CEO's Potential Stake Rises to 9.1% After Grant of Deeply Out-of-the-Money Options

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Aeries Technology's CEO received a significant grant of deeply out-of-the-money stock options, increasing his potential ownership to 9.1% and aligning his incentives with a major stock price recovery.

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• CEO Granted Stock Options

  CEO Bhisham Khare was granted options for 15,625 post-split equivalent shares on May 28, 2026, which vested immediately.

• Deeply Out-of-the-Money Exercise Price

  The options have an exercise price of $47.872 per share (post-split equivalent), significantly higher than the current stock price of $7.37.

• Increased Potential Beneficial Ownership

  This grant increases the CEO's potential beneficial ownership to 544,828 shares, representing 9.1% of the company's Class A Ordinary Shares.

• Incentive for Turnaround

  The options' high exercise price creates a strong incentive for the CEO to achieve a substantial increase in shareholder value, particularly relevant given the company's recent delisting threat and going concern warning.

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This Schedule 13D/A reports that Aeries Technology's CEO, Bhisham Khare, was granted stock options for 15,625 post-split equivalent shares on May 28, 2026. These options, which vested immediately, have an exercise price of $47.872 per share (post-split equivalent), significantly above the current stock price of $7.37. The grant increases his potential beneficial ownership to 9.1% of the company's Class A Ordinary Shares. The deeply out-of-the-money nature of these options creates a strong incentive for the CEO to drive a substantial increase in the company's stock price, which is critical given the recent Nasdaq delisting notice and going concern warning. This amendment was triggered by an increase of more than one percent in his beneficial ownership.