SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ignyta, Inc. (Nasdaq: RXDX), a precision oncology biotechnology company, announced today that it has issued inducement awards to nine new non-executive employees.
All of the awards were made on December 15, 2015 under Ignyta’s 2015 Employment Inducement Equity Incentive Award Plan, which was adopted July 17, 2015 and provides for the granting of equity awards to new employees of Ignyta. The inducement awards consist of options to purchase an aggregate of 122,000 shares of Ignyta common stock and have a ten-year term. The exercise price of the options was $11.98, which was the per-share closing price of Ignyta’s common stock on the Nasdaq Capital Market on December 15, 2015. The options vest over a four-year period, with 25% of the options vesting on the first anniversary of the date of hire and the remainder vesting in equal monthly installments over the three years thereafter. The awards were approved by the independent compensation committee of Ignyta’s board of directors and were granted as an inducement material to the new employees entering into employment with Ignyta in accordance with Nasdaq Marketplace Rule 5635(c)(4).
All of the awards were made on December 15, 2015 under Ignyta’s 2015 Employment Inducement Equity Incentive Award Plan, which was adopted July 17, 2015 and provides for the granting of equity awards to new employees of Ignyta. The inducement awards consist of options to purchase an aggregate of 122,000 shares of Ignyta common stock and have a ten-year term. The exercise price of the options was $11.98, which was the per-share closing price of Ignyta’s common stock on the Nasdaq Capital Market on December 15, 2015. The options vest over a four-year period, with 25% of the options vesting on the first anniversary of the date of hire and the remainder vesting in equal monthly installments over the three years thereafter. The awards were approved by the independent compensation committee of Ignyta’s board of directors and were granted as an inducement material to the new employees entering into employment with Ignyta in accordance with Nasdaq Marketplace Rule 5635(c)(4).
