GlobeNewswire Inc | Dec 16, 2021 04:30PM EST

December 16, 2021

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Dec. 16, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Coherus BioSciences, Inc. (Coherus or the Company, Nasdaq: CHRS), today announced that effective Dec. 13, 2021, the compensation committee of the Companys board of directors granted options to purchase an aggregate of 367,000 shares of the common stock of the Company to newly hired employees with a per share exercise price of $17.06, the closing trading price on the grant date. One Chief level executive was granted options to purchase 200,000 shares; one Vice President level executive was granted options to purchase 45,000 shares; and eight additional non-officer employees were granted options to purchase an aggregate of 122,000 shares.

The stock options were granted pursuant to the Coherus BioSciences, Inc. 2016 Employment Commencement Incentive Plan, which was approved by the Companys board of directors in June 2016 under Rule 5635(c)(4) of the Nasdaq Global Select Market for equity grants to induce new employees to enter into employment with the Company.

AboutCoherus BioSciencesCoherus is a commercial stage biopharmaceutical company with the mission to increase access to cost-effective medicines that can have a major impact on patients lives and to deliver significant savings to the health care system. For additional information, please visitwww.coherus.com.

Coherus BioSciences Contact Information:

IR ContactMcDavid StilwellCoherus BioSciences, Inc.IR@coherus.com