Exhibit (a)(1)(A)
OFFER TO EXCHANGE ELIGIBLE OPTIONS FOR REPLACEMENT OPTIONS

MODERNA, INC.
THIS OFFER AND WITHDRAWAL RIGHTS EXPIRE
AT 3:59 P.M., EASTERN TIME, ON DECEMBER 12, 2025 UNLESS THIS OFFER IS EXTENDED
Unless the context requires otherwise, references in this Offer to Exchange to “Moderna,” the “Company,” “we,”
“us” and “our” refer to Moderna, Inc.
Moderna is offering eligible non-executive officer employees the opportunity to exchange certain outstanding stock options to purchase shares of our common stock for new options to purchase a lesser number of shares of our common stock (the “Replacement Options”), calculated in accordance with specified exchange ratios. We expect to grant the Replacement Options on the date on which we cancel the options accepted for exchange, which will be the day of completion of this offer. We are making this offer (the “Offer”) upon the terms, and subject to the conditions, set forth in this Offer to Exchange Eligible Options for Replacement Options (this “Offer to Exchange”) and in the related Terms of Election (the “Terms of Election” and, together with this Offer to Exchange, as they may be amended from time to time, the “Option Exchange”). Our shareholders approved the Option Exchange at the special meeting of shareholders held on November 12, 2025.
Eligibility. Only Eligible Options may be exchanged in the Option Exchange. For these purposes, “Eligible Options” are those options that:
• | were granted pursuant to our 2018 Stock Option and Incentive Plan (the “Equity Plan”); |
• | have a grant date on or prior to December 12, 2024 (or, if the Option Exchange is extended, the date that is one year prior to end of the Option Exchange); and |
• | have an exercise price equal to or greater than $80.00 per share. |
Options that do not satisfy these conditions are not eligible to participate in the Option Exchange.
You are eligible to participate in the Option Exchange (an “Eligible Holder”) if you:
• | are an employee of Moderna or any of our subsidiaries on the date the Offer to Exchange commences and the date the Replacement Options are granted, and have not been notified by Moderna that your employment is being terminated as of the Replacement Option Grant Date (as defined below); |
• | are not a member of Moderna’s Executive Committee (which includes all of our executive officers), a consultant, an advisor, or a member of Moderna’s Board of Directors; and |
• | hold at least one Eligible Option as of the commencement of the Offer. |
The outstanding options that you hold under the Equity Plan give you the right to purchase shares of our common stock once those options vest by paying the applicable exercise price (and satisfying any applicable tax withholding obligations).
Exchange Ratios. We established the exchange ratios described below in order to result in a fair value of the Replacement Options that will be generally equal, on an aggregate basis, to the fair value of the Eligible Options that participants surrender. The exchange ratios in the Option Exchange represent the number of shares of common stock underlying an Eligible Option that an employee must surrender in order to receive one share underlying a Replacement Option and vary based on the fair value of the Eligible Options within the relevant grouping.
The exchange ratios for the Option Exchange were determined using a Hull-White lattice model and are based on, among other things, the volatility of our stock, interest rates and expected exercise behavior. The Board of Directors approved the Option Exchange and recommended that our shareholders do the same based on its belief that the Replacement Options granted in the Option Exchange will provide a better incentive and