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Stock Option Plans
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2026
Share-Based Payment Arrangement [Abstract]  
Stock option plans

Note 11—Stock option plans

Inducement plan

In September 2026, the TuHURA Biosciences, Inc. 2026 Inducement Equity Incentive Plan (the "2026 Inducement Plan" was adopted by the Board of Directors without shareholder approval pursuant to Rule 5635(c)(4) under the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC listing rules. The Company has not issued shares in the 2026 Inducement Plan. As of September 30, 2026, there were 5,000,000 shares available for future grants under the 2026 Inducement Plan.

Stock options

The Company uses the Black-Scholes option pricing model to estimate the fair value of stock-based awards on the date of grant. The assumptions employed in the calculation of the fair value of share-based compensation expense were calculated as follows for the nine months ended September 30, 2026 and 2025:

 

 

 

 

2026

 

 

2025

 

Common stock fair value (weighted-average)

 

 

$

1.33

 

 

$

3.39

 

Risk free interest rate

 

 

3.82% - 4.04%

 

 

4.04% - 4.66%

 

Expected dividend yield

 

 

0%

 

 

0%

 

Expected term

 

 

6.0 years

 

 

6.0 years

 

Expected stock volatility

 

 

101.2% - 105.6%

 

 

101.9% - 103.0%

 

 

Below is a summary of stock option activity for the nine months ended September 30, 2026:

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted

 

 

Weighted

 

Number

 

 

Average

 

 

Average

 

of options

 

 

Exercise Price

 

 

Contractual Life

Outstanding at December 31, 2025

 

18,031,425

 

 

$

2.35

 

 

8.91 years

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Forfeited and cancelled

 

(4,935,510

)

 

$

2.35

 

 

 

Exercised

 

-

 

 

$

0.00

 

 

 

Granted

 

4,103,996

 

 

$

1.33

 

 

 

Outstanding at September 30, 2026

 

17,199,911

 

 

$

2.10

 

 

8.51 years

Exercisable at September 30, 2026

 

3,011,065

 

 

$

3.85

 

 

5.88 years

 

Options outstanding had an intrinsic value of approximately $11,000,000 and $0 as of September 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025, respectively. As of September 30, 2026, there was approximately $13,000,000 of unrecognized stock compensation, which will be recognized over the next three years.

 

Stock compensation expense

Total stock-based compensation expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2026 and 2025 was allocated as follows:

 

 

 

 

2026

 

 

2025

 

General and administrative

 

 

$

2,234,447

 

 

$

1,508,919

 

Research and development

 

 

 

4,128,245

 

 

 

2,768,344

 

Total stock-based compensation expense

 

 

$

6,362,692

 

 

$

4,277,263