Jeffrey M. Leiden - May 5, 2023 Form 4 Insider Report for VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INC / MA (VRTX)

Signature
/s/ Christiana Stevenson, Attorney-in-Fact
Stock symbol
VRTX
Transactions as of
May 5, 2023
Transactions value $
-$699,887
Form type
4
Date filed
5/9/2023, 04:10 PM
Previous filing
May 4, 2023
Next filing
Oct 18, 2023

Transactions Table

Type Sym Class Transaction Value $ Shares Change % * Price $ Shares After Date Ownership Footnotes
transaction VRTX Common Stock Sale -$247K -708 -1.89% $349.38 36.7K May 5, 2023 Direct F1, F2, F3
transaction VRTX Common Stock Sale -$59.9K -171 -0.47% $350.30 36.5K May 5, 2023 Direct F1, F2, F4
transaction VRTX Common Stock Sale -$393K -1.13K -3.08% $349.00 35.4K May 8, 2023 Direct F1
holding VRTX Common Stock 440 May 5, 2023 401(k)
* 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 Transaction made pursuant to Dr. Leiden's company approved trading plan under Rule 10b5-1, which was entered into on 11/01/2022.
F2 Dr. Leiden undertakes to provide (upon request by the SEC staff, the issuer or a security holder of the issuer) full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price.
F3 Open market sales reported on this line occurred at a weighted average price of $349.38 (range $349.00 to $349.95).
F4 Open market sales reported on this line occurred at a weighted average price of $350.30 (range $350.12 to $350.40).