UNITY Biotechnology Reports Granting of New Employment Inducement Awards

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Aug. 18, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- UNITY Biotechnology, Inc. (“UNITY”) [NASDAQ: UBX], a biotechnology company developing therapeutics to slow, halt, or reverse diseases of aging, today announced that from August 3, 2021, through August 17, 2021, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) granted 2 new employees stock-based awards covering an aggregate of 49,000 shares of UNITY common stock, including options to purchase an aggregate of 49,000 shares of UNITY common stock. The stock-based awards were granted pursuant to the UNITY 2020 Employment Inducement Incentive Plan, as amended, which was approved by the Board in March 2020 to provide for grants to newly hired employees as a material inducement for them to commence employment with UNITY in accordance with Nasdaq Stock Market Rule 5635(c)(4).

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