Filing Details

Accession Number:
0000899243-18-025453
Form Type:
4
Zero Holdings:
No
Publication Time:
2018-09-27 21:25:30
Reporting Period:
2017-07-13
Accepted Time:
2018-09-27 21:25:30
SEC Url:
Form 4 Filing
Issuer
Cik Name Symbol Sector (SIC) IRS No
1607678 Viking Therapeutics Inc. VKTX Pharmaceutical Preparations (2834) DE
Insiders
Cik Name Reported Address Insider Title Director Officer Large Shareholder Other
886163 Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc 3911 Sorrento Valley Boulevard, Suite 11
San Diego CA 92121
No No Yes No
Reported Non-Derivative Transactions
Sec. Name Acquisiton - Disposition Date Amount Price Remaning Holdings Equity Swap Involved Form Type Code Nature of Ownership Explanation
Common Stock Disposition 2018-09-25 262,881 $19.15 6,038,083 No 4 S Direct
Equity Swap Involved Form Type Code Nature of Ownership Explanation
No 4 S Direct
Reported Derivative Transactions
Sec. Name Sec. Type Acquisiton - Disposition Date Amount Price Amount - 2 Price - 2
Common Stock Convertible Note (convertible into Common Stock) Disposition 2017-07-13 38,630 $38,630.00 0 $0.00
Common Stock Convertible Note (convertible into Common Stock) Disposition 2018-05-21 1,916,509 $1,916,509.00 0 $0.00
Remaning Holdings Exercise Date Expiration Date Equity Swap Involved Transaction Form Type Transaction Code Nature of Ownership
1,916,509 No 4 J Direct
0 No 4 J Direct
Footnotes
  1. The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $19.00 to $19.74, 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, additional information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the range set forth in this footnote.
  2. Includes 882,474 shares of Common Stock held by Metabasis Therapeutics, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Reporting Person.
  3. The Convertible Notes were repurchased in full by the Issuer on May 23, 2018. The Convertible Notes were convertible at a price per share equal to the lesser of (1) (x) if the conversion occurs within 180 days of April 13, 2016, $1.25, or (y) if the conversion occurs after October 10, 2016, the volume weighted average closing price of the Common Stock, as reported by The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC, for the thirty (30) consecutive trading days ending on the last trading date immediately preceding the date of conversion, and (2) $8.00 (as adjusted for any and all stock dividends, stock splits, stock combinations or other similar transactions).
  4. Represents repayment by the Issuer of the Convertible Notes.
  5. The Convertible Note was convertible on or after May 21, 2018 (the "Maturity Date"). In addition, prior to the Maturity Date, the Issuer has the option to prepay part of all of the outstanding Convertible Notes in which case the Reporting Person has the option to receive the prepayment in cash or shares of Common Stock, subject to certain conditions.
  6. Represents repayment in full by the Issuer of the Convertible Notes.