Company: TVRD
Filing Date: 2025-02-14
Form Type: S-4/A
Source: 0001104659-25-013053
Chunk: 659

Company: Tvardi Therapeutics, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-02-14
Form: S-4/A
Chunk 659
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 Benefits upon Termination or Change in Control .”

Dan Conn, J.D., M.B.A. Tvardi entered into an offer letter agreement with Mr. Conn in January 2022, which governs the current terms of his employment with Tvardi. The agreement has no specific term and provides for at-will employment. Pursuant to the agreement, Mr. Conn is entitled to an annual base salary and is eligible to receive an annual performance bonus with a target equal to a pre-determined percentage of his annual base salary, based on the achievement of individual performance and company performance as determined by its board of directors. Mr. Conn’s agreement also provides for certain severance benefits, as described below under the subsection titled “— Potential Payments and Benefits upon Termination or Change in Control .”

Potential Payments and Benefits upon Termination or Change in Control

Regardless of the manner in which a named executive officer’s service terminates, each named executive officer is entitled to receive amounts earned during his term of service, including unpaid salary.

Pursuant to the terms of Dr. Alibhai’s offer letter agreement, if Tvardi terminates his employment without “cause” or if he resigns for “good reason” (each as defined in his offer letter agreement), Dr. Alibhai will be entitled to receive, subject to his execution and non-revocation of a severance and release of claims agreement in a form prescribed by Tvardi, (i) continued payment of his then-current base salary for a “severance period” of six months, plus one additional month for each full year of employment with Tvardi (not to exceed a total severance period of 10 months), (ii) premiums for COBRA continuation coverage for such severance period and (iii) 24 months of accelerated vesting of all of his outstanding and unvested equity awards as of the date of his termination of employment. Furthermore, if within three months prior to, or within 12 months following, a “change of control” (as defined in his offer letter agreement, but which does not include the Merger), Dr. Alibhai’s employment is terminated without cause or if he resigns for good reason, Dr. Alibhai will instead be entitled to receive, subject to his execution and non-revocation of a severance and release of claims agreement in a form prescribed by Tvardi, (i) continued payment of his then-current base salary for a severance period of 12 months, (