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Stoke Therapeutics director Edward Kaye resigns; board appoints Alexander Cumbo to Class III seat
Stoke Therapeutics, Inc.
- Edward M. Kaye, M.D. resigned as a Class III director and Research and Development Committee member effective Sept. 23, 2026; resignation was not due to any disagreement with Stoke Therapeutics.
- The board appointed Alexander (Bo) Cumbo as a Class III director effective Sept. 23, 2026, to fill Kaye's vacancy; his term expires at the 2028 annual stockholders meeting.
- Cumbo is independent under SEC and Nasdaq rules and has no Item 404(a) related-party transactions with Stoke; he entered Stoke's standard director indemnity agreement.
- Under Stoke's non-employee director compensation program, Cumbo receives a $45,000 annual cash retainer and an initial option for 39,674 shares with a target grant date fair value of about $724,000.
- The option vests in twelve substantially equal quarterly installments on each quarterly anniversary of the grant date.