Monte Rosa Reports Inducement Grants Under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4)

BOSTON, Oct. 02, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Monte Rosa Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: GLUE), a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing novel molecular glue degrader (MGD)-based medicines, today announced the grant of inducement equity awards to five newly hired non-executive employees as a material inducement to commencing their employment with the Company.

The employees received, in the aggregate, non-qualified stock options to purchase 86,725 shares of Monte Rosa Therapeutics common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, with an exercise price per share equal to the closing price of $11.26 as reported by Nasdaq on October 1, the effective date of the grant or the “Grant Date”, which will vest 25% on the first anniversary of the Grant Date and in 36 equal monthly installments thereafter, subject to the employee’s continued service with the Company through each applicable vesting date; and restricted stock units for an aggregate of 19,150 shares of Monte Rosa Therapeutics common stock, which will vest 25% on each of the first four anniversaries of the Grant Date, subject to the employee’s continued service with the Company through each applicable vesting date, or collectively, the Awards.