SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 11, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- 89bio, Inc. (the 'Company” or '89bio”) (Nasdaq: ETNB), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of innovative therapies for the treatment of liver and cardiometabolic diseases, today announced that the Compensation Committee of the Company's Board of Directors approved the grant of non-qualified stock options to purchase an aggregate of 265,000 shares of the Company's common stock to two new employees (the 'Inducement Grants”) on October 10, 2024 (the 'Grant Date”). The Inducement Grants have been granted pursuant to the Company's 2023 Inducement Plan (the 'Plan”). The Inducement Grants were granted as an inducement material to these individuals entering into employment with 89bio in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4).

The Inducement Grants have an exercise price per share that is equal to the closing price of 89bio's common stock on the Grant Date. The Inducement Grants will vest over a four-year period, with 25% of the shares vesting on the one-year anniversary of the employee's start date, and thereafter the remainder of the shares vest in 12 equal quarterly installments, subject to each employee's continued employment with 89bio through the applicable vesting dates.