LONDON, Aug. 02, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- COMPASS Pathways plc (Nasdaq: CMPS) ("COMPASS"), a mental health care company dedicated to accelerating patient access to evidence-based innovation in mental health, today announced that COMPASS granted a non-qualified share option to purchase an aggregate of 600,000 ordinary shares, nominal value £0.008 each, in the capital of the Company to Kabir Nath, COMPASS's newly appointed chief executive officer. In accordance with NASDAQ Listing Rule 5635(c)(4), the non-qualified share option award was approved by the Compensation and Leadership Development Committee of COMPASS's Board of Directors and made as a material inducement to Kabir's entry into employment with COMPASS as its new chief executive officer.