Jonathan Hopper - Nov 20, 2023 Form 4 Insider Report for Vericel Corp (VCEL)

Signature
/s/ Sean Flynn, as Attorney-in-Fact for Jonathan Hopper
Stock symbol
VCEL
Transactions as of
Nov 20, 2023
Transactions value $
-$127,250
Form type
4
Date filed
11/22/2023, 04:05 PM
Previous filing
Feb 22, 2023
Next filing
Feb 13, 2024

Transactions Table

Type Sym Class Transaction Value $ Shares Change % * Price $ Shares After Date Ownership Footnotes
transaction VCEL Common Stock Options Exercise $54.8K +5K +9.43% $10.95 58K Nov 20, 2023 Direct F1
transaction VCEL Common Stock Sale -$182K -5K -8.62% $36.40 53K Nov 20, 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 VCEL Stock Option (Right to Buy) Options Exercise $0 +5K +18.11% $0.00 32.6K Nov 20, 2023 Common Stock 5K $10.95 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 These shares include shares acquired pursuant to the Issuer's 2015 Employee Stock Purchase Plan in transactions that were exempt under both Rule 16b-3(d) and Rule 16b-3(c).
F2 The sales reported in this Form 4 were effected by an automatic sale pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted by the reporting person on August 17, 2023.
F3 These options, representing the right to purchase 135,000 shares, became exercisable on August 20, 2019, the first anniversary of the date of grant, with 25% vesting and the remaining 75% vesting in equal quarterly installments over three years thereafter, contingent upon continued service to the Company.