Brian McKelligon - Dec 12, 2023 Form 4 Insider Report for Akoya Biosciences, Inc. (AKYA)

Role
President and CEO, Director
Signature
/s/ Brian McKelligon
Stock symbol
AKYA
Transactions as of
Dec 12, 2023
Transactions value $
-$29,599
Form type
4
Date filed
12/14/2023, 04:24 PM
Previous filing
Nov 22, 2023
Next filing
Dec 20, 2023

Transactions Table

Type Sym Class Transaction Value $ Shares Change % * Price $ Shares After Date Ownership Footnotes
transaction AKYA Common Stock Options Exercise $2.27K +7.5K +4.92% $0.30* 160K Dec 12, 2023 Direct
transaction AKYA Common Stock Sale -$31.9K -7.5K -4.69% $4.25 153K Dec 12, 2023 Direct F1, F2

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 AKYA Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) Options Exercise $0 -7.5K -2.34% $0.00 313K Dec 12, 2023 Common Stock 7.5K $0.30 Direct 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 The sales reported on this Form 4 were effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted by Brian M. McKelligon dated August 16, 2023.
F2 The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $4.19 to $4.35, inclusive. The reporting person undertakes to provide to Akoya Biosciences, Inc., any security holder of Akoya Biosciences, Inc., 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.
F3 The option, representing a right to purchase a total of 353,129 shares, became exercisable as follows: one-fourth of the shares vested on July 14, 2018 with the remaining shares vesting in 36 equal monthly installments beginning on July 14, 2018, subject to reporting person's continuous employment