any, as may be established by the Board in its discretion and (C) such Ordinary Shares are not subject to any repurchase, forfeiture, unfulfilled vesting or other similar requirements;
(iv)to the extent permitted by applicable law and provided for in the applicable option agreement or approved by the Board, in its sole discretion, by (A) delivery of a promissory note of the Participant to the Company on terms determined by the Board, or (B) payment of such other lawful consideration as the Board may determine;
(v)to the extent provided for in the applicable option agreement or approved by the Board, in its sole discretion, by having the Company retain from the Ordinary Shares otherwise issuable upon the exercise of such Option a number of shares valued at their Fair Market Value; or
(vi)by any combination of the above permitted forms of payment or any other lawful consideration as approved by the Board in its sole discretion.
(g)Early Exercise of Options. The Board may provide in the terms of an option agreement that the Participant may exercise an Option in whole or in part prior to the full vesting of the Option in exchange for unvested shares of Restricted Stock (as defined below) with respect to any unvested portion of the Option so exercised. Shares of Restricted Stock acquired upon the exercise of any unvested portion of an Option shall be subject to such terms and conditions as the Board shall determine.
6.Restricted Stock; Restricted Stock Units.
(a)General. The Board may grant Awards entitling recipients to acquire Ordinary Shares (“Restricted Stock”), subject to the right of the Company to repurchase all or part of such shares at their issue price or other stated or formula price (or to require forfeiture of such shares if issued at no cost) from the recipient in the event that conditions specified by the Board in the applicable Award are not satisfied prior to the end of the applicable restriction period or periods established by the Board for such Award. The
Board may also grant Awards entitling the recipient to receive Ordinary Shares or cash to be delivered at or following the time such Award vests (“Restricted Stock Units” or “RSUs”).
(b)Terms and Conditions. The Board shall determine and set forth in the applicable award agreement the terms and conditions of Restricted Stock or RSUs, including the conditions for vesting and repurchase (or forfeiture) and the issue price, if any.
(c)Additional Provisions Relating to Restricted Stock.
(i)Dividends. Participants holding shares of Restricted Stock will be entitled to all ordinary cash dividends paid with respect to such shares to the extent such dividends have a record date that is on or after the date on which the Participant to whom such Restricted Stock is granted becomes the record holder of such Restricted Stock, unless otherwise provided by the Board. Unless otherwise provided by the Board, if any dividends or distributions are paid in shares, or consist of a dividend or distribution to holders of Ordinary Shares other than an ordinary cash dividend, the shares or other property will be subject to the same restrictions on transferability and forfeitability as the shares of Restricted Stock with respect to which they were paid. Each dividend payment will be made as provided in the applicable award agreement, but no later than the end of the calendar year in which the dividends are paid to shareholders of that class of stock or, if later, the 15th day of the third month following the later of (A) the date the dividends are paid to shareholders of that class of stock and (B) the date the dividends are no longer subject to forfeiture.
(ii)Share Certificates. The Company may require that any share certificates issued in respect of shares of Restricted Stock shall be deposited in escrow by the Participant, together with an instrument of transfer executed in blank, with the Company (or its designee). At the expiration of the applicable restriction periods, the Company (or such designee) shall deliver the certificates no longer subject to such restrictions to the Participant or if the Participant has died, to the beneficiary designated, in a manner determined by the Board, by a Participant to receive amounts due or exercise rights of the Participant in the event of the Participant’s death (the “Designated Beneficiary”). In the absence of an effective designation by a Participant, “Designated Beneficiary” shall mean the Participant’s estate.
(d)Additional Provisions Relating to Restricted Stock Units.
(i)Settlement. Upon or following the vesting of a Restricted Stock Unit, the Participant shall be entitled to receive from the Company one Ordinary Share or an amount of cash or other property equal to the Fair Market Value of one Ordinary Share on the settlement date (or such other date), as the Board shall determine and as provided in the applicable award agreement. The Board may provide that settlement of Restricted Stock Units shall occur upon or as soon as reasonably practicable after the vesting of the Restricted Stock Units or shall instead be deferred, on a mandatory basis or at the election of the Participant, in a manner that complies with Section 409A of the Code.
(ii)Voting Rights. A Participant shall have no voting rights with respect to any Restricted Stock Units unless and until shares are delivered in settlement thereof.
(iii)Dividend Equivalents. To the extent provided by the Board, a grant of Restricted Stock Units may provide a Participant with the right to receive Dividend Equivalents. Dividend Equivalents may be paid currently or credited to an account for the Participant, may be settled in cash and/or Ordinary Shares and may be subject to the same restrictions on transfer and forfeitability as the Restricted Stock Units with respect to which the Dividend Equivalents are paid, as determined by the Board, subject, in each case, to such terms and conditions as the Board shall establish and set forth in the applicable award agreement. “Dividend Equivalents” means a right granted to a Participant to receive the equivalent value (in cash or Ordinary Shares) of dividends paid on Ordinary Shares.
7.Other Stock-Based Awards.
Other Awards of Ordinary Shares, and other Awards that are valued in whole or in part by reference to, or are otherwise based on, Ordinary Shares or other property, may be granted hereunder to Participants (“Other Stock-Based Awards”), including without limitation stock appreciation rights (which shall be subject to the same limitations applicable to awards of Nonstatutory Stock Options) and Awards entitling recipients to receive Ordinary Shares to be delivered in the future. Such Other Stock-Based Awards shall also be available as a form of payment in the settlement of other Awards granted under the Plan or as payment in lieu of compensation to which a Participant is otherwise entitled. Other Stock-Based Awards may be paid in Ordinary Shares or cash, as the Board shall determine. Subject to the provisions of the Plan, the Board shall determine the terms and conditions of each Other Stock-Based Award, including any purchase price, transfer restrictions, vesting conditions and other terms and conditions applicable thereto.
8.Adjustments for Changes in Ordinary Shares and Certain Other Events.
(a)In the event of any share split, reverse share split, share dividend, recapitalization, combination of shares, reclassification of shares, spin-off, merger, consolidation, liquidation, reorganization, or other similar change in capitalization or event, or any dividend or distribution to holders of Ordinary Shares other than an ordinary cash dividend, (i) the number and class of securities available under this Plan, (ii) the number and class of securities and exercise price per share of each outstanding Option, (iii) the number of shares subject to and the repurchase price per share subject to each other outstanding Award, and (iv) the terms of each other outstanding Award shall be equitably adjusted by the Company (or substituted Awards may be made, if applicable) in the manner determined by the Board; provided that, unless otherwise determined by the Board, such changes to the Options shall comply with Section 1.424-1 of the Treasury Regulations and Section 409A of the Code. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, in the event the Company effects a split of the Ordinary Shares by means of a share dividend and the exercise price of and the number of shares subject to an outstanding Option are adjusted as of the date of the distribution of the dividend (rather than as of the record date for such dividend), then a Participant who exercises an Option between the record date and the distribution date for such share dividend shall be entitled to receive, on the distribution date, the share dividend with respect to the Ordinary Shares acquired upon such Option exercise, notwithstanding the fact that such shares were not outstanding as of the close of business on the record date for such share dividend.
(b)Reorganization Events and Change in Control.
(A)“Beneficial Owner” shall have the meaning set forth in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act.
(B)A “Change in Control” means, except as otherwise provided in an Award agreement, the occurrence of any one of the following events:
(I)any Person (as defined below) (other than any Designated Affiliate (as defined below)) is or becomes the Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company (not including the securities beneficially owned by such Person or any securities acquired directly from the Company or any entity in which the Company has a substantial direct or indirect equity interest, as determined by the Board from time to time (an “Affiliate”)) representing 50% or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding securities, excluding any Person who becomes such a Beneficial Owner in connection with a transaction described in clause (III)(1) or (2) below;
(II)the following individuals cease for any reason to constitute a majority of the number of directors then serving: (1) individuals who, on the Effective Date (as defined below), constitute the Board and (2) any new director (other than a director whose initial assumption of office is in connection with an actual or threatened election contest, including a consent solicitation, relating to the election of directors of the Company) whose appointment or election by the Board or nomination for election by the Company’s shareholders was approved or recommended by a vote of at least a majority of the directors then still in office who were either directors on the Effective Date or whose appointment, election or nomination for election was previously so approved or recommended;
(III)there is consummated a merger or consolidation of the Company or any direct or indirect subsidiary of the Company with any other entity (other than with any Designated Affiliate), other than (1) a merger or consolidation which would result in the holders of the voting securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior to such merger or consolidation continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into voting securities of the surviving entity or any parent thereof) at least 50% of the combined voting power of the securities of the Company or such surviving entity or any parent thereof outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation, or (2) a reverse merger or similar transaction;
(IV)the implementation of a plan of complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company; or
(V)there is consummated a sale or disposition by the Company of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets, other than a sale or disposition by the Company of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets to (1) an entity, at least 50% of the combined voting power of the voting securities of which is owned by shareholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of the Company immediately prior to such sale or (2) any Designated Affiliate.
(C)“Designated Affiliates” means Fairmount Healthcare Fund II, L.P., its respective Controlled Affiliates, and any entity in which any such entity has a substantial direct or indirect equity interest, as determined by the Board from time to time; provided, however, that Fairmount Healthcare Fund II, L.P., its Controlled Affiliates, and any entity in which any such entity has a substantial direct or indirect equity interest, as determined by the Board from time to time, will cease to be Designated Affiliates at the time they no longer are the Beneficial Owner of securities of the Company represents at least 10% of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding securities. For purposes of this definition, “Controlled Affiliates” means any Person referred to in the preceding sentence that, directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, is controlling, controlled by, or under common control with, such other Person.
(D)“Person” shall have the meaning given in Section 3(a)(9) of the Exchange Act, as modified and used in Sections 14(d) and 15(d) thereof, except that such term shall not include (I) the Company or any of its Affiliates, (II) a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, (III) an underwriter temporarily holding securities pursuant to an offering of such securities or (IV) a corporation owned, directly or indirectly, by the shareholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of shares of the Company.
(E)A “Reorganization Event” means the consummation of: (I) the dissolution or liquidation of the Company, (II) the sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company on a consolidated basis to an unrelated Person, (III) a merger, reorganization or consolidation pursuant to which all or substantially all of the Persons who were Beneficial Owners of the Company’s outstanding voting power immediately prior to such transaction do not own, directly or indirectly, a majority
(determined on an as-converted basis) of the outstanding voting power of the surviving or resulting entity (or its ultimate parent, if applicable), (IV) the acquisition of all or a majority of the outstanding voting stock of the Company in a single transaction or a series of a related transactions by a Person or group of Persons, or (V) any other acquisition of the business of the Company, as determined by the Board; provided, however, that the first firm commitment underwritten public offering pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, covering the offer and sale by the Company of its equity securities, as a result of or following which the Ordinary Shares shall be public, any subsequent public offering or another capital raising event, or a merger effected solely to change the Company’s domicile shall not constitute a “Reorganization Event.”
(ii)Consequences of a Reorganization Event or Change in Control on Awards. In connection with a Reorganization Event and/or a Change in Control, the Board may take any one or more of the following actions as to all or any (or any portion of) outstanding Awards on such terms as the Board determines: (A) provide that Awards shall be assumed, or substantially equivalent Awards shall be substituted, by the acquiring or succeeding corporation (or an affiliate thereof); provided that, unless otherwise determined by the Board, such assumption or substitution of the Options shall comply with Section 1.424-1 of the Treasury Regulations and Section 409A of the Code, (B) upon written notice to a Participant, provide that the Participant’s unexercised Awards will terminate immediately prior to the consummation of such Reorganization Event unless exercised by the Participant within a specified period following the date of such notice, (C) provide that outstanding Awards shall become vested, exercisable, realizable, or deliverable, or restrictions applicable to an Award shall lapse, in whole or in part prior to or upon such Reorganization Event, (D) in the event of a Reorganization Event under the terms of which holders of Ordinary Shares will receive upon consummation thereof a cash payment for each share surrendered in the Reorganization Event (the “Acquisition Price”), make or provide for a cash payment to a Participant equal to the excess, if any, of (I) the Acquisition Price times the number of Ordinary Shares subject to the Participant’s Awards (to the extent the exercise price does not equal or exceed the Acquisition Price) over (II) the aggregate exercise price of all such outstanding Awards and any applicable tax withholdings, in exchange for the termination of such Awards (and the Board may cancel and terminate without payment or consideration any Award with an exercise price equal to or in excess of the Acquisition Price), (E) provide that, in connection with a liquidation or dissolution of the Company, Awards shall convert into the right to receive liquidation proceeds (if applicable, net of the exercise price thereof and any applicable tax withholdings) and (F) any combination of the foregoing. In taking any of the actions permitted under this Section 8(b), the Board shall not be obligated by the Plan to treat all Awards, all Awards held by a Participant, or all Awards of the same type, identically.
For purposes of clause (A) above, an Option shall be considered assumed if, following consummation of the Reorganization Event or Change in Control, the Option confers the right to purchase, for each Ordinary Share subject to the Option immediately prior to the consummation of the Reorganization Event or Change in Control, the consideration (whether cash, securities or other property) received as a result of the Reorganization Event or Change in Control by holders of Ordinary Shares for each Ordinary Share held immediately prior to the consummation of the Reorganization Event or Change in Control (and if holders were offered a choice of consideration, the type of consideration chosen by the holders of a majority of the outstanding Ordinary Shares); provided, however, that if the consideration received as a result of the Reorganization Event or Change in Control is not solely common stock of the acquiring or succeeding corporation (or an affiliate thereof), the Company may, with the consent of the acquiring or succeeding corporation, provide for the consideration to be received upon the exercise of Options to consist solely of common stock of the acquiring or succeeding corporation (or an affiliate thereof) equivalent in value (as determined by the Board) to the per share consideration received by holders of outstanding Ordinary Shares as a result of the Reorganization Event or Change in Control.
9.General Provisions Applicable to Awards.
(a)Transferability of Awards. Except as the Board may otherwise determine or provide in an Award, Awards shall not be sold, assigned, transferred, pledged or otherwise encumbered by the person to whom they are granted, either voluntarily or by operation of law, except by will or the laws of descent and distribution or, other than in the case of an Incentive Stock Option, pursuant to a qualified domestic relations order, and during the life of the Participant, shall be exercisable only by the Participant. Notwithstanding the foregoing, as permitted by the Committee, a Participant may transfer or assign an Award as a gift to any “family member” (as such term is defined in Rule 701 promulgated under the Securities Act) (an “Assignee Entity”), provided that such Assignee Entity shall be entitled to exercise assigned Options and Stock Appreciation Rights only during the lifetime of the assigning Participant (or following the assigning Participant’s death, by the Participant’s beneficiaries or as otherwise permitted by the Committee) and provided further that such Assignee Entity shall not further sell, pledge, transfer, assign, or otherwise alienate or hypothecate such Award. References to a Participant, to the extent relevant in the context, shall include references to authorized transferees.
(b)Documentation. Each Award shall be evidenced in such form (written, electronic or otherwise) as the Board shall determine. Each Award may contain terms and conditions in addition to those set forth in the Plan.
(c)Board Discretion. Except as otherwise provided by the Plan, each Award may be made alone or in addition or in relation to any other Award. The terms of each Award need not be identical, and the Board need not treat Participants uniformly.
(d)Termination of Status. The Board shall determine the effect on an Award of the disability, death, retirement, termination or other cessation of employment, authorized leave of absence or other change in the employment or other status of a Participant and the extent to which, and the period during which, the Participant, or the Participant’s legal representative, conservator, guardian or Designated Beneficiary, may exercise rights under the Award.
(i) For purposes of the Plan, “Cause” has the meaning set forth in the written employment, offer, services or severance agreement or letter between the Participant and the Company or its subsidiary, or in any severance plan in which the Participant participates, or if there is no such agreement or plan or no such term is defined in such agreement or plan, means (A) the Participant’s dishonest statements or acts with respect to the Company or any affiliate of the Company, or any current or prospective customers, suppliers, vendors or other third parties with which such entity does business that results in or is reasonably anticipated to result in material harm to the Company; (B) the Participant’s conviction or plea of no contest to (1) a felony (as such term is construed in accordance with U.S. law) or (2) any misdemeanor involving moral turpitude, deceit, dishonesty or fraud; (C) the Participant’s failure to perform in all material respects the Participant’s assigned duties and responsibilities; (D) the Participant’s gross negligence (as such term is construed in accordance with U.S. law), willful misconduct that results in or is reasonably anticipated to result in harm to the Company; or (E) the Participant’s violation of any material provision of any agreement(s) between the Participant and the Company or its subsidiary or any Company policies including, without limitation, agreements relating to non-competition, non-solicitation, non-disparagement, non-disclosure and/or assignment of inventions or policies related to ethics or workplace conduct.
(ii)For purposes of the Plan, “Disability” shall mean a permanent and total disability within the meaning of Section 22(e)(3) of the Code.
(e)Withholding. The Company shall not be obligated to deliver certificates, release from forfeiture, otherwise recognize a Participant’s unrestricted ownership in an Award or the cash or property proceeds therefrom, until the Company satisfies all applicable federal, state, and local or other income and employment tax withholding obligations. In its sole discretion, the Company may satisfy such withholding obligations by any of the following means or by a combination of such means: (i) causing the Participant to tender to the Company cash payment; (ii) withholding cash from an Award settled in cash; (iii) withholding from amounts otherwise payable by the Company to the Participant, including but not limited to additional withholding on the Participant’s salary or wages, or from proceeds from the sale of Ordinary Shares issued pursuant to an Award; (iv) delivery of Ordinary Shares, including shares retained from the Award creating the tax obligation, valued at their Fair Market Value; provided, however, except as otherwise provided by the Board, that the total tax withholding where stock is being used to satisfy such tax obligations cannot exceed the Company’s maximum statutory withholding obligations (based on maximum statutory withholding rates for federal and state tax purposes, including payroll taxes, that are applicable to such supplemental taxable income), and provided, further, shares surrendered to satisfy tax withholding requirements cannot be subject to any repurchase, forfeiture, unfulfilled vesting or other similar requirements; or (v) by such other method as determined by the Board.
(i)The Board may amend, modify or terminate any outstanding Award, including but not limited to, substituting therefor another Award of the same or a different type, changing the date of exercise or settlement, and converting an Incentive Stock Option to a Nonstatutory Stock Option. The Participant’s consent to such action shall be required unless (A) the Board determines that the action, taking into account any related action, would not materially and adversely affect the Participant’s rights under the Plan, (B) the change is permitted under Section 8 hereof, or (C) the change is to ensure that an Option intended to qualify as an Incentive Stock Option qualifies as such.
(ii)The Board may, without shareholder approval, amend any outstanding Award granted under the Plan to provide an exercise price per share that is lower than the then-current exercise price per share of such outstanding Award. The Board may also, without shareholder approval, cancel any outstanding award (whether or not granted under the Plan) and grant in substitution therefor new Awards under the Plan covering the same or a different number of Ordinary Shares and having an exercise price per share lower than the then-current exercise price per share of the cancelled award.
(g)Conditions on Delivery of Stock. The Company will not be obligated to deliver any Ordinary Shares pursuant to the Plan or to remove restrictions from shares previously delivered under the Plan until (i) all conditions of the Award have been met or removed to the satisfaction of the Company, (ii) in the opinion of the Company’s counsel, all other legal matters in connection with the issuance and delivery of such shares have been satisfied, including any applicable securities laws and any applicable stock exchange or stock market rules and regulations, and (iii) the Participant has executed and delivered to the Company such representations or agreements as the Company may consider appropriate to satisfy the requirements of any applicable laws, rules or regulations. The inability of the Company to obtain authority from any regulatory body having jurisdiction, which authority is determined by the Board to be necessary to the lawful issuance and sale of any securities hereunder, shall relieve the Company of any liability in respect of the failure to issue or sell such shares as to which such requisite authority was not obtained.
(h)Acceleration. The Board may at any time provide that any Award shall become immediately exercisable in full or in part, free of some or all restrictions or conditions, or otherwise realizable in full or in part, as the case may be.
(a)No Right To Employment or Other Status. No person shall have any claim or right to be granted an Award, and the grant of an Award shall not be construed as giving a Participant the right to continued employment or any other relationship with the Company. The Company expressly reserves the right at any time to dismiss or otherwise terminate its relationship with a Participant free from any liability or claim under the Plan, except as expressly provided in the applicable Award.
(b)No Rights As Shareholder. Subject to the provisions of the applicable Award, no Participant or Designated Beneficiary shall have any rights as a shareholder with respect to any Ordinary Shares to be distributed with respect to an Award until the Participant’s name has been entered in the register of members of the Company as the holder of such shares. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, unless otherwise determined by the Board or required by any applicable laws, the Company shall not be required to deliver to any Participant certificates evidencing Ordinary Shares issued in connection with any Award and instead the ownership of such Ordinary Shares may be recorded in the register of members of the Company (or, as applicable, its transfer agent or stock plan administrator). The Company may place legends on any share certificates issued under the Plan deemed necessary or appropriate by the Board in order to comply with applicable laws.
(c)Effective Date and Term of Plan. The Plan shall become effective on the date on which it is adopted by the Board (the “Effective Date”). No Awards shall be granted under the Plan after the expiration of 10 years from the earlier of (i) the Effective Date or (ii) the date the Plan was approved by the Company’s shareholders, but Awards previously granted may extend beyond that date.
(d)Amendment of Plan. The Board may amend, suspend or terminate the Plan or any portion thereof at any time; provided that if at any time the approval of a Company shareholder is required as to any modification or amendment under Section 422 of the Code or any successor provision with respect to Incentive Stock Options or pursuant to any other applicable law or regulation, the Board may not effect such modification or amendment without shareholder approval. Unless otherwise specified in the amendment, any amendment to the Plan adopted in accordance with this Section 10(d) shall apply to, and be binding on the holders of, all Awards outstanding under the Plan at the time the amendment is adopted, provided the Board determines that such amendment does not materially and adversely affect the rights of Participants under the Plan.
(e)Authorization of Sub-Plans. The Board may from time to time establish one or more sub-plans under the Plan for purposes of satisfying applicable blue sky, securities or tax laws of various jurisdictions. The Board shall establish such sub-plans by adopting supplements to this Plan containing (i) such limitations on the Board’s discretion under the Plan as the Board deems necessary or desirable or (ii) such additional terms and conditions not otherwise inconsistent with the Plan as the Board shall deem necessary or desirable. All supplements adopted by the Board shall be deemed to be part of the Plan, but each supplement shall apply only to Participants within the affected jurisdiction and the Company shall not be required to provide copies of any supplement to Participants in any jurisdiction which is not the subject of such supplement.
(f)Compliance with Code Section 409A. Unless otherwise expressly provided for in an Award, the Plan and Award will be interpreted to the greatest extent possible in a manner that makes the Plan and the Awards granted hereunder exempt from Section 409A of the Code, and, to the extent not so exempt, in compliance with Section 409A of the Code. If the Board determines that any Award granted hereunder is not exempt from and is therefore subject to Section 409A of the Code, the Award will incorporate the terms and conditions necessary to avoid the consequences specified in Section 409A(a)(1) of the Code, and to the extent an Award is silent on terms necessary for compliance, such terms as deemed
necessary by the Board in its sole discretion are hereby incorporated by reference into the Award. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, if Ordinary Shares are publicly traded, and if a Participant holding an Award that constitutes “deferred compensation” under Section 409A of the Code is a “specified employee” for purposes of Section 409A of the Code, no distribution or payment of any amount that is due because of a “separation from service” (as defined in Section 409A of the Code without regard to alternative definitions thereunder) will be issued or paid before the date that is six months following the date of such Participant’s “separation from service” or, if earlier, the date of the Participant’s death, unless such distribution or payment can be made in a manner that complies with Section 409A of the Code, and any amounts so deferred will be paid in a lump sum on the day after such six month period elapses, with the balance paid thereafter on the original schedule. The Company shall have no liability to a Participant, or any other party, if an Award that is intended to be exempt from, or compliant with, Section 409A of the Code is not so exempt or compliant or for any other action taken by the Board.
(g)Governing Law. The provisions of the Plan and all Awards made hereunder shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the Cayman Islands, excluding choice-of-law principles of the law of such jurisdiction that would require the application of the laws of a jurisdiction other than the Cayman Islands.
(h)Data Privacy. As a condition of receipt of any Award, each Participant explicitly and unambiguously consents to the collection, use and transfer, in electronic or other form, of personal data as described in this paragraph by and among, as applicable, the Company and its subsidiaries and affiliates for the exclusive purpose of implementing, administering and managing the Participant’s participation in the Plan. The Company and its subsidiaries and affiliates may hold certain personal information about a Participant, including but not limited to, the Participant’s name, home address and telephone number, date of birth, social security or insurance number or other identification number, salary, nationality, job title(s), any shares of stock held in the Company or any of its subsidiaries and affiliates, details of all Awards, in each case, for the purpose of implementing, managing and administering the Plan and Awards (the “Data”). The Company and its subsidiaries and affiliates may transfer the Data amongst themselves as necessary for the purpose of implementation, administration and management of a Participant’s participation in the Plan, and the Company and its subsidiaries and affiliates may each further transfer the Data to any third parties assisting the Company in the implementation, administration and management of the Plan. These recipients may be located in the Participant’s country, or elsewhere, and the Participant’s country may have different data privacy laws and protections than the recipients’ country. Through acceptance of an Award, each Participant authorizes such recipients to receive, possess, use, retain and transfer the Data, in electronic or other form, for the purposes of implementing, administering and managing the Participant’s participation in the Plan, including any requisite transfer of such Data as may be required to a broker or other third party with whom the Company or the Participant may elect to deposit any Ordinary Shares. The Data related to a Participant will be held only as long as is necessary to implement, administer, and manage the Participant’s participation in the Plan. A Participant may, at any time, view the Data held by the Company with respect to such Participant, request additional information about the storage and processing of the Data with respect to such Participant, recommend any necessary corrections to the Data with respect to the Participant or refuse or withdraw the consents herein in writing, in any case without cost, by contacting his or her local human resources representative. The Company may cancel Participant’s ability to participate in the Plan and, in the Board’s discretion, the Participant may forfeit any outstanding Awards if the Participant refuses or withdraws his or her consents as described herein. For more information on the consequences of refusal to consent or withdrawal of consent, Participants may contact their local human resources representative.
(i)Restrictions on Shares; Clawback Provisions. Ordinary Shares acquired in respect of Awards shall be subject to such terms and conditions as the Board shall determine, including, without limitation, restrictions on the transferability of Ordinary Shares, the right of the Company to repurchase
Ordinary Shares, the right of the Company to require that Ordinary Shares be transferred in the event of certain transactions, tag-along rights, bring-along rights, redemption and co-sale rights and voting requirements. Such terms and conditions may be additional to those contained in the Plan and may, as determined by the Board, be contained in the applicable Award agreement or in an exercise notice, shareholders’ agreement or in such other agreement as the Board shall determine, in each case in a form determined by the Board. The issuance of such Ordinary Shares shall be conditioned on the Participant’s consent to such terms and conditions and the Participant’s entering into such agreement or agreements. All Awards (including any proceeds, gains or other economic benefit actually or constructively received by Participant upon any receipt or exercise of any Award or upon the receipt or resale of any Ordinary Shares underlying the Award) shall be subject to the provisions of any clawback policy implemented by the Company, including, without limitation, any clawback policy adopted to comply with the requirements of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and any rules or regulations promulgated thereunder, to the extent set forth in such clawback policy and/or in the applicable Award agreement.
DAMORA THERAPEUTICS, INC.
2025 Equity INCENTIVE PLAN
CALIFORNIA SUPPLEMENT
Pursuant to Section 10(e) of the Plan, the Board has adopted this supplement for purposes of satisfying the requirements of Section 25102(o) of the California Corporations Code:
Any Awards granted under the Plan to a Participant who is a resident of the State of California on the date of grant (a “California Participant”) shall be subject to the following additional limitations, terms and conditions:
11.Additional Limitations on Options.
(a)Maximum Duration of Options. No Options granted to California Participants shall have a term in excess of 10 years measured from the Option grant date.
(b)Minimum Exercise Period Following Termination. Unless a California Participant’s employment is terminated for cause (as defined by applicable law, the terms of any contract of employment between the Company and such Participant, or in the instrument evidencing the grant of such Participant’s Option), in the event of termination of employment of such Participant, such Participant shall have the right to exercise an Option, to the extent that he or she was otherwise entitled to exercise such Option on the date employment terminated, as follows: (i) at least six months from the date of termination, if termination was caused by such Participant’s death or “permanent and total disability” (within the meaning of Section 22(e)(3) of the Code) and (ii) at least 30 days from the date of termination, if termination was caused other than by such Participant’s death or “permanent and total disability” (within the meaning of Section 22(e)(3) of the Code).
12.Additional Limitations for Other Stock-Based Awards.
The terms of all Awards granted to a California Participant under Section 7 of the Plan shall comply, to the extent applicable, with Section 260.140.41 or Section 260.140.42 of the California Regulations.
13.Additional Requirement to Provide Information to California Participants.
To the extent required by Section 260.140.46 of the California Regulations, the Company shall provide to each California Participant and to each California Participant who acquires Ordinary Shares pursuant to the Plan, not less frequently than annually, copies of annual financial statements (which need not be audited). The Company shall not be required to provide such statements to key employees whose duties in connection with the Company assure their access to equivalent information.
14.Additional Limitations on Timing of Awards.
No Award granted to a California Participant shall become exercisable, vested or realizable, as applicable to such Award, unless the Plan has been approved by the holders of a majority of the Company’s outstanding voting securities within 12 months before or after the date the Plan was adopted by the Board.
15.Additional Restriction Regarding Recapitalizations, Stock Splits, Etc.
For purposes of Section 8 of the Plan, in the event of a share split, reverse share split, share dividend, recapitalization, combination, reclassification or other distribution of the Company’s securities,
the number of securities allocated to each California Participant must be adjusted proportionately and without the receipt by the Company of any consideration from any California Participant.
EX-10.8
DAMORA THERAPEUTICS, INC.
2026 Equity INCENTIVE PLAN
The purpose of this Damora Therapeutics, Inc. 2026 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) is to promote and closely align the interests of employees, officers, non-employee directors and other individual service providers of Damora Therapeutics, Inc. and its shareholders by providing share-based compensation and other performance-based compensation. The objectives of the Plan are to attract and retain the best available employees, officers, non-employee directors and other individual service providers for positions of substantial responsibility and to motivate Participants to optimize the profitability and growth of the Company through incentives that are consistent with the Company’s goals and that link the personal interests of Participants to those of the Company’s shareholders. The Plan provides for the grant of Options, Stock Appreciation Rights, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units and Other Stock-Based Awards and for Incentive Bonuses, which may be paid in cash, Ordinary Shares or a combination thereof, as determined by the Committee.
As used in the Plan, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:
(a)“Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
(b)“Affiliate” means any entity in which the Company has a substantial direct or indirect equity interest, as determined by the Committee from time to time.
(c)“Award” means an Option, Stock Appreciation Right, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Unit, Other Stock-Based Award or Incentive Bonus, or any combination of these, granted to a Participant pursuant to the provisions of the Plan, any of which may be subject to performance conditions.
(d)“Award Agreement” means a written or electronic agreement or other instrument as may be approved from time to time by the Committee and designated as such implementing the grant of each Award. An Award Agreement may be in the form of an agreement to be executed by both the Participant and the Company (or an authorized representative of the Company) or certificates, notices or similar instruments as approved by the Committee and designated as such.
(e)“Beneficial Owner” shall have the meaning set forth in Rule 13d-3 under the Act.
(f)“Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company.
(g)“Cause” has the meaning set forth in the written employment, offer, services or severance agreement or letter between the Participant and the Company or an Affiliate, or in any severance plan in which the Participant participates, or if there is no such agreement or plan or no such term is defined in such agreement or plan, means a Participant’s (i) dishonest statements or acts with respect to the Company or any Affiliate, or any current or prospective customers,
suppliers, vendors or other third parties with which such entity does business that results in or is reasonably anticipated to result in material harm to the Company; (ii) conviction or plea of guilty or no contest to: (A) a felony (as such term is construed in accordance with U.S. law) or (B) any misdemeanor involving moral turpitude, deceit, dishonesty or fraud; (iii) failure to perform in all material respects the Participant’s assigned duties and responsibilities; (iv) gross negligence (as such term is construed in accordance with U.S. law), willful misconduct that results in or is reasonably anticipated to result in material harm to the Company; (v) violation of any material provision of any agreement(s) between the Participant and the Company; or (vi) material violation of any written Company policies.
(h)“Change in Control” means, except as otherwise provided in an Award Agreement, the occurrence of any one of the following events following the Effective Date (and for the avoidance of doubt shall exclude the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement):
(i)any Person is or becomes the Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company (not including the securities beneficially owned by such Person or any securities acquired directly from the Company or its Affiliates) representing 50% or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding securities, excluding any Person who becomes such a Beneficial Owner in connection with a transaction described in Section 2(h)(iii)(A) below;
(ii)the following individuals cease for any reason to constitute a majority of the number of directors then serving: (A) individuals who, on the Effective Date (as defined below), constitute the Board and (B) any new director (other than a director whose initial assumption of office is in connection with an actual or threatened election contest, including a consent solicitation, relating to the election of directors of the Company) whose appointment or election by the Board or nomination for election by the Company’s shareholders was approved or recommended by a vote of at least a majority of the directors then still in office who were either directors on the Effective Date or whose appointment, election or nomination for election was previously so approved or recommended;
(iii)there is consummated a merger or consolidation of the Company or any direct or indirect subsidiary of the Company with any other entity, other than (A) a merger or consolidation which would result in the holders of the voting securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior to such merger or consolidation continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into voting securities of the surviving entity or any parent thereof) at least 50% of the combined voting power of the securities of the Company or such surviving entity or any parent thereof outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation;
(iv)the implementation of a plan of complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company; or
(v)there is consummated a sale or disposition by the Company of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets, other than a sale or disposition by the Company of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets to an entity, at least 50% of the combined voting power of the voting securities of which is owned by shareholders of the Company
in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of the Company immediately prior to such sale.
(i)“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, and the rulings and regulations issued thereunder.
(j)“Committee” means the Compensation Committee of the Board (or any successor committee) or such other committee as designated by the Board to administer the Plan under Section 6.
(k)“Company” means Damora Therapeutics, Inc., a Cayman Islands exempted company, and except as utilized in the definition of Change in Control, any successor corporation.
(l)“Disability” has the meaning set forth in a written employment, offer, services or severance agreement or letter between the Participant and the Company or an Affiliate, or in any severance plan in which the Participant participates, or if there is no such agreement or plan or no such term is defined in such agreement or plan, means the inability of the Participant to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment. A determination of Disability shall be made by the Committee on the basis of such medical evidence as the Committee deems warranted under the circumstances, and in this respect, Participants shall submit to an examination by a physician upon request by the Committee.
(m)“Dividend Equivalent” means an amount payable in cash or Ordinary Shares, as determined by the Committee, equal to the dividends that would have been paid to the Participant if the Ordinary Share with respect to which the Dividend Equivalent relates had been owned by the Participant.
(n)“Effective Date” means the date on which the Plan takes effect, as defined pursuant to Section 4.
(o)“Eligible Person” any current or prospective employee, officer, non-employee director or other individual service provider of the Company or any Subsidiary; provided, however, that Incentive Stock Options may only be granted to employees of the Company or any of its “subsidiary corporations” within the meaning of Section 424 of the Code.
(p)“Fair Market Value” means as of any date, the value of the Ordinary Shares determined as follows: (i) if the Ordinary Shares are listed on any established stock exchange, system or market, their Fair Market Value shall be the closing price of an Ordinary Share as quoted on such exchange, system or market as reported in the Wall Street Journal or such other source as the Committee deems reliable (or, if no sale of Ordinary Shares are reported for such date, on the next preceding date on which any sale shall have been reported); and (ii) in the absence of an established market for the Ordinary Shares, the Fair Market Value thereof shall be determined in good faith by the Committee by the reasonable application of a reasonable valuation method, taking into account factors consistent with Treas. Reg. § 409A-1(b)(5)(iv)(B) as the Committee deems appropriate.
(q)“Incentive Bonus” means a bonus opportunity awarded under Section 12 pursuant to which a Participant may become entitled to receive an amount based on satisfaction of such
performance criteria established for a specified performance period as specified in the Award Agreement.
(r)“Incentive Stock Option” means an Option that is intended to qualify as an “incentive stock option” within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code.
(s)“Nonqualified Stock Option” means an Option that is not intended to qualify as an “incentive stock option” within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code.
(t)“Option” means a right to purchase a number of Ordinary Shares at such exercise price, at such times and on such other terms and conditions as are specified in or determined pursuant to an Award Agreement. Options granted pursuant to the Plan may be Incentive Stock Options or Nonqualified Stock Options.
(u)“Ordinary Shares” means the ordinary shares of the Company, $0.00001 par value per share, or such other class or kind of shares or other securities as may be applicable under Section 16.
(v)“Other Stock-Based Award” means an Award granted to an Eligible Person under Section 11.
(w)“Outstanding Ordinary Shares” means the sum of (i) the Ordinary Shares outstanding, (ii) the Ordinary Shares underlying unexercised pre-funded warrants, and (iii) the Ordinary Shares underlying the Company’s preferred shares, par value $0.00001 (determined on an as-converted basis without regard to any limitations on such conversion).
(x)“Participant” means any Eligible Person to whom Awards have been granted from time to time by the Committee and any authorized transferee of such individual.
(y)“Person” shall have the meaning given in Section 3(a)(9) of the Act, as modified and used in Sections 14(d) and 15(d) thereof, except that such term shall not include (i) the Company or any of its Affiliates, (ii) a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (iii) an underwriter temporarily holding securities pursuant to an offering of such securities or (iv) a corporation owned, directly or indirectly, by the shareholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of shares of the Company.
(z)“Restricted Stock” means an Award or issuance of Ordinary Shares the grant, issuance, vesting and/or transferability of which is subject during specified periods of time to such conditions (including continued employment or engagement or performance conditions) and terms as the Committee deems appropriate.
(aa)“Restricted Stock Unit” means an Award denominated in units of Ordinary Shares under which the issuance of shares of such Ordinary Shares (or cash payment in lieu thereof) is subject to such conditions (including continued employment or engagement or performance conditions) and terms as the Committee deems appropriate.
(bb)“Separation from Service” or “Separates from Service” means a Termination of Employment that constitutes a “separation from service” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code.
(cc)“Stock Appreciation Right” or “SAR” means a right granted that entitles the Participant to receive, in cash or Ordinary Shares or a combination thereof, as determined by the Committee, value equal to the excess of (i) the Fair Market Value of a specified number of Ordinary Shares at the time of exercise over (ii) the exercise price of the right, as established by the Committee on the date of grant.
(dd)“Subsidiary” means any business association (including a corporation or a partnership, other than the Company) in an unbroken chain of such associations beginning with the Company if each of the associations other than the last association in the unbroken chain owns equity interests (including stock or partnership interests) possessing 50% or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of equity interests in one of the other associations in such chain.
(ee)“Substitute Awards” means Awards granted or Ordinary Shares issued by the Company in assumption of, or in substitution or exchange for, awards previously granted, or the right or obligation to make future awards, by a company acquired by the Company or any Subsidiary or with which the Company or any Subsidiary combines.
(ff)“Termination of Employment” means ceasing to serve as an employee of the Company and its Subsidiaries or, with respect to a non-employee director or other service provider, ceasing to serve as such for the Company and its Subsidiaries, except that with respect to all or any Awards held by a Participant (i) the Committee may determine that a leave of absence (including as a result of a Participant’s short-term or long-term disability or other medical leave) or employment on a less than full-time basis is considered a “Termination of Employment,” (ii) the Committee may determine that a transition from employment to service with a partnership, joint venture or corporation not meeting the requirements of a Subsidiary in which the Company or a Subsidiary is a party is not considered a “Termination of Employment,” (iii) service as a member of the Board shall constitute continued service with respect to Awards granted to a Participant while he or she served as an employee, (iv) service as an employee of the Company or a Subsidiary shall constitute continued employment with respect to Awards granted to a Participant while he or she served as a member of the Board or other service provider, and (v) the Committee may determine that a transition from employment with the Company or a Subsidiary to service to the Company or a Subsidiary other than as an employee shall constitute a “Termination of Employment”. The Committee shall determine whether any corporate transaction, such as a sale or spin-off of a division or Subsidiary that employs or engages a Participant, shall be deemed to result in a Termination of Employment with the Company and its Subsidiaries for purposes of any affected Participant’s Awards, and the Committee’s decision shall be final and binding.
Any Eligible Person is eligible for selection by the Committee to receive an Award.
4.Effective Date and Termination of Plan
This Plan became effective on February 9, 2026 (the “Effective Date”). The Plan shall remain available for the grant of Awards until December 13, 2035. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Plan may be terminated at such earlier time as the Board may determine. Termination of the Plan will not affect the rights and obligations of the Participants and the Company arising under Awards theretofore granted.
5.Shares Subject to the Plan and to Awards
(a)Aggregate Limits. The aggregate number of Ordinary Shares issuable under the Plan shall be equal to (i) 9,299,832, plus (ii) any Ordinary Shares added as a result of the following sentence (collectively, the “Share Pool”). The Share Pool will automatically increase on January 1 of each year beginning in 2027 and ending with a final increase on January 1, 2036 in an amount equal to 5% of the Outstanding Ordinary Shares on the preceding December 31; provided, however, that the Committee may provide that there will be no January 1 increase in the Share Pool for any such year or that the increase in the Share Pool for any such year will be a smaller number of Ordinary Shares than would otherwise occur pursuant to this sentence. The aggregate number of Ordinary Shares available for grant under this Plan and the number of Ordinary Shares subject to Awards outstanding at the time of any event described in Section 16 shall be subject to adjustment as provided in Section 16. The Ordinary Shares issued under this Plan may be shares that are authorized and unissued or shares that were reacquired by the Company, including shares purchased in the open market or in private transactions.
(b)Issuance of Shares. For purposes of Section 5(a), the aggregate number of Ordinary Shares issued under this Plan at any time shall equal only the number of Ordinary Shares actually issued upon exercise or settlement of an Award. Ordinary Shares subject to Awards that have been canceled, expired, forfeited or otherwise not issued under an Award and Ordinary Shares subject to Awards settled in cash shall not count as Ordinary Shares issued under this Plan. The aggregate number of shares available for issuance under this Plan at any time shall not be reduced by (i) shares subject to Awards that have been terminated, expired unexercised, forfeited or settled in cash, (ii) shares subject to Awards that have been retained or withheld by the Company in payment or satisfaction of the exercise price, purchase price or tax withholding obligation of an Award, or (iii) shares subject to Awards that otherwise do not result in the issuance of shares in connection with payment or settlement thereof. In addition, shares that have been delivered (either actually or by attestation) to the Company in payment or satisfaction of the exercise price, purchase price or tax withholding obligation of an Award shall be available for issuance under this Plan.
(c)Substitute Awards. Substitute Awards shall not reduce the Ordinary Shares authorized for issuance under the Plan or authorized for grant to a Participant in any calendar year. Additionally, in the event that a company acquired by the Company or any Subsidiary, or with which the Company or any Subsidiary combines, has shares available under a pre-existing plan approved by shareholders and not adopted in contemplation of such acquisition or combination, the shares available for grant pursuant to the terms of such pre-existing plan (as adjusted, to the extent appropriate, using the exchange ratio or other adjustment or valuation ratio or formula used in such acquisition or combination to determine the consideration payable to the holders of common stock of the entities party to such acquisition or combination) may be used for Awards
under the Plan and shall not reduce the Ordinary Shares authorized for issuance under the Plan; provided, however, that Awards using such available shares (i) shall not be made after the date awards or grants could have been made under the terms of the pre-existing plan, absent the acquisition or combination, (ii) shall only be made to individuals who were not employees or service providers of the Company or its Affiliates at the time of such acquisition or combination, and (iii) shall comply with the requirements of any stock exchange or market or quotation system on which the Ordinary Shares are traded, listed or quoted.
(d)Tax Code Limits. The aggregate number of Ordinary Shares that may be issued pursuant to the exercise of Incentive Stock Options granted under this Plan shall be equal to 9,299,832, which number shall be calculated and adjusted pursuant to Section 16 only to the extent that such calculation or adjustment will not affect the status of any Option intended to qualify as an Incentive Stock Option under Section 422 of the Code.
(e)Limits on Non-Employee Director Compensation. The aggregate dollar value of equity-based (based on the grant date Fair Market Value of equity-based Awards) and cash compensation granted under this Plan or otherwise to any non-employee director for service on the Board shall not exceed $1,000,000 during any calendar year.
6.Administration of the Plan
(a)Administrator of the Plan. The Plan shall be administered by the Committee. The Board shall fill vacancies on, and from time to time may remove or add members to, the Committee. The Committee shall act pursuant to a majority vote or unanimous written consent. Any power of the Committee may also be exercised by the Board, except to the extent that the grant or exercise of such authority would cause any Award or transaction to become subject to (or lose an exemption under) the short-swing profit recovery provisions of Section 16 of the Act. To the extent that any permitted action taken by the Board conflicts with action taken by the Committee, the Board action shall control. To the maximum extent permissible under applicable law, the Committee (or any successor) may by resolution delegate any or all of its authority to one or more subcommittees composed of one or more directors and/or officers of the Company, and any such subcommittee shall be treated as the Committee for all purposes under this Plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Board or the Committee (or any successor) delegates to a subcommittee comprised of one or more officers of the Company the authority to grant Awards, no such subcommittee shall designate any officer serving thereon or any officer (within the meaning of Section 16 of the Act) or non-employee director of the Company as a recipient of any Awards granted under such delegated authority. The Committee hereby delegates to and designates the most senior officer in the Finance Department of the Company of the Company (or such other officer with similar authority), and to his or her delegates or designees, the authority to assist the Committee in the day-to-day administration of the Plan and of Awards granted under the Plan, including those powers set forth in Section 6(b)(v) through (xi) and to execute Award Agreements or other documents entered into under this Plan on behalf of the Committee or the Company. The Committee may further designate and delegate to one or more additional officers or employees of the Company or any Subsidiary, and/or one or more agents, authority to assist the Committee in any or all aspects of the day-to-day administration of the Plan and/or of Awards granted under the Plan.
(b)Powers of Committee. Subject to the express provisions of this Plan, the Committee shall be authorized and empowered to do all things that it determines to be necessary or appropriate in connection with the administration of this Plan, including:
(i)to prescribe, amend and rescind rules and regulations relating to this Plan and to define terms not otherwise defined herein;
(ii)to determine which Persons are Eligible Persons, to which of such Eligible Persons, if any, Awards shall be granted hereunder and the timing of any such Awards;
(iii)to prescribe and amend the terms of the Award Agreements, to grant Awards and determine the terms and conditions thereof;
(iv)to reduce the exercise price of a previously awarded Option or Stock Appreciation Right or cancel and re-grant or exchange such Option or Stock Appreciation Right for cash or a new Award with a lower (or no) exercise price, with any such determination made by the Committee in its sole discretion, in each case, without shareholder approval;
(v)to adopt such procedures and sub-plans as are necessary or appropriate (A) to permit or facilitate participation in this Plan by Eligible Persons who are not citizens of, or subject to taxation by, the United States or who are employed outside the United States or (B) to allow Awards to qualify for special tax treatment in a jurisdiction other than the United States; provided, however, that Board approval will not be necessary for immaterial modifications to this Plan or any Award Agreement that are required for compliance with the laws of the relevant jurisdiction;
(vi)to establish and verify the extent of satisfaction of any performance goals or other conditions applicable to the grant, issuance, retention, vesting, exercisability or settlement of any Award;
(vii)to prescribe and amend the terms of or form of any document or notice required to be delivered to the Company by Participants under this Plan;
(viii)to determine the extent to which adjustments are required pursuant to Section 16;
(ix)to interpret and construe this Plan, any rules and regulations under this Plan and the terms and conditions of any Award granted hereunder, and to make exceptions to any such provisions if the Committee, in good faith, determines that it is appropriate to do so;
(x)to approve corrections in the documentation or administration of any Award; and
(xi)to make all other determinations deemed necessary or advisable for the administration of this Plan.
Notwithstanding anything in this Plan to the contrary, with respect to any Award that is “deferred compensation” under Section 409A of the Code, the Committee shall exercise its discretion in a manner that causes such Awards to be compliant with or exempt from the requirements of Section 409A of the Code. Without limiting the foregoing, unless expressly agreed to in writing by the Participant holding such Award, the Committee shall not take any action with respect to any Award which constitutes (x) a modification of a stock right within the meaning of Treas. Reg. § 1.409A-1(b)(5)(v)(B) so as to constitute the grant of a new stock right, (y) an extension of a stock right, including the addition of a feature for the deferral of compensation within the meaning of Treas. Reg. § 1.409A-1 (b)(5)(v)(C), or (z) an impermissible acceleration of a payment date or a subsequent deferral of a stock right subject to Section 409A of the Code within the meaning of Treas. Reg. § 1.409A-1(b)(5)(v)(E).
The Committee may, in its sole and absolute discretion, without amendment to the Plan but subject to the limitations otherwise set forth in Section 20, waive or amend the operation of Plan provisions respecting exercise after Termination of Employment. The Committee or any member thereof may, in its sole and absolute discretion, except as otherwise provided in Section 20, waive, settle or adjust any of the terms of any Award so as to avoid unanticipated consequences or address unanticipated events (including any temporary closure of an applicable stock exchange, disruption of communications or natural catastrophe).
(c)Determinations by the Committee. All decisions, determinations and interpretations by the Committee regarding the Plan, any rules and regulations under the Plan, and the terms and conditions of, or operation of, any Award granted hereunder, shall be final and binding on all Participants, beneficiaries, heirs, assigns or other persons holding or claiming rights under the Plan or any Award. The Committee shall consider such factors as it deems relevant, in its sole and absolute discretion, to making such decisions, determinations and interpretations, including the recommendations or advice of any officer or other employee of the Company and such attorneys, consultants and accountants as it may select. Members of the Board and members of the Committee acting under the Plan shall be fully protected in relying in good faith upon the advice of counsel and shall incur no liability except for as a result of gross negligence or willful misconduct in the performance of their duties.
(d)Subsidiary Awards. In the case of a grant of an Award to any Participant employed by a Subsidiary, such grant may, if the Committee so directs, be implemented by the Company issuing any subject Ordinary Shares to the Subsidiary, for such lawful consideration as the Committee may determine, upon the condition or understanding that the Subsidiary will transfer the Ordinary Shares to the Participant in accordance with the terms of the Award specified by the Committee pursuant to the provisions of the Plan. Notwithstanding any other provision hereof, such Award may be issued by and in the name of the Subsidiary and shall be deemed granted on such date as the Committee shall determine.
(a)Terms Set Forth in Award Agreement. Awards may be granted to Eligible Persons as determined by the Committee at any time and from time to time prior to the termination of the Plan. The terms and conditions of each Award shall be set forth in an Award Agreement in a form approved by the Committee for such Award, subject to and incorporating by reference or otherwise
the applicable terms and conditions of the Plan, which Award Agreement may contain such terms and conditions as specified from time to time by the Committee, provided such other terms and conditions do not conflict with the Plan. The Award Agreement for any Award (other than Restricted Stock Awards) shall include the time or times at or within which and the consideration, if any, for which any Ordinary Shares or cash, as applicable, may be acquired from the Company. The terms of Awards may vary among Participants, and the Plan does not impose upon the Committee any requirement to make Awards subject to uniform terms. Accordingly, the terms of individual Award Agreements may vary.
(b)Termination of Employment. Subject to the express provisions of the Plan, the Committee shall specify before, at, or after the time of grant of an Award the provisions governing the effect(s) upon an Award of a Participant’s Termination of Employment.
(c)Rights of a Shareholder. A Participant shall have no rights as a shareholder with respect to Ordinary Shares covered by an Award (including voting rights) until the date the Participant's name is entered in the register of members of the Company as the holder of such Ordinary Shares. No adjustment shall be made for dividends or other rights for which the record date is prior to such date, except as provided in Sections 10(b), 11(b) or 16 of this Plan or as otherwise provided by the Committee.
(d)No Fractional Shares. No fractional Ordinary Shares shall be issued pursuant to an Award or in settlement thereof.
(a)Grant, Term and Price. The grant, issuance, retention, vesting and/or settlement of any Option shall occur at such time and be subject to such terms and conditions as determined by the Committee or under criteria established by the Committee, which may include conditions based on continued employment or engagement, passage of time, attainment of age and/or service requirements, and/or satisfaction of performance conditions. The term of an Option shall in no event be greater than 10 years; provided, however, the term of an Option (other than an Incentive Stock Option) shall be automatically extended if, at the time of its scheduled expiration, the Participant holding such Option is prohibited by law or the Company’s insider trading policy from exercising the Option, which extension shall expire on the 30th day following the date such prohibition no longer applies. The Committee will establish the price at which Ordinary Shares may be purchased upon exercise of an Option, which in no event will be less than the Fair Market Value of such shares on the date of grant; provided, however, that the exercise price per Ordinary Share with respect to an Option that is granted as a Substitute Award may be less than the Fair Market Value of the Ordinary Shares on the date such Option is granted if such exercise price is based on a formula set forth in the terms of the options held by such optionees or in the terms of the agreement providing for such merger or other acquisition that satisfies the requirements of (i) Section 409A of the Code, if such options held by such optionees are not intended to qualify as “incentive stock options” within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code, and (ii) Section 424(a) of the Code, if such options held by such optionees are intended to qualify as “incentive stock options” within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code. The exercise price of any Option may be paid in cash to the Company or such other method as determined by the Committee, including an irrevocable commitment by a broker to pay over such amount from a sale of the Ordinary Shares
issuable under an Option, the delivery of previously owned Ordinary Shares or withholding of Ordinary Shares otherwise deliverable upon exercise.
(b)No Reload Grants. Options shall not be granted under the Plan in consideration for, and shall not be conditioned upon the delivery of, Ordinary Shares to the Company in payment of the exercise price and/or tax withholding obligation under any other employee stock option.
(c)Incentive Stock Options. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 8, in the case of the grant of an Incentive Stock Option, if the Participant owns shares possessing more than 10% of the combined voting power of all classes of shares of the Company, the exercise price of such Option must be at least 110% of the Fair Market Value of the Ordinary Shares on the date of grant and the Option must expire within a period of not more than five years from the date of grant. Notwithstanding anything in this Section 8 to the contrary, Options designated as Incentive Stock Options shall not be eligible for treatment under the Code as Incentive Stock Options (and will be deemed to be Nonqualified Stock Options) to the extent that either (i) the aggregate Fair Market Value of Ordinary Shares (determined as of the time of grant) with respect to which such Options are exercisable for the first time by the Participant during any calendar year (under all plans of the Company and any Subsidiary) exceeds $100,000, taking Options into account in the order in which they were granted, or (ii) such Options otherwise remain exercisable but are not exercised within three months (or such other period of time provided in Section 422 of the Code) of separation of service (as determined in accordance with Section 3401(c) of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder).
(d)No Shareholder Rights. Participants shall have no voting rights and will have no rights to receive dividends or Dividend Equivalents in respect of an Option or any Ordinary Shares subject to an Option until the Participant’s name has been entered in the register of members of the Company as the holder of such shares.
9.Stock Appreciation Rights
(a)General Terms. The grant, issuance, retention, vesting and/or settlement of any Stock Appreciation Right shall occur at such time and be subject to such terms and conditions as determined by the Committee or under criteria established by the Committee, which may include conditions based on continued employment or engagement, passage of time, attainment of age and/or service requirements, and/or satisfaction of performance conditions. The term of a Stock Appreciation Right shall in no event be greater than 10 years; provided, however, the term of a Stock Appreciation Right shall be automatically extended if, at the time of its scheduled expiration, the Participant holding such Stock Appreciation Right is prohibited by law or the Company’s insider trading policy from exercising the Stock Appreciation Right which extension shall expire on the 30th day following the date such prohibition no longer applies. Stock Appreciation Rights may be granted to Participants from time to time either in tandem with or as a component of Options granted under the Plan (“tandem SARs”) or not in conjunction with other Awards (“freestanding SARs”). Upon exercise of a tandem SAR as to some or all of the shares covered by the grant, the related Option shall be canceled automatically to the extent of the number of shares covered by such exercise. Conversely, if the related Option is exercised as to some or all of the shares covered by the grant, the related tandem SAR, if any, shall be canceled automatically to the extent of the number of shares covered by the Option exercise. Any Stock Appreciation Right
granted in tandem with an Option may be granted at the same time such Option is granted or at any time thereafter before exercise or expiration of such Option, provided that the Fair Market Value of Ordinary Shares on the date of the SAR’s grant is not greater than the exercise price of the related Option. All freestanding SARs shall be granted subject to the same terms and conditions applicable to Options as set forth in Section 8 and all tandem SARs shall have the same exercise price as the Option to which they relate. Subject to the provisions of Section 8 and the immediately preceding sentence, the Committee may impose such other conditions or restrictions on any Stock Appreciation Right as it shall deem appropriate. Stock Appreciation Rights may be settled in Ordinary Shares, cash, Restricted Stock or a combination thereof, as determined by the Committee and set forth in the applicable Award Agreement.
(b)No Shareholder Rights. Participants shall have no voting rights and will have no rights to receive dividends or Dividend Equivalents in respect of an Award of Stock Appreciation Rights or any Ordinary Shares subject to an Award of Stock Appreciation Rights until the Participant’s name has been entered in the register of members of the Company as the holder of such shares.
10.Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units
(a)Vesting and Performance Criteria. The grant, issuance, vesting and/or settlement of any Award of Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units shall occur at such time and be subject to such terms and conditions as determined by the Committee or under criteria established by the Committee, which may include conditions based on continued employment or engagement, passage of time, attainment of age and/or service requirements, and/or satisfaction of performance conditions. In addition, the Committee shall have the right to grant Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Unit Awards as the form of payment for grants or rights earned or due under other shareholder-approved compensation plans or arrangements of the Company.
(b)Dividends and Distributions. Participants in whose name Restricted Stock is granted shall be entitled to receive all dividends and other distributions paid with respect to those Ordinary Shares, unless determined otherwise by the Committee. The Committee will determine whether any such dividends or distributions will be automatically reinvested in additional shares of Restricted Stock and/or subject to the same restrictions on transferability as the Restricted Stock with respect to which they were distributed or whether such dividends or distributions will be paid in cash. Shares underlying Restricted Stock Units shall be entitled to dividends or distributions only to the extent provided by the Committee.
11.Other Stock-Based Awards
(a)General Terms. The Committee is authorized, subject to limitations under applicable law, to grant to Eligible Persons such other Awards that may be denominated or payable in, valued in whole or in part by reference to, or otherwise based on, or related to, Ordinary Shares, as deemed by the Committee to be consistent with the purposes of the Plan. The Committee shall determine the terms and conditions of such Other Stock-Based Awards. Ordinary Shares delivered pursuant to an Other Stock-Based Award in the nature of a purchase right granted under this Section 11 shall be purchased for such consideration, paid for at such times, by such methods, and
in such forms, including cash, Ordinary Shares, other Awards, or other property, as the Committee shall determine.
(b)Dividends and Distributions. Shares underlying Other Stock-Based Awards shall be entitled to dividends or distributions only to the extent provided by the Committee.
(a)Vesting Criteria. The Committee shall establish the vesting conditions applicable to an Incentive Bonus, including any performance criteria and level of achievement versus such criteria that may determine the amount payable under an Incentive Bonus, which may include a target, threshold and/or maximum amount payable and any formula for determining such achievement.
(b)Timing and Form of Payment. The Committee shall determine the timing of payment of any Incentive Bonus. Payment of the amount due under an Incentive Bonus may be made in cash or in Ordinary Shares, as determined by the Committee.
(c)Discretionary Adjustments. Notwithstanding satisfaction of any performance goals, the amount paid under an Incentive Bonus on may be adjusted by the Committee on the basis of such further considerations as the Committee shall determine.
The Committee may establish performance criteria and level of achievement versus such criteria that shall determine the number of Ordinary Shares, Restricted Stock Units, Other Stock-Based Awards or cash to be granted, retained, vested, issued or issuable under or in settlement of or the amount payable pursuant to an Award (any such Award, a “Performance Award”). A Performance Award may be identified as “Performance Share,” “Performance Equity,” “Performance Unit” or other such term as chosen by the Committee.
The Committee may, in an Award Agreement or otherwise, provide for the deferred delivery of Ordinary Shares or cash upon settlement, vesting or other events with respect to Restricted Stock Units, Other Stock-Based Awards or in payment or satisfaction of an Incentive Bonus. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in no event will any election to defer the delivery of Ordinary Shares or any other payment with respect to any Award be allowed if the Committee determines, in its sole discretion, that the deferral would result in the imposition of the additional tax under Section 409A(a)(1)(B) of the Code. No Award shall provide for deferral of compensation that does not comply with Section 409A of the Code. The Company, any Subsidiary or Affiliate which is in existence or hereafter comes into existence, the Board and the Committee shall have no liability to a Participant, or any other party, if an Award that is intended to be exempt from, or compliant with, Section 409A of the Code is not so exempt or compliant or for any action taken by the Board or the Committee in respect thereof.
15.Conditions and Restrictions Upon Securities Subject to Awards
The Committee may provide that the Ordinary Shares issued upon exercise of an Option or Stock Appreciation Right or otherwise subject to or issued under an Award shall be subject to such further agreements, restrictions, conditions or limitations as the Committee in its discretion may specify prior to the exercise of such Option or Stock Appreciation Right or the grant, vesting or settlement of such Award, including conditions on vesting or transferability, forfeiture or repurchase provisions and method of payment for the Ordinary Shares issued upon exercise, vesting or settlement of such Award (including the actual or constructive surrender of Ordinary Shares already owned by the Participant) or payment of taxes arising in connection with an Award. Without limiting the foregoing, such restrictions may address the timing and manner of any resales by the Participant or other subsequent transfers by the Participant of any Ordinary Shares issued under an Award, including (a) restrictions under an insider trading policy or pursuant to applicable law, (b) restrictions designed to delay and/or coordinate the timing and manner of sales by the Participant and holders of other Company equity compensation arrangements, (c) restrictions as to the use of a specified brokerage firm for such resales or other transfers and (d) provisions requiring Ordinary Shares be sold on the open market or to the Company in order to satisfy tax withholding or other obligations.
16.Adjustment of and Changes in the Shares
(a)The number and kind of Ordinary Shares available for issuance under this Plan (including under any Awards then outstanding), and the number and kind of Ordinary Shares subject to the limits set forth in Section 5, shall be equitably adjusted by the Committee to reflect any reorganization, reclassification, combination of shares, share split, reverse share split, spin-off, dividend or distribution of securities, property or cash (other than regular, quarterly cash dividends), or any other event or transaction that affects the number or kind of shares of Outstanding Ordinary Shares. Such adjustment may be designed to comply with Section 424 of the Code or may be designed to treat the Ordinary Shares available under the Plan and subject to Awards as if they were all outstanding on the record date for such event or transaction or to increase the number of such Ordinary Shares to reflect a deemed reinvestment in Ordinary Shares of the amount distributed to the Company’s securityholders. The terms of any outstanding Award shall also be equitably adjusted by the Committee as to price, number or kind of Ordinary Shares subject to such Award, vesting, performance criteria, and other terms to reflect the foregoing events, which adjustments need not be uniform as between different Awards or different types of Awards. No fractional Ordinary Shares shall be issued or issuable pursuant to such an adjustment.
(b)In the event there shall be any other change in the number or kind of outstanding Ordinary Shares, or any shares or other securities into which such Ordinary Shares shall have been changed, or for which they shall have been exchanged, by reason of a Change in Control, other merger, consolidation or otherwise, then the Committee shall determine the appropriate and equitable adjustment to be effected, which adjustments need not be uniform between different Awards or different types of Awards. In addition, in the event of such change described in this paragraph, the Committee may accelerate the time or times at which any Award may be exercised, consistent with and as otherwise permitted under Section 409A of the Code, and may provide for cancellation of such accelerated Awards that are not exercised within a time prescribed by the Committee in its sole discretion.
(c)In the event of a Change in Control, the Committee, acting in its sole discretion without the consent or approval of any Participant, may take one or more of the following actions, which may vary among individual Participants and/or among Awards held by any individual Participant: (i) arrange for the assumption of an outstanding Award by the successor or acquiring entity (if any) of such Change in Control (or by its parents, if any), which assumption will be binding on all selected Participants; provided that the exercise price and the number and nature of shares issuable upon exercise of any such Option or Stock Appreciation Right, or any Award that is subject to Section 409A of the Code, will be adjusted appropriately pursuant to Section 424(a) of the Code; (ii) provide for the issuance of substitute awards by the successor or acquiring entity (if any) of such Change in Control (or by its parents, if any) that will substantially preserve the otherwise applicable terms of the outstanding Award as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion; (iii) accelerate vesting or waive any forfeiture conditions; (iv) accelerate the time of exercisability of an Award so that such Award may be exercised in full or in part for a limited period of time on or before a date specified by the Committee, after which specified date all unexercised Awards and all rights of Participants thereunder shall terminate; or (v) make such other adjustments to Awards then outstanding as the Committee deems appropriate to reflect such Change in Control. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in the event of a Change in Control in which the acquiring or surviving company in the transaction does not assume or continue outstanding Awards or issue substitute awards upon the Change in Control, unless determined otherwise by the Committee, immediately prior to the Change in Control, all Awards that are not assumed, continued or substituted for shall be treated as follows effective immediately prior to the Change in Control: (A) in the case of an Option or Stock Appreciation Right, the Participant shall have the ability to exercise such Option or Stock Appreciation Right, including any portion of the Option or Stock Appreciation Right not previously exercisable, (B) in the case of any Award the vesting of which is in whole or in part subject to performance criteria or an Incentive Bonus, all conditions to the grant, issuance, retention, vesting or transferability of, or any other restrictions applicable to, such Award shall immediately lapse and the Participant shall have the right to receive a payment based on target level achievement or actual performance through a date determined by the Committee, and (C) in the case of outstanding Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units or Other Stock-Based Awards (other than those referenced in subsection (B)), all conditions to the grant, issuance, retention, vesting or transferability of, or any other restrictions applicable to, such Award shall immediately lapse. In no event shall any action be taken pursuant to this Section 16(c) that would change the payment or settlement date of an Award in a manner that would result in the imposition of any additional taxes or penalties pursuant to Section 409A of the Code.
(d)Notwithstanding anything in this Section 16 to the contrary, in the event of a Change in Control, the Committee may provide for the cancellation and cash settlement of all outstanding Awards upon such Change in Control (including the cancellation for no consideration of any Option or Stock Appreciation Right with an exercise price that equals or exceeds the per share consideration in such transaction).
(e)Notwithstanding anything in this Section 16 to the contrary, an adjustment to an Option or Stock Appreciation Right under this Section 16 shall be made in a manner that will not result in the grant of a new Option or Stock Appreciation Right under Section 409A of the Code.
Each Award may not be sold, transferred for value, pledged, assigned, or otherwise alienated or hypothecated by a Participant other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution, and each Option or Stock Appreciation Right shall be exercisable only by the Participant during his or her lifetime. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (a) outstanding Options may be exercised following the Participant’s death by the Participant’s beneficiaries or as permitted by the Committee and (b) as permitted by the Committee, a Participant may transfer or assign an Award as a gift to any “family member” (as such term is defined in the Registration Statement on Form S-8) (an “Assignee Entity”), provided that such Assignee Entity shall be entitled to exercise assigned Options and Stock Appreciation Rights only during the lifetime of the assigning Participant (or following the assigning Participant’s death, by the Participant’s beneficiaries or as otherwise permitted by the Committee) and provided further that such Assignee Entity shall not further sell, pledge, transfer, assign or otherwise alienate or hypothecate such Award.
18.Compliance with Laws and Regulations
(a)This Plan, the grant, issuance, vesting, exercise and settlement of Awards hereunder, and the obligation of the Company to sell, issue or deliver Ordinary Shares under such Awards, shall be subject to all applicable foreign, federal, state and local laws, rules and regulations, stock exchange rules and regulations, and to such approvals by any governmental or regulatory agency as may be required. The Company shall not be required to register in a Participant’s name or deliver Ordinary Shares prior to the completion of any registration or qualification of such shares under any foreign, federal, state or local law or any ruling or regulation of any government body which the Committee shall determine to be necessary or advisable. To the extent the Company is unable to or the Committee deems it infeasible to obtain authority from any regulatory body having jurisdiction, which authority is deemed by the Company’s counsel to be necessary to the lawful issuance and sale of any Ordinary Shares hereunder, the Company and its Subsidiaries shall be relieved of any liability with respect to the failure to issue or sell such Ordinary Shares as to which such requisite authority shall not have been obtained. No Option shall be exercisable and no Ordinary Shares shall be issued and/or transferable under any other Award unless a registration statement with respect to the Ordinary Shares underlying such Option is effective and current or the Company has determined, in its sole and absolute discretion, that such registration is unnecessary.
(b)In the event an Award is granted to or held by a Participant who is employed or providing services outside the United States, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, modify the provisions of the Plan or of such Award as they pertain to such individual to comply with applicable foreign law or to recognize differences in local law, currency or tax policy. The Committee may also impose conditions on the grant, issuance, exercise, vesting, settlement or retention of Awards in order to comply with such foreign law and/or to minimize the Company’s obligations with respect to tax equalization for Participants employed outside their home country.
To the extent required by applicable federal, state, local or foreign law, the Committee may, and/or a Participant shall, make arrangements satisfactory to the Company for the satisfaction of any
withholding tax obligations that arise with respect to any Award or the issuance or sale of any Ordinary Shares. The Company shall not be required to recognize any Participant rights under an Award, to issue Ordinary Shares or to recognize the disposition of such Ordinary Shares until such obligations are satisfied. To the extent permitted or required by the Committee, these obligations may or shall be satisfied by the Company withholding cash from any compensation otherwise payable to or for the benefit of a Participant, the Company withholding a portion of the Ordinary Shares that otherwise would be issued to a Participant under such Award or any other Award held by the Participant, or by the Participant tendering to the Company cash or, if allowed by the Committee, Ordinary Shares.
20.Amendment of the Plan or Awards
The Board may amend, alter, suspend or terminate this Plan, and the Committee may amend or alter any Award Agreement or other document evidencing an Award made under this Plan; however, except as provided pursuant to the provisions of Section 16, no such amendment shall, without the approval of the shareholders of the Company:
(a)increase the maximum number of Ordinary Shares for which Awards may be granted under this Plan;
(b)extend the term of this Plan;
(c)change the class of Persons eligible to be Participants; or
(d)otherwise amend the Plan in any manner requiring shareholder approval by law or the rules of any stock exchange or market or quotation system on which the Ordinary Shares are traded, listed or quoted.
No amendment or alteration to the Plan or an Award or Award Agreement shall be made which would materially impair the rights of the holder of an Award without such holder’s consent; provided, however, that no such consent shall be required if the Committee determines in its sole discretion and prior to the date of any Change in Control that such amendment or alteration either (i) is required or advisable in order for the Company, the Plan or the Award to satisfy any law or regulation or to meet the requirements of, or avoid adverse financial accounting consequences under, any accounting standard, or (ii) is not reasonably likely to significantly diminish the benefits provided under such Award, or that any such diminishment has been adequately compensated.
21.No Liability of Company
The Company, any Subsidiary or Affiliate which is in existence or hereafter comes into existence, the Board, the Committee and any delegate thereof shall not be liable to a Participant or any other person as to: (a) the non-issuance or sale of Ordinary Shares as to which the Company has been unable to obtain from any regulatory body having jurisdiction the authority deemed by the Company’s counsel to be necessary to the lawful issuance and sale of any Ordinary Shares hereunder; and (b) any tax consequence expected, but not realized, by any Participant or other person due to the receipt, vesting, exercise or settlement of any Award granted hereunder.
22.Non-Exclusivity of Plan
Neither the adoption of this Plan by the Board nor the submission of this Plan to the shareholders of the Company for approval shall be construed as creating any limitations on the power of the Board or the Committee to adopt such other incentive arrangements as either may deem desirable, including the granting of equity awards otherwise than under this Plan, and such arrangements may be either generally applicable or applicable only in specific cases.
This Plan and any agreements or other documents hereunder shall be interpreted and construed in accordance with the laws of the Cayman Islands (without regard to its choice of law provisions) and applicable Federal law. Any reference in this Plan or in the agreement or other document evidencing any Awards to a provision of law or to a rule or regulation shall be deemed to include any successor law, rule or regulation of similar effect or applicability.
24.No Right to Employment, Reelection or Continued Service
Nothing in this Plan or an Award Agreement shall interfere with or limit in any way the right of the Company, its Subsidiaries and/or its Affiliates to terminate any Participant’s employment, service on the Board or service at any time or for any reason not prohibited by law, nor shall this Plan or an Award itself confer upon any Participant any right to continue his or her employment or service for any specified period of time. Neither an Award nor any benefits arising under this Plan shall constitute an employment contract with the Company, any Subsidiary and/or its Affiliates. Subject to Sections 4 and 20, this Plan and the benefits hereunder may be terminated at any time in the sole and exclusive discretion of the Board without giving rise to any liability on the part of the Company, its Subsidiaries and/or its Affiliates.
25.Specified Employee Delay
To the extent any payment under this Plan is considered deferred compensation subject to the restrictions contained in Section 409A of the Code, such payment may not be made to a specified employee (as determined in accordance with a uniform policy adopted by the Company with respect to all arrangements subject to Section 409A of the Code) upon Separation from Service before the date that is six months after the specified employee’s Separation from Service (or, if earlier, the specified employee’s death). Any payment that would otherwise be made during this period of delay shall be accumulated and paid on the sixth month plus one day following the specified employee’s Separation from Service (or, if earlier, as soon as administratively practicable after the specified employee’s death).
26.No Liability of Committee Members
No member of the Committee shall be personally liable by reason of any contract or other instrument executed by such member or on his or her behalf in his or her capacity as a member of the Committee nor for any mistake of judgment made in good faith, and the Company shall indemnify and hold harmless each member of the Committee and each other employee, officer or director of the Company to whom any duty or power relating to the administration or interpretation of the Plan may be allocated or delegated, against any cost or expense (including counsel fees) or
liability (including any sum paid in settlement of a claim) arising out of any act or omission to act in connection with the Plan, unless arising out of such Person’s own fraud or willful bad faith; provided, however, that approval of the Board shall be required for the payment of any amount in settlement of a claim against any such Person. The foregoing right of indemnification shall not be exclusive of any other rights of indemnification to which such Persons may be entitled under the Company’s Memorandum and Articles of Association (as each may be amended from time to time), as a matter of law, pursuant to any individual agreement or otherwise, or any power that the Company may have to indemnify them or hold them harmless.
If any provision of the Plan or any Award is or becomes or is deemed to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable in any jurisdiction or as to any Person or Award, or would disqualify the Plan or any Award under any law deemed applicable by the Committee, such provision shall be construed or deemed amended to conform to the applicable laws, or if it cannot be construed or deemed amended without, in the determination of the Committee, materially altering the intent of the Plan or the Award, such provision shall be stricken as to such jurisdiction, Person or Award, and the remainder of the Plan and any such Award shall remain in full force and effect.
The Plan is intended to be an unfunded plan. Participants are and shall at all times be general creditors of the Company with respect to their Awards. If the Committee or the Company chooses to set aside funds in a trust or otherwise for the payment of Awards under the Plan, such funds shall at all times be subject to the claims of the creditors of the Company in the event of its bankruptcy or insolvency.
Awards granted under this Plan will be subject to recoupment in accordance with any clawback policy that the Company adopts or is required to adopt pursuant to the listing standards of any national securities exchange or association on which the Company’s securities are listed or as is otherwise required by the Rule 10D-1 under the Exchange Act or other applicable law. In addition, the Committee may impose such other clawback, recovery or recoupment provisions in an Award Agreement as the Committee determines necessary or appropriate, including a reacquisition right in respect of previously acquired Ordinary Shares or other cash or property upon the occurrence of misconduct. No recovery of compensation under such a clawback policy will be an event giving rise to a right to resign for “good reason” or be deemed a “constructive termination” (or any similar term) as such terms are used in any agreement between any Participant and the Company.
30.Beneficiary Designation
Participants may designate beneficiaries with respect to Awards under the Plan in accordance with the procedures determined by the Committee. In the absence of a beneficiary designation, a Participant’s estate will be the deemed beneficiary.
Headings are given to the Sections and subsections of the Plan solely as a convenience to facilitate reference and shall not be deemed in any way material or relevant to the construction or interpretation of the Plan or any provision thereof. Words in the masculine gender shall include the feminine gender, and where appropriate, the plural shall include the singular and the singular shall include the plural. The use herein of the word “including” following any general statement, term or matter shall not be construed to limit such statement, term or matter to the specific items or matters set forth immediately following such word or to similar items or matters, whether or not non-limiting language (such as “without limitation”, “but not limited to”, or words of similar import) is used with reference thereto, but rather shall be deemed to refer to all other items or matters that could reasonably fall within the broadest possible scope of such general statement, term or matter. References herein to any agreement, instrument or other document means such agreement, instrument or other document as amended, supplemented and modified from time to time to the extent permitted by the provisions thereof and not prohibited by the Plan.
EX-10.9
DAMORA THERAPEUTICS, INC.
2026 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN
GRANT NOTICE FOR
STOCK OPTIONS
FOR GOOD AND VALUABLE CONSIDERATION, Damora Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”), hereby grants to Participant named below an option (the “Option”) to purchase any part or all of the number of Ordinary Shares that are covered by this Option at the Exercise Price per share, each specified below, and upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Grant Notice, the Damora Therapeutics, Inc. 2026 Equity Incentive Plan (as amended from time to time, the “Plan”), and the Standard Terms and Conditions (the “Standard Terms and Conditions”) promulgated under such Plan and attached hereto as Exhibit A. This Option is granted pursuant to the Plan and is subject to and qualified in its entirety by the Standard Terms and Conditions. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Plan.
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Name of Participant: |
[Name] |
Grant Date: |
[Grant Date] |
Number of Ordinary Shares Covered by the Option: |
[Quantity Granted] |
Exercise Price Per Share: |
[Grant Price] |
Expiration Date: |
[Expiration Date] |
Type of Stock Option: |
☐ Incentive Stock Option ☐ Nonqualified Stock Option |
Vesting Commencement Date: |
[Vesting Commencement Date] |
Vesting Schedule: |
Subject to the Plan and the Standard Terms and Conditions, the Option shall vest in accordance with the following schedule, so long as Participant remains continuously employed by or providing services to the Company or its Subsidiaries from the Grant Date through such vesting date: (i) 25% of the Option shall vest and become exercisable on the first anniversary of the Vesting Commencement Date and (ii) thereafter, this Option shall vest with respect to an additional 1/48th of the Option on each monthly anniversary of the Vesting Commencement Date. |
By accepting this Grant Notice, Participant acknowledges that Participant has received and read, and agrees that this Option shall be subject to, the terms of this Grant Notice, the Plan, and the Standard Terms and Conditions.
DAMORA THERAPEUTICS, INC.
By:
Name:
Title:
PARTICIPANT
[Name]
Signature Page to
Grant Notice for
Stock Options
EXHIBIT A
DAMORA THERAPEUTICS, INC.
2026 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN
STANDARD TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR
STOCK OPTIONS
These Standard Terms and Conditions apply to the Options granted pursuant to the Damora Therapeutics, Inc. 2026 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”), which are identified as either incentive stock options or nonqualified stock options and are evidenced by a Grant Notice or an action of the Committee that specifically refers to these Standard Terms and Conditions. In addition to these Standard Terms and Conditions, the Option shall be subject to the terms of the Plan, which are incorporated into these Standard Terms and Conditions by this reference. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning set forth in the Plan.
Damora Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”) has granted to the Participant named in the Grant Notice provided to said Participant herewith (the “Grant Notice”) an Incentive Stock Option or a Nonqualified Stock Option as specified in the Grant Notice (the “Option”) to purchase up to the number of Ordinary Shares at an exercise price per share, each as set forth in the Grant Notice. The Option is subject to the conditions set forth in the Grant Notice, these Standard Terms and Conditions, and the Plan. For purposes of these Standard Terms and Conditions and the Grant Notice, any reference to the Company shall include a reference to any Subsidiary.
2.Status of the Stock Option
(a)If the Option is designated as an “Incentive Stock Option” in the Grant Notice, then this Option is intended to qualify as an “incentive stock option” under Section 422 of the Code. However, the Company does not represent or warrant that the Option qualifies as such. The Participant should consult with the Participant’s own tax advisors regarding the tax effects of the Option and the requirements necessary to obtain favorable income tax treatment under Section 422 of the Code, including the holding period requirements. If the Option is intended to qualify as an “incentive stock option” and the Participant disposes (whether by sale, gift, transfer or otherwise) any Ordinary Shares acquired upon exercise of the Option within the one-year period beginning on the exercise date or within the two-year period beginning on the Grant Date, the Participant shall notify the Company within 30 days after such disposition.
(b)To the extent that the aggregate Fair Market Value (determined as of the Grant Date) of the Ordinary Shares with respect to which the Option (plus all other incentive stock options held by the Participant) are exercisable for the first time by the Participant during any calendar year (under all plans of the Company and its affiliates) exceeds $100,000, the Option or portions thereof that exceed such limit (according to the order in which they were granted) will be treated as Nonqualified Stock Options. In addition, to the extent any portion of this Option does not qualify as an “incentive stock option,” such portion shall be deemed to be a Nonqualified Stock Option.
Exhibit A
Standard Terms and Conditions for Stock Options
(a)The Option shall not be exercisable as of the Grant Date set forth in the Grant Notice. After the Grant Date, to the extent not previously exercised, and subject to termination or acceleration of vesting as provided in these Standard Terms and Conditions and the Plan, the Option shall be exercisable only to the extent it becomes vested, as described in the Grant Notice or the terms of the Plan, to purchase up to that number of Ordinary Shares as set forth in the Grant Notice; provided, that the Participant remains employed with the Company and does not experience a Termination of Employment. The vesting period and/or exercisability of an Option may be adjusted by the Committee to reflect the decreased level of employment during any period in which the Participant is on an approved leave of absence or is employed on a less than full-time basis.
(b)To exercise the Option (or any part thereof), the Participant shall deliver to the Company a “Notice of Exercise” in a form specified by the Committee, specifying the number of whole shares of Ordinary Shares the Participant wishes to purchase and how the Participant’s Ordinary Shares should be registered (in the Participant’s name only or in the Participant’s and the Participant’s spouse’s names as community property or as joint tenants with right of survivorship).
(c)The exercise price (the “Exercise Price”) of the Option is set forth in the Grant Notice. The Company shall not be obligated to issue any Ordinary Shares until the Participant shall have paid the total Exercise Price for that number of Ordinary Shares. The Exercise Price may be paid in Ordinary Shares, cash or a combination thereof, including an irrevocable commitment by a broker to pay over such amount from a sale of the Ordinary Shares issuable under the Option, the delivery of previously owned Ordinary Shares, withholding of Ordinary Shares deliverable upon exercise of the Option (but only to the extent share withholding is made available to the Participant by the Company), or in such other manners as may be permitted by the Committee.
(d)Fractional shares may not be exercised. Ordinary Shares will be issued as soon as practical after exercise. Notwithstanding the above, the Company shall not be obligated to deliver any Ordinary Shares during any period when the Company determines that the exercisability of the Option or the delivery of Ordinary Shares hereunder would violate Company policy or any federal, state or other applicable laws.
The Option shall expire and cease to be exercisable as of the earlier of (i) the Expiration Date set forth in the Grant Notice or (ii) the date specified below in connection with the Participant’s Termination of Employment (the date of such Termination of Employment, the “Termination Date”):
(a)If the Participant’s Termination of Employment is as a result of the Participant’s death or Disability, (i) any portion of the Option which is unvested as of the Termination Date shall remain outstanding until the date that is three months following the Termination Date (provided that there shall be no further vesting during such period unless expressly determined otherwise by the Committee), and (ii) the Participant may exercise any portion of the Option that
is vested and exercisable as of the Termination Date (or that vest pursuant to the foregoing clause (i)) until the first anniversary of the Termination Date.
(b)If the Participant’s Termination of Employment is by the Company for Cause, the entire Option, whether or not then vested and exercisable, shall be immediately forfeited and canceled as of the Termination Date.
(c)If the Participant’s Termination of Employment is a CIC Qualifying Termination (as defined below), (i) the Option shall be fully vested as of the Termination Date and (ii) the Participant may exercise the Option as of the Termination Date until the date that is three months following the Termination Date. As used herein, “CIC Qualifying Termination” means the Participant’s Termination of Employment by the Company without Cause on or within 12 months following a Change in Control.
(d)If the Participant’s Termination of Employment is for any reason other than as set forth in Section 4(a), 4(b) or 4(c), the Participant may exercise any portion of the Option that is vested and exercisable as of the Termination Date until the date that is three months following the Termination Date.
(e)Any portion of the Option that is not vested and exercisable at the time of a Termination of Employment (after taking into account any accelerated vesting under Section 16 of the Plan and any other agreement between the Participant and the Company) shall be forfeited and canceled as of the Termination Date (except as provided under Section 4(a)(ii) above, which outstanding Option shall be forfeited and canceled as of the date that is three months following the Termination Date unless expressly determined otherwise by the Committee).
5.Restrictions on Resales of Shares Acquired Pursuant to Option Exercise
The Company may impose such restrictions, conditions or limitations as it determines appropriate as to the timing and manner of any resales by the Participant or other subsequent transfers by the Participant of any Ordinary Shares issued as a result of the exercise of the Option, including (a) restrictions under an insider trading policy, (b) restrictions designed to delay and/or coordinate the timing and manner of sales by Participant and other option holders and (c) restrictions as to the use of a specified brokerage firm for such resales or other transfers.
The Company shall not deliver Ordinary Shares in respect of the exercise of any Option unless and until the Participant has made arrangements satisfactory to the Company to satisfy applicable withholding tax obligations. Unless the Participant pays the withholding tax obligations to the Company by cash or check in connection with the exercise of the Option (including an irrevocable commitment by a broker to pay over such amount from a sale of the Ordinary Shares issuable under the Option), withholding may be effected, at the Company’s election, withholding shares of Ordinary Shares issuable in connection with the exercise of the Option (provided that shares of Ordinary Shares may be withheld only to the extent that such withholding will not result in adverse accounting treatment for the Company). The Participant acknowledges that the Company shall have the right to deduct any taxes required to be withheld by law in connection with the exercise
of the Option from any amounts payable by it to the Participant (including future cash wages).
7.NonTransferability of Option
Except as permitted by the Committee or as permitted under the Plan, the Participant may not assign or transfer the Option to anyone other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution and the Option shall be exercisable only by the Participant during his or her lifetime. The Company may cancel the Participant’s Option if the Participant attempts to assign or transfer it in a manner inconsistent with this Section 7. Notwithstanding the foregoing, upon the Participant’s death, the Option shall be transferred to the Participant’s designated beneficiary or, if none, to the Participant’s estate.
8.Other Agreements Superseded
The Grant Notice, these Standard Terms and Conditions, and the Plan constitute the entire understanding between the Participant and the Company regarding the Option; provided, however, that any provisions regarding the acceleration of the Option (or other Awards) upon a Termination of Employment set forth in any written employment, offer, services or severance agreement or letter between the Participant and the Company or under the terms of any severance plan in which the Participant participates shall continue to apply to the Option. Any prior agreements, commitments or negotiations concerning the Option are superseded.
9.Limitation of Interest in Shares Subject to Option
Neither the Participant (individually or as a member of a group) nor any beneficiary or other person claiming under or through the Participant shall have any right, title, interest, or privilege in or to any shares of Ordinary Shares allocated or reserved for the purpose of the Plan or subject to the Grant Notice or these Standard Terms and Conditions except as to such Ordinary Shares, if any, as shall have been issued to such person upon exercise of the Option or any part of it. Nothing in the Plan, in the Grant Notice, these Standard Terms and Conditions or any other instrument executed pursuant to the Plan shall confer upon the Participant any right to continue in the Company’s employ or service nor limit in any way the Company’s right to terminate the Participant’s employment or service at any time for any reason.
10.No Liability of Company
The Company and any affiliate which is in existence or hereafter comes into existence shall not be liable to the Participant or any other person as to: (a) the nonissuance or sale of shares of Ordinary Shares as to which the Company has been unable to obtain from any regulatory body having jurisdiction the authority deemed by the Company’s counsel to be necessary to the lawful issuance and sale of any shares hereunder; and (b) any tax consequence expected, but not realized, by the Participant or other person due to the receipt, exercise or settlement of any Option granted hereunder.
(a)In the event that any provision of these Standard Terms and Conditions is declared to be illegal, invalid or otherwise unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, such
provision shall be reformed, if possible, to the extent necessary to render it legal, valid and enforceable, or otherwise deleted, and the remainder of these Standard Terms and Conditions shall not be affected except to the extent necessary to reform or delete such illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision.
(b)The headings preceding the text of the sections hereof are inserted solely for convenience of reference and shall not constitute a part of these Standard Terms and Conditions, nor shall they affect its meaning, construction or effect. Words in the masculine gender shall include the feminine gender, and where appropriate, the plural shall include the singular and the singular shall include the plural. The use herein of the word “including” following any general statement, term or matter shall not be construed to limit such statement, term or matter to the specific items or matters set forth immediately following such word or to similar items or matters, whether or not non-limiting language (such as “without limitation”, “but not limited to”, or words of similar import) is used with reference thereto, but rather shall be deemed to refer to all other items or matters that could reasonably fall within the broadest possible scope of such general statement, term or matter. References herein to any agreement, instrument or other document means such agreement, instrument or other document as amended, supplemented and modified from time to time to the extent permitted by the provisions thereof and not prohibited by the Plan or these Standard Terms and Conditions.
(c)These Standard Terms and Conditions shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective permitted heirs, beneficiaries, successors and assigns.
(d)These Standard Terms and Conditions shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the Cayman Islands, without regard to principles of conflicts of law.
(e)In the event of any conflict between the Grant Notice, these Standard Terms and Conditions and the Plan, the Grant Notice and these Standard Terms and Conditions shall control. In the event of any conflict between the Grant Notice and these Standard Terms and Conditions, the Grant Notice shall control.
(f)All questions arising under the Plan or under these Standard Terms and Conditions shall be decided by the Committee in its total and absolute discretion.
The Option and any Ordinary Shares received upon exercise of the Option are subject to any recoupment policy that the Company may adopt from time to time, to the extent any such policy is applicable to the Participant and to such compensation, including the Damora Therapeutics, Inc. Incentive Compensation Clawback Policy (as amended from time to time), designed to comply with the requirements of Rule 10D-1 promulgated under the Act, as well as any recoupment provisions required under applicable law. For purposes of the foregoing, the Participant expressly and explicitly authorizes (x) the Company to issue instructions, on the Participant’s behalf, to any brokerage firm and/or third party administrator engaged by the Company to hold Ordinary Shares and other amounts acquired under the Option or the Plan to re-convey, transfer or otherwise return such Ordinary Shares and/or other amounts to the Company and (y) the Company’s recovery of any covered compensation through any method of recovery that the Company deems appropriate,
including by reducing any amount that is or may become payable to the Participant. The Participant further agrees to comply with any request or demand for repayment by any affiliate of the Company in order to comply with such policies or applicable law. To the extent that the Standard Terms and Conditions and any Company recoupment policy conflict, the terms of the recoupment policy shall prevail.
By executing the Grant Notice, the Participant hereby consents to the delivery of information (including information required to be delivered to the Participant pursuant to applicable securities laws) regarding the Company and the Subsidiaries, the Plan, the Option and the Ordinary Shares via Company web site or other electronic delivery.
EX-10.10
DAMORA THERAPEUTICS, INC.
2026 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN
GRANT NOTICE FOR
STOCK OPTIONS
FOR GOOD AND VALUABLE CONSIDERATION, Damora Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”), hereby grants to Participant named below an option (the “Option”) to purchase any part or all of the number of Ordinary Shares that are covered by this Option at the Exercise Price per share, each specified below, and upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Grant Notice, the Damora Therapeutics, Inc. 2026 Equity Incentive Plan (as amended from time to time, the “Plan”), and the Standard Terms and Conditions (the “Standard Terms and Conditions”) promulgated under such Plan and attached hereto as Exhibit A. This Option is granted pursuant to the Plan and is subject to and qualified in its entirety by the Standard Terms and Conditions. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Plan.
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Name of Participant: |
[Name] |
Grant Date: |
[Grant Date] |
Number of Ordinary Shares Covered by the Option: |
[Quantity Granted] |
Exercise Price Per Share: |
[Grant Price] |
Expiration Date: |
[Expiration Date] |
Type of Stock Option: |
Nonqualified Stock Option |
Vesting Commencement Date: |
[Vesting Commencement Date] |
Vesting Schedule: |
Subject to the Plan and the Standard Terms and Conditions, [this Option shall vest and become exercisable on the earlier of the first anniversary of the Vesting Commencement Date or the Company’s next annual meeting of shareholders; provided, however, that in the event of a Change in Control, this Option shall become fully vested and exercisable so long as Participant has remained continuously providing services to the Company or its Subsidiaries through the date of such Change in Control.]1 [this Option shall vest and become exercisable in equal monthly installments on each monthly anniversary of the Vesting Commencement Date until the third anniversary of the Vesting Commencement Date; provided, however, that in the event of a Change in Control, this Option shall become fully vested and exercisable so long as Participant has remained continuously providing services to the Company |
1 NTD: For annual grants.
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or its Subsidiaries through the date of such Change in Control.]2 |
2 NTD: For initial grants.
By accepting this Grant Notice, Participant acknowledges that Participant has received and read, and agrees that this Option shall be subject to, the terms of this Grant Notice, the Plan, and the Standard Terms and Conditions.
DAMORA THERAPEUTICS, INC.
By:
Name:
Title:
PARTICIPANT
[Name]
Signature Page to
Grant Notice for
Stock Options
EXHIBIT A
DAMORA THERAPEUTICS, INC.
2026 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN
STANDARD TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR
STOCK OPTIONS
These Standard Terms and Conditions apply to the Options granted pursuant to the Damora Therapeutics, Inc. 2026 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”), which are evidenced by a Grant Notice or an action of the Committee that specifically refers to these Standard Terms and Conditions. In addition to these Standard Terms and Conditions, the Option shall be subject to the terms of the Plan, which are incorporated into these Standard Terms and Conditions by this reference. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning set forth in the Plan.
Damora Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”) has granted to the Participant named in the Grant Notice provided to said Participant herewith (the “Grant Notice”) an Incentive Stock Option or a Nonqualified Stock Option as specified in the Grant Notice (the “Option”) to purchase up to the number of Ordinary Shares at an exercise price per share, each as set forth in the Grant Notice. The Option is subject to the conditions set forth in the Grant Notice, these Standard Terms and Conditions, and the Plan. For purposes of these Standard Terms and Conditions and the Grant Notice, any reference to the Company shall include a reference to any Subsidiary.
2.Status of the Stock Option
This Option is not intended to qualify as an “incentive stock option” under Section 422 of the Code.
(a)The Option shall not be exercisable as of the Grant Date set forth in the Grant Notice. After the Grant Date, to the extent not previously exercised, and subject to termination or acceleration of vesting as provided in these Standard Terms and Conditions and the Plan, the Option shall be exercisable only to the extent it becomes vested, as described in the Grant Notice or the terms of the Plan, to purchase up to that number of Ordinary Shares as set forth in the Grant Notice; provided, that the Participant remains employed with the Company and does not experience a Termination of Employment. The vesting period and/or exercisability of an Option may be adjusted by the Committee to reflect the decreased level of employment during any period in which the Participant is on an approved leave of absence or is employed on a less than full-time basis.
(b)To exercise the Option (or any part thereof), the Participant shall deliver to the Company a “Notice of Exercise” in a form specified by the Committee, specifying the number of whole shares of Ordinary Shares the Participant wishes to purchase and how the Participant’s Ordinary Shares should be registered (in the Participant’s name only or in the Participant’s and the Participant’s spouse’s names as community property or as joint tenants with right of survivorship).
Exhibit A
Standard Terms and Conditions for Stock Options
(c)The exercise price (the “Exercise Price”) of the Option is set forth in the Grant Notice. The Company shall not be obligated to issue any Ordinary Shares until the Participant shall have paid the total Exercise Price for that number of Ordinary Shares. The Exercise Price may be paid in Ordinary Shares, cash or a combination thereof, including an irrevocable commitment by a broker to pay over such amount from a sale of the Ordinary Shares issuable under the Option, the delivery of previously owned Ordinary Shares, withholding of Ordinary Shares deliverable upon exercise of the Option (but only to the extent share withholding is made available to the Participant by the Company), or in such other manners as may be permitted by the Committee.
(d)Fractional shares may not be exercised. Ordinary Shares will be issued as soon as practical after exercise. Notwithstanding the above, the Company shall not be obligated to deliver any Ordinary Shares during any period when the Company determines that the exercisability of the Option or the delivery of Ordinary Shares hereunder would violate Company policy or any federal, state or other applicable laws.
The Option shall expire and cease to be exercisable as of the earlier of (i) the Expiration Date set forth in the Grant Notice or (ii) the date specified below in connection with the Participant’s Termination of Employment (the date of such Termination of Employment, the “Termination Date”):
(a)If the Participant’s Termination of Employment is as a result of the Participant’s death or Disability, (i) any portion of the Option which is unvested as of the Termination Date shall remain outstanding until the date that is three months following the Termination Date (provided that there shall be no further vesting during such period unless expressly determined otherwise by the Committee) and (ii) the Participant may exercise any portion of the Option that is vested and exercisable as of the Termination Date (or that vest pursuant to the foregoing clause (i)) until the first anniversary of the Termination Date.
(b)If the Participant’s Termination of Employment is by the Company for Cause, the entire Option, whether or not then vested and exercisable, shall be immediately forfeited and canceled as of the Termination Date.
(c)If the Participant’s Termination of Employment is for any reason other than as set forth in Section 4(a) or 4(b), the Participant may exercise any portion of the Option that is vested and exercisable as of the Termination Date until the date that is three months following the Termination Date.
(d)Any portion of the Option that is not vested and exercisable at the time of a Termination of Employment (after taking into account any accelerated vesting under Section 16 of the Plan and any other agreement between the Participant and the Company) shall be forfeited and canceled as of the Termination Date (except as provided under Section 4(a)(i) above, which outstanding Option shall be forfeited and canceled as of the date that is three months following the Termination Date unless expressly determined otherwise by the Committee).
5.Restrictions on Resales of Shares Acquired Pursuant to Option Exercise
The Company may impose such restrictions, conditions or limitations as it determines appropriate as to the timing and manner of any resales by the Participant or other subsequent transfers by the Participant of any Ordinary Shares issued as a result of the exercise of the Option, including (a) restrictions under an insider trading policy, (b) restrictions designed to delay and/or coordinate the timing and manner of sales by Participant and other option holders and (c) restrictions as to the use of a specified brokerage firm for such resales or other transfers.
The Company shall not deliver Ordinary Shares in respect of the exercise of any Option unless and until the Participant has made arrangements satisfactory to the Company to satisfy applicable withholding tax obligations. Unless the Participant pays the withholding tax obligations to the Company by cash or check in connection with the exercise of the Option (including an irrevocable commitment by a broker to pay over such amount from a sale of the Ordinary Shares issuable under the Option), withholding may be effected, at the Company’s election, withholding shares of Ordinary Shares issuable in connection with the exercise of the Option (provided that shares of Ordinary Shares may be withheld only to the extent that such withholding will not result in adverse accounting treatment for the Company). The Participant acknowledges that the Company shall have the right to deduct any taxes required to be withheld by law in connection with the exercise of the Option from any amounts payable by it to the Participant (including future cash wages).
7.NonTransferability of Option
Except as permitted by the Committee or as permitted under the Plan, the Participant may not assign or transfer the Option to anyone other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution and the Option shall be exercisable only by the Participant during his or her lifetime. The Company may cancel the Participant’s Option if the Participant attempts to assign or transfer it in a manner inconsistent with this Section 7. Notwithstanding the foregoing, upon the Participant’s death, the Option shall be transferred to the Participant’s designated beneficiary or, if none, to the Participant’s estate.
8.Other Agreements Superseded
The Grant Notice, these Standard Terms and Conditions, and the Plan constitute the entire understanding between the Participant and the Company regarding the Option; provided, however, that any provisions regarding the acceleration of the Option (or other Awards) upon a Termination of Employment set forth in any written employment, offer, services or severance agreement or letter between the Participant and the Company or under the terms of any severance plan in which the Participant participates shall continue to apply to the Option. Any prior agreements, commitments or negotiations concerning the Option are superseded.
9.Limitation of Interest in Shares Subject to Option
Neither the Participant (individually or as a member of a group) nor any beneficiary or other person claiming under or through the Participant shall have any right, title, interest, or privilege in or to
any shares of Ordinary Shares allocated or reserved for the purpose of the Plan or subject to the Grant Notice or these Standard Terms and Conditions except as to such Ordinary Shares, if any, as shall have been issued to such person upon exercise of the Option or any part of it. Nothing in the Plan, in the Grant Notice, these Standard Terms and Conditions or any other instrument executed pursuant to the Plan shall confer upon the Participant any right to continue in the Company’s employ or service nor limit in any way the Company’s right to terminate the Participant’s employment or service at any time for any reason.
10.No Liability of Company
The Company and any affiliate which is in existence or hereafter comes into existence shall not be liable to the Participant or any other person as to: (a) the nonissuance or sale of shares of Ordinary Shares as to which the Company has been unable to obtain from any regulatory body having jurisdiction the authority deemed by the Company’s counsel to be necessary to the lawful issuance and sale of any shares hereunder; and (b) any tax consequence expected, but not realized, by the Participant or other person due to the receipt, exercise or settlement of any Option granted hereunder.
(a)In the event that any provision of these Standard Terms and Conditions is declared to be illegal, invalid or otherwise unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, such provision shall be reformed, if possible, to the extent necessary to render it legal, valid and enforceable, or otherwise deleted, and the remainder of these Standard Terms and Conditions shall not be affected except to the extent necessary to reform or delete such illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision.
(b)The headings preceding the text of the sections hereof are inserted solely for convenience of reference and shall not constitute a part of these Standard Terms and Conditions, nor shall they affect its meaning, construction or effect. Words in the masculine gender shall include the feminine gender, and where appropriate, the plural shall include the singular and the singular shall include the plural. The use herein of the word “including” following any general statement, term or matter shall not be construed to limit such statement, term or matter to the specific items or matters set forth immediately following such word or to similar items or matters, whether or not non-limiting language (such as “without limitation”, “but not limited to”, or words of similar import) is used with reference thereto, but rather shall be deemed to refer to all other items or matters that could reasonably fall within the broadest possible scope of such general statement, term or matter. References herein to any agreement, instrument or other document means such agreement, instrument or other document as amended, supplemented and modified from time to time to the extent permitted by the provisions thereof and not prohibited by the Plan or these Standard Terms and Conditions.
(c)These Standard Terms and Conditions shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective permitted heirs, beneficiaries, successors and assigns.
(d)These Standard Terms and Conditions shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the Cayman Islands, without regard to principles of conflicts of law.
(e)In the event of any conflict between the Grant Notice, these Standard Terms and Conditions and the Plan, the Grant Notice and these Standard Terms and Conditions shall control. In the event of any conflict between the Grant Notice and these Standard Terms and Conditions, the Grant Notice shall control.
(f)All questions arising under the Plan or under these Standard Terms and Conditions shall be decided by the Committee in its total and absolute discretion.
The Option and any Ordinary Shares received upon exercise of the Option are subject to any recoupment policy that the Company may adopt from time to time, to the extent any such policy is applicable to the Participant and to such compensation, including the Damora Therapeutics, Inc. Incentive Compensation Clawback Policy (as amended from time to time), designed to comply with the requirements of Rule 10D-1 promulgated under the Act, as well as any recoupment provisions required under applicable law. For purposes of the foregoing, the Participant expressly and explicitly authorizes (x) the Company to issue instructions, on the Participant’s behalf, to any brokerage firm and/or third party administrator engaged by the Company to hold Ordinary Shares and other amounts acquired under the Option or the Plan to re-convey, transfer or otherwise return such Ordinary Shares and/or other amounts to the Company and (y) the Company’s recovery of any covered compensation through any method of recovery that the Company deems appropriate, including by reducing any amount that is or may become payable to the Participant. The Participant further agrees to comply with any request or demand for repayment by any affiliate of the Company in order to comply with such policies or applicable law. To the extent that the Standard Terms and Conditions and any Company recoupment policy conflict, the terms of the recoupment policy shall prevail.
By executing the Grant Notice, the Participant hereby consents to the delivery of information (including information required to be delivered to the Participant pursuant to applicable securities laws) regarding the Company and the Subsidiaries, the Plan, the Option and the Ordinary Shares via Company web site or other electronic delivery.
EX-10.11
DAMORA THERAPEUTICS, INC.
2026 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
The purpose of this Damora Therapeutics, Inc. 2026 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “Plan”) is to provide employees of the Company and its Designated Subsidiaries with an opportunity to purchase Ordinary Shares through accumulated Contributions. The Company’s intention is to have the Plan qualify as an “employee stock purchase plan” under Section 423 of the Code. The provisions of the Plan, accordingly, will be construed to extend and limit Plan participation in a uniform and nondiscriminatory basis consistent with the requirements of Section 423 of the Code.
As used in the Plan, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:
(a)“Administrator” means the Compensation Committee of the Board (or any successor committee), or such other committee as designated by the Board to administer the Plan under Section 14.
(b)“Applicable Laws” means the requirements relating to the administration of equity-based awards under U.S. state corporate laws, U.S. federal and state securities laws, the Code, any stock exchange or quotation system on which the Ordinary Shares are listed or quoted, and the applicable laws of any foreign country or jurisdiction where options are, or will be, granted under the Plan.
(c)“Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company.
(d)“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, and the rulings and regulations issued thereunder.
(e)“Company” means Damora Therapeutics, Inc., a Cayman Islands exempted company, and any successor corporation.
(f)“Compensation” means an Eligible Employee’s base salary or base hourly rate of pay before deduction for any salary deferral contributions made by the Eligible Employee to any tax-qualified or nonqualified deferred compensation plan, but excluding commissions, overtime, incentive compensation, bonuses and other forms of compensation. The Administrator, in its discretion, may, on a uniform and nondiscriminatory basis, establish a different definition of Compensation for an Offering Period.
(g)“Contributions” means the payroll deductions and any other additional payments that the Administrator may permit to be made by a Participant to fund the exercise of options granted pursuant to the Plan, subject to Section 423 of the Code.
(h)“Designated Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that has been designated by the Administrator from time to time in its sole discretion as eligible to participate in the Plan. As of the date of adoption of the Plan, the Designated Subsidiaries consist exclusively of: Damora Therapeutics, LLC.
(i)“Effective Date” means February 9, 2026.
(j)“Eligible Employee” means any person, including an officer, who is customarily employed by the Company or a Designated Subsidiary (i) for more than 20 hours per week and (ii) for more than five months in any calendar year. For purposes of the Plan, the employment relationship shall be treated as continuing intact while the individual is on sick leave or other leave of absence approved by the Company. Where the period of leave exceeds 90 days and the individual’s right to reemployment is not guaranteed either by statute or by contract, the employment relationship shall be deemed to have terminated on the 91st day of such leave. “Eligible Employee” shall not include any person who is a citizen or resident of a foreign jurisdiction if granting them an option under the Plan would violate the law of such jurisdiction, or if compliance with the laws of the jurisdiction would cause the Plan to violate Section 423 of the Code.
(k)“Employer” means the Company and each Designated Subsidiary.
(l)“Enrollment Date” means the first Trading Day of each Offering Period.
(m)“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, including the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
(n)“Exercise Date” means the last Trading Day of each Purchase Period.
(o)“Fair Market Value” means as of any date, the value of the Ordinary Shares determined as follows: (i) if the Ordinary Shares are listed on any established stock exchange, system or market, their Fair Market Value shall be the closing price for an Ordinary Share as quoted on such exchange, system or market as reported in the Wall Street Journal or such other source as the Administrator deems reliable (or, if no sale of Ordinary Shares are reported for such date, on the next preceding date on which any sale shall have been reported); and (ii) in the absence of an established market for the Ordinary Shares, the Fair Market Value thereof shall be determined in good faith by the Administrator.
(p)“New Exercise Date” means a new Exercise Date if the Administrator shortens any Offering Period then in progress.
(q)“Offering” means an offer under the Plan of an option that may be exercised during an Offering Period as further described in Section 4. For purposes of the Plan, the Administrator may designate separate Offerings under the Plan (the terms of which need not be identical) in which Eligible Employees of one or more Employers will participate, even if the dates of the applicable Offering Periods of each such Offering are identical and the provisions of the Plan will separately apply to each Offering. To the extent permitted by Treasury Regulation Section 1.423-2(a)(1), the terms of each Offering need not be identical; provided, however, that the terms of the Plan and an Offering together satisfy Treasury Regulation Sections 1.423-2(a)(2) and (a)(3).
(r)“Offering Periods” means the periods established by the Administrator (not to exceed 27 months) during which an option granted pursuant to the Plan may be exercised. The duration and timing of Offering Periods may be changed pursuant to Sections 4, 18, and 19.
(s)“Ordinary Shares” means the ordinary shares of the Company, $0.00001 par value per share.
(t)“Outstanding Ordinary Shares” means the sum of (i) the Ordinary Shares outstanding, (ii) the Ordinary Shares underlying unexercised pre-funded warrants, and (iii) the Ordinary Shares underlying the Company’s preferred shares, par value $0.00001 per share.
(u)“Parent” means a “parent corporation,” whether now or hereafter existing, as defined in Section 424(e) of the Code.
(v)“Participant” means an Eligible Employee who elects to participate in the Plan.
(w)“Purchase Period” means the period during an Offering Period during which Ordinary Shares may be purchased on a Participant’s behalf in accordance with the terms of the Plan, as established by the Administrator.
(x)“Purchase Price” means an amount equal to 85% of the Fair Market Value of an Ordinary Share on the Enrollment Date or on the Exercise Date, whichever is lower; provided, however, that the Purchase Price may be determined for subsequent Offering Periods by the Administrator subject to compliance with Section 423 of the Code (or any other Applicable Law) or pursuant to Section 18.
(y)“Subsidiary” means a “subsidiary corporation,” whether now or hereafter existing, as defined in Section 424(f) of the Code.
(z)“Trading Day” means a day on which the national stock exchange upon which the Ordinary Shares are listed is open for trading or, if the Ordinary Shares are not listed on a national stock exchange, a business day as determined by the Administrator in good faith.
(aa)“Treasury Regulations” means the Treasury regulations of the Code. Reference to a specific Treasury Regulation or Section of the Code shall include such Treasury Regulation or Section, any valid regulation promulgated under such Section, and any comparable provision of any future legislation or regulation amending, supplementing or superseding such Section or regulation.
(a)Offering Periods. Any Eligible Employee on a given Enrollment Date will be eligible to participate in the Plan if he or she was employed by the Company for at least 30 calendar days (unless otherwise determined by the Administrator) immediately preceding the Enrollment Date, subject to the requirements of Section 5; provided, however, that an Eligible Employee who commences employment with the Company or a Designated Subsidiary following such 30-day period (or such other period as determined by the Administrator) will be eligible to participate in the Plan at the beginning of the next Purchase Period to occur that is at least 30 calendar days (or
such other period as determined by the Administrator) following the commencement of his or her employment with the Company or a Designated Subsidiary. Eligible Employees who do not elect to participate in the Plan on a given Enrollment Date may elect to participate in the Plan at the beginning of any subsequent Purchase Period, as determined by the Administrator.
(b)Non-U.S. Employees. Employees who are citizens or residents of a non-U.S. jurisdiction (without regard to whether they also are citizens or residents of the United States or resident aliens (within the meaning of Section 7701(b)(1)(A) of the Code)) may be excluded from participation in the Plan or an Offering if the participation of such employees is prohibited under the laws of the applicable jurisdiction or if complying with the laws of the applicable jurisdiction would cause the Plan or an Offering to violate Section 423 of the Code. In addition, as provided in Section 14, the Administrator may establish one or more sub-plans of the Plan (which may, but are not required to, comply with the requirements of Section 423 of the Code) to provide benefits to employees of Designated Subsidiaries located outside the United States in a manner that complies with local law. Any such sub-plan will be a component of the Plan and will not be a separate plan.
(c)Limitations. Any provisions of the Plan to the contrary notwithstanding, no Eligible Employee will be granted an option under the Plan (i) to the extent that, immediately after the grant, such Eligible Employee (or any other person whose stock would be attributed to such Eligible Employee pursuant to Section 424(d) of the Code) would own capital stock of the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary of the Company and/or hold outstanding options to purchase such stock possessing 5% or more of the total combined voting power or value of all classes of the capital stock of the Company or of any Parent or Subsidiary of the Company, or (ii) to the extent that his or her rights to purchase stock under all employee stock purchase plans (as defined in Section 423 of the Code) of the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary of the Company accrues at a rate that exceeds $25,000 worth of stock (determined at the Fair Market Value of the stock at the time such option is granted) for each calendar year in which such option is outstanding at any time, as determined in accordance with Section 423 of the Code and the regulations thereunder.
The Plan will be implemented by consecutive Offering Periods with new Offering Periods commencing at such times as determined by the Administrator. The Administrator will have the power to change the duration of Offering Periods (including the commencement dates thereof) without shareholder approval.
An Eligible Employee may participate in the Plan by (i) submitting to the Company’s Finance department (or its delegate), on or before a date determined by the Administrator prior to an applicable Enrollment Date, a properly completed subscription agreement authorizing Contributions in the form provided by the Administrator for such purpose, or (ii) following an electronic or other enrollment procedure determined by the Administrator.
(a)At the time a Participant enrolls in the Plan pursuant to Section 5, such Participant will elect to have payroll deductions made on each pay day or other Contributions (to the extent permitted by the Administrator) made during the Offering Period (or portion thereof) in an amount equal to at least 1% but not exceeding 15% of the Compensation (or such other percentage of Compensation as determined by the Administrator in its sole discretion, prior to the commencement of an applicable Offering Period), that the Participant receives on each pay day during the Offering Period; provided, however, that should a pay day occur on an Exercise Date, a Participant will have any payroll deductions made on such day applied to his or her notional account under the subsequent Purchase Period or Offering Period. The maximum permissible Contribution by any Participant for all Offering Periods during any calendar year shall be $25,000. The Administrator, in its sole discretion and to the extent permitted by Section 423 of the Code, may permit all Participants in a specified Offering to contribute amounts to the Plan through payment by cash, check, or other means set forth in the subscription agreement prior to each Exercise Date of each Purchase Period. A Participant’s subscription agreement will remain in effect for successive Offering Periods unless terminated as provided in Section 10.
(b)Payroll deductions for a Participant will commence on the first pay day following the Enrollment Date (or such later date on which a Participant enrolls in the Plan pursuant to Section 5) and will end on the last pay day prior to the Exercise Date of such Purchase Period to which such authorization is applicable, unless sooner terminated by the Participant as provided in Section 10; provided, however, that with respect to the first Offering Period, payroll deduction for a Participant will not commence until such time as determined by the Administrator.
(c)All Contributions made for a Participant will be credited to his or her notional account under the Plan and payroll deductions will be made in whole percentages only. Except to the extent permitted by the Administrator pursuant to Section 6(a), a Participant may not make any additional payments into such notional account.
(d)A Participant may discontinue his or her participation in the Plan as provided in Section 10. Participants shall not be permitted to increase or to otherwise decrease their rates of Contributions during a Purchase Period unless otherwise determined by the Administrator in its sole discretion; provided, however, that Participants shall be permitted to increase or decrease their rates of Contributions effective as of the beginning of each Purchase Period.
(e)Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent necessary to comply with Section 423(b)(8) of the Code, a Participant’s Contributions may be decreased to 0% at any time during a Purchase Period. Subject to Section 423(b)(8) of the Code, Contributions will recommence at the rate originally elected by the Participant effective as of the beginning of the first Purchase Period scheduled to end in the following calendar year, unless terminated by the Participant as provided in Section 10.
(f)At the time the option under the Plan is exercised, in whole or in part, or at the time some or all of the Ordinary Shares issued under the Plan is disposed of (or any other time that a taxable event related to the Plan occurs), the Participant must make adequate provision for the Company’s or Employer’s federal, state, local, or any other tax liability payable to any authority
including taxes imposed by jurisdictions outside of the United States, national insurance, social security, or other tax withholding obligations, if any, that arise upon the exercise of the option or the disposition of the Ordinary Shares (or any other time that a taxable event related to the Plan occurs). At any time, the Company or the Employer may, but will not be obligated to, withhold from the Participant’s compensation the amount necessary for the Company or the Employer to meet applicable withholding obligations, including any withholding required to make available to the Company or the Employer any tax deductions or benefits attributable to sale or early disposition of Ordinary Shares by the Eligible Employee. In addition, the Company or the Employer may, but will not be obligated to, withhold from the proceeds of the sale of Ordinary Shares or any other method of withholding the Company or the Employer deems appropriate to the extent permitted by Treasury Regulation Section 1.423-2(f).
On the Enrollment Date of each Offering Period, each Eligible Employee participating in such Offering Period (or any Purchase Period within such Offering Period) will be granted an option to purchase on each Exercise Date during such Offering Period (at the applicable Purchase Price) up to a number of Ordinary Shares determined by dividing (i) such Eligible Employee’s Contributions accumulated prior to such Exercise Date and retained in the Eligible Employee’s notional account as of the Exercise Date by (ii) the applicable Purchase Price; provided, however, that in no event will an Eligible Employee be permitted to purchase during each Purchase Period more than 2,500 Ordinary Shares (subject to any adjustment pursuant to Section 18); provided, further, that such purchase will be subject to the limitations set forth in Sections 3(c) and 13. The Eligible Employee may accept the grant of such option by electing to participate in the Plan in accordance with the requirements of Section 5. The Administrator may, for future Offering Periods, increase or decrease, in its absolute discretion, the maximum number of Ordinary Shares that an Eligible Employee may purchase during each Purchase Period of an Offering Period. Exercise of the option will occur as provided in Section 8, unless the Participant has withdrawn pursuant to Section 10. The option will expire on the last day of the Offering Period.
(a)Unless a Participant withdraws from the Plan as provided in Section 10, such Participant’s option for the purchase of Ordinary Shares will be exercised automatically on the Exercise Date, and the maximum number of full shares subject to the option will be purchased for such Participant at the applicable Purchase Price with the accumulated Contributions from his or her notional account. No fractional Ordinary Shares will be purchased; unless determined by the Administrator, any Contributions accumulated in a Participant’s notional account that are not sufficient to purchase a full share will be retained in the Participant’s notional account for the subsequent Purchase Period or Offering Period, subject to earlier withdrawal by the Participant as provided in Section 10. Any other funds left over in a Participant’s notional account after the Exercise Date will be returned to the Participant (without interest thereon, except as otherwise required under local laws, as further set forth in Section 12). During a Participant’s lifetime, a Participant’s option to purchase shares hereunder is exercisable only by him or her.
(b)If the Administrator determines that, on a given Exercise Date, the number of Ordinary Shares with respect to which options are to be exercised may exceed (i) the number of
Ordinary Shares that were available for sale under the Plan on the Enrollment Date of the applicable Offering Period, or (ii) the number of Ordinary Shares available for sale under the Plan on such Exercise Date, the Administrator may in its sole discretion (x) provide that the Company will make a pro rata allocation of the Ordinary Shares available for purchase on such Enrollment Date or Exercise Date, as applicable, in as uniform a manner as will be practicable and as it will determine in its sole discretion to be equitable among all Participants exercising options to purchase Ordinary Shares on such Exercise Date, and continue all Offering Periods then in effect, or (y) provide that the Company will make a pro rata allocation of the shares available for purchase on such Enrollment Date or Exercise Date, as applicable, in as uniform a manner as will be practicable and as it will determine in its sole discretion to be equitable among all Participants exercising options to purchase Ordinary Shares on such Exercise Date, and terminate any or all Offering Periods then in effect pursuant to Section 19. The Company may make a pro rata allocation of the shares available on the Enrollment Date of any applicable Offering Period pursuant to the preceding sentence, notwithstanding any authorization of additional shares for issuance under the Plan by the Company’s shareholders subsequent to such Enrollment Date.
As soon as reasonably practicable after each Exercise Date on which a purchase of Ordinary Shares occurs, the Company will arrange the delivery to each Participant of the shares purchased upon exercise of his or her option in a form determined by the Administrator (in its sole discretion) and pursuant to rules established by the Administrator. The Company may permit or require that shares be deposited directly with a broker designated by the Company or to a designated agent of the Company, and the Company may utilize electronic or automated methods of share transfer. The Company may require that shares be retained with such broker or agent for a designated period of time and/or may establish other procedures to permit tracking of disqualifying dispositions of such shares. No Participant will have any voting, dividend, or other shareholder rights with respect to Ordinary Shares subject to any option granted under the Plan until such shares have been purchased and delivered to the Participant as provided in this Section 9 and the Participant’s name has been entered in the register of members of the Company.
A Participant may withdraw all, but not less than all, the Contributions credited to his or her notional account and not yet used to exercise his or her option under the Plan at any time by (a) submitting to the Company’s Finance department (or its delegate) a written notice of withdrawal in the form determined by the Administrator for such purpose, or (b) following an electronic or other withdrawal procedure determined by the Administrator. All the Participant’s Contributions credited to his or her notional account will be paid to such Participant as soon as reasonably practicable after receipt of notice of withdrawal and such Participant’s option for the Offering Period will be automatically terminated, and no further Contributions for the purchase of shares will be made for such Offering Period. If a Participant withdraws from an Offering Period, Contributions will not resume at the beginning of the succeeding Offering Period, unless the Participant re-enrolls in the Plan in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.
11.Termination of Employment
Upon a Participant’s ceasing to be an Eligible Employee, for any reason, he or she will be deemed to have elected to withdraw from the Plan and the Contributions credited to such Participant’s notional account during the Offering Period but not yet used to purchase Ordinary Shares under the Plan will be returned to such Participant or, in the case of his or her death, to the person or persons entitled thereto under Section 15, and such Participant’s option will be automatically terminated. In no event may a Participant be granted an option under the Plan following his or her termination of employment unless such Participant subsequently becomes an Eligible Employee again.
No interest will accrue on the Contributions of a Participant in the Plan, except as may be required by Applicable Law, as determined by the Company, and if so required by the laws of a particular jurisdiction, shall apply to all Participants in the relevant Offering except to the extent otherwise permitted by Treasury Regulation Section 1.423-2(f).
(a)Subject to adjustment upon changes in capitalization of the Company as provided in Section 18 hereof, the maximum number of Ordinary Shares that will be made available for sale under the Plan shall be equal to (i) 619,989, plus (ii) any Ordinary Shares added as a result of the following sentence (collectively, the “Share Pool”). The Share Pool will automatically increase on January 1 of each year beginning in 2027 and ending with a final increase on January 1, 2036 in an amount equal to the lesser of (x) 1,000,000 or (y) 1% of the Outstanding Ordinary Shares on the preceding December 31; provided, however, that the Administrator may provide that there will be no January 1 increase in the Share Pool for any such year or that the increase in the Share Pool for any such year will be a smaller number of Ordinary Shares than would otherwise occur pursuant to this sentence.
(b)Until the shares are issued (as evidenced by the appropriate entry in the register of members of the Company), a Participant will only have the rights of an unsecured creditor with respect to such shares, and no right to vote or receive dividends or any other rights as a shareholder will exist with respect to such shares.
(c)Ordinary Shares to be delivered to a Participant under the Plan will be registered in the name of the Participant, or in the name of the Participant and his or her spouse, in the register of members of the Company.
The Plan shall be administered by the Administrator. The Board shall fill vacancies on, and from time to time may remove or add members to, the Administrator. Any power of the Administrator may also be exercised by the Board. The Administrator will have full and exclusive discretionary authority to construe, interpret, and apply the terms of the Plan, to designate separate Offerings under the Plan, to determine eligibility, to adjudicate all disputed claims filed under the Plan, and to establish such procedures that it deems necessary for the administration of the Plan (including,
without limitation, to adopt such procedures and sub-plans as are necessary or appropriate to permit the participation in the Plan by employees who are foreign nationals or employed outside the United States, the terms of which sub-plans may take precedence over other provisions of this Plan, with the exception of Section 13(a), but unless otherwise superseded by the terms of such sub-plan, the provisions of this Plan shall govern the operation of such sub-plan). Unless otherwise determined by the Administrator, the employees eligible to participate in each sub-plan will participate in a separate Offering. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Administrator is specifically authorized to adopt rules and procedures regarding eligibility to participate, the definition of Compensation, handling of Contributions, making of Contributions to the Plan (including, without limitation, in forms other than payroll deductions), establishment of bank or trust accounts to hold Contributions, payment of interest, conversion of local currency, obligations to pay payroll tax, determination of beneficiary designation requirements, withholding procedures, and handling of share certificates that vary with applicable local requirements. The Administrator also is authorized to determine that, to the extent permitted by Treasury Regulation Section 1.423-2(f), the terms of an option granted under the Plan or an Offering to citizens or residents of a non-U.S. jurisdiction will be less favorable than the terms of options granted under the Plan or the same Offering to employees resident solely in the United States. The Administrator hereby delegates to and designates the most senior officer in the Finance Department of the Company (or such other officer with similar authority), and to his or her delegates or designates, the authority to assist the Administrator in the day-to-day administration of the Plan. The Administrator may also delegate some or all of its responsibilities to one or more other persons (which may include Company personnel) and, to the extent there has been any such delegation, any reference in the Plan to the Administrator shall include the delegate of the Administrator. Every finding, decision, and determination made by the Administrator will, to the full extent permitted by Applicable Laws, be final and binding upon all parties.
15.Designation of Beneficiary
(a)If permitted by the Administrator, a Participant may file a designation of a beneficiary who is to receive any Ordinary Shares and cash, if any, from the Participant’s notional account under the Plan in the event of such Participant’s death subsequent to an Exercise Date on which the option is exercised but prior to delivery to such Participant of such shares and cash. In addition, if permitted by the Administrator, a Participant may file a designation of a beneficiary who is to receive any cash from the Participant’s notional account under the Plan in the event of such Participant’s death prior to exercise of the option. If a Participant is married and the designated beneficiary is not the spouse, spousal consent will be required for such designation to be effective.
(b)Such designation of beneficiary may be changed by the Participant at any time by notice in a form determined by the Administrator. In the event of the death of a Participant and in the absence of a beneficiary validly designated under the Plan who is living at the time of such Participant’s death, the Company will deliver such shares and/or cash to the executor or administrator of the estate of the Participant, or if no such executor or administrator has been appointed (to the knowledge of the Company), the Company, in its discretion, may deliver such shares and/or cash to the spouse or to any one or more dependents or relatives of the Participant, or if no spouse, dependent, or relative is known to the Company, then to such other person as the Company may designate.
(c)All beneficiary designations will be in such form and manner as the Administrator may designate from time to time. Notwithstanding Sections 15(a) and 15(b), the Company and/or the Administrator may decide not to permit such designations by Participants in non-U.S. jurisdictions to the extent permitted by Treasury Regulation Section 1.423-2(f).
Neither Contributions credited to a Participant’s notional account nor any rights with regard to the exercise of an option or to receive Ordinary Shares under the Plan may be assigned, transferred, pledged, or otherwise disposed of in any way (other than by will, the laws of descent and distribution or as provided in Section 15) by the Participant. Any such attempt at assignment, transfer, pledge, or other disposition will be without effect, except that the Company may treat such act as an election to withdraw funds from an Offering Period in accordance with Section 10 hereof.
The Company may use all Contributions received or held by it under the Plan for any corporate purpose, and the Company will not be obligated to segregate such Contributions except under Offerings in which applicable local law requires that Contributions to the Plan by Participants be segregated from the Company’s general corporate funds and/or deposited with an independent third party for Participants in non-U.S. jurisdictions. Until Ordinary Shares are issued, Participants will only have the rights of an unsecured creditor with respect to such shares.
18.Adjustments, Dissolution, Liquidation, Merger or Other Corporate Transaction
(a)Adjustments. In the event that any dividend or other distribution (whether in the form of cash, Ordinary Shares, other securities, or other property), recapitalization, share split, reverse share split, reorganization, merger, consolidation, split-up, spin-off, combination, repurchase, or exchange of Ordinary Shares or other securities of the Company, or other change in the corporate structure of the Company affecting the Ordinary Shares occurs, the Administrator, in order to prevent dilution or enlargement of the benefits or potential benefits intended to be made available under the Plan, will, in such manner as it may deem equitable, adjust the number and class of Ordinary Shares that may be delivered under the Plan, the Purchase Price per share and the number of Ordinary Shares covered by each option under the Plan that has not yet been exercised, and the numerical limits of Sections 7 and 13.
(b)Dissolution or Liquidation. In the event of the proposed dissolution or liquidation of the Company, any Offering Period then in progress will be shortened by setting a New Exercise Date, and will terminate immediately prior to the consummation of such proposed dissolution or liquidation, unless provided otherwise by the Administrator. The New Exercise Date will be before the date of the Company’s proposed dissolution or liquidation. The Administrator will notify each Participant in writing or electronically, prior to the New Exercise Date, that the Exercise Date for the Participant’s option has been changed to the New Exercise Date and that the Participant’s option will be exercised automatically on the New Exercise Date, unless prior to such date the Participant has withdrawn from the Offering Period as provided in Section 10.
(c)Merger or Other Corporate Transaction. In the event of a merger, sale, or other similar corporate transaction involving the Company, each outstanding option will be assumed or an equivalent option substituted by the successor corporation or a Parent or Subsidiary of the successor corporation. If the successor corporation refuses to assume or substitute for the option, the Offering Period with respect to which such option relates will be shortened by setting a New Exercise Date on which such Offering Period shall end. The New Exercise Date will occur before the date of the Company’s proposed merger, sale, or other similar corporate transaction. The Administrator will notify each Participant in writing or electronically prior to the New Exercise Date, that the Exercise Date for the Participant’s option has been changed to the New Exercise Date and that the Participant’s option will be exercised automatically on the New Exercise Date, unless prior to such date the Participant has withdrawn from the Offering Period as provided in Section 10.
19.Amendment or Termination
(a)The Administrator, in its sole discretion, may amend, suspend, or terminate the Plan, or any part thereof, at any time and for any reason. If the Plan is terminated, the Administrator, in its discretion, may elect to terminate all outstanding Offering Periods either immediately or upon completion of the purchase of Ordinary Shares on the next Exercise Date (which may be sooner than originally scheduled, if determined by the Administrator in its discretion), or may elect to permit Offering Periods to expire in accordance with their terms (and subject to any adjustment pursuant to Section 18). If the Offering Periods are terminated prior to expiration, all amounts then credited to Participants’ notional accounts that have not been used to purchase Ordinary Shares will be returned to the Participants (without interest thereon, except as otherwise required under local laws, as further set forth in Section 12) as soon as administratively practicable.
(b)Without shareholder consent and without limiting Section 19(a), the Administrator will be entitled to change the Offering Periods or Purchase Periods, designate separate Offerings, limit the frequency and/or number of changes in the amount withheld during an Offering Period, establish the exchange ratio applicable to amounts withheld in a currency other than U.S. dollars, permit payroll withholding in excess of the amount designated by a Participant in order to adjust for delays or mistakes in the Company’s processing of properly completed withholding elections, establish reasonable waiting and adjustment periods and/or accounting and crediting procedures to ensure that amounts applied toward the purchase of Ordinary Shares for each Participant properly correspond with Contribution amounts, and establish such other limitations or procedures as the Administrator determines in its sole discretion advisable that are consistent with the Plan.
(c)In the event the Administrator determines that the ongoing operation of the Plan may result in unfavorable financial accounting consequences, the Administrator may, in its discretion and, to the extent necessary or desirable, modify, amend, or terminate the Plan to reduce or eliminate such accounting consequence including, but not limited to:
(i)amending the Plan to conform with the safe harbor definition under the Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification Topic 718 (or any successor thereto), including with respect to an Offering Period underway at the time;
(ii)altering the Purchase Price for any Offering Period or Purchase Period including an Offering Period or Purchase Period underway at the time of the change in Purchase Price;
(iii)shortening any Offering Period or Purchase Period by setting a New Exercise Date, including an Offering Period or Purchase Period underway at the time of the Administrator action;
(iv)reducing the maximum percentage of Compensation a Participant may elect to set aside as Contributions; and
(v)reducing the maximum number of Ordinary Shares a Participant may purchase during any Offering Period or Purchase Period.
Such modifications or amendments will not require shareholder approval or the consent of any Participants.
All notices or other communications by a Participant to the Company under or in connection with the Plan will be deemed to have been duly given when received in the form and manner specified by the Company at the location, or by the person, designated by the Company for the receipt thereof.
21.Conditions Upon Issuance of Shares
(a)Ordinary Shares will not be issued with respect to an option unless the exercise of such option and the issuance and delivery of such shares pursuant thereto will comply with all applicable provisions of law, domestic or foreign, including the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Exchange Act, the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and the requirements of any stock exchange upon which the shares may then be listed, and will be further subject to the approval of counsel for the Company with respect to such compliance.
(b)As a condition to the exercise of an option, the Company may require the person exercising such option to represent and warrant at the time of any such exercise that the shares are being purchased only for investment and without any present intention to sell or distribute such shares if, in the opinion of counsel for the Company, such a representation is required by any of the aforementioned applicable provisions of Applicable Law.
The Plan will become effective upon the Effective Date. It will continue in effect until terminated pursuant to Section 19.
The Plan will be subject to approval by the shareholders of the Company within 12 months after the date the Plan is adopted by the Board. Such shareholder approval will be obtained in the manner and to the degree required under Applicable Laws.
This Plan and any agreements or other documents hereunder shall be interpreted and construed in accordance with the laws of the Cayman Islands (without regard to its choice of law provisions). Any reference in this Plan or in any agreements or other documents hereunder to a provision of law or to a rule or regulation shall be deemed to include any successor law, rule, or regulation of similar effect or applicability.
If any provision of the Plan is or becomes or is deemed to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable for any reason in any jurisdiction or as to any Participant, such invalidity, illegality, or unenforceability shall not affect the remaining parts of the Plan, and the Plan shall be construed and enforced as to such jurisdiction or Participant as if the invalid, illegal, or unenforceable provision had not been included.
Headings are given to the Sections and subsections of the Plan solely as a convenience to facilitate reference and shall not be deemed in any way material or relevant to the construction or interpretation of the Plan or any provision thereof. Words in the masculine gender shall include the feminine gender, and where appropriate, the plural shall include the singular and the singular shall include the plural. The use herein of the word “including” following any general statement, term, or matter shall not be construed to limit such statement, term, or matter to the specific items or matters set forth immediately following such word or to similar items or matters, whether or not non-limiting language (such as “without limitation”, “but not limited to”, or words of similar import) is used with reference thereto, but rather shall be deemed to refer to all other items or matters that could reasonably fall within the broadest possible scope of such general statement, term, or matter. References herein to any agreement, instrument, or other document means such agreement, instrument, or other document as amended, supplemented, and modified from time to time to the extent permitted by the provisions thereof and not prohibited by the Plan.
EXHIBIT A
DAMORA THERAPEUTICS, INC.
2026 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT
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1. hereby elects to participate in the Damora Therapeutics, Inc. 2026 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “Plan”) and subscribes to purchase shares of the Company’s Ordinary Shares in accordance with this Subscription Agreement and the Plan. Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Subscription Agreement have the meanings provided under the Plan.
2. I hereby authorize payroll deductions from each paycheck in the amount of ____% of my Compensation on each payday (from 1% to 15%) during the Offering Period in accordance with the Plan, commencing with the next Offering Period; provided, however, that, in no event may more than $25,000 of Ordinary Shares be purchased under the Plan in any calendar year. (Please note that no fractional percentages are permitted.)
3. I understand that the payroll deductions will be accumulated for the purchase of Ordinary Shares at the applicable Purchase Price determined in accordance with the Plan. I understand that if I do not withdraw from an Offering Period, any accumulated payroll deductions will be used to automatically exercise my option and purchase Ordinary Shares under the Plan.
4. I have received a copy of the complete Plan and its accompanying prospectus. I understand that my participation in the Plan is in all respects subject to the terms of the Plan.
5. Ordinary Shares purchased for me under the Plan should be issued in the name(s) of (Eligible Employee or Eligible Employee and Spouse only).
6. I understand that if I dispose of any shares received by me pursuant to the Plan within two years after the Offering Date (the first day of the Offering Period during which I purchased such shares) or one year after the Exercise Date, I will be treated for federal income tax purposes as having received ordinary income at the time of such disposition in an amount equal to the excess of the fair market value of the shares at the time such shares were purchased by me over the price that I paid for the shares. The Company may, but will not be obligated to, withhold from my compensation the amount necessary to meet any applicable withholding obligation including any withholding necessary to make available to the Company any tax deductions or benefits attributable to sale or early disposition of Ordinary Shares by me. If I dispose of such shares at any time after the expiration of the holding period, I understand that I will be treated for federal income tax purposes as having received income only at the time of such disposition, and that such income
will be taxed as ordinary income only to the extent of an amount equal to the lesser of (a) the excess of the fair market value of the shares at the time of such disposition over the Purchase Price which I paid for the shares, or (b) 15% of the fair market value of the shares on the first day of the Offering Period. The remainder of the gain, if any, recognized on such disposition will be taxed as capital gain.
7. I hereby agree to be bound by the terms of the Plan. The effectiveness of this Subscription Agreement is dependent upon my eligibility to participate in the Plan.
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I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT THROUGHOUT SUCCESSIVE OFFERING PERIODS UNLESS TERMINATED BY ME.
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EXHIBIT B
DAMORA THERAPEUTICS, INC.
2026 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
NOTICE OF WITHDRAWAL
The undersigned Participant in the Offering Period of the Damora Therapeutics, Inc. 2026 Employee Stock Purchase Plan that began on ______________, ______ (the “Offering Date”) hereby notifies the Company that he or she hereby withdraws from the Offering Period. He or she hereby directs the Company to pay to the undersigned as soon as reasonably practicable all the payroll deductions credited to his or her notional account with respect to such Offering Period. The undersigned understands and agrees that his or her option for such Offering Period will be automatically terminated. The undersigned understands further that no further payroll deductions will be made for the purchase of shares in the current Offering Period and the undersigned will be eligible to participate in succeeding Offering Periods only by delivering to the Company a new Subscription Agreement.
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EX-31.1
CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
PURSUANT TO RULES 13a-14(a) AND 15d-14(a)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF
THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
I, Jennifer Jarrett, certify that:
1.I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2026 of Damora Therapeutics, Inc.;
2.Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
3.Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
4.The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:
(a)Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
(b)Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
(c)Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
(a)Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and
5.The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
(a)All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
(b)Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
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/s/ Jennifer Jarrett |
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Jennifer Jarrett |
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President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) |
EX-31.2
CERTIFICATION OF PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFFICER
PURSUANT TO RULES 13a-14(a) AND 15d-14(a)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF
THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
I, Brian Burkavage, certify that:
1.I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2026 of Damora Therapeutics, Inc.;
2.Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
3.Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
4.The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:
(a)Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
(b)Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
(c)Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
(d)Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and
5.The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
(a)All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
(b)Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
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Date: August 10, 2026 |
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/s/ Brian Burkavage |
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Brian Burkavage |
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Senior Vice President, Finance (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) |
EX-32.1
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
In connection with the Quarterly Report of Damora Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2026 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), each of the undersigned certifies, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as adopted pursuant to § 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:
(1)the Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
(2)the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and result of operations of the Company.
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Date: August 10, 2026 |
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/s/ Jennifer Jarrett |
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Jennifer Jarrett |
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President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) |
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Date: August 10, 2026 |
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/s/ Brian Burkavage |
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Brian Burkavage |
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Senior Vice President, Finance (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) |