CHAMPIONS ONCOLOGY, INC.
For the period ended Aug 27, 2026. Filed Aug 28, 2026.
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Aug 27, 2026 · Filed Aug 28, 2026
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Material Terms of the Equity Incentive Plan
The material terms of the Equity Incentive Plan, as currently contemplated by the Company’s Board, are summarized below. This summary, however, is not intended to be a complete description of the Equity Incentive Plan and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete text of the Equity Incentive Plan.
Administration. The Equity Incentive Plan will be administered by the Company’s Board or by one or more committees to which the Board delegates such administration (as applicable, the “Equity Incentive Plan Administrator”). Subject to the terms of the Equity Incentive Plan, the Equity Incentive Plan Administrator will have the authority to (i) designate participants; (ii) determine the type or types of awards to be granted to a participant; (iii) determine the number of shares to be covered by, or with respect to which payments, rights, or other matters are to be calculated in connection with, awards; (iv) determine the terms and conditions of any award; (v) determine whether, to what extent, and under what circumstances awards may be settled or exercised in cash, shares, other securities, other awards or other property, or canceled, forfeited, or suspended, and the method or methods by which awards may be settled, exercised, canceled, forfeited, or suspended; (vi) determine whether, to what extent, and under what circumstances the delivery of cash, shares, other securities, other awards or other property and other amounts payable with respect to an award shall be made; (vii) interpret, administer, reconcile any inconsistency in, settle any controversy regarding, correct any defect in and/or complete any omission in the Plan and any instrument or agreement relating to, or award granted under, the Plan; (viii) establish, amend, suspend, or waive any rules and regulations and appoint such agents as the administrator shall deem appropriate for the proper administration of the Plan; (ix) accelerate the vesting or exercisability of, payment for or lapse of restrictions on, awards; (x) to reprice existing awards or to grant awards in connection with or in consideration of the cancellation of an outstanding award with a higher price; and (xi) make any other determination and take any other action that the administrator deems necessary or desirable for the administration of the Plan. The Equity Incentive Plan Administrator may also delegate to one or more senior officers of the Company the authority to grant awards, subject to terms and conditions determined by the Equity Incentive Plan Administrator and within the limitations of Section 16 of the Exchange Act.
Types of Awards. The Equity Incentive Plan provides for the grant of stock options, which may be ISOs or non-statutory stock options (“NSOs”), stock appreciation rights (“SARs”), restricted stock, restricted stock units (“RSUs”), performance awards, dividend equivalent awards, and other stock- or cash-based awards .
Number of Shares Covered by the Plan. The maximum aggregate number of shares of Common Stock that may be granted pursuant to the Plan, including as ISOs, granted under the Plan shall be the sum of (A) 2,000,000, plus (B) any shares of Common Stock that are available for issuance under the Champions Oncology, Inc. 2021 Equity Incentive Plan as of the effective date of the Equity Incentive Plan. Shares issued under the Equity Incentive Plan may be authorized but unissued shares or treasury shares. As of the date hereof, no awards have been granted under the Equity Incentive Plan, subject to shareholder approval of the Plan.
Eligibility. The Plan Administrator may grant awards to any director, employee or consultant of the Company or its subsidiaries. Only employees are eligible to receive incentive stock options. As of the date of this Proxy Statement, approximately 230 individuals will be eligible to participate in the 2026 Plan, which includes approximately 6 non-employee directors, 217 employees, and 7 consultants.
International Participation. The Equity Incentive Plan Administrator has the authority to implement sub-plans (or otherwise modify applicable grant terms) for purposes of satisfying applicable foreign laws, conforming to applicable market practices or for qualifying for favorable tax treatment under applicable foreign laws, and the terms and conditions applicable to awards granted under any such sub-plan or modified award may differ from the terms of the Equity Incentive Plan. Any shares issued in satisfaction of awards granted under a sub-plan will come from the Equity Incentive Plan share reserve.
Stock Options. A stock option is the right to purchase a certain number of shares of stock at a fixed exercise price which, pursuant to the Equity Incentive Plan, may not be less than 100% of the fair market value of the Company’s Common Stock on the date of grant. Subject to limited exceptions, an option may have a term of up to 10 years and will generally expire sooner if the optionee’s service terminates. Options will vest at the rate determined by the Equity Incentive Plan Administrator. Upon exercise of an option, the exercise price must be paid in full either in cash, check or, with approval of the Plan Administrator, by surrender of other Shares that meet the conditions established by the Plan Administrator to avoid adverse accounting consequences to the Company, by broker-assisted cashless exercise, by delivery of a notice of “net exercise” to the Company, such other consideration and method of payment to the extent permitted by applicable law, or any combination of the foregoing methods of payment
Stock Appreciation Rights. A stock appreciation right (“SAR”) provides the recipient with the right to the appreciation in a specified number of shares of stock. The Equity Incentive Plan Administrator determines the exercise price of SARs granted under the Equity Incentive Plan, which may not be less than 100% of the fair market value of the Company’s Common Stock on the date of grant. Subject to limited exceptions, a SAR may have a term of up to 10 years and will generally expire sooner if the recipient’s service terminates. SARs will vest at the rate determined by the Equity Incentive Plan Administrator. Upon exercise of a SAR, the recipient will receive an amount in cash, stock, or a combination of stock and cash determined by the Equity Incentive Plan Administrator, equal to the excess of the fair market value of the shares being exercised over their exercise price.
Tax Limitations on Incentive Stock Options. The aggregate fair market value, determined at the time of grant, of the Company’s Common Stock with respect to ISOs that are exercisable for the first time by an option holder during any calendar year under all of the Company’s stock plans may not exceed $100,000. Options or portions thereof that exceed such limit will generally be treated as NSOs. No ISO may be granted to any person who, at the time of the grant, owns or is deemed to own stock possessing more than 10% of the Company’s total combined voting power or that of any of the Company’s affiliates unless (a) the option exercise price is at least 110% of the fair market value of the stock subject to the option on the date of grant and (b) the term of the ISO does not exceed five years from the date of grant.
Restricted Stock Awards. Shares of restricted stock may be issued under the Equity Incentive Plan for such consideration as the Equity Incentive Plan Administrator may determine. Restricted shares may be subject to vesting, as determined by the Equity Incentive Plan Administrator. Recipients of restricted shares generally have all of the rights of a shareholder with respect to those shares, including voting rights, however any dividends and other distributions on restricted shares will generally be subject to the same restrictions on transferability and forfeitability as the underlying shares.
Restricted Stock Units. Restricted stock units are the right to receive shares of Common Stock at a future date in accordance with the terms of such grant upon the attainment of certain conditions specified by the Equity Incentive Plan Administrator. Restrictions or conditions could include, but are not limited to, the attainment of performance goals, continuous service with the Company or its subsidiaries, the passage of time or other restrictions or conditions. The Equity Incentive Plan Administrator determines the persons to whom grants of restricted stock units are made, the number of restricted stock units to be awarded, the time or times within which awards of restricted stock units may be subject to forfeiture, the vesting schedule, and rights to acceleration thereof, and all other terms and conditions of the restricted stock unit awards. The value of the restricted stock units may be paid in shares of Common Stock, cash, other securities, other property, or a combination of the foregoing, as determined by the Equity Incentive Plan Administrator. The holders of restricted stock units will have no voting rights. Prior to settlement or forfeiture, restricted stock units awarded under the Plan may, at the Equity Incentive Plan Administrator’s discretion, provide for a right to dividend equivalents.
Performance Awards. The Equity Incentive Plan Administrator has the authority to grant stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, or restricted stock units as a performance award, which means that such awards vest at least in part upon the attainment of one or more specified performance criteria. For each performance period, the Equity Incentive Plan Administrator will have the sole authority to select the length of such performance period, the types of performance award to be granted, the performance criteria that will be used to establish the performance goals, and the level(s) of performance which shall result in a performance award being earned. At any time, the Equity Incentive Plan Administrator may adjust or modify the calculation of a performance goal for a performance period, to appropriately reflect any circumstance or event that occurs during a performance period and that in the Equity Incentive Plan Administrator’s sole discretion, warrants adjustment or modification. Depending on the type of performance award granted, the previously discussed terms and conditions will also apply to a performance award.
Performance criteria for a performance award may be based on the attainment of specific levels of performance of the Company (and/or one or more subsidiaries, divisions, business segments or operational units, or any combination of the foregoing) and may include, without limitation, any of the following: (i) net earnings or net income (before or after taxes); (ii) basic or diluted earnings per share (before or after taxes); (iii) revenue or revenue growth (measured on a net or gross basis); (iv) gross profit or gross profit growth; (v) operating profit (before or after taxes); (vi) return measures (including, but not limited to, return on assets, capital, invested capital, equity, or sales); (vii) cash flow (including, but not limited to, operating cash flow, free cash flow, net cash provided by operations and cash flow return on capital); (viii) financing and other capital raising transactions (including, but not limited to, sales of the
Company’s equity or debt securities); (ix) earnings before or after taxes, interest, depreciation and/or amortization; (x) gross or operating margins; (xi) productivity ratios; (xii) share price (including, but not limited to, growth measures and total shareholder return); (xiii) expense targets; (xiv) margins; (xv) productivity and operating efficiencies; (xvi) customer satisfaction; (xvii) customer growth; (xviii) working capital targets; (xix) measures of economic value added; (xx) inventory control; (xxi) enterprise value; (xxii) sales; (xxiii) debt levels and net debt; (xxiv) combined ratio; (xxv) timely launch of new facilities; (xxvi) client retention; (xxvii) employee retention; (xxviii) timely completion of new product rollouts; (xxix) cost targets; (xxx) reductions and savings; (xxxi) productivity and efficiencies; (xxxii) strategic partnerships or transactions; and (xxxiii) personal targets, goals or completion of projects. Any one or more of the performance criteria may be used on an absolute or relative basis to measure the performance of the Company and/or one or more subsidiaries as a whole or any business unit(s) of the Company and/or one or more subsidiaries or any combination thereof, or any of the above performance criteria may be compared to the performance of a selected group of comparison or peer companies, or a published or special index that the Equity Incentive Plan Administrator deems appropriate, or as compared to various stock market indices.
Dividend Equivalents. An award of dividend equivalents entitles the holder to be credited with an amount equal to all dividends paid on one share of Common Stock while the holder’s tandem award is outstanding. Dividend equivalents may be paid currently or credited to an account for the participant, settled in cash or shares of Common Stock, and subject to the same restriction on transferability and forfeitability as the award with respect to which the dividend equivalents are granted.
Other Stock- or Cash-Based Awards. Other stock-based awards may be granted either alone, in addition to, or in tandem with, other awards granted under the 2026 Plan and/or cash awards made outside of the 2026 Plan. The Administrator shall have authority to determine the service providers to whom and the time or times at which other stock-based awards shall be made, the amount of such other stock-based awards, and all other conditions of the other stock-based awards including any dividend and/or voting rights. The Administrator may grant cash awards in such amounts and subject to such performance or other vesting criteria and terms and conditions as the Administrator may determine.
Changes to Capital Structure. In the event of a merger, consolidation, recapitalization, stock split, reverse stock split, reorganization, split-up, spin-off, combination, repurchase or other change in corporate structure affecting the Common Stock, the Equity Incentive Plan Administrator will adjust (i) the number and class of shares which may be delivered under the Plan (or number and kind of other securities or other property); (ii) the number, class and price (including the exercise or strike price of options and stock appreciation rights) of shares subject to outstanding awards, (iii) any applicable performance criteria, performance period, and other terms and conditions of outstanding performance awards, and (iv) the Plan’s numerical limits
Change of Control. In the event of a Change in Control (as defined in the Plan), each award (vested or unvested) will be treated as the Equity Incentive Plan Administrator determines, which determination may be made without the consent of any participant and need not treat all outstanding awards (or portions thereof) in an identical manner. Such determination, without the consent of any participant, may provide, without limitation, for one or more of the following in the event of a Change in Control: (i) continuation or assumption of such outstanding awards under the Plan by the Company (if it is the surviving entity) or by the surviving entity or its parent, (ii) substitution by the surviving entity or its parent of equity, equity-based and/or cash awards with substantially the same terms for outstanding awards (excluding the consideration payable upon settlement of the Awards), (iii) accelerated exercisability, vesting and/or lapse of restrictions under outstanding awards immediately prior to the occurrence of such event, (iv) upon written notice, provide that any outstanding awards must be exercised, to the extent then exercisable, during a reasonable period of time immediately prior to the scheduled consummation of the event or such other period as determined by the Equity Incentive Plan Administrator (contingent upon the consummation of the event), and at the end of such period, such awards will terminate to the extent not so exercised within the relevant period, (v) cancellation of all or any portion of outstanding awards for fair value (in the form of cash, shares, other property or any combination thereof) as determined in the sole discretion of the Equity Incentive Plan Administrator and which value may be zero; provided, that in the case of options, SARs and similar awards, the fair value may be the excess, if any, of the value of the consideration to be paid in the Change in Control transaction to holders of the same number of shares of Common Stock subject to such awards (or, if no such consideration is paid, fair market value of the shares subject to such outstanding awards or portion thereof being cancelled) over the aggregate exercise price with respect to such awards or portion thereof being cancelled, or if no such excess, zero; provided, further that if any payments or other consideration are deferred and/or contingent as a result of escrows, earnouts, holdbacks or any other contingencies, may be made on substantially the same terms and conditions applicable to, and only to the extent actually paid to, the holders of Common Stock in connection with the Change in Control, and (vi) cancellation of all or any portion of outstanding unvested and/or unexercisable Awards for no consideration.
Transferability of Awards. Unless determined otherwise by the Equity Incentive Plan Administrator, an award may not be sold, pledged, assigned, hypothecated, transferred, or disposed of in any manner, except to a participant’s estate or legal representative, and may be exercised, during the lifetime of the participant, only by the participant.
Amendment and Termination. Our Board may amend, alter, suspend or terminate the Plan at any time. No amendment or termination of the Plan will materially impair the rights of any participant, unless mutually agreed otherwise between the participant and the
Company. Approval of the stockholders shall be required for any amendment, where required by applicable law, as well as (i) to increase the number of shares available for issuance under the Plan and (ii) to change the persons or class of persons eligible to receive awards under the Plan .
Repricing. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Plan, unless a repricing is approved by shareholders, in no case may the Equity Incentive Plan Administrator (i) amend an outstanding option or stock appreciation right to reduce the exercise price of the award, (ii) cancel, exchange, or surrender an outstanding option or stock appreciation right in exchange for cash or other awards for the purpose of repricing the award, or (iii) cancel, exchange, or surrender an outstanding option or stock appreciation right in exchange for an option or stock appreciation right with an exercise price that is less than the exercise price of the original award.
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