Arthur A. Levin - Jan 22, 2024 Form 4 Insider Report for Avidity Biosciences, Inc. (RNA)

Role
Director
Signature
/s/ John W. Wallen III, Ph.D., J.D., Attorney-in-Fact
Stock symbol
RNA
Transactions as of
Jan 22, 2024
Transactions value $
-$18,832
Form type
4
Date filed
1/23/2024, 03:14 PM
Previous filing
Jun 15, 2023
Next filing
Mar 12, 2024

Transactions Table

Type Sym Class Transaction Value $ Shares Change % * Price $ Shares After Date Ownership Footnotes
transaction RNA Common Stock Sale -$18.8K -1.86K -9.62% $10.13 17.5K Jan 22, 2024 Direct F1
holding RNA Common Stock 274K Jan 22, 2024 By family trust
* 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 Represents the number of shares required to be sold by the Reporting Person to cover tax withholding obligations in connection with the vesting and settlement of RSUs on January 20, 2024. This sale is mandated by the Issuer's election under its equity incentive plans to require the satisfaction of tax withholding obligations to be funded by a "sell-to-cover" transaction and does not represent a discretionary trade by the Reporting Person. The Reporting Person has executed an instruction letter for the automatic sale of such "sell-to-cover" shares, intended to satisfy the affirmative defense conditions of Rule 10b5-1.