Brian Lian - Oct 27, 2025 Form 4 Insider Report for Viking Therapeutics, Inc. (VKTX)

Signature
/s/ Michael Morneau, as Attorney-in-Fact
Stock symbol
VKTX
Transactions as of
Oct 27, 2025
Transactions value $
-$1,364,923
Form type
4
Date filed
10/28/2025, 07:48 PM
Previous filing
Jul 3, 2025

Reporting Owners (1)

Name Relationship Address Signature Signature date CIK
Lian Brian President & CEO, Director C/O VIKING THERAPEUTICS, INC., 9920 PACIFIC HEIGHTS BLVD, SUITE 350, SAN DIEGO /s/ Michael Morneau, as Attorney-in-Fact 2025-10-28 0001614578

Transactions Table

Type Sym Class Transaction Value $ Shares Change % * Price $ Shares After Date Ownership Footnotes
transaction VKTX Common Stock, par value $0.00001 per share Award $0 +70.1K +2.93% $0.00 2.46M Oct 27, 2025 Direct F1
transaction VKTX Common Stock, par value $0.00001 per share Sale -$1.36M -39K -1.59% $35.01 2.42M Oct 28, 2025 Direct F2, F3
* An asterisk sign (*) next to the price indicates that the price is likely invalid.

Explanation of Responses:

Id Content
F1 The reported securities were subject to a performance restricted stock unit award that was granted on January 3, 2025, 33.33% of which vested on October 27, 2025 upon the achievement of a non-financial performance goal and 15% of which vested also on October 27, 2025 upon the partial achievement of a non-financial performance goal.
F2 These shares were automatically sold on a non-discretionary basis solely to satisfy certain tax withholding obligations in connection with the issuance of shares upon the vesting of certain shares of common stock subject to the performance restricted stock unit award described in Footnote 1.
F3 The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $34.66 to $35.48, 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 the this footnote.