Company: RNAC
Filing Date: 2025-11-06
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0001453687-25-000120
Chunk: 53

Company: Cartesian Therapeutics, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-11-06
Form: 10-Q
Item: Part I, Item 1
Chunk 53
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 authorized to grant awards with respect to common stock, and may delegate to a committee of one or more members of the Board of Directors or executive officers of the Company the authority to grant options and restricted stock units. On December 9, 2020, the Board of Directors established a Stock Option Committee authorized to grant awards to certain employees and consultants subject to conditions and limitations within the 2016 Plan. In June 2024, the Company’s stockholders approved an amendment and restatement of the 2016 Plan to reserve an additional 3,466,544 shares of the Company’s common stock for issuance. In January 2025, the number of shares of common stock that may be issued under the 2016 Plan was increased by 1,030,694. As of September 30, 2025, 3,614,406 shares remain available for future issuance under the 2016 Plan.In September 2018, the Company’s 2018 Employment Inducement Incentive Award Plan, or the 2018 Inducement Incentive Award Plan, was adopted by the Board of Directors without stockholder approval pursuant to Rule 5635(c)(4) of the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC listing rules, which authorized 39,166 shares of its common stock for issuance. In March 2019, the Board of Directors approved an amendment and restatement of the 2018 Inducement Incentive Award Plan to reserve an additional 66,667 shares of the Company’s common stock for issuance thereunder. In December 2023, the Board of Directors approved an amendment and restatement of the 2018 Inducement Incentive Award Plan to reserve an additional 60,833 shares of the Company’s common stock for issuance thereunder. In June and December 2024, the Board of Directors approved amendments and restatements of the 2018 Inducement Incentive Award Plan to reserve an additional 360,000 and 450,000 shares, respectively, of the Company’s common stock for issuance thereunder. As of September 30, 2025, there are 496,639 shares available for future grant under the 2018 Inducement Incentive Award Plan.In accordance with the Merger Agreement, the Company assumed Old Cartesian’s 2016 Stock Incentive Plan, or the Old Cartesian Plan. The Old Cartesian Plan permits the granting of options or restricted stock to employees, officers, directors, consultants and advisors to the Company.