March 18, 2024 · Form 4 insider transaction
Brown Jason Parker sold 6,562 shares of Karuna Therapeutics, Inc. at $198.36 per share, a transaction worth $1.30M. The trade was recorded as disposition to the issuer and disclosed on an SEC Form 4, filed 0 days after the transaction.
On March 18, 2024, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company ("Bristol-Myers") acquired Karuna Therapeutics, Inc. (the "Issuer") pursuant to a certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of December 22, 2023 (the "Merger Agreement"), by and among the Issuer, Bristol-Myers and Miramar Merger Sub Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Bristol-Myers ("Merger Sub"). In accordance with the Merger Agreement, Merger Sub merged with and into the Issuer (the "Merger") with the Issuer surviving the Merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of Bristol-Myers.; Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, outstanding and unexercised options to purchase shares of Common Stock (the "Options"), whether granted under an Issuer stock plan or otherwise, automatically vested (to the extent not previously vested), were cancelled and entitled the holder to receive a one-time lump sum payment in an amount in cash, without interest and subject to deduction for any required tax withholding, equal to (i) the total number of shares of Common Stock subject to such Option multiplied by (ii) the excess, if any, of the Merger Consideration over the exercise price per share of Common Stock under such Option.; Original grant of 15,000 Options. These Options vested as to 25% on February 23, 2022, with the remaining Options to vest in twelve equal three-month installments over the following three years, subject to continued service through such vesting dates.