David Kupfer - Jun 11, 2021 Form 4 Insider Report for Minerva Neurosciences, Inc. (NERV)

Role: Director
Signature: /s/ Marc Recht, Attorney-in-Fact
Stock symbol: NERV
Transactions as of: Jun 11, 2021
Transactions value $: $0
Form type: 4
Date filed: 6/15/2021, 05:40 PM
Next filing: Dec 3, 2021

Derivative Securities (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

Type	Sym	Class	Transaction	Value $	Shares	Change %	* Price $	Shares After	Date	Underlying Class	Amount	Exercise Price	Ownership	Footnotes
transaction	NERV	Stock Option (right to buy)	Award	$0	+20K		$0.00	20K	Jun 11, 2021	Common Stock	20K	$2.90	Direct	F1, F2

* An asterisk sign (*) next to the price indicates that the price is likely invalid.

Explanation of Responses:

Id	Content
F1	This option is granted to non-employee directors in accordance with the Company's compensation program for non-employee directors, which provides that each non-employee director is eligible to receive an annual option grant to purchase 20,000 shares of common stock per year.
F2	The shares subject to this option vest in four equal quarterly installments at a rate of 1/4 of the total number of shares every three months, with the first 1/4 vesting on the date that is three months following June 11, 2021 and an additional 1/4 every three months thereafter, subject in each case to the continued service of the Reporting Person as a non-employee director as of such vesting date.

Content

This option is granted to non-employee directors in accordance with the Company's compensation program for non-employee directors, which provides that each non-employee director is eligible to receive an annual option grant to purchase 20,000 shares of common stock per year.

The shares subject to this option vest in four equal quarterly installments at a rate of 1/4 of the total number of shares every three months, with the first 1/4 vesting on the date that is three months following June 11, 2021 and an additional 1/4 every three months thereafter, subject in each case to the continued service of the Reporting Person as a non-employee director as of such vesting date.