Jonathan Young - Jun 28, 2024 Form 4 Insider Report for Akero Therapeutics, Inc. (AKRO)

Signature
/s/ Jonathan Young
Stock symbol
AKRO
Transactions as of
Jun 28, 2024
Transactions value $
-$95,803
Form type
4
Date filed
7/2/2024, 06:55 PM
Previous filing
Jun 13, 2024
Next filing
Aug 2, 2024

Transactions Table

Type Sym Class Transaction Value $ Shares Change % * Price $ Shares After Date Ownership Footnotes
transaction AKRO Common Stock Award $21.2K +1.06K +0.42% $19.94 252K Jun 28, 2024 Direct F1, F2
transaction AKRO Common Stock Sale -$117K -5K -1.99% $23.40 247K Jul 1, 2024 Direct F4, F5
holding AKRO Common Stock 20K Jun 28, 2024 By EA Irrevocable Trust F3
holding AKRO Common Stock 20K Jun 28, 2024 By CM Irrevocable Trust F3
holding AKRO Common Stock 20K Jun 28, 2024 By JL Irrevocable Trust F3
* An asterisk sign (*) next to the price indicates that the price is likely invalid.

Buy Plan / Sale Plan: These are also open market purchases/sales of shares, but in this case the transaction is part of a trading plan. Rule 10b5-1 allows insiders to setup a trading plan to buy/sell stocks over a certain period of time. Since the purchases/sales are predetermined, this protects the insiders from violating insider trading law.

Transaction was made pursuant to a contract, instruction or written plan for the purchase or sale of equity securities of the issuer that is intended to satisfy the affirmative defense conditions of Rule 10b5-1(c).

Explanation of Responses:

Id Content
F1 Dr. Young is voluntarily reporting the acquisition of these shares on June 28, 2024 pursuant to the Akero Therapeutics, Inc. 2019 Employee Stock Purchase Plan in a transaction that was exempt under both Rule 16b-3(c) and Rule 16b-3(d).
F2 In accordance with the provisions of the Akero Therapeutics, Inc. 2019 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, these shares were purchased at 85% of the closing price of the Issuer's common stock on June 28, 2024.
F3 These shares are held in irrevocable trusts for the benefit of the Reporting Person's children. The Reporting Person's spouse is trustee of the trusts. The Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of these securities, and the filing of this report is not an admission that the Reporting Person is the beneficial owner of these securities for purposes of Section 16 or for any other purpose.
F4 The reported transactions were effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan dated December 27, 2023, previously adopted by the Reporting Person.
F5 The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted-average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $23.185 to $23.680, inclusive. The Reporting Person undertakes to provide to the issuer, any security holder of the issuer, or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the ranges set forth in this footnote 5.