Charles F. Wagner Jr - May 28, 2024 Form 4 Insider Report for VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INC / MA (VRTX)

Role
EVP & Chief Financial Officer
Signature
/s/ Christiana Stevenson, Attorney-in-Fact
Stock symbol
VRTX
Transactions as of
May 28, 2024
Transactions value $
-$1,478,068
Form type
4
Date filed
5/30/2024, 04:07 PM
Previous filing
Feb 27, 2024
Next filing
Jun 5, 2024

Transactions Table

Type Sym Class Transaction Value $ Shares Change % Price $ Shares After Date Ownership Footnotes
transaction VRTX Common Stock Sale -$1.48 M -3.25 K -6.06% $454.79 50.4 K May 28, 2024 Direct F1

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 Mr. Wagner's company approved trading plan under Rule 10b5-1, which was entered into on 02/26/2024.