Marianna Mancini - May 1, 2024 Form 4 Insider Report for Viking Therapeutics, Inc. (VKTX)

Role
Chief Operating Officer
Signature
/s/ Michael Morneau as Attorney-in-Fact
Stock symbol
VKTX
Transactions as of
May 1, 2024
Transactions value $
-$20,395,898
Form type
4
Date filed
5/2/2024, 09:27 PM
Previous filing
Mar 27, 2024
Next filing
Jul 31, 2024

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 $84.2K +18K +5.16% $4.68* 367K May 1, 2024 Direct F1
transaction VKTX Common Stock, par value $0.00001 per share Options Exercise $425K +87K +23.74% $4.88* 454K May 1, 2024 Direct F1
transaction VKTX Common Stock, par value $0.00001 per share Options Exercise $522K +90K +19.85% $5.80* 544K May 1, 2024 Direct F1
transaction VKTX Common Stock, par value $0.00001 per share Options Exercise $275K +35.4K +6.52% $7.77* 579K May 1, 2024 Direct F1
transaction VKTX Common Stock, par value $0.00001 per share Options Exercise $435K +51K +8.81% $8.52 630K May 1, 2024 Direct F1
transaction VKTX Common Stock, par value $0.00001 per share Sale -$1.81M -23.7K -3.77% $76.40 606K May 1, 2024 Direct F1, F2
transaction VKTX Common Stock, par value $0.00001 per share Sale -$2.03M -26.1K -4.31% $77.49 580K May 1, 2024 Direct F1, F3
transaction VKTX Common Stock, par value $0.00001 per share Sale -$8.28M -105K -18.16% $78.65 475K May 1, 2024 Direct F1, F4
transaction VKTX Common Stock, par value $0.00001 per share Sale -$9.51M -120K -25.27% $79.29 355K May 1, 2024 Direct F1, F5
transaction VKTX Common Stock, par value $0.00001 per share Sale -$500K -6.25K -1.76% $80.08 349K May 1, 2024 Direct F1, F6

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 -18K -99.99% $0.00 1 May 1, 2024 Common Stock 18K $4.68 Direct F1, F7
transaction VKTX Stock Option (Right to Buy) Options Exercise $0 -87K -50% $0.00 87K May 1, 2024 Common Stock 87K $4.88 Direct F1, F7
transaction VKTX Stock Option (Right to Buy) Options Exercise $0 -90K -100% $0.00* 0 May 1, 2024 Common Stock 90K $5.80 Direct F1, F8
transaction VKTX Stock Option (Right to Buy) Options Exercise $0 -35.4K -65.6% $0.00 18.6K May 1, 2024 Common Stock 35.4K $7.77 Direct F1, F7
transaction VKTX Stock Option (Right to Buy) Options Exercise $0 -51K -25% $0.00 153K May 1, 2024 Common Stock 51K $8.52 Direct F1, F7
* 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 The transactions reported in this Form 4 were effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted by the Reporting Person on February 1, 2024.
F2 The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were purchased in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $76.09 to $76.97, 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 purchased at each separate price within the ranges set forth in this footnote.
F3 The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were purchased in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $77.00 to $77.99, 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 purchased at each separate price within the ranges set forth in this footnote.
F4 The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were purchased in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $78.00 to $78.9983, 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 purchased at each separate price within the ranges set forth in this footnote.
F5 The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were purchased in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $79.00 to $79.98, 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 purchased at each separate price within the ranges set forth in this footnote.
F6 The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were purchased in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $80.02 to $80.19, 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 purchased at each separate price within the ranges set forth in this footnote.
F7 25% of the shares subject to the option vested or will vest on each one year anniversary of the grant date.
F8 One-third of the shares subject to the option vested on each one year anniversary of the grant date.