Wolfgang Dummer - 04 Nov 2021 Form 4 Insider Report for RIGEL PHARMACEUTICALS INC (RIGL)

Role: EVP & CMO
Signature: /s/ Dolly Vance (Attorney-in-Fact)
Issuer symbol: RIGL
Transactions as of: 04 Nov 2021
Net transactions value: $0
Form type: 4
Filing time: 05 Nov 2021, 18:59:30 UTC
Next filing: 26 Jan 2022
SEC: View on sec.gov

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	RIGL	Stock Option (Right to Buy)	Award	$0	+37,500		$0.000000	37,500	04 Nov 2021	Common Stock	37,500	$2.38	Direct	F1, F2

* 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 a performance-based option to purchase 37,500 shares of common stock on August 25, 2020. Thus, the exercise price of this option is $2.38 (the closing price of the issuer's common stock on Nasdaq the date of grant). In light of the performance-based vesting condition of this grant, the grant was not reportable under Section 16 until the performance metric was satisfied. On November 4, 2021, it was determined that the performance metric had been met.
F2	The shares of common stock subject to the option vest in equal monthly installments over twenty-four (24) months from the vesting commencement date of October 25, 2021, subject to the reporting person's continuous service to the issuer through each such period.

Content

The reporting person was granted a performance-based option to purchase 37,500 shares of common stock on August 25, 2020. Thus, the exercise price of this option is $2.38 (the closing price of the issuer's common stock on Nasdaq the date of grant). In light of the performance-based vesting condition of this grant, the grant was not reportable under Section 16 until the performance metric was satisfied. On November 4, 2021, it was determined that the performance metric had been met.

The shares of common stock subject to the option vest in equal monthly installments over twenty-four (24) months from the vesting commencement date of October 25, 2021, subject to the reporting person's continuous service to the issuer through each such period.