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OLEMA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

512 2nd Street, 4th Floor

San Francisco, California 94107

NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS

TO BE HELD ON JUNE 15, 2023

Dear Stockholder:

You are cordially invited to attend the 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, or the Annual Meeting, of Olema Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a Delaware corporation, or the Company. The meeting will be held on Thursday, June 15, 2023 at 8:00 a.m. PT virtually via live webcast. You will be able to attend the Annual Meeting by first registering at www.viewproxy.com/olma/2023. You will receive a meeting invitation by e-mail with your unique join link along with a password prior to the meeting date. Stockholders will be able to listen, vote and submit questions during the virtual meeting. All registrations to attend the Annual Meeting must be received by 11:59 p.m. ET on June 13, 2023. You may log in beginning at 7:45 a.m. PT, on June 15, 2023. You will not be able to attend the meeting in person. The meeting will be held for the following purposes:

1.	To elect the three nominees for Class III director named in the accompanying proxy statement to hold office until the Company’s 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their successors have been duly elected and qualified.

2.	To approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, as disclosed in the Proxy Statement accompanying this Notice.

3.	To ratify the selection by the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2023.

4.	To conduct any other business properly brought before the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof.

These items of business are more fully described in the Proxy Statement accompanying this Notice.

The record date for the Annual Meeting is April 25, 2023. Only stockholders of record at the close of business on that date may vote at the meeting or any adjournment thereof. A list of such stockholders will be available for examination for the ten days ending the day prior to the Annual Meeting. To view such list, please schedule an appointment by emailing ir@olema.com.

Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Annual Meeting of stockholders to be held on June 15, 2023, at 8:00 a.m. PT virtually via live webcast by first registering at www.viewproxy.com/olma/2023.

The proxy statement and our annual report are available at

www.envisionreports.com/OLMA


	By Order of the Board of Directors,

	/s/ Sean Bohen, M.D., Ph.D.
	Sean Bohen, M.D., Ph.D.
	President and Chief Executive Officer
San Francisco, California
April 28, 2023

You are cordially invited to attend the Annual Meeting online. Whether or not you expect to attend the meeting, please vote over the telephone or via the internet as instructed in these materials, or, if you receive a paper proxy card by mail, by completing, dating, signing and returning the proxy mailed to you, as promptly as possible in order to ensure your representation at the Annual Meeting. Even if you have voted by proxy, you may still vote online if you attend the Annual Meeting. Please note, however, that if your shares are held of record by a broker, bank or other nominee and you wish to vote at the Annual Meeting, you must obtain a proxy issued in your name from that record holder.

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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT THESE PROXY MATERIALS AND VOTING	1
PROPOSAL NO. 1 ELECTION OF DIRECTORS	8
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND BOARD MATTERS	11
PROPOSAL NO. 2 ADVISORY VOTE ON EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION	19
PROPOSAL NO. 3 RATIFICATION OF SELECTION OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM	20
SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT	21
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS	24
EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION	25
PAY VERSUS PERFORMANCE	30
EQUITY COMPENSATION PLAN INFORMATION	34
DIRECTOR COMPENSATION	36
TRANSACTIONS WITH RELATED PERSONS AND INDEMNIFICATION	38
DELINQUENT SECTION 16(A) REPORTS	39
HOUSEHOLDING OF PROXY MATERIALS	39
OTHER MATTERS	39

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OLEMA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

512 2^nd Street, 4^th Floor

San Francisco, California 94107

PROXY STATEMENT

FOR THE 2023 ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS

JUNE 15, 2023

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT THESE PROXY MATERIALS AND VOTING

Why did I receive a notice regarding the availability of proxy materials on the internet?

Pursuant to rules adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC, we have elected to provide access to our proxy materials over the internet. Accordingly, we have sent most stockholders a Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials, or the Notice, because the Board of Directors of Olema Pharmaceuticals, Inc., sometimes referred to as the Company or Olema, is soliciting your proxy to vote at the 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, or the Annual Meeting, including at any adjournments or postponements of the Annual Meeting. All stockholders will have the ability to access the proxy materials on the website referred to in the Notice or request to receive a printed set of the proxy materials. Instructions on how to access the proxy materials over the internet or to request a printed copy may be found in the Notice.

We intend to mail the Notice on or about May 3, 2023 to all stockholders of record entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting.

Will I receive any other proxy materials by mail?

You will generally not receive any other proxy materials by mail unless you request a paper copy of proxy materials. To request that a full set of the proxy materials be sent to your specified postal address, please go to www.envisionreports.com/OLMA or call 1-866-641-4276 or email investorvote@computershare.com. Please have your Notice in hand when you access the website or call and follow the instructions provided. We may elect to send you a proxy card, along with a second Notice, on or after May 13, 2023.

How do I attend the Annual Meeting?

The meeting will be held virtually via live webcast on Thursday, June 15, 2023 at 8:00 a.m. PT. You will not be able to attend the Annual Meeting in person. If you attend the Annual Meeting online, you will be able to vote and submit questions. You are entitled to attend the Annual Meeting if you were a stockholder as of the close of business on April 25, 2023, the record date, or hold a valid proxy for the meeting. You will be able to attend the Annual Meeting by first registering at www.viewproxy.com/olma/2023. You will receive a meeting invitation by e-mail with your unique join link along with a password prior to the meeting date. Stockholders will be able to listen, vote and submit questions during the virtual meeting. All registrations to attend the Annual Meeting must be received by 11:59 p.m. ET on June 13, 2023. If you are a beneficial owner (that is, you hold your shares in an account at a bank, broker or other holder of record), you should contact the bank, broker or other institution where you hold your account well in advance of the meeting if you have questions about obtaining your proxy to vote at the Annual Meeting. Information on how to vote online at the Annual Meeting is discussed below.

Whether or not you participate in the Annual Meeting, it is important that you vote your shares.

We encourage you to access the Annual Meeting before it begins. Online check-in will start approximately 15 minutes before the meeting on June 15, 2023.

What if I cannot find my Control Number?

Please note that if you do not have your Control Number and you are a registered stockholder, and, during the registration process you indicated that you will be voting at the meeting, once your registration is approved, an e-mail will be sent to you that will contain your Virtual Control Number. If you have lost this Virtual Control Number, please e-mail virtualmeeting@viewproxy.com.

If you are a beneficial owner, you will need to contact your bank, broker or other holder of record to obtain your legal proxy prior to the Annual Meeting.

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Will a list of record stockholders as of the record date be available?

For the ten days ending the day prior to the Annual Meeting, a list of our record stockholders as of the close of business on the record date will be available for examination by any stockholder of record for a legally valid purpose. If you would like to view the list, please contact us to schedule an appointment by emailing ir@olema.com.

Where can we get technical assistance?

There will be technicians ready to assist you with any technical difficulties you may have accessing the Annual Meeting live audio webcast. Please be sure to check in by 7:45 a.m. PT on June 15, 2023, the day of the Annual Meeting, so that any technical difficulties may be addressed before the Annual Meeting live audio webcast begins. If you encounter any difficulties accessing the webcast during the check-in or meeting time, please email virtualmeeting@viewproxy.com or call 866-612-8937.

For the Annual Meeting, how do we ask questions of management and the Board of Directors?

We plan to have a Q&A session at the Annual Meeting and will include as many appropriate stockholder questions as the allotted time permits. Stockholders may submit questions that are relevant to our business in advance of the Annual Meeting as well as live during the Annual Meeting. If you are a stockholder, you may submit a question in advance of or during the meeting the Annual Meeting at www.viewproxy.com/olma/2023.

Who can vote at the Annual Meeting?

Only stockholders of record at the close of business on April 25, 2023 will be entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. On this record date, there were 40,701,994 shares of common stock outstanding and entitled to vote.

Stockholder of Record: Shares Registered in Your Name

If on April 25, 2023 your shares were registered directly in your name with our transfer agent, Computershare Trust Company, N.A., then you are a stockholder of record. As a stockholder of record, you may vote online at the Annual Meeting, vote by proxy through the internet or by telephone, or vote by proxy using a proxy card that you may request or that we may elect to deliver at a later time. Whether or not you plan to attend the Annual Meeting, we urge you to vote by proxy through the internet or by telephone as instructed below, or by completing a proxy card that you may request or that we may elect to deliver at a later time. If you are a registered stockholder and, during the registration process you indicated that you will be voting at the meeting, once your registration is approved, an e-mail will be sent to you that will contain your Virtual Control Number. You will not need the Virtual Control Number to join the meeting, however you will need it if you choose to vote during the meeting.

Beneficial Owner: Shares Registered in the Name of a Broker or Bank

If on April 25, 2023 your shares were held, not in your name, but rather in an account at a brokerage firm, bank, dealer or other similar organization, then you are the beneficial owner of shares held in “street name” and the Notice is being forwarded to you by that organization. The organization holding your account is considered to be the stockholder of record for purposes of voting at the Annual Meeting. As a beneficial owner, you have the right to direct your broker or other agent regarding how to vote the shares in your account. You are also invited to attend the Annual Meeting online. You may vote prior to the meeting by logging in with the Control Number on your voting instruction form at www.envisionreports.com/OLMA.

If you hold your shares beneficially through a bank or broker, you must provide a legal proxy from your bank or broker during the registration process and you will be assigned a Virtual Control Number to vote your shares during the Annual Meeting. If you are unable to obtain a legal proxy to vote your shares, you will still be able to attend the Annual Meeting (but will not be able to vote your shares) so long as you demonstrate proof of stock ownership. Instructions on how to connect and participate via the internet, including how to demonstrate proof of stock ownership, are posted at www.viewproxy.com/olma/2023. On the day of the Annual Meeting, you may only vote during the meeting by e-mailing a copy of your legal proxy to virtualmeeting@viewproxy.com in advance of the meeting.

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What am I voting on?

There are three matters scheduled for a vote:

Proposal No. 1 – To elect the three nominees for Class III director named herein to hold office until our 2026 annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors have been duly elected and qualified.

Proposal No. 2 – Advisory approval of the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, as disclosed in this Proxy Statement in accordance with SEC rules.

Proposal No. 3 – To ratify the selection by the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of Ernst & Young LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2023.

What if another matter is properly brought before the meeting?

The Board of Directors knows of no other matters that will be presented for consideration at the Annual Meeting. If any other matters are properly brought before the meeting, it is the intention of the persons named in the accompanying proxy to vote on those matters in accordance with his or her best judgment.

How do I vote?

You may either vote “For” all the nominees to the Board of Directors or you may “Withhold” your vote for any nominee you specify. For each of the other matters to be voted on, you may vote “For,” “Against” or abstain from voting.

The procedures for voting are:

Stockholder of Record: Shares Registered in Your Name

If you are a stockholder of record, you may vote online during the webcast of the Annual Meeting, vote by proxy through the internet or by telephone, or vote by proxy using a proxy card that you may request or that we may elect to deliver at a later time. Whether or not you plan to attend the Annual Meeting, we urge you to vote by proxy to ensure your vote is counted. You may still attend the Annual Meeting and vote online even if you have already voted by proxy.

To vote at the Annual Meeting you must be present via live webcast. To vote through the internet during the meeting, go to www.viewproxy.com/olma/2023 to register to attend the Annual meeting and indicate that you will be voting at the meeting. Once your registration is approved, an e-mail will be sent to you that will contain your Virtual Control Number.

To vote through the internet before the meeting, go to www.envisionreports.com/OLMA to complete an electronic proxy card. You will be asked to provide the company number and control number from the Notice. Your internet vote must be received by 11:59 p.m., ET on June 14, 2023 to be counted.

To vote over the telephone, dial toll-free 1-800-652-8683 using a touch-tone phone and follow the recorded instructions. You will be asked to provide the company number and control number from the Notice. Your telephone vote must be received by 11:59 p.m., ET on June 14, 2023 to be counted.

To vote using the proxy card, simply complete, sign and date the proxy card that may be delivered and return it promptly in the envelope provided. If you return your signed proxy card to us before the Annual Meeting, we will vote your shares as you direct.

Beneficial Owner: Shares Registered in the Name of Broker or Bank

If you are a beneficial owner of shares registered in the name of your broker, bank, or other agent, you should have received a Notice containing voting instructions from that organization rather than from Olema. Simply follow the voting instructions in the Notice to ensure that your vote is counted. To vote online at the Annual Meeting, you must obtain a valid proxy from

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your broker, bank or other agent. Follow the instructions from your broker or bank included with these proxy materials, or contact your broker or bank to request a proxy form.

Internet proxy voting may be provided to allow you to vote your shares online, with procedures designed to ensure the authenticity and correctness of your proxy vote instructions. However, please be aware that you must bear any costs associated with your internet access, such as usage charges from internet access providers and telephone companies.

How many votes do I have?

On each matter to be voted upon, you have one vote for each share of common stock you owned as of April 25, 2023.

If I am a stockholder of record and I do not vote, or if I return a proxy card or otherwise vote without giving specific voting instructions, what happens?

If you are a stockholder of record and do not vote by completing a proxy card, by telephone, through the internet, or online at the Annual Meeting, your shares will not be voted.

If you return a signed and dated proxy card or otherwise vote without marking voting selections, your shares will be voted, as applicable, “For” the election of all three nominees for director, “For” Proposal No. 2, and “For” Proposal No. 3. If any other matter is properly presented at the meeting, your proxyholder will vote your shares using his or her best judgment.

If I am a beneficial owner of shares held in street name and I do not provide my broker or bank with voting instructions, what happens?

If your shares are held in street name, your bank, broker or other nominee may under certain circumstances vote your shares if you do not timely instruct your broker, bank, or other nominee how to vote your shares. Banks, brokers and other nominees can vote your unvoted shares on routine matters, but cannot vote such shares on non-routine matters. If you do not timely provide voting instructions to your bank, broker, or other nominee to vote your shares, your bank, broker, or other nominee may, on routine matters, either vote your shares or leave your shares unvoted. The election of directors (Proposal No. 1) and the advisory approval of the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers (Proposal No. 2) are non-routine matters. The ratification of the selection of our independent registered public accounting firm (Proposal No. 3) is a routine matter. We encourage you to provide voting instructions to your bank, broker, or other nominee. This ensures that your shares will be voted at the Annual Meeting according to your instructions. You should receive directions from your bank, broker, or other nominee about how to submit your proxy to them at the time you receive the Notice.

If you are a beneficial owner of shares held in street name, in order to ensure your shares are voted in the way you would prefer, you must provide voting instructions to your broker, bank, or other agent by the deadline provided in the materials you receive from your broker, bank or other agent.

Who is paying for this proxy solicitation?

We will pay for the entire cost of soliciting proxies. In addition to these proxy materials, our directors and employees may also solicit proxies in person, online, or by other means of communication. Directors and employees will not be paid any additional compensation for soliciting proxies. We may also reimburse brokerage firms, banks, and other agents for the cost of forwarding proxy materials to beneficial owners.

What does it mean if I receive more than one Notice?

If you receive more than one Notice, your shares may be registered in more than one name or in different accounts. Please follow the voting instructions on for each Notice received to ensure that all of your shares are voted.

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Can I change my vote after submitting my proxy?

Stockholder of Record: Shares Registered in Your Name

Yes. You can revoke your proxy at any time before the final vote at the meeting. If you are the record holder of your shares, you may revoke your proxy in any one of the following ways:

You may submit another properly completed proxy card with a later date.

You may grant a subsequent proxy by telephone or through the internet.

You may send a timely written notice that you are revoking your proxy to our Secretary at 512 2^nd Street, 4^th Floor, San Francisco, California 94107. Such notice will be considered timely if it is received at the indicated address by close of business on the business day immediately preceding the date of the Annual Meeting.

You may attend the live webcast of the Annual Meeting and vote online. Simply attending the meeting will not, by itself, revoke your proxy.

Your most current proxy card or telephone or internet proxy is the one that is counted.

Beneficial Owner: Shares Registered in the Name of Broker or Bank

If your shares are held by your broker or bank as a nominee or agent, you should follow the instructions provided by your broker or bank.

How are votes counted?

Votes will be counted by the inspector of election appointed for the meeting, who will separately count, each proposal as follows:

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For Proposal No. 1, to elect three nominees to serve as Class III directors, votes “For” and “Withhold” will be counted for each nominee. Broker non-votes will not be counted towards the vote total for any nominee and will have no effect.

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For Proposal No. 2, to approve on an advisory basis the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as disclosed in the Proxy Statement, “For” and “Against” votes will be counted. Abstentions and broker non-votes have no effect.

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For Proposal No. 3, to ratify the selection by the Audit Committee of our Board of Directors of Ernst & Young LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm, “For” and “Against” votes will be counted. Abstentions will have no effect. Broker non-votes are not expected in connection with this proposal.

What are “broker non-votes”?

A “broker non-vote” occurs when your broker submits a proxy for the meeting with respect to “routine” matters but does not vote on “non-routine” matters because you did not provide voting instructions on these matters. These un-voted shares with respect to the “non-routine” matters are counted as “broker non-votes.” Proposals 1 and 2 are considered to be “non-routine” under New York Stock Exchange, or NYSE, rules. Therefore, we expect broker non-votes to exist in connection with those proposals.

As a reminder, if you are a beneficial owner of shares held in street name, in order to ensure your shares are voted in the way you would prefer, you must provide voting instructions to your broker, bank, or other agent by the deadline provided in the materials you receive from your broker, bank or other agent.

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How many votes are needed to approve each proposal?

The following table summarizes the minimum vote needed to approve each proposal and the effect of abstentions and broker non-votes.


Proposal Number	Proposal Description	Vote Required for Approval	Effect of Abstentions	Effect of Broker Non-Votes
1	Election of Directors	Nominees receiving the most “For” votes	None	None

2	Approval on an advisory basis of the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers	“For” votes from the holders of a majority of the voting power of the shares present in person, by remote communication, or represented by proxy and voting affirmatively or negatively (excluding abstentions and broker non-votes) on the matter	None	None

3	Ratification of the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2023.	“For” votes from the holders of a majority of the voting power of the shares present in person, by remote communication or represented by proxy and voting affirmatively or negatively (excluding abstentions and broker non-votes) on the matter	None	Not applicable⁽¹⁾

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This proposal is considered to be a “routine” matter under NYSE rules. Although our shares are not listed with NYSE, NYSE regulates broker-dealers and their discretion to vote on stockholder proposals. Accordingly, if you hold your shares in street name and do not provide voting instructions to your broker, bank or other agent that holds your shares, your broker, bank or other agent has discretionary authority under NYSE rules to vote your shares on this proposal.

What is the quorum requirement?

A quorum of stockholders is necessary to hold a valid meeting. A quorum will be present if the holders of a majority of the voting power of the outstanding shares entitled to vote are present at the meeting in person, by remote communication or represented by proxy. On the record date, there were 40,701,994 shares outstanding and entitled to vote. Thus, the holders of 20,350,998 shares must be present in person, by remote communication or represented by proxy at the meeting to have a quorum. Abstentions and broker non-votes will be counted towards the quorum requirement. If there is no quorum, the Chairperson of the Annual Meeting or the holders of a majority of the voting power of the shares present at the meeting in person, by remote communication or represented by proxy may adjourn the meeting to another date.

How can I find out the results of the voting at the Annual Meeting?

Preliminary voting results will be announced at the Annual Meeting. In addition, final voting results will be published in a current report on Form 8-K that we expect to file within four business days after the Annual Meeting. If final voting results are not available to us in time to file a Form 8-K within four business days after the meeting, we intend to file a Form 8-K to publish preliminary results and, within four business days after the final results are known to us, file an additional Form 8-K to publish the final results.

When are stockholder proposals and director nominations due for next year’s annual meeting?

To be considered for inclusion in our proxy materials for our 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, your proposal must be submitted in writing by December 30, 2023 to our Secretary at 512 2^nd Street, 4^th Floor, San Francisco, California 94107, and you must comply with all applicable requirements of Rule 14a-8 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act. However, if the 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders is advanced by more than 30 days prior to or delayed by more than 30 days after June 15, 2024, then the deadline will be a reasonable time prior to the time we begin to print and send our proxy materials.

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Pursuant to our Amended and Restated Bylaws, or our bylaws, if you wish to submit a director nomination for, or a proposal that is not to be included in the Company’s proxy materials, for next year’s annual meeting of stockholders, you must do so not later than the close of business on March 17, 2024 and no earlier than the close of business on February 16, 2024; provided, however, that if next year’s annual meeting is advanced by more than 30 days prior to or delayed by more than 30 days after June 15, 2024, your proposal must be submitted not earlier than the close of business on the 120th day prior to such annual meeting and not later than the close of business on the 90th day prior to such annual meeting or, if later than the 90th day prior to such annual meeting, the 10th day following the day on which public announcement of such meeting is first made. You are advised to review our bylaws, which contain additional requirements about advance notice of stockholder proposals and director nominations.

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PROPOSAL NO. 1

ELECTION OF DIRECTORS

Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides for a classified board of directors consisting of three classes of directors, each serving for a three-year term. Vacancies on our Board of Directors may be filled only by persons elected by a majority of the remaining directors. A director elected by our Board of Directors to fill a vacancy in a class, including vacancies created by an increase in the number of directors, shall serve for the remainder of the full term of that class and until the director’s successor is duly elected and qualified.

Our Board of Directors currently is composed of nine directors. There are three directors whose term of office expires in 2023. Upon the recommendation of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, our Board of Directors has nominated the three individuals listed in the table below for election as directors at the Annual Meeting. Dr. Bohen and Mr. Rappaport were each previously elected to our Board of Directors pursuant to a voting agreement entered into with certain of our stockholders prior to our initial public offering, or our IPO, that terminated upon the completion of our IPO. Ms. Larson was appointed to the Board of Directors by the Board of Directors. There are no arrangements or understandings between Ms. Larson and any other persons pursuant to which she was selected as a director. If the nominees listed below are elected, they will each hold office until the annual meeting of stockholders in 2026 and until each of their successors has been duly elected and qualified or, if sooner, until such director’s death, resignation or removal. All nominees are currently serving on our Board of Directors and have consented to being named in this proxy statement and to serve if elected. It is our policy to encourage directors and nominees for director to attend the Annual Meeting. All of the directors attended the 2022 annual meeting of stockholders.

The brief biographies below include information, as of the date of this proxy statement, regarding the specific and particular experience, qualifications, attributes or skills that led the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee to believe that each director or nominee should serve on the Board of Directors. There are no family relationships among any of our executive officers or directors.


		Term		Director
Nominees	Age⁽¹⁾	Expires	Position(s) Held	Since
Sean P. Bohen, M.D., Ph.D.	56	2023	Director, President and Chief Executive Officer	2020
Yi Larson	43	2023	Director	2021
Andrew Rappaport	65	2023	Director	2013

(1)	As of April 25, 2023

Sean Bohen, M.D., Ph.D. has served as our Chief Executive Officer and as a member of our Board of Directors since September 2020. In August 2019, Dr. Bohen joined AltruBio, Inc. (then AbGenomics, Inc.), a pharmaceutical company, as a member of the board of directors. From September 2015 to April 2019, Dr. Bohen served as the Executive Vice President, Global Medicines Development and Chief Medical Officer at AstraZeneca PLC, a pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical company. From June 2003 to July 2015, he held a number of senior leadership roles at Genentech, Inc., a biotechnology company, including Senior Vice President, Early Development, Genentech Research and Early Development. Prior to that, Dr. Bohen was a Clinical Instructor in Oncology at Stanford University School of Medicine from October 2002 to December 2011, a research associate at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute from July 2000 to June 2003 and a postdoctoral fellow at the National Cancer Institute from January through December 1995. Dr. Bohen received a B.S. in Bacteriology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and a Ph.D. in Biochemistry & Biophysics and M.D. from the University of California, San Francisco. We believe Dr. Bohen is qualified to serve on our Board of Directors due to his extensive experience in the biopharmaceutical industry as an executive officer, as well as the perspective and experience he brings as our President and Chief Executive Officer.

Yi Larson has served as a member of our Board of Directors since April 2021. Ms. Larson has served as the Chief Financial Officer of LianBio, a biopharmaceutical company, since May 2021. From August 2019 to March 2021, she was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Turning Point Therapeutics, Inc., a clinical stage precision oncology company. Prior to that, beginning in 2008, Ms. Larson held various roles at Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, an investment banking securities and investment management company, most recently as Managing Director of Healthcare Investment Banking. During her tenure at Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, Ms. Larson advised a variety of biopharmaceutical company boards of directors and management teams on a range of strategic financial matters, and executed equity offerings, debt offerings, and merger and acquisition transactions. She currently serves as a member of the board of directors of RayzeBio, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, a position she has held since April 2021. Ms. Larson graduated from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania with an M.B.A concentrated in Finance. She also earned an M.Eng. in Electrical Engineering

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and Computer Science and an S.B. in Electrical Engineering, both from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. We believe Ms. Larson is qualified to serve on our Board of Directors due to her extensive global operational expertise, coupled with her extensive capital markets and healthcare banking experience.

Andrew Rappaport has served as a member of our Board of Directors since January 2013. Mr. Rappaport has served as the Managing Partner at Skyline Public Works, LLC, his family office, since 2003, and as the Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer of SPW Investments, his family investment vehicle, since 2005. From 1996 to 2014, Mr. Rappaport was a partner at August Capital, a technology venture capital firm. Prior to August Capital, he was the President of the Technology Research Group, a global strategy consulting firm he founded in 1984. We believe Mr. Rappaport is qualified to serve on our Board of Directors due to his investment experience in the technology industry and his deep knowledge of our company.

Vote Required

Directors are elected by a plurality of the votes of the holders of shares present in person, by remote communication or represented by proxy and entitled to vote on the election of directors. Accordingly, the three nominees receiving the highest number of affirmative votes will be elected. You may not vote your shares cumulatively for the election of directors. Shares represented by executed proxies will be voted, if authority to do so is not withheld, for the election of the three nominees named above. If any nominee becomes unavailable for election as a result of an unexpected occurrence, your shares will be voted for the election of a substitute nominee proposed by our Board of Directors. The Board of Directors has no reason to believe that any of the nominees would prove unable to serve if elected. There are no arrangements or understandings between us and any director, or nominee for directorship, pursuant to which such person was selected as a director or nominee.

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS

A VOTE “FOR” EACH OF THE NOMINEES NAMED ABOVE.

Information About Our Continuing Directors

Set forth below are the names, ages and length of service of the remaining members of our Board of Directors whose terms continue beyond the Annual Meeting.


		Term		Director
Continuing Directors	Age⁽¹⁾	Expires	Position(s) Held	Since
Cynthia Butitta	68	2025	Director	2020
Ian Clark	62	2024	Chairperson of the Board	2020
Cyrus L. Harmon, Ph.D.	52	2025	Director	2006
Sandra Horning, M.D.	74	2024	Director	2020
Gorjan Hrustanovic, Ph.D.	34	2024	Director	2018
Graham Walmsley, M.D., Ph.D.	36	2025	Director	2020

(1)	As of April 25, 2023

The principal occupation, business experience, and education of each continuing director are set forth below.

Cynthia Butitta has served as a member of our Board of Directors since August 2020. Ms. Butitta served as the Chief Operating Officer of Kite Pharma Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, from March 2014 to September 2017 and as its Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from January 2014 to May 2016. From May 2011 to December 2012, she was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at NextWave Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a specialty pharmaceutical company. Prior to that, Ms. Butitta served as Chief Operating Officer of Telik, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, from March 2001 to December 2010 and as its Chief Financial Officer from August 1998 to December 2010. Prior to that, Ms. Butitta also served as Principal Accounting Officer of Telik, Inc. until December 2010. She has served as a member of the board of directors of Autolus Therapeutics plc, a cell therapy company, since March 2018, Century Therapeutics, Inc., a biotechnology company, since February 2021, and UroGen Pharma Ltd., a biotechnology company, since October 2017. Ms. Butitta received a B.S. with honors in Business and Accounting from Edgewood College in Madison, Wisconsin and an M.B.A. in Finance from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. We believe Ms. Butitta is qualified to serve on our Board of Directors due to her extensive executive experience in the biopharmaceutical industry.

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Ian Clark has served as a member of our Board of Directors since August 2020. Mr. Clark has served as a member of the boards of directors of Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited, a pharmaceutical company, since January 2019, AVROBIO, Inc., a gene therapy company, since January 2018, Corvus Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, since January 2017 and Guardant Health, Inc., a precision oncology company, since January 2017. Mr. Clark served as a member of the board of directors of Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a pharmaceutical company, from December 2016 to June 2022, Forty Seven Inc., an immune-oncology company, from May 2018 to April 2020, and Shire Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a pharmaceutical company, from February 2017 to January 2019 (until its acquisition by Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited), and Kite Pharma, Inc., a biotechnology company, from January 2017 to October 2017. From September 2017 to September 2020, Mr. Clark was an Operating Partner at Blackstone Life Sciences, formerly Clarus Ventures, LLC, a venture capital firm. Prior to that, he served as Chief Executive Officer of Genentech, Inc., a biotechnology company, including as a member of the board of directors from January 2010 to December 2016. Prior to that, he served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer of the Roche Group, a healthcare company, from April 2009 to December 2009. He first joined Genentech in January 2003 as Senior Vice President, General Manager of BioOncology. Prior to Genentech, Mr. Clark spent 23 years in the biopharmaceutical industry in senior roles at Novartis International AG, a pharmaceutical company, Ivax Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a pharmaceutical company, and Sanofi S.A., a healthcare and pharmaceutical company, in the United Kingdom, France and Eastern Europe. He started his career at G.D. Searle, LLC, a subsidiary of biotechnology company Monsanto Corporation, holding positions in sales and marketing. Mr. Clark received his B.S. in Biological Sciences and an Honorary Doctorate of Science from Southampton University in the United Kingdom. We believe Mr. Clark is qualified to serve on our Board of Directors due to his extensive experience in the biopharmaceutical industry, both as an executive officer and as a director of multiple public and private companies.

Cyrus L. Harmon, Ph.D. has served as a member of our Board of Directors since August 2006. Dr. Harmon is one of our co-founders, and he served as our President and Chief Executive Officer from March 2007 to September 2020, then as our Chief Technology Officer from September 2020 until July 2022, and then as our Chief Research Officer from July 2022 to March 2023. From 2000 to 2002, Dr. Harmon served as the Vice President of Computational Genomics and General Manager at Affymetrix, Inc., a biotechnology company that was later acquired by Thermo Fisher Scientific in 2016. From 1996 to 2000, Dr. Harmon founded and served as the Chief Executive Officer of Neomorphic, Inc., a computational biology company, until it was acquired by Affymetrix, Inc. Dr. Harmon received a B.A. and Ph.D. in Molecular and Cell Biology from the University of California, Berkeley. We believe that Dr. Harmon is qualified to serve on our Board of Directors due to his extensive training as a scientist, significant knowledge and experience with respect to the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries, and the perspective and experience he brings as one of our co-founders.

Sandra J. Horning, M.D. has served as a member of our Board of Directors since November 2020. Dr. Horning served as the Chief Medical Officer and Global Head of Product Development of Roche, Inc., a healthcare company, from January 2014 until her retirement in October 2019, and prior to that as Global Head of Oncology Product Development of Roche, Inc. from September 2009 to December 2013. From July 1980 until August 2009, Dr. Horning was a practicing oncologist, investigator and tenured professor at Stanford University School of Medicine, where she remains a professor of medicine emerita. From 2005 to 2006, Dr. Horning served as the President of the American Society of Clinical Oncology. From April 2015 to July 2018, Dr. Horning served as a member of the board of directors of Foundation Medicine, Inc., a molecular information company. She has also served as a member of the board of directors of Moderna, Inc., a pharmaceutical and biotechnology company, since March 2020, Gilead Sciences, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, since January 2020, and EQRx, Inc., a biotechnology company, since August 2020. Dr. Horning received an M.D. from the University of Iowa School of Medicine and completed her internal medicine training at the University of Rochester and a fellowship in Oncology and Cancer Biology at Stanford University. We believe that Dr. Horning is qualified to serve on our Board of Directors due to her significant experience in the field of oncology and her product development leadership experience.

Gorjan Hrustanovic, Ph.D. has served as a member of our Board of Directors since July 2018. Dr. Hrustanovic has served as a Principal at BVF Partners L.P., a biotechnology investment firm that, together with its affiliates, is a holder of greater than 10% of our outstanding common stock, since July 2018 and as an Analyst from September 2015 to July 2018. Dr. Hrustanovic has also served as a member of the boards of directors of Kymera Therapeutics Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, since March 2020, Rain Oncology, Inc., a biotechnology company, since May 2018, and a number of privately held companies. Dr. Hrustanovic received a B.S. in Molecular Biology and a B.S. in Management Science from the University of California, San Diego, and a Ph.D. in Cancer Biology & Cell Signaling from the University of California, San Francisco. We believe Dr. Hrustanovic is qualified to serve on our Board of Directors due to his experience in the life sciences industry as a venture capitalist and a director.

Graham Walmsley, M.D., Ph.D. has served as a member of our Board of Directors since March 2020. Dr. Walmsley is a Founding Member and has served as a General Partner of Logos Global Management, LP, a biotechnology-focused hedge fund, since August 2019. From July 2016 to August 2019, he served as a Principal at Versant Ventures, a healthcare

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focused venture capital firm. Dr. Walmsley served as Head of Business Development at Pipeline Therapeutics Inc., a biotechnology company, from April 2018 to December 2018 and as Head of Business Development at Jecure Therapeutics, Inc., a biotechnology company, from June 2017 until its acquisition by Genentech, Inc., a subsidiary of Roche, in November 2018. He has served as a member of the board of directors of Akero Therapeutics, Inc., a biotechnology company, since June 2018. He previously served as a member of the board of directors of ALX Oncology Holdings Inc., an immune-oncology company, from February 2020 until August 2021. Dr. Walmsley received a B.A. in Molecular and Cell Biology from the University of California, Berkeley and a Ph.D. and an M.D. in Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine from Stanford University School of Medicine. We believe Dr. Walmsley is qualified to serve on our Board of Directors due to his extensive background in the biotechnology industry and experience as a director of a publicly traded company.

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND BOARD MATTERS

Overview

We are committed to exercising good corporate governance practices. In furtherance of this commitment, we regularly monitor developments in the area of corporate governance and review our processes, policies, and procedures in light of such developments. Key information regarding our corporate governance initiatives can be found on our corporate website at https://www.olema.com/ in the Investors & Media section under “Corporate Governance,” including our Corporate Governance Guidelines, Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, and the charters for our Audit, Compensation, and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committees. We believe that our corporate governance policies and practices, including the substantial percentage of independent directors on our Board of Directors and the appointment of an independent Chairperson of the Board of Directors, empower our independent directors to effectively oversee our management, including the performance of our Chief Executive Officer, and provide an effective and appropriately balanced board governance structure.

Independence of the Board of Directors

As required under the Nasdaq listing standards, a majority of the members of a listed company’s board of directors must qualify as “independent,” as affirmatively determined by its board of directors. Our Board of Directors has undertaken a review of its composition, the composition of its committees, and the independence of each director. Based upon information requested from and provided by each director concerning such director’s background, employment, and affiliations, including family relationships, our Board of Directors has determined that Messrs. Clark and Rappaport, Mses. Butitta and Larson and Drs. Horning, Hrustanovic and Walmsley do not have any relationships that would interfere with the exercise of independent judgment in carrying out the responsibilities of a director and that each of these directors is otherwise “independent” as that term is defined under applicable Nasdaq listing standards. Drs. Bohen and Harmon, by virtue of their positions as our President and Chief Executive Officer and former Chief Research Officer, respectively, are not independent under applicable rules and regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC, and Nasdaq listing standards. In addition, our Board of Directors has determined that each member of the Audit Committee and Compensation Committee meets the heightened requirements for such committee membership under applicable Nasdaq and SEC rules and regulations. In making these independence determinations, our Board of Directors considered the current and prior relationships that each non-employee director has with our Company and all other facts and circumstances our Board of Directors deemed relevant in determining their independence, including the beneficial ownership of our capital stock by each non-employee director.

Board Diversity

We value diverse perspectives and believe different points of view brought through diverse representation lead to better business performance, decision making and understanding. In addition to industry expertise and professional experience, our Board values representation that reflects diversity in other important categories including gender, race/ethnicity and sexual orientation.

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The matrix below summarizes our current board composition:


Board Diversity Matrix (As of April 25, 2023)
Total Number of Directors	9

	Female	Male	Nonbinary
Part I: Gender Identity
Directors	3	6	-
Part II: Demographic Background
African American or Black	-	-	-
Alaskan Native or Native American	-	-	-
Asian	1	-	-
Hispanic or Latinx	-	-	-
White	2	5	-
Two or More Races or Ethnicities	-	-	-

LGBTQ+	-	-	-
Did Not Disclose Demographic Background	-	1	-

Board of Directors Leadership Structure

The positions of Chairperson of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer are currently separated. Separating these positions allows our Chief Executive Officer to focus on our day-to-day business, while allowing our Chairperson to lead our Board of Directors in its fundamental role of providing advice to and oversight of other members of management. Our Board of Directors recognizes the time, effort, and energy that the Chief Executive Officer must devote to his position in the current business environment, particularly as our Board of Directors’ oversight responsibilities continue to grow.

Although our bylaws and Corporate Governance Guidelines do not require that we separate the Chairperson and Chief Executive Officer positions, our Board of Directors believes that having separate positions is the appropriate leadership structure for us at this time. Our Board of Directors recognizes that, depending on the circumstances, other leadership models, such as combining the role of Chairperson with the role of Chief Executive Officer, might be appropriate. Accordingly, our Board of Directors may periodically review its leadership structure. Our Board of Directors believes its administration of its risk oversight function has not affected its leadership structure.

Our Corporate Governance Guidelines provide that in the event that the Chairperson is not an independent director, our Board of Directors may designate one of the independent directors to serve as Lead Independent Director. Specific roles and responsibilities of the Lead Independent Director, which are detailed in our Corporate Governance Guidelines, include:

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presiding at all meetings of the Board of Directors at which the Chairperson is not present, including executive sessions of the independent directors;

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acting as liaison between the independent directors and the Chief Executive Officer and Chairperson;

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presiding over meetings of the independent directors;

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consulting with the Chairperson in planning and setting schedules and agendas for meetings of the Board of Directors to be held during the year; and

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performing such other functions as the Board of Directors may delegate.

As discussed above, except for our Chief Executive Officer and our former Chief Research Officer, our Board of Directors consists of independent directors. The active involvement of these independent directors provide balance on the Board of Directors and promote strong, independent oversight of our management and affairs.

Role of the Board of Directors in Risk Oversight

Our Board of Directors believes that risk management is an important part of establishing, updating, and executing on our business strategy. Our Board of Directors, as a whole and at the committee level, has oversight responsibility relating to risks that could affect the corporate strategy, business objectives, compliance, operations, and the financial condition and performance of the Company. Our Board of Directors focuses its oversight on the most significant risks facing the Company and on its processes to identify, prioritize, assess, manage, and mitigate those risks. Our Board of Directors and its committees receive regular reports from members of the Company’s senior management on areas of material risk to the Company, including strategic, operational, financial, cybersecurity, legal, and regulatory risks. While our Board of Directors has an oversight role, management is principally tasked with direct responsibility for management and assessment of risks and the implementation of processes and controls to mitigate their effects on the Company.

The Audit Committee is responsible for overseeing our financial reporting process on behalf of our Board of Directors and reviewing with management and our auditors, as appropriate, our major financial risk exposures as well as risks relating to data privacy, technology, and information security, including cybersecurity and back-up of information systems, and the steps taken by management to monitor and control these exposures. The Compensation Committee is responsible for overseeing our practices and policies of employee compensation as they relate to risk management and risk-taking incentives to determine whether such compensation policies and practices are reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on the Company. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee oversees the management of risks associated with our overall corporate compliance, Code of Conduct, and corporate governance practices and the independence and composition of our Board of Directors. These committees provide regular reports to the full Board of Directors.

Meetings of the Board of Directors

The Board of Directors met seven times during 2022. Each director except for Drs. Bohen and Harmon attended 75% or more of the aggregate number of meetings of the Board of Directors and of the committees on which such person served, held during the portion of 2022 for which such person was a director or committee member. Drs. Bohen and Harmon, who are not members of any committees, did not attend 75% of the aggregate number of meetings of the Board of Directors in 2022 because they were excused from certain Board of Directors meetings at which executive compensation was discussed. Drs. Bohen and Harmon attended all of the meetings of the Board of Directors in 2022 that they were invited to attend.

As required under applicable Nasdaq listing standards, in 2022, the Company’s independent directors met six times in regularly scheduled executive sessions at which only independent directors were present. The Chairperson of the Board of Directors presided over the executive sessions.

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Information Regarding Committees of the Board of Directors

The Board of Directors has an Audit Committee, a Compensation Committee, and a Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. The following table provides information as to the membership and meetings of each of these committees of the Board of Directors in 2022:


			Nominating and
			Corporate
Name	Audit	Compensation	Governance
Sean Bohen, M.D., Ph.D.
Cynthia Butitta	✓*	✓
Ian Clark		✓*
Cyrus Harmon, Ph.D.
Sandra Horning, M.D., FACP, FASCO
Gorjan Hrustanovic, Ph.D.			✓*
Andrew Rappaport	✓	✓
Graham Walmsley, M.D., Ph.D.	✓		✓
Yi Larson			✓
Number of Meetings	4	7	3

*	Committee Chairperson

Below is a description of the Audit Committee, Compensation Committee, and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. The written charters of the committees are available to stockholders on the Investors section of our website at www.olema.com. Each of the committees has authority to engage legal counsel or other experts or consultants, as it deems appropriate to carry out its responsibilities.

Audit Committee

Our Audit Committee consists of Ms. Butitta, Mr. Rappaport and Dr. Walmsley, each of whom our Board of Directors has determined satisfies the independence requirements under the Nasdaq listing standards and Rule 10A-3(b)(1) of the Exchange Act. The Chairperson of our Audit Committee is Ms. Butitta. Our Board of Directors has determined that Ms. Butitta is an “audit committee financial expert” within the meaning of the SEC regulations. Each member of our Audit Committee can read and understand fundamental financial statements in accordance with the applicable Nasdaq listing standards. In arriving at these determinations, our Board of Directors has examined each Audit Committee member’s scope of experience and the nature of her or his employment in the corporate finance sector. The primary purpose of the Audit Committee is to discharge the responsibilities of our Board of Directors with respect to our corporate accounting and financial reporting processes, systems of internal control and financial statement audits, and to oversee our independent registered accounting firm. Specific responsibilities of this committee include:

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helping our Board of Directors oversee our corporate accounting and financial reporting processes;

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managing the selection, engagement, qualifications, independence, and performance of a qualified firm to serve as the independent registered public accounting firm to audit our financial statements;

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discussing the scope and results of the audit with the independent registered public accounting firm, and reviewing, with management and the independent accountants, our interim and year-end operating results;

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developing procedures for employees to submit concerns anonymously about questionable accounting or audit matters;

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reviewing related person transactions;

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obtaining and reviewing a report by the independent registered public accounting firm at least annually that describes our internal quality control procedures, any material issues with such procedures, and any steps taken to deal with such issues when required by applicable law; and

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approving or, as permitted, pre-approving, audit and permissible non-audit services to be performed by the independent registered public accounting firm.

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Report of the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors

The Audit Committee has reviewed and discussed the audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2022 with management of the Company. The Audit Committee has discussed with the independent registered public accounting firm the matters required to be discussed by the applicable requirements of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, or the PCAOB, and the SEC. The Audit Committee has also received the written disclosures and the letter from the independent registered public accounting firm required by applicable requirements of the PCAOB regarding the independent accountants’ communications with the Audit Committee concerning independence, and has discussed with the independent registered public accounting firm the accounting firm’s independence. Based on the foregoing, the Audit Committee has recommended to the Board of Directors that the audited financial statements be included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022.


	Respectfully submitted,
	The Audit Committee of the Board of Directors

	Cynthia Butitta (Chairperson)
	Andrew Rappaport
	Graham Walmsley, M.D., Ph.D.

The material in this report is not “soliciting material,” is not deemed “filed” with the Commission and is not to be incorporated by reference in any filing of the Company under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, whether made before or after the date hereof and irrespective of any general incorporation language in any such filing.

Compensation Committee

During 2022 and through the first quarter of 2023, our Compensation Committee consisted of Ms. Butitta and Messrs. Clark and Rappaport, and the Chairperson of our Compensation Committee was Mr. Clark. Effective as of April 1, 2023, Mr. Rappaport was appointed as Chairperson of our Compensation Committee and Dr. Hrustanovic joined the Compensation Committee as a member, replacing Mr. Clark. Our Board of Directors has determined that each of Ms. Butitta, Dr. Hrustanovic and Messrs. Clark and Rappaport is independent under the Nasdaq listing standards. The primary purpose of our Compensation Committee is to discharge the responsibilities of our Board of Directors in overseeing our compensation policies, plans and programs and to review and determine the compensation to be paid to our executive officers, directors and other senior management, as appropriate. The specific responsibilities of this committee include:

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reviewing and approving, or reviewing and recommending to our Board of Directors for approval the compensation of our Chief Executive Officer, other executive officers and senior management;

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reviewing and recommending to our Board of Directors the compensation of our directors;

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administering our equity incentive plans and other benefit programs;

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reviewing, adopting, amending, and terminating incentive compensation and equity plans, severance agreements, profit sharing plans, bonus plans, change-of-control protections, and any other compensatory arrangements for our executive officers and other senior management;

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reviewing, evaluating and recommending to our Board of Directors succession plans for our executive officers; and

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reviewing and establishing general policies relating to compensation and benefits of our employees, including our overall compensation philosophy.

Compensation Committee Processes and Procedures

Typically, the Compensation Committee meets at least quarterly and with greater frequency if necessary. The agenda for each meeting is usually developed by the Chairperson of the Compensation Committee, in consultation with the Chief Executive Officer and Radford, a division of Aon Consulting, Inc., or Radford, the Compensation Committee’s compensation consultant. The Compensation Committee meets regularly in executive session. However, from time to time, various members of management and other employees as well as outside advisors or consultants may be invited by the Compensation Committee to make presentations, to provide financial or other background information or advice or to

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otherwise participate in Compensation Committee meetings. The Chief Executive Officer may not participate in, or be present during, any deliberations or determinations of the Compensation Committee regarding his compensation or individual performance objectives.

The charter of the Compensation Committee grants the Compensation Committee full access to all of our books, records, facilities, and personnel. In addition, under the charter, the Compensation Committee has the authority to obtain, at our expense, advice and assistance from compensation consultants and internal and external legal, accounting, or other advisors and other external resources that the Compensation Committee considers necessary or appropriate in the performance of its duties. The Compensation Committee has direct responsibility for the oversight of the work of any consultants or advisers engaged for the purpose of advising the Committee. In particular, the Compensation Committee has the sole authority to retain, in its sole discretion, compensation consultants to assist in its evaluation of executive and director compensation, including the authority to approve the consultant’s reasonable fees and other retention terms. Under the charter, the Compensation Committee may select, or receive advice from, a compensation consultant, legal counsel or other adviser to the Compensation Committee, other than in-house legal counsel and certain other types of advisers, only after taking into consideration six factors, prescribed by the SEC and Nasdaq, that bear upon the adviser’s independence; however, there is no requirement that any adviser be independent.

During the past year, after taking into consideration the six factors prescribed by the SEC and Nasdaq described above, the Compensation Committee engaged Radford as a compensation consultant. The Compensation Committee requested that Radford review industry-wide compensation practices and trends to assess the competitiveness of our executive and non-employee director compensation programs.

As part of its engagement, Radford was requested by the Compensation Committee to develop a comparative group of companies and to perform analyses of competitive performance and compensation levels for that group. Radford also conducted individual interviews with senior management to learn more about our business operations and strategy, key performance metrics and strategic goals, as well as the labor markets in which we compete. Radford ultimately developed recommendations that were presented to the Compensation Committee for its consideration and to the Board for its information. Following an active dialogue with Radford, the Compensation Committee recommended that the Board approve certain recommendations of Radford.

Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee

During 2022 and the first quarter of 2023, our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee consisted of Drs. Hrustanovic and Walmsley and Ms. Larson, and the Chairperson of our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee was Dr. Hrustanovic. Effective April 1, 2023, Mr. Clark was appointed to our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and appointed as its Chairperson, replacing Dr. Hrustanovic. Our Board of Directors has determined that each current and former member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee is independent under the Nasdaq listing standards, a non-employee director, and free from any relationship that would interfere with the exercise of such person’s independent judgment.

Specific responsibilities of our Nominating and Corporate Governance committee include:

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identifying and evaluating candidates, including the nomination of incumbent directors for reelection and nominees recommended by stockholders, to serve on our Board of Directors;

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considering and making recommendations to our Board of Directors regarding the composition and chairpersonship of the committees of our Board of Directors;

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instituting plans or programs for the continuing education of our Board of Directors and orientation of new directors;

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developing and making recommendations to our Board of Directors regarding corporate governance guidelines and matters; and

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overseeing periodic evaluations of the Board of Directors’ performance, including committees of the Board of Directors.

The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee believes that candidates for director should have certain minimum qualifications, including the ability to read and understand basic financial statements and having the highest personal

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integrity and ethics. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee also intends to consider such factors as possessing relevant expertise upon which to be able to offer advice and guidance to management; having sufficient time to devote to the affairs of the Company; demonstrating excellence in such person’s field; having the ability to exercise sound business judgment; having experience as a board member or executive officer of another publicly held company; having a diverse personal background, perspective and experience; requirements of applicable law; and having the commitment to rigorously represent the long-term interests of our stockholders. However, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee retains the right to modify these qualifications from time to time. Candidates for director nominees are reviewed in the context of the current composition of the Board of Directors, the operating requirements of the Company and the long-term interests of stockholders. In conducting this assessment, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee typically considers diversity (including diversity of gender, race, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation and gender identity), age, skills, and such other factors as it deems appropriate, given the current needs of the Board of Directors and the Company, to maintain a balance of knowledge, experience, and capability.

In the case of incumbent directors whose terms of office are set to expire, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee reviews these directors’ overall service to the Company during their terms, including the number of meetings attended, level of participation, quality of performance, and any other relationships and transactions that might impair the directors’ independence. In the case of new director candidates, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee also determines whether the nominee is independent for Nasdaq purposes, which determination is based upon applicable Nasdaq listing standards, applicable SEC rules and regulations, and the advice of counsel, if necessary. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee establishes criteria for a potential candidate based on the qualifications and factors set forth above and engages a professional search firm to assist in finding a potential candidate based upon such criteria. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee conducts any appropriate and necessary inquiries into the backgrounds and qualifications of possible candidates after considering the function and needs of the Board of Directors. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee meets to discuss and consider the candidates’ qualifications and then selects a nominee for recommendation to the Board of Directors by majority vote.

The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee will consider director candidates recommended by stockholders. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee does not intend to alter the manner in which it evaluates candidates, including the minimum criteria set forth above, based on whether or not the candidate was recommended by a stockholder. Stockholders who wish to recommend individuals for consideration by the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee to become nominees for election to the Board of Directors may do so by delivering a written recommendation to the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee at the following address: 512 2^nd Street, 4^th Floor, San Francisco, California 94107. Submissions must include, among other items required by our bylaws, the name, age, business address and residence address of the proposed nominee; the principal occupation or employment of such nominee; the class and number of shares of each class of capital stock of the Corporation which are owned of record and beneficially by the proposed nominee; the date or dates on which such shares were acquired and the investment intent of such acquisition; a statement whether the proposed nominee, if elected, intends to tender, promptly following such person’s failure to receive the required vote for election or re-election at the next meeting at which such person would face election or re-election, an irrevocable resignation effective upon acceptance of such resignation by the Board of Directors; and such other information concerning such nominee as would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement soliciting proxies for the election of such nominee as a director in an election contest (even if an election contest is not involved), or that is otherwise required to be disclosed pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (including such person’s written consent to being named as a nominee and to serving as a director if elected).

Stockholder Communications With the Board of Directors

Our Board of Directors believes that stockholders should have an opportunity to communicate with the Board of Directors, and efforts have been made to ensure that the views of stockholders are heard by the Board of Directors or individual directors, as applicable, and that appropriate responses are provided to stockholders in a timely manner. Stockholders wishing to communicate with the Board of Directors or an individual director may send a written communication to the Board of Directors or such director c/o Olema Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 512 2^nd Street, 4^th Floor, San Francisco, California 94107, Attn: Secretary. The Secretary will review each communication. The Secretary will forward such communication to the Board of Directors or to any individual director to whom the communication is addressed unless the communication contains advertisements or solicitations or is unduly hostile, threatening, or similarly inappropriate, in which case the Secretary shall discard the communication.

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Code of Business Conduct and Ethics

Our written Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, or Code of Conduct, applies to all of our employees, officers and directors, including our principal executive officer, principal financial officer and principal accounting officer or controller. The Code of Conduct is available on our corporate website at https://www.olema.com/ in the Investors & Media section under “Corporate Governance.” If we make any substantive amendments to our Code of Conduct or grant any of our directors or executive officers any waiver, including any implicit waiver, from a provision of our Code of Conduct, we will disclose the nature of the amendment or waiver on our website or in a Current Report on Form 8-K. Information contained in, or that can be accessed through, our website is not incorporated by reference herein, and you should not consider information on our website to be part of this proxy statement or our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022.

Corporate Governance Guidelines

As part of our Board of Directors’ commitment to enhancing stockholder value over the long term, our Board of Directors has adopted a set of Corporate Governance Guidelines to provide the framework for the governance of the Company and to assist our Board of Directors in the exercise of its responsibilities. Our Corporate Governance Guidelines cover, among other topics, board composition and structure, board membership criteria, director independence, board and board committee assessments, committees of the Board of Directors, board access to management and outside advisors, and director orientation and education. The Corporate Governance Guidelines, as well as current copies of the charters for each committee of the Board of Directors, may be viewed on our corporate website at https://www.olema.com in the Investors & Media section under “Corporate Governance.”

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PROPOSAL NO. 2

ADVISORY VOTE ON EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

Under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, or the Dodd-Frank Act, and Section 14A of the Exchange Act, the Company’s stockholders are entitled to vote to approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as disclosed in this proxy statement in accordance with SEC rules. At the 2022 annual meeting of stockholders, the stockholders indicated their preference that the Company solicit a non-binding advisory vote on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, commonly referred to as a “say-on-pay vote,” every year. The Board of Directors has adopted a policy that is consistent with that preference.

This vote is not intended to address any specific item of compensation, but rather the overall compensation of the Company’s named executive officers and the philosophy, policies and practices described in this proxy statement. The compensation of the Company’s named executive officers subject to the vote is disclosed in the compensation tables and the related narrative disclosure contained in this proxy statement. As discussed in those disclosures, the Company believes that its compensation policies and decisions are designed to meet two objectives: (i) to attract and retain talented and skilled executives by paying for performance and (ii) to align compensation of our executives with our stockholders through an appropriate mix of short-term and long-term compensation. Compensation of the Company’s named executive officers is designed to enable the Company to attract and retain talented and experienced executives to lead the Company successfully in a competitive environment.

Accordingly, the Board is asking the stockholders to indicate their support for the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as described in this proxy statement by casting a non-binding advisory vote “FOR” the following resolution:

“RESOLVED, that the compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers, as disclosed pursuant to Item 402 of Regulation S-K, including the compensation tables and narrative discussion that accompanies the compensation tables, is hereby APPROVED.”

Because the vote is advisory, it is not binding on the Board or the Company. Nevertheless, the views expressed by the stockholders, whether through this vote or otherwise, are important to the Board and the Compensation Committee, and accordingly the Board and the Compensation Committee intend to consider the results of this vote in making determinations in the future regarding executive compensation arrangements.

Vote Required

Advisory approval of this proposal requires the vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power of the shares present virtually or represented by proxy and voting affirmatively or negatively (excluding abstentions and broker non-votes) on the matter.

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS

A VOTE IN FAVOR OF PROPOSAL NO. 2.

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PROPOSAL NO. 3

RATIFICATION OF SELECTION OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

The Audit Committee of the Board of Directors has selected Ernst & Young LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2023 and has further directed that management submit the selection of its independent registered public accounting firm for ratification by the stockholders at the Annual Meeting. Ernst & Young LLP has audited our financial statements since 2020. Representatives of Ernst & Young LLP are expected to be present at the Annual Meeting. They will have an opportunity to make a statement if they so desire and will be available to respond to appropriate questions.

Neither our bylaws nor other governing documents or law require stockholder ratification of the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm. However, the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors is submitting the selection of Ernst & Young LLP to the stockholders for ratification as a matter of good corporate practice. If the stockholders fail to ratify the selection, the Audit Committee will reconsider whether or not to retain that firm. Even if the selection is ratified, the Audit Committee in its discretion may direct the appointment of different independent auditors at any time during the year if they determine that such a change would be in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders.

Vote Required

The affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power shares present in person, by remote communication or represented by proxy and voting affirmatively or negatively (excluding abstentions and broker non-votes) on the matter will be required to approve this Proposal No. 3.

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS

A VOTE “FOR” PROPOSAL NO. 3.

Principal Accountant Fees and Services

The following table represents aggregate fees billed to Olema for the year ended December 31, 2021 and 2022, by Ernst & Young LLP, our independent registered public accounting firm.


	Year Ended December 31,
	2021		2022

Audit Fees⁽¹⁾	$	1,145,000	$	575,000
Audit-Related Fees		—		—
Tax Fees⁽²⁾		—		24,779
All Other Fees		—		—
Total Fees	$	1,145,000	$	599,779

(1)	Audit Fees consist of fees for the audit of our annual financial statements, interim quarterly reviews, and other professional services provided in connection with regulatory filings.

(2)	Tax Fees consist of fees for the preparation and filing of the 2021 tax return and research and development tax credit for our wholly-owned subsidiary, Olema Oncology Australia Pty, Ltd.

All fees incurred in 2021 and 2022 were pre-approved by our Audit Committee.

Pre-Approval Procedures

The Audit Committee has procedures in place for the pre-approval of audit and non-audit services rendered by the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, Ernst & Young LLP. The Audit Committee generally pre-approves specified services in the defined categories of audit services, audit-related services and tax services up to specified amounts. Pre-approval may also be given as part of the Audit Committee’s approval of the scope of the engagement of the independent auditor or on an individual, explicit, case-by-case basis before the independent auditor is engaged to provide each service. The pre-approval of services may be delegated to one or more of the Audit Committee’s members, but the decision must be reported to the full Audit Committee at its next scheduled meeting.

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SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT

The following table sets forth certain information regarding the ownership of our common stock as of April 25, 2023 (except as noted) by:

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each director and nominee for director;

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each of the executive officers named in the Summary Compensation Table under “Executive Compensation” below (referred to throughout this proxy statement as our named executive officers);

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all current executive officers and directors as a group; and

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all those known by us to be beneficial owners of more than five percent of our outstanding common stock.

This table is based upon information supplied by officers and directors as well as Schedules 13G or 13D filed with the SEC by beneficial owners of more than five percent of our common stock. Unless otherwise indicated in the footnotes to this table and subject to community property laws where applicable, we believe that each of the stockholders named in this table has sole voting and investment power with respect to the shares indicated as beneficially owned. Applicable percentages are based on 40,701,994 shares outstanding on April 25, 2023, adjusted as required by rules promulgated by the SEC.

Except as otherwise noted below, the address for persons listed in the table is c/o Olema Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 512 2^nd Street, 4^th Floor, San Francisco, California 94107.


	Beneficial Ownership
Beneficial Owner	Number of Shares	Percent of Total
5% Stockholders
Entities affiliated with BVF Partners L.P.⁽¹⁾	7,411,503	18.2	%
Entities affiliated with Logos Opportunities Fund I L.P.⁽²⁾	3,758,818	9.2	%
Entities managed by Janus Henderson Group plc⁽³⁾	3,057,306	7.5	%
Entities affiliated with Paradigm BioCapital⁽⁴⁾	2,515,111	6.2	%
Entities affiliated with Cormorant Asset Management, LP⁽⁵⁾	2,082,000	5.1	%
Executive Officers and Directors
Sean Bohen, M.D, Ph.D.⁽⁶⁾	1,768,198	4.2	%
Shane Kovacs⁽⁷⁾	548,024	1.3	%
Naseem Zojwalla, M.D.⁽⁸⁾	86,942	*
Cyrus Harmon, Ph.D.⁽⁹⁾	1,488,051	3.6	%
Ian Clark⁽¹⁰⁾	274,250	*
Cynthia Butitta⁽¹¹⁾	148,436	*
Sandra Horning, M.D.⁽¹²⁾	117,167	*
Gorjan Hrustanovic, Ph.D.⁽¹³⁾	101,622	*
Yi Larson⁽¹⁴⁾	62,355	*
Andrew Rappaport⁽¹⁵⁾	638,406	1.6	%
Graham Walmsley, M.D., Ph.D.⁽¹⁶⁾	3,860,440	9.5	%
All executive officers and directors as a group (13 persons)⁽¹⁷⁾	10,420,504	23.5	%

*	Represents beneficial ownership of less than 1%.

(1)

This information is as of November 30, 2021 and is based solely on information contained in the Schedule 13D/A filed with the SEC on December 2, 2021 by Biotechnology Value Fund, L.P., or BVF, BVF I GP LLC, or BVF GP, Biotechnology Value Fund II, L.P., or BVF2, BVF II GP LLC, or BVF2 GP, Biotechnology Value Trading Fund OS LP, or Trading Fund OS, BVF Partners OS Ltd., or Partners OS, BVF GP Holdings LLC, or BVF GPH, BVF Partners L.P., or Partners, BVF Inc., Mark N. Lampert and Gorjan Hrustanovic. BVF and BVF GP may each be deemed to beneficially own 3,755,093 of the shares and each has shared voting and dispositive power over the shares it is deemed to beneficially own. BVF2 and BVF2 GP may each be deemed to beneficially own 2,865,242 of the shares and each has shared voting and dispositive power over the shares it is deemed to beneficially own. Trading Fund OS and Partners OS may each be deemed to beneficially own 471,350 of the shares and each has shared voting and dispositive power over the shares it is deemed to beneficially own. BVF GPH may be deemed to beneficially own 6,620,335 of the shares and has shared voting and dispositive power over such shares. Partners, BVF Inc. and Mr. Lampert may each be deemed to beneficially own all of the shares and each has shared voting and dispositive power over the shares.

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Dr. Hrustanovic may be deemed to beneficially own 50,809 of the shares and has sole voting and dispositive power over such shares. BVF GP, as the general partner of BVF, may be deemed to beneficially own the shares beneficially owned by BVF. BVF2 GP, as the general partner of BVF2, may be deemed to beneficially own the shares beneficially owned by BVF2. Partners OS, as the general partner of Trading Fund OS, may be deemed to beneficially own the beneficially owned by Trading Fund OS. BVF GPH, as the sole member of each of BVF GP and BVF2 GP, may be deemed to beneficially own the shares beneficially owned in the aggregate by BVF and BVF2. Partners, as the general partner of BVF, BVF2, the investment manager of Trading Fund OS, and the sole member of Partners OS, may be deemed to beneficially own the shares beneficially owned by BVF, BVF2, Trading Fund OS and Partners Managed Accounts. BVF, Inc., as the general partner of Partners, may be deemed to beneficially own the shares beneficially owned by Partners. Mr. Lampert, as a director and officer of BVF Inc., may be deemed to beneficially own the shares beneficially owned by BVF Inc. The address of each of the entities and individuals is 44 Montgomery St. 40th floor, San Francisco, California 94104.

(2)

This information is as of November 23, 2020 and is based solely on information contained in the Schedule 13D filed with the SEC on December 3, 2020 by Logos Global Management LP, or Logos Global, Logos Global Management GP LLC, or Logos Global GP, Logos Opportunities GP LLC, or Logos Opportunities GP, Logos GP LLC, or Logos GP, Arsani William and Graham Walmsley. Logos Global, Logos Global GP, Dr. William, and Logos GP may be deemed to beneficially own 3,743,875 of the shares and each has shared voting and dispositive power over such shares. Logos Opportunities GP may be deemed to beneficially own 2,583,875 of the shares and has shared voting and dispositive power over such shares. Dr. Walmsley may be deemed to beneficially own all of the shares and has shared voting and dispositive power over 3,743,875 of the shares and sole voting and dispositive power over 14,943 of the shares. Logos Global is an investment adviser to several private investment funds, or collectively, the Funds. Logos Global GP is the general partner of Logos Global. Logos GP and Logos Opportunities GP are the general partners of the Funds. Logos GP is the manager of Logos Opportunities GP. Dr. William is the controlling person of Logos Global and Logos GP. Dr. William and Dr. Walmsley are the co-portfolio managers of two of the Funds that own the shares, and Dr. William is the portfolio manager of the other Fund that owns the shares. The address for each of the entities and individuals is One Letterman Drive, Building D, Suite D3-700, San Francisco, California 94129.

(3)

This information is as of December 31, 2022 and is based solely on information contained in the Schedule 13G/A filed with the SEC on February 10, 2023. Janus Henderson Group plc, or Janus Henderson, may be deemed to beneficially own the shares and has shared voting and dispositive power over the shares. Janus Henderson is a parent holding company/control person and has a 100% ownership interest in Janus Henderson Investors U.S., LLC, or JHIUS. JHIUS in its role as investment advisor or sub-investment advisor to certain management portfolios, may be deemed to beneficially own the shares. The address for Janus Henderson Group plc is 201 Bishopgate, EC2M 3AE, United Kingdom.

(4)

This information is as of March 29, 2023 and is based solely on information contained in the Schedule 13G filed with the SEC on April 10, 2023 by Paradigm BioCapital Advisors LP, or Advisor, Paradigm BioCapital Advisors GP LLC, or GP, Dr. Senai Asefaw, and Paradigm BioCapital International Fund Ltd., or Fund. The Fund and a separately managed account managed by the Advisor, or the Account, may be deemed to beneficially own the shares. The Advisor is the investment manager of the Fund and the Account, the GP is the general partner of the Advisor, and Dr. Asefaw is the managing member of GP. The Advisor, GP, and Dr. Asefaw may be deemed to beneficially own the shares. The address for each of the entities and for Dr. Asefaw is 767 Third Avenue, 17^th Floor, New York, New York 10017.

(5)

This information is as of December 31, 2022 and is based solely on information contained in the Schedule 13G/A filed with the SEC on February 14, 2023 by Cormorant Private Healthcare Fund II, LP, or Fund II, Cormorant Private Healthcare GP II, LLC, or Fund II GP, Cormorant Private Healthcare Fund III, LP, or Fund III, Cormorant Private Healthcare GP III, LLC, or Fund III GP, Cormorant Asset Management, LP, or Asset Management and Bihua Chen. Fund II and Fund II GP may be deemed to beneficially own 1,582,000 of the shares. Fund III and Fund III GP may be deemed to beneficially own 500,000 of the shares. Asset Management and Ms. Chen may be deemed to beneficially own all of the shares. Each of the foregoing entities and individuals has shared voting and dispositive power over the shares they are deemed to beneficially own. Fund II GP and Fund III GP serve as the general partners of Fund II and Fund III, respectively. Asset Management serves as the investment manager to Fund II, Fund III and a managed account, or the Account. Ms. Chen serves as the managing member of Fund II GP, Fund III GP and the general partner of Asset Management. The address for each of the entities and for Ms. Chen is 200 Clarendon Street, 52nd Floor, Boston Massachusetts 02116.

(6)	Consists of (i) 79,279 shares held of record by Dr. Bohen and (ii) 1,688,919 shares issuable pursuant to outstanding stock options held by Dr. Bohen which are exercisable within 60 days of April 25, 2023.

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(7)	Consists of (i) 396,197 shares held of record by Mr. Kovacs and (ii) 151,827 shares issuable pursuant to outstanding stock options held by Mr. Kovacs which are exercisable within 60 days of April 25, 2023.

(8)	Consists of (i) 3,609 shares held of record by Dr. Zojwalla and (ii) 83,333 shares issuable pursuant to outstanding stock options held by Dr. Zojwalla which are exercisable within 60 days of April 25, 2023.

(9)

Consists of (i) 1,058,714 shares held directly by Dr. Harmon, (ii) 122,028 shares held by Harmon Family Investors LLC, over which Dr. Harmon holds voting and investment power as manager, and (iii) 307,309 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of stock options held by Dr. Harmon which are exercisable within 60 days of April 25, 2023.

(10)	Consists of 274,250 shares issuable pursuant to outstanding stock options held by Mr. Clark which are exercisable within 60 days of April 25, 2023.

(11)	Consists of (i) 83,876 shares held of record by Ms. Butitta and (ii) 64,560 shares issuable pursuant to outstanding stock options held by Ms. Butitta which are exercisable within 60 days of April 25, 2023.

(12)	Consists of 117,167 shares issuable pursuant to outstanding stock options held by Dr. Horning which are exercisable within 60 days of April 25, 2023.

(13)	Consists of 101,622 shares issuable pursuant to outstanding stock options held by Dr. Hrustanovic which are exercisable within 60 days of April 25, 2023.

(14)	Consists of 62,355 shares issuable pursuant to outstanding stock options held by Ms. Larson which are exercisable within 60 days of April 25, 2023

(15)

Consists of (i) 481,014 shares held by SPW Investments LLC, or SPW, and (ii) 157,392 shares issuable pursuant to outstanding stock options held by Dr. Rappaport which are exercisable within 60 days of April 25, 2023. Mr. Rappaport is a managing member of Skyline Public Works, LLC, which is the general partner of SPW, and in such capacity shares voting and dispositive power with respect to the shares held by SPW.

(16)	Consists of (i) 3,758,818 shares held of record by entities affiliated with Logos Opportunity Fund I L.P. and (ii) 101,622 shares issuable pursuant to outstanding stock options held by Dr. Walmsley which are exercisable within 60 days of April 25, 2023.

(17)	Consists of (i) 6,743,026 shares held of record and (ii) 3,677,478 shares issuable pursuant to outstanding stock options which are exercisable within 60 days of April 25, 2023.

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EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

The following table sets forth certain information with respect to our executive officers as of April 25, 2023:


Name	Age	Position
Sean Bohen, M.D., Ph.D.⁽¹⁾	56	President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
David C. Myles, Ph.D.	61	Chief Discovery and Non-Clinical Development Officer
Shane Kovacs	49	Chief Operating and Financial Officer
John B. Moriarty, Jr., J.D.	55	Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary
Naseem Zojwalla, M.D.	50	Chief Medical Officer

(1)	Please see “Proposal No. 1: Election of Directors” for Dr. Bohen’s biography.

David C. Myles, Ph.D. has served as our Chief Discovery and Non-Clinical Development Officer since September 2022. Prior to that, he served as our Chief Development Officer and Executive Vice President, Drug Discovery and Development beginning in April 2008. From 2006 to 2008, Dr. Myles co-founded and served as the Chief Operating Officer of Epiphany Biosciences, Inc. From January 2001 to November 2006, he served as the Executive Director of Chemistry at Kosan Biosciences, Inc. From 1998 to 2001, Dr. Myles served as the Associate Director of Medical Chemistry at Chiron Corporation, a biotechnology company that was later acquired by Novartis International AG. From 1991 to 1998, he was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at University of California, Los Angeles. Dr. Myles currently serves as the Finance Chair on the board of directors of Point Blue Conservation Science. Dr. Myles received a B.A. in chemistry from Occidental College, and a Ph.D. in Chemistry from Yale University. He was a National Institute of Health post-doctoral fellow at Harvard University.

Shane Kovacs has served as our Chief Operating and Financial Officer since June 2020. Prior to joining us, Mr. Kovacs served as Chief Business and Financial Officer at BlueRock Therapeutics LP from July 2018 to March 2020, which was acquired by Bayer AG in August 2019. Mr. Kovacs served as Managing Director, Head of Biotechnology Investment Banking at RBC Capital Markets from May 2017 to September 2018. From May 2013 to May 2017, Mr. Kovacs served as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Head of Corporate Development at PTC Therapeutics, Inc. From March 2004 to May 2013, Mr. Kovacs served in various positions at Credit Suisse, including Managing Director, Healthcare Investment Banking. Mr. Kovacs received a B.Eng. in chemical engineering and a B.S. in life sciences from Queen’s University and an M.B.A. from the University of Western Ontario. He is also a CFA Charterholder.

John B. Moriarty, Jr., J.D. has served as our Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary since September 2020. From March 2018 to July 2020, he served as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary at Portola Pharmaceuticals, Inc., which was acquired by Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. in July 2020. From September 2014 to February 2018, Mr. Moriarty served as Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc., and from December 2012 to September 2014, he served as Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Alexion. Prior to joining Alexion in December 2012, he served as General Counsel and Chief Legal Officer at Elan Corporation plc, an Irish public limited company traded on the New York and Irish Stock Exchanges, and also served as a member of Elan’s Executive Management team from March 2010 to December 2012. Prior to assuming the role of General Counsel and Chief Legal Officer, Mr. Moriarty served as Senior Vice President of Law, Litigation and Commercial Operations at Elan from December 2008 to March 2010. From 2002 to 2008, Mr. Moriarty held various positions with Amgen Inc., including Executive Director and Associate General Counsel, Global Commercial Operations—Amgen Oncology and Senior Counsel, Complex Litigation, Products Liability and Government Investigations. From 1994 to 2002, Mr. Moriarty served in various capacities in private practice focused on healthcare and as a healthcare fraud prosecutor in the U.S. Attorney’s Office and the Virginia Attorney General’s Office. Mr. Moriarty received a B.A. from the University of Virginia and J.D. from the University of Georgia School of Law.

Naseem Zojwalla, M.D. has served as our Chief Medical Officer since January 2022. Prior to that, Dr. Zojwalla served as Vice President of Clinical Development at Turning Point Therapeutics from July 2020 to January 2022, and at Peloton Therapeutics (acquired by Merck) from March 2015 to March 2020. Earlier in her career, Dr. Zojwalla held roles of increasing responsibility at multiple oncology-focused companies, including Onyx Pharmaceuticals, ImClone Systems, and Eisai Medical Research. Dr. Zojwalla was previously an Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine at Columbia University Medical Center. She received a B.S. from Stanford University and an M.D. from Temple University School of Medicine and completed her hematology/oncology fellowship training at Columbia University Medical Center.

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EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

The following table shows for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, the compensation awarded to or paid to, or earned by, each individual who served as our principal executive officer and each of our two other most highly compensated executive officers during the year ended December 31, 2022, or the named executive officers.

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							Non-Equity
					Stock	Option	Incentive Plan	All Other
		Salary	Bonus		Awards	Awards	Compensation	Compensation		Total
Name and Principal Position	Year	($)	($)		($)(1)	($)(2)	($)(3)	($)		($)
Sean Bohen, M.D., Ph.D.	2022	615,800			1,064,700	3,923,168	372,600	13,370	⁽⁴⁾	5,989,638
President and Chief Executive Officer	2021	595,000				2,324,250	392,700	11,600	⁽⁵⁾	3,323,550
Shane Kovacs	2022	495,000			354,900	1,193,010	217,800	13,370	⁽⁴⁾	2,274,080
Chief Operating and Financial Officer	2021	470,000					220,900	184,650	⁽⁶⁾	875,550
Naseem Zojwalla, M.D.⁽⁷⁾	2022	414,205	150,000	⁽⁸⁾	270,400	1,207,500	198,000	13,272	⁽⁹⁾	2,253,377
Chief Medical Officer

(1)

Amounts represent the aggregate grant date fair value of performance-based restricted stock units granted to our named executive officers during 2022, computed in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board, Accounting Standards Codification, or ASC, Topic 718, based on the closing price of our common stock on the date of grant.

(2)

Amounts represent the aggregate grant date fair value of stock options granted to our named executive officers during 2022, computed in accordance with ASC Topic 718. Assumptions used in the calculation of these amounts are included in Note 8 to our financial statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022. These amounts do not necessarily correspond to the actual value recognized or that may be recognized by the named executive officers.

(3)

Amounts represent annual performance-based cash bonuses earned by our named executive officers based on the achievement of certain corporate performance objectives and individual performance during 2022. For more information regarding these bonuses, see below under “Narrative to Summary Compensation Table—Annual Bonus Plan.”

(4)	Consists of $12,200 employer matching 401(k) contributions and $1,170 life insurance premium paid as an employee benefit.

(5)	Consists of $11,600 employer matching 401(k) contributions.

(6)

Consists of (i) $100,000 of relocation benefits in connection with Mr. Kovacs relocation to Boston, Massachusetts, (ii) $70,800 of a tax gross-up payment made to Mr. Kovacs in connection with his relocation benefits, (iii) $11,600 employer matching 401(k) contributions, (iv) $1,170 for life insurance premium paid as an employee benefit and (iv) $1,080 as a commuter employee benefit.

(7)	Because Dr. Zojwalla was not a named executive officer for 2021, SEC rules do not require her compensation for that year to be reported.

(8)	Amount represents sign-on bonus as indicated in Dr. Zojwalla’s offer letter dated December 15, 2021.

(9)	Consists of $12,200 employer matching 401(k) contributions and $1,072 life insurance premium paid as an employee benefit.

Narrative to Summary Compensation Table

Base Salary

Base salaries for our executive officers are initially established through arm’s-length negotiations at the time of the executive officer’s hiring, taking into account such executive officer’s qualifications, experience, the scope of such officer’s

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responsibilities and competitive market compensation paid by other companies for similar positions within the industry and geography. Base salaries are reviewed periodically, typically in connection with our annual performance review process, and adjusted from time to time to realign salaries with market levels after taking into account individual responsibilities, performance and experience. In making decisions regarding salary increases, we may also draw upon the experience of members of our Board of Directors with executives at other companies.

Annual Bonus Plan

Our executive officers are eligible to receive performance-based cash bonuses, which are designed to provide appropriate incentives to our executives to achieve defined performance goals and to reward our executives for individual achievement toward these goals. The performance-based bonus each executive officer is eligible to receive is generally based on the extent to which we achieve the corporate goals that our board or compensation committee establishes and is paid annually. Annually, the Compensation Committee of our Board of Directors reviews the company’s performance and determines the actual bonus payout to be awarded to each of our eligible executive officers.

For 2022, our named executive officers were eligible to earn annual cash bonuses at target percentages of 55% for Dr. Bohen, 40% for Mr. Kovacs, and 40% for Dr. Zojwalla based on the achievement of certain corporate performance objectives approved by our Board of Directors. For 2022, the metrics evaluated by our Board of Directors were the clinical development of OP-1250, including continued progress in the Phase 2 monotherapy clinical trial of OP-1250 and the initiation of the Phase 1b combination clinical trials of OP-1250 with palbociclib and ribociclib, respectively, focusing on drug product supply chain factors, broadening our pipeline, and the achievement of organizational and business development goals. In January 2023, the Compensation Committee reviewed the Company’s achievements against our 2022 corporate goals and determined the level of corporate achievement for 2022 to be 110%. Based on the level of corporate achievement in 2022, the Compensation Committee approved bonus payments for 2022 for Drs. Bohen and Zojwalla and Mr. Kovacs as set forth in the table below:


Named Executive Officer	2022 Award
Sean Bohen, M.D., Ph.D.	$	372,600
Shane Kovacs	$	217,800
Naseem Zojwalla, M.D.	$	198,000

Equity Compensation

We believe that our ability to grant equity-based awards is a valuable and necessary compensation tool that aligns the long-term financial interests of our executive officers with the financial interests of our stockholders. In addition, we believe that our ability to grant equity-based awards helps us to attract, retain and motivate executive officers, and encourages them to devote their best efforts to our business and financial success. Vesting of equity awards is generally tied to continuous service with us and serves as an additional retention measure. Our executive officers generally are awarded an initial new hire grant upon commencement of employment, as well as annual grants.

Each of our named executive officers currently holds stock options under our 2020 Equity Incentive Plan, or the 2020 Plan, and/or our 2014 Equity Incentive Plan, or the 2014 Plan, that were granted subject to the general terms of the applicable plan and the applicable forms of stock option agreement thereunder. Dr. Zojwalla also has holds stock options under our 2022 Inducement Plan, or the Inducement Plan, that were granted subject to the general terms of the applicable plan and the applicable forms of stock option agreement thereunder. The specific vesting terms of each named executive officer’s stock options are described below under “—Outstanding Equity Awards at December 31, 2022.” We currently grant equity awards pursuant to the 2020 Plan and the Inducement Plan. All options are granted with a per share exercise price equal to no less than the fair market value of a share of our common stock on the date of the grant, and generally vest (i) 25% after one year from the vesting commencement date and on a monthly basis thereafter over 36 months or (ii) on a monthly basis over 48 months from the vesting commencement date, subject in each case to the continued service with us through each vesting date. All options have a maximum term of up to 10 years from the date of grant, subject to earlier expiration following the cessation of an executive officer’s continuous service with us. Option vesting is subject to acceleration as described below under “—Potential Payments upon Termination or Change in Control.” Options generally remain exercisable for three months following an executive officer’s termination, except in the event of a termination for cause or due to disability or death.

In January 2022, our Compensation Committee granted options to purchase 812,250 and 247,000 shares to Dr. Bohen and Mr. Kovacs, respectively, under the 2020 Plan, and granted options to purchase 250,000 shares to Dr. Zojwalla under the

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Inducement Plan. The options vest 25% after one year from the vesting commencement date and on a monthly basis thereafter over 36 months.

In November 2022, our Board granted performance-based restricted stock unit awards, or PSU Awards, for 315,000, 105,000, and 80,000 shares to Dr. Bohen, Mr. Kovacs and Dr. Zojwalla, respectively, under the 2020 Plan that, in order to vest in full, require achievement of certain financing and clinical milestones.

Employment Terms

We have entered into employment agreements or offer letters with each of our named executive officers. Descriptions of such arrangements with our named executive officers are included under the caption “—Employment Arrangements” below.

Outstanding Equity Awards at December 31, 2022

The following table shows, certain information regarding outstanding equity awards at December 31, 2022 for the named executive officers.


			Option Awards							Stock Awards
															Equity
													Equity		incentive
													incentive		plan awards:
													plan awards:		Market or
													Number of		payout
												Market	unearned		value of
				Number of		Number of				Number of		value of	shares,		unearned
				Securities		Securities				shares or		shares or	units or		shares, units or
				Underlying		Underlying				units of		units of	other		other
			Vesting	Unexercised		Unexercised		Option	Option	stock that		stock that	rights that		rights that
			Commencement	Options		Options		Exercise	Expiration	have not		have not	have not		have not
Name	Grant Date	Approval Date	Date	Exercisable (#)		Unexercisable (#)		Price ($)	Date	Vested (#)		vested ($)⁽¹⁾	vested (#)		vested ($)
Sean Bohen	09/19/2020	09/19/2020	09/01/2020	966,316	⁽²⁾	—		4.82	09/18/2030	—		—	—		—
	09/19/2020	09/19/2020	09/01/2020	41,464		41,467	⁽³⁾	4.82	09/18/2030	—		—	—		—
	11/18/2020	11/10/2020	11/10/2020	280,218		257,802	⁽⁴⁾	19.00	11/17/2030	—		—	—		—
	03/15/2021	03/11/2021	03/15/2021	32,812		42,188	⁽⁵⁾	45.63	3/15/2031	—		—	—		—
	02/01/2022	1/29/2022	02/01/2022	—		812,250	⁽⁶⁾	7.02	01/31/2032	—		—	—		—
	11/11/2022	11/11/2022	—	—		—		—	—	—		—	315,000	⁽⁷⁾	771,750	⁽⁸⁾
Shane Kovacs	06/15/2020	06/10/2020	06/15/2020	—		—		—	—	134,505	⁽⁹⁾	329,537	—		—
	11/18/2020	11/10/2020	11/10/2020	56,043		51,561	⁽⁴⁾	19.00	11/17/2030	—		—	—		—
	02/01/2022	1/29/2022	02/01/2022	—		247,000	⁽⁶⁾	7.02	01/31/2032	—		—	—		—
	11/11/2022	11/11/2022	—	—		—		—	—	—		—	105,000	⁽⁷⁾	257,250	⁽⁸⁾
Naseem Zojwalla	02/01/2022	1/26/2022	1/31/2022	—		250,000	⁽¹⁰⁾	7.02	01/31/2032	—		—	—		—
	11/11/2022	11/11/2022	—	—		—		—	—	—		—	80,000	⁽⁷⁾	196,000	⁽⁸⁾

(1)	The market value is based on the closing price of our common stock as of December 31, 2022, of $2.45 per share.

(2)	25% of the total shares subject to the option vested on September 1, 2021, and the remaining shares vest in 36 equal monthly installments thereafter, subject to continuous service as of each such vesting date. The total amount of shares originally subject to the option was 1,027,965.

(3)	25% of the total shares subject to the option vested on September 1, 2021, and 25% of the shares subject to the option vest on January 1, 2022, 2023 and 2024, subject to continuous service as of each such vesting date.

(4)	25% of the total shares subject to the option vested on November 10, 2021, and the remaining shares vest in 36 equal monthly installments thereafter, subject to continuous service as of each such vesting date.

(5)	25% of the total shares subject to the option vested on March 15, 2022, and the remaining shares vest in 36 equal monthly installments thereafter, subject to continuous service as of each such vesting date.

(6)	25% of the total shares subject to the option vested on February 1, 2023, and the remaining shares vest in 36 equal monthly installments thereafter, subject to continuous service as of each vesting date.

(7)	Represents a PSU Award granted in November 2022 under the 2020 Plan that, in order to vest in full, requires achievement of certain financing and clinical milestones as outlined in the section above titled “—Equity Compensation.”

(8)	The market value of the PSU Award is calculated by multiplying the number of shares underlying the PSU Award shown in the table by $2.45, the closing price of our common stock as of December 31, 2022.

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(9)

25% of the total shares subject to the restricted stock award vested on June 15, 2021, and the remaining shares vest in 36 equal monthly installments thereafter, subject to continuous service as of each such vesting date. The total amount of shares initially subject to the restricted stock award was 358,680.

(10)	25% of the total shares subject to the option vested on January 31, 2023, and the remaining shares vest in 36 equal monthly installments thereafter, subject to continuous services as of each vesting date.

Employment Arrangements

Below are descriptions of our employment agreements and arrangements with our named executive officers. The agreements generally provide for at-will employment without any specific term and set forth the named executive officer’s initial base salary, annual target bonus and severance benefits upon a qualifying termination of employment or change in control of our company. Each named executive officer is also eligible to participate in all employee benefit plans that are generally available to our employees. Furthermore, each of our named executive officers has executed our standard form of proprietary information and inventions assignment agreement. The key terms of the employment agreements with our named executive officers, including potential payments upon termination or change in control, are described below.

Sean Bohen, M.D., Ph.D.

In September 2020, we entered into an initial offer letter with Dr. Bohen that set forth the initial terms and conditions of his employment with us. In November 2020, we and Dr. Bohen entered into an amended and restated employment agreement that governs the current terms of his employment. Pursuant to the amended and restated employment agreement his annual base salary was initially $500,000, and his annual performance bonus target achievement was equal to 50% of his base salary. In March 2021, the Board approved increasing Dr. Bohen’s base salary to $595,000 effective as of November 18, 2020, and his annual performance bonus target achievement to 55% of his base salary. In January 2022, the Compensation Committee approved increasing Dr. Bohen’s base salary to $615,800 for 2022. Dr. Bohen remains eligible for future equity awards as determined by our Board of Directors. Dr. Bohen is also entitled to certain severance benefits, the terms of which are described below under the section titled “—Potential Payments upon Termination or Change of Control.” Dr. Bohen’s employment is at will.

Shane Kovacs

In June 2020, we and Mr. Kovacs entered into an offer letter governing the terms of his employment. In November 2020, we and Mr. Kovacs entered into an amended and restated employment agreement that governs the current terms of his employment. Pursuant to the amended and restated employment agreement his annual base salary was initially $400,000, and his annual performance bonus target achievement was equal to 35% of his base salary. In March 2021, the Compensation Committee approved increasing Mr. Kovacs’ base salary to $470,000 effective as of November 18, 2020, and his annual performance bonus target achievement to 40% of his base salary. In January 2022, the Compensation Committee approved increasing Mr. Kovacs’ base salary to $495,000 for 2022. Mr. Kovacs remains eligible for future equity awards as determined by our Board of Directors. Mr. Kovacs is also entitled to certain severance benefits, the terms of which are described below under the section titled “—Potential Payments upon Termination or Change of Control.” Mr. Kovacs’ employment is at will.

Naseem Zojwalla

In December 2021, we and Dr. Zojwalla entered into an offer letter governing the terms of her employment. Pursuant to the offer letter her annual base salary was initially $450,000, and her annual performance bonus target achievement was equal to 40% of her base salary. Dr. Zojwalla remains eligible for future equity awards as determined by our Board of Directors. Dr. Zojwalla is also entitled to certain severance benefits, the terms of which are described below under the section titled “—Potential Payments upon Termination or Change of Control.” Dr. Zojwalla’s employment is at will.

Potential Payments upon Termination or Change in Control

Pursuant to our named executive officers’ amended and restated employment agreements, if (a) the officer’s employment is terminated without cause (as defined in the respective agreement) or (b) the officer resigns for good reason (as defined in the respective agreement), then in addition to any amounts accrued and payable under the terms of our benefit plans through the date of termination, the officer will be entitled to receive severance as described below. The level of severance benefits will depend on whether or not the termination without cause or resignation for good reason occurs within a “change

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in control period” that begins three months before the effective date of a change in control (as defined in the respective agreement) and extends through the period ending 18 months following the effective date of a change in control.

If the officer’s employment is terminated without cause or resignation for good reason outside of the change in control period, the officer will be entitled to receive severance in the form of 12 months (18 months in the case of our CEO) of such officer’s then-current base salary, such amount to be paid in equal installments over a twelve-month period after the date of termination, subject to applicable taxes and withholding, as well as up to 12 months (18 months in the case of our CEO) of COBRA coverage. The officer will remain eligible for an annual bonus amount for the year of the separation of service to be determined by our Board of Directors based on corporate performance during the year and prorated based on months of service, subject to applicable taxes and withholding. In addition, Dr. Bohen is entitled to accelerated vesting of his then-outstanding unvested equity awards that would have vested within the next 12 months following his termination date. In the case of each of Mr. Kovacs and Dr. Zojwalla, 50% of such person’s then-unvested time-based equity grants granted in connection with the commencement of such person’s employment shall accelerate and become fully vested as of the termination date.

If the officer’s employment is terminated without cause or resignation for good reason within the change in control period, the officer will be entitled to receive severance in the form of 12 months (18 months in the case of our CEO) of such person’s then-current base salary plus such person’s target bonus for the year of termination to be paid in a lump sum, subject to applicable taxes and withholding, as well as up to 12 months (18 months in the case of our CEO) of COBRA coverage. The officer will also remain eligible for an annual bonus amount for the year of the separation of service to be determined by our Board of Directors based on corporate performance during the year and prorated based on months of service. In addition, all of such person’s then-unvested time-based equity grants shall accelerate and become fully vested as of the termination date. In addition, upon a change in control, any unvested portion of the PSU Award relating to the financing milestone will accelerate and vest in full, and unless any unvested portion of the PSU relating to the clinical milestone is assumed, then any unvested portion of the PSU Award relating to the clinical milestone will vest in full as well. Further, if the officer’s employment is terminated without cause or the officer resigns for good reason within 12 months following the effective time of the change in control, any unvested portion of the PSU Award relating to the clinical milestone will accelerate and vest in full.

These severance benefits are conditioned upon the officer continuing to comply with such person’s obligations under such person’s proprietary information agreement and such person’s delivery of a general release of claims in favor of the company that becomes effective and irrevocable within 60 days of the date of termination. In the event of any payments to our named executive officers being characterized as parachute payments under Section 280G of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or the Code, the officer will receive either a reduced payment amount or the full payment about, depending on which results in a more favorable economic benefit.

401(k) Plan

We maintain a 401(k) plan that provides eligible U.S. employees with an opportunity to save for retirement on a tax-advantaged basis. Eligible employees are able to defer eligible compensation up to certain limits under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or the Code, which are updated annually. We have the ability to make matching and discretionary contributions to the 401(k) plan and currently make matching contributions to the 401(k) plan up to 4% of an employee’s base salary. The 401(k) plan is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code, with the related trust intended to be tax exempt under Section 501(a) of the Code. As a tax-qualified retirement plan, contributions to the 401(k) plan are deductible by us when made, and contributions and earnings on those amounts are not generally taxable to the employees until withdrawn or distributed from the 401(k) plan.

Other Compensation and Benefits

All of our current named executive officers are eligible to participate in our employee benefit plans, including our medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and accidental death and dismemberment insurance plans, in each case on the same basis as all of our other employees. We pay the premiums for the life, disability, and accidental death and dismemberment insurance for all of our employees, including our named executive officers.

Our named executive officers did not participate in, or earn any benefits under, any nonqualified deferred compensation plan sponsored by us during the year ended December 31, 2022. Our Board of Directors may elect to provide our officers and other employees with nonqualified deferred compensation benefits in the future if it determines that doing so is in our best interests.

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Our named executive officers did not participate in, or otherwise receive any benefits under, any pension or retirement plan sponsored by us, other than the 401(k) plan, during fiscal 2022.

Relocation Policy

In May 2021 we adopted a relocation policy that was subsequently amended in September 2021. The policy provides for a lump sum payment ranging from $15,000 to $100,000, depending on the employee’s position, and an additional amount to compensate for the taxes owed on such payment, for any current or future employee that relocates with the approval of management and for a business need.

In 2021, we made a tax gross-up payment to Mr. Kovacs in the amount of $70,800 in connection with his relocation benefits.

Perquisites and Other Personal Benefits

Other than as set forth above, we do not provide any other perquisites or other personal benefits to our named executive officers that are not otherwise provided to all employees.

Hedging and Pledging Prohibition

Pursuant to our insider trading policy, all employees, including our executive officers, and non-employee directors, as well as designated consultants, are prohibited from engaging in short sales of our securities, establishing margin accounts, pledging our securities as collateral for a loan, buying or selling puts or calls on our securities or otherwise engaging in hedging transactions (such as prepaid variable forwards, equity swaps, collars, and exchange funds) involving our securities.

PAY VERSUS PERFORMANCE

As required by Section 953(a) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and Item 402(v) of Regulation S-K, the following table shows certain information about the relationship between executive compensation actually paid to Dr. Bohen, our principal executive officer, or PEO, and our other named executive officers, or NEOs, and total stockholder return and net loss.

Average

Value of Initial

Summary

Average

Fixed $100

Summary

Compensation

Investment Based

Compensation

Table Total for

Actually Paid

On:

Table Total for

Actually Paid to

Non-PEO

to Non-PEO

Total Stockholder

Net Loss

PEO

NEOs

Return

(thousands)

Year

($)⁽¹⁾

($)⁽²⁾

($)⁽³⁾

($)⁽⁴⁾

($)⁽⁵⁾

($) ⁽⁶⁾

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

(e)

(f)

(h)

2022

5,989,638

(3,929,522)

2,263,729

623,352

(104,787)

2021

3,323,550

(53,308,590)

1,351,725

(11,728,537)

(71,096)

(1)	The dollar amounts reported in column (b) are the amounts of total compensation reported for Dr. Bohen, our President and Chief Executive Officer, for each corresponding year in the “Total” column of the Summary Compensation Table. Refer to “Executive Compensation— Summary Compensation Table.”

(2)

The dollar amounts reported in column (c) represent the amount of “compensation actually paid” to Dr. Bohen, as computed in accordance with Item 402(v) of Regulation S-K. The dollar amounts do not reflect the actual amount of compensation earned, realized, or received by Dr. Bohen during the applicable year. In accordance with the requirements of Item 402(v) of Regulation S-K, the following adjustments were made to Dr. Bohen’s total compensation for each year to determine the compensation actually paid:


	Reported	Reported
	Summary Compensation	Value of Equity	Equity	Compensation
	Table Total for PEO	Awards^(a)	Award Adjustments^(b)	Actually Paid to PEO
Year	($)	($)	($)	($)
2022	5,989,638	4,987,868	(4,931,292)	(3,929,522)
2021	3,323,550	2,324,250	(54,307,890)	(53,308,590)

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(a)

The grant date fair value of equity awards represents the total of the amounts reported in the “Stock Awards” and “Option Awards” columns in the Summary Compensation Table for the applicable year.

(b)

The equity award adjustments for each applicable year include the addition (or subtraction, as applicable) of the following: (i) the year-end fair value of any equity awards granted in the applicable year that are outstanding and unvested as of the end of the year; (ii) the amount of change as of the end of the applicable year (from the end of the prior fiscal year) in fair value of any awards granted in prior years that are outstanding and unvested as of the end of the applicable year; (iii) for awards that are granted and vest in the same applicable year, the fair value as of the vesting date; (iv) for awards granted in prior years that vest in the applicable year, the amount equal to the change as of the vesting date (from the end of the prior fiscal year) in fair value; (v) for awards granted in prior years that are determined to fail to meet the applicable vesting conditions during the applicable year, a deduction for the amount equal to the fair value at the end of the prior fiscal year; and (vi) the dollar value of any dividends or other earnings paid on stock or option awards in the applicable year prior to the vesting date that are not otherwise reflected in the fair value of such award or included in any other component of total compensation for the applicable year, which was inapplicable for the principal executive officer and other named executive officers in the years covered. The valuation assumptions used to calculate fair values did not materially differ from those disclosed at the time of grant. The amounts deducted or added in calculating the equity award adjustments are as follows:

Fair Value

Year over

at the End

Year over

Fair Value

Year

of the Prior

Year

as of

Change in

Year of

Change in

Vesting

Fair Value

Equity

Fair Value of

Date of

of Equity

Awards that

Outstanding

Equity

Awards

Failed to

Year End

and

Awards

Granted in

Meet

Total

Fair Value

Unvested

Granted

Prior Years

Vesting

Equity

of Equity

Equity

and Vested

that Vested

Conditions

Award

Awards

in the Year

Adjustments

Year

($)

2022

2,761,763

(5,431,391)

—

(2,261,664)

—

(4,931,292)

2021

702,000

(44,762,295)

—

(10,247,595)

—

(54,307,890)

(3)

The dollar amounts reported in column (d) represent the average of the amounts reported for our named executive officers as a group (excluding Dr. Bohen, who has served as our President and Chief Executive Officer since 2020) in the “Total” column of the Summary Compensation Table in each applicable year. The names of each of the named executive officers included for purposes of calculating the average amounts in each applicable year are as follows: (i) for 2022, Shane Kovacs and Naseem Zojwalla; and (ii) for 2021, Shane Kovacs and Kinney Horn.

(4)

The dollar amounts reported in column (e) represent the average amount of “compensation actually paid” to the named executive officers as a group (excluding Dr. Bohen), as computed in accordance with Item 402(v) of Regulation S-K. The dollar amounts do not reflect the actual average amount of compensation earned by or paid to the named executive officers as a group (excluding Dr. Bohen) during the applicable year. In accordance with the requirements of Item 402(v) of Regulation S-K, the following adjustments were made to average total compensation for the named executive officers as a group (excluding Dr. Bohen) for each year to determine the compensation actually paid, using the same methodology described above in footnote 3:


	Average
	Reported Summary	Average		Average
	Compensation Table	Reported	Average Equity	Compensation
	Total for Non-	Value of Equity	Award	Actually Paid to Non
	PEO NEOs	Awards	Adjustments^(a)	PEO NEOs
Year	($)	($)	($)	($)
2022	2,263,729	1,512,905	(127,472)	623,352
2021	1,351,725	619,800	(12,460,462)	(11,728,537)

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(a)

The amounts deducted or added in calculating the total average equity award adjustments are as follows:

Average

Year over

Fair Value

Value of

Year over

Average

Year

at the End

Dividends or

Year

Fair Value

Average

of the Prior

other Earnings

Average

as of

Change in

Year of

Paid on Stock

Change in

Vesting

Fair Value

Equity

or Option

Fair Value of

Date of

of Equity

Awards that

Awards not

Outstanding

Equity

Awards

Failed to

Otherwise

Total

Average

and

Awards

Granted in

Meet

Reflected in

Average

Year End Fair

Unvested

Granted

Prior Years

Vesting

Fair Value or

Equity

Value of Equity

Equity

and Vested

that Vested

Conditions

Total

Award

Awards

in the Year

Compensation

Adjustments

Year

($)

2022

835,450

(642,858)

—

(320,064)

—

(127,472)

2021

187,200

(10,174,841)

—

(2,472,821)

—

(12,460,462)

(5)

Cumulative Total Stockholder Return, or TSR, is calculated by dividing the sum of the cumulative amount of dividends for the measurement period, assuming dividend reinvestment, and the difference between our share price at the end and the beginning of the measurement period by our share price at the beginning of the measurement period.

(6)

The dollar amounts reported represent the amount of net loss reflected in our audited financial statements for the applicable year. Due to the fact that we are not a commercial-stage company, we did not have any revenue during the periods presented. Consequently, we did not use net loss as a performance measure in our executive compensation program.

Analysis of the Information Presented in the Pay Versus Performance Table

Our executive compensation program reflects our philosophy of consistency with current market practices and aligning executive compensation with our long-term performance, to allow us to deliver on our mission and create stockholder value. While we utilize several performance measures to align executive compensation with our performance, all of those company measures are not presented in the Pay versus Performance table above. In accordance with Item 402(v) of Regulation S-K, we are providing the following graphical illustrations of the relationships between information presented in the Pay versus Performance table.

Compensation Actually Paid and Net Loss

Because we are a pre-commercial stage company, we had no revenue during the periods presented. Consequently, we do not use net loss as a performance measure in our executive compensation program. Moreover, as a pre-commercial stage company with no revenue, we do not believe there is any meaningful relationship between our net loss and compensation actually paid to our named executive officers during the periods presented.

Compensation Actually Paid and Cumulative TSR

The graph below shows the amount of compensation actually paid to Dr. Bohen and the average amount of compensation actually paid to the Company’s named executive officers as a group (excluding Dr. Bohen) compared to our cumulative TSR. The changes in compensation actually paid to Dr. Bohen and our other named executive officers during such periods as described in the Pay versus Performance table above were largely driven by equity award related adjustments as a result of the volatility in the market price of our common stock, and to a lesser extent by variability in annual salary, bonus and equity incentive awards. As a result, such changes are not directly related to the changes in our cumulative TSR during such periods.

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All information provided above under the “Pay Versus Performance” heading will not be deemed to be incorporated by reference in any filing of the Company under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, whether made before or after the date hereof and irrespective of any general incorporation language in any such filing.

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EQUITY COMPENSATION PLAN INFORMATION

The following table shows certain information with respect to all of our equity compensation plans in effect as of December 31, 2022.



				Number of
				securities
				remaining
				available for future
	Number of			issuance under
	securities to be			equity
	issued upon	Weighted-average		compensation
	exercise of	exercise price of		plans (excluding
	outstanding stock		outstanding stock	securities
	options, warrants	options, warrants		reflected in
Plan Category	and rights	and rights		column (a))
	(a)		(b)	(c)
Equity compensation plans approved by security holders (1)	7,665,058	$	8.94	1,130,384	⁽²⁾
Equity compensation plans not approved by security holders (3)	719,800		4.83	1,280,200
Total	8,384,858	$	8.59	2,410,584

(1)

Consists of the 2014 Plan, the 2020 Plan and the 2020 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, or the ESPP. The number of shares remaining available for future issuance under the 2020 Plan automatically increases on January 1st each year, through and including January 1, 2030, in an amount equal to 5% of the total number of shares of our capital stock outstanding on the last day of the preceding year, or a lesser number of shares as determined by the Board of Directors. On January 1, 2023, the number of shares available for issuance under the 2020 Plan automatically increased by 2,030,082 shares. The number of shares remaining available for future issuance under the ESPP automatically increases on January 1st of each year through and including January 1, 2030, in an amount equal to the lesser of (i) 1% of the total number of shares of common stock outstanding on such December 31, (ii) 860,832 shares of common stock, or (iii) a number of shares as determined by the Board of Directors prior to the beginning of each year, which shall be the lesser of (i) or (ii) above. Prior to January 1, 2023, the Board of Directors determined that the number of shares available for future issuance under the ESPP would not be automatically increased for 2023.

(2)	As of December 31, 2022, 112,384 shares of common stock remained available for future issuance under the 2020 Plan, 1,018,000 shares of common stock remained available for future issuance under the ESPP.

(3)	Consists of the Inducement Plan, which was adopted by the Board of Directors without stockholder approval in accordance with Rule 5635(c)(4) of the Nasdaq listing standards. As of December 31, 2022, 1,280,200 shares of common stock remained available for future issuance under the Inducement Plan

Inducement Plan

The Board of Directors adopted the Inducement Plan in January 2022. The Inducement Plan was adopted without stockholder approval pursuant to Rule 5635(c) of the Nasdaq listing standards, and provides for the grant of non-statutory options, restricted stock awards, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock unit awards, performance awards, and other awards.

Stock awards granted under the Inducement Plan may only be made to individuals not previously employees or non-employee directors of the Company or an affiliate of the Company (or following such individuals’ bona fide period of non-employment with the Company or an affiliate of the Company), as an inducement material to the individuals’ entering into employment with the Company or an affiliate of the Company or in a manner otherwise permitted by Rule 5635(c) of the Nasdaq listing standards. In addition, stock awards must be approved by either a majority of the Company’s “independent directors” (as such term is defined in Rule 5605(a)(2) of the Nasdaq listing standards) or the Compensation Committee, provided such committee comprises solely independent directors. The terms of the Inducement Plan are otherwise substantially similar to the 2020 Plan (including with respect to the treatment of stock awards upon corporate transactions involving us or certain changes in our capitalization), except stock awards granted under the Inducement Plan may not be repriced without stockholder approval.

The maximum number of shares of our common stock that may be issued under our Inducement Plan is 2,000,000 shares. Shares subject to stock awards granted under our Inducement Plan that expire or terminate without being exercised in full, or that are paid out in cash rather than in shares, do not reduce the number of shares available for issuance under the Inducement Plan. Additionally, shares become available for future grant under the Inducement Plan if they were issued

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under stock awards granted under the Inducement Plan and we repurchase them or they are forfeited. This includes shares used to pay the exercise price of a stock award or to satisfy the tax withholding obligations related to a stock award. As of December 31, 2022, 1,280,200 shares of our common stock were available for issuance, and incentive awards representing 719,800 shares of our common stock had been granted, under Inducement Plan.

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DIRECTOR COMPENSATION

The following table shows for the year ended December 31, 2022 certain information with respect to the compensation of our non-employee directors:

Director Compensation for 2022


	Fees Earned or
Name	Paid in Cash		Option Awards⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾		Total
Ian Clark	$	82,000	$	52,939	$	134,939
Cynthia Butitta		62,000		52,939		114,939
Sandra Horning, M.D.		40,000		52,939		92,939
Gorjan Hrustanovic, Ph.D.		50,000		52,939		102,939
Yi Larson		45,000		52,939		97,939
Andrew Rappaport		54,000		52,939		106,939
Graham Walmsley, M.D., Ph.D.		53,000		52,939		105,939

(1)

Amounts represent the aggregate grant date fair value of stock options granted to our non-employee directors during 2022, computed in accordance with ASC Topic 718. Assumptions used in the calculation of these amounts are included in Note 8 to our financial statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022. These amounts do not necessarily correspond to the actual value recognized or that may be recognized by the non-employee directors.

(2)

The aggregate number of shares outstanding under all options held by our non-employee directors as of December 31, 2022 are set forth in the table below. As of December 31, 2022, none of our non-employee directors held unvested stock awards other than options, except for Ms. Butitta, who held 18,640 shares of unvested stock that were issued pursuant to the early exercise of a stock option.


		Number of Shares
		Underlying Option
Name		Awards
Ian Clark		274,250
Cynthia Butitta		64,560
Sandra Horning, M.D.		129,123
Gorjan Hrustanovic, Ph.D.		107,600
Yi Larson		68,333
Andrew Rappaport		157,392
Graham Walmsley, M.D., Ph.D.		107,600

The table above does not include Drs. Bohen and Harmon because each of them received no compensation for services provided as a director in 2022.

Non-Employee Director Compensation Policy

Our Board of Directors adopted a non-employee director compensation policy in October 2020 that became effective in November 2020 and is applicable to all of our non-employee directors. This compensation policy provides that each such non-employee director receives the following compensation for service on our Board of Directors:

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an annual cash retainer of $40,000;

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an additional cash retainer of $30,000 for the Chairperson of our Board of Directors;

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an additional annual cash retainer of $8,000, $6,000 and $5,000 for service as a member of the Audit Committee, Compensation Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, respectively;

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an additional annual cash retainer of $8,000, $6,000 and $5,000 for service as Chairperson of the Audit Committee, Compensation Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, respectively;

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an initial option grant to purchase 21,520 shares of our common stock on the date of each such non-employee director’s appointment to our Board of Directors, plus an additional grant representing the annual option grant such non-employee director would have received had such person been elected to our Board of Directors at our prior annual meeting of stockholders, pro-rated for partial year of service; and

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an annual option grant to purchase 21,520 shares of our common stock on the date of each of our annual stockholder meetings.

Each of the option grants described above were granted under our 2020 Plan. Each such option grant vests and becomes exercisable subject to the director’s continuous service to us through the earlier of the first anniversary of the date of grant or the next annual stockholder meeting. The term of each option is 10 years, subject to earlier termination as provided in the 2020 Plan.

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TRANSACTIONS WITH RELATED PERSONS AND INDEMNIFICATION

The following is a summary of transactions since January 1, 2021, to which we have been a participant in which the amount involved exceeded or will exceed the lesser of $120,000 or 1% of the average of our total assets at year-end for the last two completed fiscal years, and in which any of our directors, executive officers or holders of more than five percent of our capital stock, or any member of the immediate family of the foregoing persons, had or will have a direct or indirect material interest, other than compensation arrangements which are described in the sections titled “Executive Compensation” and “Director Compensation.”

Certain Transactions With or Involving Related Persons

Investors’ Rights Agreement

In September 2020, we entered into an Amended and Restated Investors’ Rights Agreement, or the Rights Agreement, with certain holders of more than 5% of our outstanding capital stock, including entities affiliated with BVF Partners L.P., entities affiliated with Cormorant Asset Management, LP, entities managed by Janus Henderson Group plc, entities affiliated with Logos Opportunities Fund I L.P., entities affiliated with RA Capital Management, L.P. and Wellington Biomedical Innovation Master Investors (Cayman) I L.P., and including certain affiliates of our directors. The Rights Agreement provides registration rights with regard to common stock held by the parties to such agreement.

Indemnification Agreements

Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation contains provisions limiting the liability of directors, and our bylaws provide that we will indemnify each of our directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted under Delaware law. Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and bylaws also provide our Board of Directors with discretion to indemnify our employees and other agents when determined appropriate by the board. In addition, we have entered an indemnification agreement with each of our directors and executive officers, which will require us to indemnify them.

Related Person Transactions Policy

We have adopted a written Related Person Transactions Policy that sets forth our policies and procedures regarding the identification, review, consideration and approval or ratification of “related person transactions.” For purposes of our policy only, a “related person transaction” is a transaction, arrangement or relationship (or any series of similar transactions, arrangements or relationships) in which we and any “related person” are, were or will be participants involving an amount that exceeds $120,000 or, such time as we qualify as a “smaller reporting company”, the lesser of (i) $120,000 and (ii) 1% of the average of our total assets at year end for the last two completed fiscal years. Transactions involving compensation for services provided to us as an employee, director, consultant or similar capacity by a related person are not covered by this policy. A related person is any executive officer, director, or holder of 5% or more of our capital stock, including any of their immediate family members, and any entity owned or controlled by such persons.

Under the policy, each director and executive officer must identify, and we will request each significant stockholder to identify, any related person transaction involving such director or executive officer or such person’s affiliates and immediate family members and must seek approval from the Audit Committee before he or she or, with respect to immediate family members or any of their affiliates, before they, may engage in the transaction. The presentation must include a description of, among other things, the material facts, the interests, direct and indirect, of the related persons, the benefits to us of the transaction and whether any alternative transactions were available. In considering related person transactions, the Audit Committee takes into account the relevant available facts and circumstances including, but not limited to whether the related person transaction is on terms no less favorable than terms generally available to an unaffiliated third party under the same or similar circumstances and the extent of the related person’s interest in the transaction. In the event a director has an interest in the proposed transaction, the director must recuse himself or herself form the deliberations and approval. The policy requires that, in determining whether to approve, ratify or reject a related person transaction, the Audit Committee consider, in light of known circumstances, whether the transaction is in, or is not inconsistent with, the best interests of us and our stockholders, as the Audit Committee determines in the good faith exercise of its discretion.

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DELINQUENT SECTION 16(A) REPORTS

Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act requires that our executive officers, directors and 10% stockholders file reports of ownership and changes of ownership with the SEC. Such directors, executive officers and 10% stockholders are required by SEC regulation to furnish us with copies of all Section 16(a) forms they file.

SEC regulations require us to identify in this proxy statement anyone who filed a required report late during the most recent year. Based solely on our review of forms we received and written representations of our executive officers, directors and 10% stockholders, we believe that during the year ended December 31, 2022, all Section 16(a) filing requirements were satisfied on a timely basis.

HOUSEHOLDING OF PROXY MATERIALS

The SEC has adopted rules that permit companies and intermediaries (e.g., brokers) to satisfy the delivery requirements for Notices of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials or other Annual Meeting materials with respect to two or more stockholders sharing the same address by delivering a single Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials or other Annual Meeting materials addressed to those stockholders. This process, which is commonly referred to as “householding,” potentially means extra convenience for stockholders and cost savings for companies.

A number of brokers with account holders who are Olema stockholders will be “householding” our proxy materials. A single Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials will be delivered to multiple stockholders sharing an address unless contrary instructions have been received from the affected stockholders. Once you have received notice from your broker that they will be “householding” communications to your address, “householding” will continue until you are notified otherwise or until you revoke your consent. If, at any time, you no longer wish to participate in “householding” and would prefer to receive a separate Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials, please notify your broker, notify our Secretary at 1-415-651-3316 or send a written request to: Secretary at Olema, 512 2^nd Street, 4^th Floor, San Francisco, California 94107. In addition, we will promptly deliver, upon written or oral request to the address or telephone number above, a separate copy of the Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials or the full set of proxy materials, as applicable, to a stockholder at a shared address to which a single copy of the documents was delivered. Stockholders who currently receive multiple copies of the Notices of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials at their addresses and would like to request “householding” of their communications should contact their brokers.

OTHER MATTERS

The Board of Directors knows of no other matters that will be presented for consideration at the Annual Meeting. If any other matters are properly brought before the meeting, it is the intention of the persons named in the accompanying proxy to vote on such matters in accordance with their best judgment.


	By Order of the Board of Directors,

	/s/ Sean Bohen, M.D., Ph.D.
	Sean Bohen, M.D., Ph.D.
	President and Chief Executive Officer
April 28, 2023

A copy of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022 is available without charge upon written request to: Secretary, Olema Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 512 2^nd Street, 4^th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94107.

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