Zura Bio Ltd

ZURASEC EDGAR
8-K, Current report
Important filing

Departure or appointment of directors or officers, Shareholder vote results, Financial statements and exhibits

Filing items

Item 5.02
Departure or appointment of directors or officers
Important
Item 5.07
Shareholder vote results
Item 9.01
Financial statements and exhibits

Exhibit: EX-10.1

(As Amended June 1, 2023 and June 17, 2026)
The purpose of this Zura Bio Limited 2023 Equity Incentive Plan (the "Plan") is to promote and closely align the interests of employees, officers, non- employee directors and other service providers of Zura Bio Limited, a Cayman Islands exempted company (the "Company"), and its shareholders by providing share-based compensation and other performance-based compensation. The objectives of the Plan are to attract and retain the talented employees and service providers for positions of substantial responsibility and to motivate Participants to optimize the profitability and growth of the Company through incentives that are consistent with the Company's goals and that link the personal interests of Participants to those of the Company's shareholders. The Plan provides for the grant of Options, Share Appreciation Rights, Restricted Share Units, Restricted Shares and Other Share-Based Awards and for Incentive Bonuses, which may be paid in cash, Ordinary Shares or a combination thereof, as determined by the Committee.
As used in the Plan, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:
"Affiliate" means any entity in which the Company has a substantial direct or indirect equity interest, as determined by the Committee from time to time.
"Award" means an Option, Share Appreciation Right, Restricted Share Unit, Restricted Share, Other Share-Based Award or Incentive Bonus granted to a Participant pursuant to the provisions of the Plan, any of which may be subject to performance conditions.
"Award Agreement" means a written or electronic agreement or other instrument as may be approved from time to time by the Committee and designated as such implementing the grant of each Award. An Award Agreement may be in the form of an agreement to be executed by both the Participant and the Company (or an authorized representative of the Company) or certificates, notices or similar instruments as approved by the Committee and designated as such.
"Beneficial Owner" shall have the meaning set forth in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act.
"Board" means the Board of Directors of the Company.
"Cause" has the meaning set forth in the written employment, offer, services or severance agreement or letter between the Participant and the Company or an Affiliate, or, if there is no such agreement or no such term is defined in such agreement, means a Participant's Termination of Employment by the Company or an Affiliate by reason of (i) the Participant's material breach of any agreement between the Participant and the Company or an Affiliate or any policy of the Company of an Affiliate; (ii) the willful failure or refusal by the Participant to substantially perform his or her duties; (iii) the commission or conviction of the Participant of, or the entering of a plea of nolo contendere by the Participant with respect to, (A) a felony or (B) a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude; or (iv) the Participant's gross misconduct that causes harm to the reputation of the Company. A Participant's employment or service will be deemed to have been terminated for Cause if it is determined subsequent to such Participant's Termination of Employment that grounds for a Termination of Employment for Cause existed at the time of such Termination of Employment, as determined by the Committee.
"Change in Control" means, except as otherwise provided in an Award Agreement, the occurrence of any one of the following:
(i) any Person is or becomes the Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company (not including in the securities beneficially owned by such Person or any securities acquired directly from the Company or its Affiliates) representing 50% or more of the combined voting power of the Company's then outstanding securities, excluding any Person who becomes such a Beneficial Owner in connection with a transaction described in Section 2(h )(i ii ) below;
(ii) the following individuals cease for any reason to constitute a majority of the number of directors then serving: (A) individuals who, on the Effective Date (as defined below), constitute the Board and (B) any new director (other than a director whose initial assumption of office is in connection with an actual or threatened election contest, including a consent solicitation, relating to the election of directors of the Company) whose appointment or election by the Board or nomination for election by the Company's shareholders was approved or recommended by a vote of at least a majority of the directors then still in office who were either directors on the Effective Date or whose appointment, election or nomination for election was previously so approved or recommended;
(iii) there is consummated a merger or consolidation of the Company or any direct or indirect subsidiary of the Company with any other corporation, other than a merger or consolidation which would result in the holders of the voting securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior to such merger or consolidation continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into voting securities of the surviving entity or any parent thereof) at least 50% of the combined voting power of the securities of the Company or such surviving entity or any parent thereof outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation; or
(iv) there is consummated a sale or disposition by the Company of all or substantially all of the Company's assets, other than a sale or disposition by the Company of all or substantially all of the Company's assets to an entity, at least 50% of the combined voting power of the voting securities of which is owned by shareholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of the Company immediately prior to such sale.
"Code" means the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, and the rulings and regulations issued thereunder.
"Committee" means the Compensation Committee of the Board (or any successor committee) or such other committee as designated by the Board to administer the Plan under Section 6 .
"Company" means Zura Bio Limited, a Cayman Islands exempted company, and except as utilized in the definition of Change in Control, any successor corporation.
"Disability" has the meaning set forth in a written employment, offer, services or severance agreement or letter between the Participant and the Company or an Affiliate, or, if there is no such agreement or no such term is defined in such agreement, means the inability of the Participant to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment. A determination of Disability shall be made by the Committee on the basis of such medical evidence as the Committee deems warranted under the circumstances, and in this respect, Participants shall submit to an examination by a physician upon request by the Committee.
"Dividend Equivalent" mean an amount payable in cash or Ordinary Shares, as determined by the Committee, equal to the dividends that would have been paid to the Participant if the Ordinary Share with respect to which the Dividend Equivalent relates had been owned by the Participant.
"Effective Date" means the date on which the Plan originally took effect, as defined pursuant to Section 4 .
"Eligible Person" any current or prospective employee, officer, non-employee director or other service provider of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; provided however that Incentive Share Options may only be granted to employees of the Company or any of its "subsidiary corporations"within the meaning of Section 424 of the Code." Exchange Act "means the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended." Fair Market Value " means as of any date, the value of a Ordinary Share determined as follows: (i) if the Ordinary Shares are listed on any established stock exchange, system or market, the Fair Market Value shall be the closing price for a Ordinary Share as quoted on such exchange, system or market as reported in the Wall Street Journal or such other source as the Committee deems reliable (or, if no sale of Ordinary Shares is reported for such date, on the next preceding date on which any sale shall have been reported); and (ii) in the absence of an established market for the Ordinary Shares, the Fair Market Value thereof shall be determined in good faith by the Committee by the reasonable application of a reasonable valuation method, taking into account factors consistent with Treas. Reg. §409A-1(b)(5)(iv)(B) as the Committee deems appropriate.
"Good Reason" shall have the meaning set forth in the written employment, offer, services or severance agreement or letter between the Participant and the Company or an Affiliate, or, if there is no such agreement or no such term is defined in such agreement, shall mean any action taken by the Participant's employer that results in a material negative change to the Participant's employment relationship, such as the duties to be performed, the conditions under which such duties are to be performed (including a relocation of where services art to be performance that is over thirty 30 miles) or the total compensation to be received for performing such services. A termination of employment by the Participant shall not constitute termination for Good Reason unless the Participant shall first have delivered to the employer written notice setting forth with specificity the occurrence deemed to give rise to a right to terminate for Good Reason (which notice must be given no later than 90 days after the occurrence of such event), and there shall have passed a reasonable time (not less than 30 days) within which the employer may take action to correct, rescind or otherwise substantially reverse the occurrence supporting termination for Good Reason as identified by the Participant.
"Incentive Bonus" means a bonus opportunity awarded under Section 12 pursuant to which a Participant may become entitled to receive an amount based on satisfaction of such performance criteria established for a specified performance period as specified in the Award Agreement.
"Incentive Share Option" means an Option that is intended to qualify as an "incentive stock option"within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code." Nonqualified Share Option "means an Option that is not intended to qualify as an"incentive stock option"within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code." Option " means a right to purchase a number of Ordinary Shares at such exercise price, at such times and on such other terms and conditions as are specified in or determined pursuant to an Award Agreement. Options granted pursuant to the Plan may be Incentive Share Options or Nonqualified Share Options.
"Ordinary Share" means a Class A ordinary share of the Company, or such other class or kind of shares or other securities as may be applicable under Section 16 .
"Other Share-Based Award" means an Award granted to an Eligible Person under Section 11 .
"Participant" means any Eligible Person to whom Awards have been granted from time to time by the Committee and any authorized transferee of such individual.
"Person" shall have the meaning given in Section 3(a)(9) of the Act, as modified and used in Sections 14(d ) and 15(d ) thereof, except that such term shall not include (i) the Company or any of its Affiliates, (ii) a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (iii) an underwriter temporarily holding securities pursuant to an offering of such securities or (iv) a corporation owned, directly or indirectly, by the shareholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of the Company's Ordinary Shares.
"Restricted Share" means an Award or issuance of Ordinary Shares the grant, issuance, vesting and/or transferability of which is subject during specified periods of time to such conditions (including continued employment or engagement or performance conditions) and terms as the Committee deems appropriate.
"Restricted Share Unit" means an Award denominated in units of Ordinary Shares under which the issuance of Ordinary Shares (or cash payment in lieu thereof) is subject to such conditions (including continued employment or engagement or performance conditions) and terms as the Committee deems appropriate.
"Separation from Service" or "Separates from Service" means a Termination of Employment that constitutes a "separation from service"within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code." Share Appreciation Right "or" SAR " means a right granted that entitles the Participant to receive, in cash or Ordinary Shares or a combination thereof, as determined by the Committee, value equal to the excess of (i) the Fair Market Value of a specified number of Ordinary Shares at the time of exercise over (ii) the exercise price of the right, as established by the Committee on the date of grant.
"Subsidiary" means any business association (including a corporation or a partnership, other than the Company) in an unbroken chain of such associations beginning with the Company if each of the associations other than the last association in the unbroken chain owns equity interests (including shares or partnership interests) possessing 50% or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of equity interests in one of the other associations in such chain.
"Substitute Awards" means Awards granted or Ordinary Shares issued by the Company in assumption of, or in substitution or exchange for, awards previously granted, or the right or obligation to make future awards, by a company acquired by the Company or any Subsidiary or with which the Company or any Subsidiary combines.
"Termination of Employment" means ceasing to serve as an employee of the Company and its Subsidiaries or, with respect to a non- employee director or other service provider, ceasing to serve as such for the Company and its Subsidiaries, except that with respect to all or any Awards held by a Participant (i) the Committee may determine that a leave of absence or employment on a less than full-time basis is considered a "Termination of Employment," (ii) the Committee may determine that a transition from employment to service with a partnership, joint venture or corporation not meeting the requirements of a Subsidiary in which the Company or a Subsidiary is a party is not considered a "Termination of Employment," (iii) service as a member of the Board (or another capacity as a service provider) shall constitute continued employment with respect to Awards granted to a Participant while he or she served as an employee, (iv) service as an employee of the Company or a Subsidiary shall constitute continued employment with respect to Awards granted to a Participant while he or she served as a member of the Board or other service provider, and (v) the Committee may determine that a transition from employment with the Company or a Subsidiary to service to the Company or a Subsidiary other than as an employee shall constitute a "Termination of Employment". The Committee shall determine whether any corporate transaction, such as a sale or spin-off of a division or Subsidiary that employs or engages a Participant, shall be deemed to result in a Termination of Employment with the Company and its Subsidiaries for purposes of any affected Participant's Awards, and the Committee's decision shall be final and binding.
Any Eligible Person is eligible for selection by the Committee to receive an Award.
4. Effective Date and Termination of Plan
This Plan became effective on March 20, 2023 (the "Effective Date"). The Plan shall remain available for the grant of Awards until the 10th anniversary of the Effective Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Plan may be terminated at such earlier time as the Board may determine. Termination of the Plan will not affect the rights and obligations of the Participants and the Company arising under Awards theretofore granted.
5. Shares Subject to the Plan and to Awards
(a) Aggregate Limits . The maximum aggregate number of Ordinary Shares issuable under the Plan shall be equal to 9,594,213. The reserved number of Ordinary Shares will increase on January 1st of each calendar year beginning on January 1, 2024 and ending on and including January 1, 2029 (each, an "Evergreen Date"), in an amount equal to the lesser of (i) 5.0% of the total number of Ordinary Shares (and beginning January 1, 2027, the sum of the total number of Ordinary Shares and the total number of Ordinary Shares underlying all pre-funded warrants) outstanding on the December 31st immediately preceding the applicable Evergreen Date, (ii) 8,059,796 Ordinary Shares or (iii) such lesser number of Ordinary Shares as determined to be appropriate by the Committee in its sole discretion.
(b) Adjustment of Share Pool . The aggregate number of Ordinary Shares available for grant under this Plan and the number of Ordinary Shares subject to Awards outstanding at the time of any event described in Section 16 shall be subject to adjustment as provided in Section 16 . The Ordinary Shares issued pursuant to Awards granted under this Plan may be shares that are authorized and unissued or shares that were reacquired by the Company, including shares purchased in the open market.
Only the first part is shown.

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Zura Bio Ltd, 8-KSEC EDGAR file no. 000110465926075826
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