Aardvark Therapeutics Grants Stock Options to New Employees

Aardvark Therapeutics announced that on February 9, 2026, five new employees were granted inducement awards consisting of stock options to purchase an aggregate of 147,213 shares of common stock and on February 11, 2026, one new employee was granted an inducement award consisting of a stock option to purchase 5,125 shares of common stock. Each option was granted pursuant to the Aardvark Therapeutics, Inc. 2025 Inducement Equity Incentive Plan and was granted as an inducement material to each employee's employment with Aardvark in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4). The exercise price of each option is equal to the closing price of Aardvark's common stock on the date of grant, or $13.48 and $12.67 on February 9, 2026 and February 11, 2026, respectively. Each option will vest over four years, with 25% of the total number of shares vesting on the one-year anniversary of the date of commencement of such employee's employment with Aardvark and 1/48th of the total number of shares subject to each option vesting monthly thereafter, subject to continued employment.