Martin Auster - Dec 2, 2022 Form 4 Insider Report for Ventyx Biosciences, Inc. (VTYX)

Role: Chief Financial Officer
Signature: /s/ Christopher Krueger, as Attorney-in-Fact
Stock symbol: VTYX
Transactions as of: Dec 2, 2022
Transactions value $: -$2,660,103
Form type: 4
Date filed: 12/6/2022, 04:00 PM
Previous filing: Feb 4, 2022
Next filing: Jan 18, 2023

Transactions Table

Type	Sym	Class	Transaction	Value $	Shares	Change %	* Price $	Shares After	Date	Ownership	Footnotes
transaction	VTYX	Common Stock	Options Exercise	$173K	+50K	+52.47%	$3.45^*	145K	Dec 2, 2022	Direct
transaction	VTYX	Common Stock	Sale	-$2.83M	-97.6K	-67.21%	$29.01	47.6K	Dec 2, 2022	Direct	F1

Derivative Securities (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

Type	Sym	Class	Transaction	Value $	Shares	Change %	* Price $	Shares After	Date	Underlying Class	Amount	Exercise Price	Ownership	Footnotes
transaction	VTYX	Stock Option (right to buy)	Options Exercise	$0	-50K	-13.12%	$0.00	331K	Dec 2, 2022	Common Stock	50K	$3.45	Direct	F2

* An asterisk sign (*) next to the price indicates that the price is likely invalid.

Explanation of Responses:

Id	Content
F1	Represents the weighted average share price of an aggregate total of 97,647 shares sold in the price range of $28.98 to $29.15. The reporting owner undertakes to provide upon request by the Commission staff, the issuer or a security holder of the issuer, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price.
F2	Option granted under pursuant to the Issuer's 2019 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended (the "2019 Plan"). Subject to the Reporting Person continuing to be a Service Provider (as defined 2019 Plan) through each applicable date, one third (1/3rd) of the shares subject to the options shall vest on the one year anniversary of the Vesting Commencement date, and, thereafter, one twenty-fourth (1/24th) of the remaining shares subject to the option shall vest each month on the same day of the month as the Vesting Commencement Date (and if there is no corresponding day, on the last day of the month). "Vesting Commencement Date" shall mean May 3, 2021.

Content

Represents the weighted average share price of an aggregate total of 97,647 shares sold in the price range of $28.98 to $29.15. The reporting owner undertakes to provide upon request by the Commission staff, the issuer or a security holder of the issuer, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price.

Option granted under pursuant to the Issuer's 2019 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended (the "2019 Plan"). Subject to the Reporting Person continuing to be a Service Provider (as defined 2019 Plan) through each applicable date, one third (1/3rd) of the shares subject to the options shall vest on the one year anniversary of the Vesting Commencement date, and, thereafter, one twenty-fourth (1/24th) of the remaining shares subject to the option shall vest each month on the same day of the month as the Vesting Commencement Date (and if there is no corresponding day, on the last day of the month). "Vesting Commencement Date" shall mean May 3, 2021.