Michael Burkes Brophy - Jan 22, 2025 Form 4 Insider Report for Natera, Inc. (NTRA)

Signature
/s/ Tami Chen, Attorney-in-Fact
Stock symbol
NTRA
Transactions as of
Jan 22, 2025
Transactions value $
-$247,378
Form type
4
Date filed
1/24/2025, 09:45 PM
Previous filing
Jan 22, 2025
Next filing
Jan 29, 2025

Transactions Table

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 NTRA Restricted Stock Unit Options Exercise $0 -1.25K -25% $0.00 3.75K Jan 22, 2025 Common Stock 1.25K Direct F1, F4
* 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 Each Restricted Stock Unit ("RSU") represents a contingent right to receive one share of the Issuer's Common Stock.
F2 The sale of shares was effected in order to satisfy tax withholding and remittance obligations in connection with the vesting of RSUs and made pursuant to a written instruction that is intended to satisfy the affirmative defense conditions of Rule 10b5-1(c) under the Exchange Act contained in the Reporting Person's Stock Unit Agreement granted on October 22, 2021.
F3 The sales reported in this Form 4 were effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted by the Reporting Person on March 14, 2023.
F4 The RSUs vest over four years. 25% of the RSUs vested on October 22, 2022 and the remaining shares vest in 12 equal quarterly installments thereafter.