Company: BOLT
Filing Date: 2025-04-25
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000950170-25-058632
Chunk: 53

Company: Bolt Biotherapeutics, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-25
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 53
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ance Plan) following such termination. In addition, each participant with a qualifying termination is also eligible for payment of continued group health plan premiums during the period of base salary continuation, a prorated bonus at the target level for the year of termination, and an additional amount equal to any then earned but unpaid performance bonus for the calendar year preceding such termination.

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In the event that an involuntary termination without cause or a resignation for good reason occurs in the period commencing three months prior to and ending 12 months following a change in control, the participant will be entitled to receive a lump sum cash payment (equal to 18 of months base salary for our Chief Executive Officer, 15 months of base salary for our other executive officers, 12 months of base salary for our senior vice presidents and nine months of base salary for our vice presidents and all other participants so designated by our Board) and a lump sum cash payment in respect of such participant’s target annual cash bonus (such payment at 150% of the annual target amount for our Chief Executive Officer, 125% of target for our other executive officers, 100% of target for our senior vice presidents, or 75% of target for our vice presidents and all other participants so designated by our Board). In addition, each such participant with a qualifying change in control termination is also eligible for payment of continued group health plan premiums for a period of time equal to the number of months of base salary severance that is paid in a lump sum as specified above. Also, in the event of a change in control termination, the unvested portion of any equity awards granted to any participant will fully vest and become exercisable at the later of such participant’s execution of a release or the effective date of such change in control. All such severance benefits are subject to the participant signing a general release of all known and unknown claims in substantially the form provided in the Severance Plan, as well as the participant’s compliance with certain post-termination restrictive covenants.

Our Chief Executive Officer is also entitled to immediate vesting acceleration of any equity awards granted to our Chief Executive Officer if the Chief Executive Officer continues to provide services to the Company through the date of such change in control.

Insider Trading and Rule 10b5-1 Trading Guidelines

We maintain anInsider Trading Policythat covers all of our directors, executive officers, employees and consultants, which sets forth restrictions and procedures related to trading in the Company’s securities on the basis of material non