1. Xeris granted 181,550 restricted stock units to 50 new employees. 2. Awards support recruitment without prior employment at Xeris subsidiaries. 3. Stock units vest over three years based on continued employment. 4. Xeris develops therapies for various conditions including Cushing's syndrome. 5. Company focuses on commercializing innovative biopharmaceutical products.
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The equity grant serves mainly as a recruitment tool and doesn't signal immediate market changes.
Xeris Biopharma Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:XERS), a fast-growing biopharmaceutical company committed to improving patient lives by developing and commercializing innovative products across a range of therapies, today announced that on January 2, 2026, the Compensation Committee of Xeris' Board of Directors granted restricted stock units for an aggregate of 181,550 shares of its common stock to 50 new employee(s) under Xeris' Inducement Equity Plan.
Xeris' Inducement Equity Plan is used exclusively for the grant of equity awards to individuals who were not previously employed by Xeris or one of its subsidiaries as an inducement material to such individual's entering into employment with Xeris or one of its subsidiaries, pursuant to Rule 5635(c)(4) of the NASDAQ Listing Rules. The restricted stock units will vest over a period of three years in equal annual installments and are subject to the employees' continued employment with Xeris or one of its subsidiaries. All equity awards are subject to the terms and conditions of Xeris' Inducement Equity Plan and forms of award agreements covering the grants.
About Xeris
Xeris (NASDAQ:XERS) is a fast-growing biopharmaceutical company committed to improving patient lives by developing and commercializing innovative products across a range of therapies. Xeris has three commercially available products: Recorlev®, for the treatment of endogenous Cushing's syndrome; Gvoke®, a ready-to-use liquid glucagon for the treatment of severe hypoglycemia, and a gastrointestinal motility inhibitor when used as a diagnostic aid; and Keveyis®, a proven therapy for primary periodic paralysis. Xeris also has a pipeline of development programs led by XP-8121, a Phase 3-ready, once-weekly subcutaneous injection for hypothyroidism, as well as early-stage programs leveraging Xeris' technology platforms, XeriSol® and XeriJect®, for its partners.
Xeris Biopharma Holdings is headquartered in Chicago, IL. For more information, visit www.xerispharma.com, or follow us on X, LinkedIn, or Instagram.
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