Marta Hall - Jul 14, 2021 Form 4 Insider Report for Velodyne Lidar, Inc. (VLDR)

Role
Director
Signature
/s/ Marta Hall
Stock symbol
VLDR
Transactions as of
Jul 14, 2021
Transactions value $
-$54,734
Form type
4
Date filed
7/19/2021, 09:28 PM
Previous filing
Jun 15, 2021
Next filing
Sep 10, 2021

Transactions Table

Type Sym Class Transaction Value $ Shares Change % * Price $ Shares After Date Ownership Footnotes
transaction VLDR Common Stock Options Exercise $0 +7.34K +0.13% $0.00 5.47M Jul 14, 2021 Direct F1, F2
transaction VLDR Common Stock Sale -$54.7K -5.93K -0.11% $9.23* 5.46M Jul 14, 2021 Direct F3
holding VLDR Common Stock 59.2M Jul 14, 2021 By Husband

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 VLDR Restricted Stock Unit Options Exercise $0 -7.34K -8.33% $0.00 80.8K Jul 14, 2021 Common Stock 7.34K Direct F4, F5
* An asterisk sign (*) next to the price indicates that the price is likely invalid.

Explanation of Responses:

Id Content
F1 The Reporting Person was granted Restricted Stock Units ("RSUs") which represent a right to receive one share of Common Stock for each RSU.
F2 The Reporting Person was granted restricted stock units ("RSUs") which represent a contingent right to receive one share of Common Stock for each RSU. The shares were issued pursuant to vested RSUs released on July 15, 2021.
F3 The sales reported on this Form 4 include shares required to be sold by the Reporting Person to cover tax withholding obligations in connection with the previously reported vesting and settlement of RSUs. These sales are mandated by the Reporting Person's award agreement to require the satisfaction of tax withholding obligations to be funded by a "sell to cover" transaction and do not represent discretionary trades by the Reporting Person.
F4 The Reporting Person received RSUs in connection with the merger described in that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of July 2, 2020 (the "Merger"), and amended on August 20, 2020, by and among Graf Industrial Corp, a Delaware corporation now known as Velodyne Lidar, Inc. ("New Velodyne"), VL Merger Sub Inc., a Delaware corporation, and Velodyne Lidar, Inc., a Delaware corporation now known as Velodyne Lidar USA, Inc. The Reporting Person received RSUs in exchange for restricted stock units in Velodyne Lidar USA, Inc.
F5 The Reporting Person was granted 117,512 RSUs on September 29, 2020 which represent a contingent right to receive one share of Common Stock for each RSU. Of the initial grant, 25% vested on the one-year anniversary, and the remainder vest with respect to 6.25% of the RSUs on each company quarterly vesting dates (March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31).