A. Sinclair Dunlop - 03 Apr 2023 Form 4 Insider Report for Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (APLS)

Role
Director
Signature
/s/ David Watson, attorney-in-fact for Sinclair Dunlop
Issuer symbol
APLS
Transactions as of
03 Apr 2023
Net transactions value
-$37,025
Form type
4
Filing time
05 Apr 2023, 16:54:53 UTC
Previous filing
02 Mar 2023
Next filing
21 Nov 2023

Transactions Table

Type Sym Class Transaction Value $ Shares Change % * Price $ Shares After Date Ownership Footnotes
transaction APLS Common Stock Sale $37,025 -500 -0.38% $74.05 131,297 03 Apr 2023 Direct F1
holding APLS Common Stock 240,679 03 Apr 2023 Indirect Owner (Epidarex) F2
holding APLS Common Stock 31,855 03 Apr 2023 Indirect Owner (Masa) 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 sale reported on this Form 4 was effected by pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted by the reporting person on September 23, 2022.
F2 The securities are held by Epidarex and the reporting person, a general partner of Epidarex, may be deemed to have voting and dispositive power over the shares held by Epidarex. The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership over the shares held by Epidarex except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.
F3 The securities are held by MASA and the reporting person, a managing partner of MASA, may be deemed to have voting and dispositive power over the shares held by MASA. The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership over the shares held by MASA except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.