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| Item 5.02 | Departure of Director or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. |
As previously reported in a Current Report on Form 8-K filed by BridgeBio Oncology Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 23, 2026, Eli Wallace, Ph.D. resigned from his position as a member of the Company’s Board of Directors and as a Class III director, and was succeeded by Pedro J. Beltran, Ph.D. in these positions and as the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer, effective on April 20, 2026.
On April 27, 2026, the Company entered into a consulting agreement (the “Consulting Agreement”) with Dr. Wallace, pursuant to which Dr. Wallace will provide the Company with advisory services regarding the Company’s research and development programs, effective retroactively as of April 21, 2026 (the “Effective Date”) through the date twelve (12) months thereafter (the “Consulting Term”), unless terminated earlier pursuant to the terms of the Consulting Agreement. Dr. Wallace’s exclusive compensation under the Consulting Agreement will be the continued vesting of the outstanding equity awards that he held as of the Effective Date pursuant to the applicable equity incentive plans of the Company, subject to Dr. Wallace providing services to the Company through each applicable vesting date, in accordance with the applicable equity incentive plans and the applicable award agreements. Dr. Wallace’s outstanding stock option grants may also, to the extent vested and exercisable as of the date of termination of the Consulting Agreement, be exercised until the earlier of (i) the date two (2) years after the date of termination of Dr. Wallace’s continued services to the Company as an employee or consultant and (ii) the original expiration date of the applicable stock option grant. Additionally, pursuant to the Company’s Executive Severance Plan adopted as of August 11, 2025 and a Separation Agreement and Release entered into on April 27, 2026, Dr. Wallace is entitled to receive the severance benefits applicable to a Tier 1 officer in connection with a termination by the Company other than for “cause.”
The foregoing summary is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Consulting Agreement, a copy of which the Company intends to file as an exhibit to its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ending June 30, 2026, and the Executive Severance Plan, which is filed as Exhibit 10.23 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on August 12, 2025.
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
| BRIDGEBIO ONCOLOGY THERAPEUTICS, INC. | ||||||
| Date: April 29, 2026 | By: | /s/ Pedro Beltran | ||||
| Name: Pedro Beltran | ||||||
| Title: President and Chief Executive Officer | ||||||