Greg Zante - Apr 11, 2023 Form 4 Insider Report for Viking Therapeutics, Inc. (VKTX)

Role
Chief Financial Officer
Signature
/s/ Michael Morneau as Attorney-in-Fact
Stock symbol
VKTX
Transactions as of
Apr 11, 2023
Transactions value $
-$1,216,506
Form type
4
Date filed
4/13/2023, 05:13 PM
Previous filing
Apr 3, 2023
Next filing
Apr 18, 2023

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 Options Exercise $25.2K +3.24K +2.17% $7.77 153K Apr 11, 2023 Direct F1
transaction VKTX Common Stock, par value $0.00001 per share Options Exercise $39.8K +8.5K +5.57% $4.68 161K Apr 11, 2023 Direct F1
transaction VKTX Common Stock, par value $0.00001 per share Options Exercise $146K +30K +18.63% $4.88 191K Apr 11, 2023 Direct F1
transaction VKTX Common Stock, par value $0.00001 per share Options Exercise $84.4K +14.6K +7.62% $5.80 206K Apr 11, 2023 Direct F1
transaction VKTX Common Stock, par value $0.00001 per share Sale -$1.01M -56.3K -27.38% $18.00 149K Apr 11, 2023 Direct F1
transaction VKTX Common Stock, par value $0.00001 per share Options Exercise $217K +37.4K +25.09% $5.80 187K Apr 12, 2023 Direct F1
transaction VKTX Common Stock, par value $0.00001 per share Options Exercise $31.8K +4.1K +2.19% $7.77 191K Apr 12, 2023 Direct F1
transaction VKTX Common Stock, par value $0.00001 per share Sale -$748K -41.5K -21.77% $18.00 149K Apr 12, 2023 Direct F1

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 VKTX Stock Option (right to buy) Options Exercise $0 -3.24K -16.14% $0.00 16.8K Apr 11, 2023 Common Stock 3.24K $7.77 Direct F1, F2, F3
transaction VKTX Stock Option (right to buy Options Exercise $0 -8.5K -50% $0.00 8.5K Apr 11, 2023 Common Stock 8.5K $4.68 Direct F1, F2
transaction VKTX Stock Option (right to buy Options Exercise $0 -30K -25% $0.00 90K Apr 11, 2023 Common Stock 30K $4.88 Direct F1, F2
transaction VKTX Stock Option (right to buy Options Exercise $0 -14.6K -18.66% $0.00 63.4K Apr 11, 2023 Common Stock 14.6K $5.80 Direct F1, F4
transaction VKTX Stock Option (right to buy Options Exercise $0 -37.4K -59.02% $0.00 26K Apr 12, 2023 Common Stock 37.4K $5.80 Direct F1, F4
transaction VKTX Stock Option (right to buy) Options Exercise $0 -4.1K -24.32% $0.00 12.8K Apr 12, 2023 Common Stock 4.1K $7.77 Direct F1, F2
* An asterisk sign (*) next to the price indicates that the price is likely invalid.

Explanation of Responses:

Id Content
F1 The transactions reported in this Form 4 were effected pursuant to a Rule10b5-1 trading plan adopted by the Reporting Person.
F2 25% of the shares subject to the option vested or will vest on each one year anniversary of the grant date.
F3 The Form 4 filed by the Reporting Person on April 3, 2023 reporting, among other things, the exercise of 30,911 shares subject to this option on April 3, 2023 inadvertently indicated that there were 0 shares remaining subject to this option after such exercise. That Form 4 should have reflected that there were 20,089 shares remaining subject to this option after such exercise and the balance has been adjusted accordingly in this Form 4.
F4 One-third of the shares subject to the option vested or will vest on each one year anniversary of the grant date.