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Viking Therapeutics, Inc.

▼ SELL

$ Value

$224K

Shares

6,400

Price

$35

Filed

Jan 5

Insider

Name

Lian Brian

Title

President & CEO

CIK

0001614578

Roles

Director Officer

Transaction Details

Transaction Date

2026-01-05

Code

S

Table

Non-Derivative

Ownership

Direct

Equity Swap

No

Shares After

2,499,291

Footnotes

Represents a restricted stock unit award ("RSU") of common stock under the Issuer's 2024 Equity Incentive Plan. One-third of the shares subject to the RSU shall vest on each one year anniversary of the grant date of the award. | Includes 11,111 shares acquired on May 20, 2024 pursuant to the Issuer's 2014 Employee Stock Purchase Plan. | The reported securities were subject to a performance restricted stock unit award that was granted on January 3, 2023, 33.33% of which vested on January 2, 2026. upon the achievement of a non-financial performance goal and a second performance restricted stock unit award that was granted on January 3, 2025, 1.665% of which vested on January 2, 2026, upon the partial achievement of a non-financial performance goal. | These shares were automatically sold on a non-discretionary basis solely to satisfy certain tax withholding obligations in connection with the issuance of shares upon the vesting of certain shares of common stock subject to certain restricted stock unit awards that vested on January 3, 2026 and the performance restricted stock unit awards described in Footnote 3. | The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted-average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $31.87 to $32.865, 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 sold at each separate price within the ranges set forth in this footnote. | The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted-average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $32.87 to $33.865, 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 sold at each separate price within the ranges set forth in this footnote. | The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted-average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $33.87 to $34.85, 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 sold at each separate price within the ranges set forth in this footnote. | The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted-average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $34.88 to $35.20, 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 sold at each separate price within the ranges set forth in this footnote. | 25% of the shares subject to the option will vest on each anniversary of the grant date.

Filing Info

Accession No.

0001193125-26-003113

Form Type

4

Issuer CIK

0001607678

Lian Brian's History

Date Ticker Type Value
2026-01-05 VKTX $4.3M
2026-01-05 VKTX $1.8M
2026-01-05 VKTX $1.4M
2026-01-05 VKTX $224K
2026-01-02 VKTX A $0
2026-01-02 VKTX A $0
2026-01-02 VKTX A $0
2025-10-28 VKTX $1.4M
2025-10-27 VKTX A $0
2025-07-03 VKTX $748K

Other Insiders at VKTX (90d)

Insider Bought Sold Last
Aubuchon Neil William
Chief Commercial Officer
$150K 2026-03-10