BRAINSTORM CELL THERAPEUTICS INC. appointed new CEO

Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. 


Resignation of Stacy Lindborg as Co-Chief Executive Officer


On April 16, 2024, Dr. Stacy Lindborg, the Co-Chief Executive Officer of Brainstorm Cell Therapeutics Inc. (the "Company"), provided the Company with notice of her intent to resign from her current role at the Company, effective as of May 9, 2024. Dr. Lindborg's resignation is not a result of any disagreement with the Company or its Board of Directors (the "Board"), or any matter relating to its operations, policies or practices. 


Stacy Lindborg Separation Agreement


On April 16, 2024, the Company and Dr. Lindborg entered into a Separation Agreement (the "Separation Agreement"), with effect from May 9, 2024 (the "Separation Date"). Under the Separation Agreement, among others, (i) the Company agrees to pay Dr. Lindborg a lump sum of $300,000 as separation bonus, which shall be paid in full by March 15, 2025, (ii) Dr. Lindborg agrees to a general release of all claims that she may have against the Company, and (iii) Dr. Lindborg agrees to serve as a member of the Board effective as of the Separation Date. In addition, Dr. Lindborg's outstanding equity awards, other than her March 11, 2024 grant of 241,935 shares of restricted stock (the "March 2024 RSA"), will cease vesting following the Separation Date and any such awards that are unvested as of the Separation Date will be forfeited. Dr. Lindborg's March 2024 RSA will continue vesting while Dr. Lindborg is a member of the Board in accordance with the relevant equity agreement between her and the Company and the applicable equity plan of the Company, provided, however, that any unvested shares shall accelerate and become fully vested in the event of a change of control of the Company. Dr. Lindborg is subject to certain ongoing obligations as set forth in the Separation Agreement, her offer letter dated as of May 26, 2020, as amended, and the Company's standard assignment, non-competition, non-solicitation and confidentiality agreement, which include, among others, post-separation non-competition obligations.


Appointment of Stacy Lindborg to the Board


Dr. Lindborg has been appointed to serve as a member of the Board, with effect from the Separation Date.


Dr. Lindborg served as the Company's Co-Chief Executive Officer from January 2023 to April 2024. Prior to this, from June 2020 to January 2023, Dr. Lindborg served as our Executive Vice President and Chief Development Officer. She currently serves on the board of directors of Imunon, Inc. (formerly Celsion Corporation), a publicly-traded clinical stage biotechnology company. Dr. Lindborg previously served at Biogen Inc. ("Biogen") from 2012 to 2020, where she was most recently Vice President, Analytics and Data Science. She also served on the R&D governance team during a time of significant growth for Biogen, and was active in guiding the firm's long-term vision for growth through analytics and by stimulating innovative development platforms to increase productivity. Prior to her role at Biogen, Dr. Lindborg worked at Eli Lilly & Company, where she held positions of increasing responsibility. In her role as the Head of R&D strategy, she was responsible for characterizing the productivity of the portfolio and driving key R&D strategy projects including the annual R&D Long-Range Plan. Additionally, she was Leader of Zyprexa Product Management in which she was responsible for R&D, Commercial and Manufacturing plans. Dr. Lindborg holds a Ph.D. in statistics from Baylor University.


Other than the Separation Agreement, there are no arrangements or understandings between Dr. Lindborg and any other persons pursuant to which she was appointed to the Board. There are also no family relationships between Dr. Lindborg and the executive officers or directors of the Company, and no transactions involving the Company and Dr. Lindborg that the Company would be required to report pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.


After Dr. Lindborg joins the Board on the Separation Date, as a non-employee director, Dr. Lindborg will receive equity compensation paid by the Company pursuant to its Second Amended and Restated Director Compensation Plan, as amended. Pursuant to the Company's Second Amended and Restated Director Compensation Plan, as amended, the Board expects to Dr. Lindborg will receive the following compensation for her service on the Board: (a) an initial grant of 6,666 shares of Restricted Stock for serving as a director; and (b) an annual award immediately following each annual meeting of stockholders of the Company consisting of either a nonqualified stock option to purchase 6,666 shares of the Company's common stock, par value $0.00005 per share ("Common Stock") or 6,666 shares of Restricted Stock for serving as a director. Every option and restricted stock award will vest monthly as to 1/12 the number of shares subject to the award over a period of twelve months, provided that Dr. Lindborg remains a member of the Board on each such vesting date.