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Issuer

Cik	Name	Symbol	Sector (SIC)	IRS No
1607678	Viking Therapeutics Inc.	VKTX	Pharmaceutical Preparations (2834)	461073877

Insiders

Cik	Name	Reported Address	Insider Title	Director	Officer	Large Shareholder	Other
1614578	Brian Lian	C/O Viking Therapeutics, Inc. 9920 Pacific Heights Blvd, Suite 350 San Diego CA 92121	President & Ceo	Yes	Yes	No	No

Reported Non-Derivative Transactions

Sec. Name	Acquisiton - Disposition	Date	Amount	Price	Remaning Holdings	Equity Swap Involved	Form Type	Code	Nature of Ownership
Common Stock, Par Value $0.00001 Per Share	Acquisiton	2023-03-30	115,852	$1.23	2,388,815	No	4	M	Direct
Common Stock, Par Value $0.00001 Per Share	Acquisiton	2023-03-30	19,530	$9.49	2,408,345	No	4	M	Direct
Common Stock, Par Value $0.00001 Per Share	Disposition	2023-03-30	88,000	$16.95	2,320,345	No	4	S	Direct
Common Stock, Par Value $0.00001 Per Share	Disposition	2023-03-30	65,382	$17.45	2,254,963	No	4	S	Direct
Common Stock, Par Value $0.00001 Per Share	Acquisiton	2023-03-31	67,970	$9.49	2,322,933	No	4	M	Direct
Common Stock, Par Value $0.00001 Per Share	Disposition	2023-03-31	67,970	$17.45	2,254,963	No	4	S	Direct
Common Stock, Par Value $0.00001 Per Share	Disposition	2023-04-03	22,000	$17.85	2,232,963	No	4	S	Direct
Common Stock, Par Value $0.00001 Per Share	Acquisiton	2023-04-03	300,000	$0.00	2,532,963	No	4	A	Direct
Common Stock, Par Value $0.00001 Per Share	Disposition	2023-04-03	200,000	$17.57	2,332,963	No	4	F	Direct

Equity Swap Involved	Form Type	Code	Nature of Ownership
No	4	M	Direct
No	4	M	Direct
No	4	S	Direct
No	4	S	Direct
No	4	M	Direct
No	4	S	Direct
No	4	S	Direct
No	4	A	Direct
No	4	F	Direct

Reported Derivative Transactions

Sec. Name	Sec. Type	Acquisiton - Disposition	Date	Amount	Price	Amount - 2	Price - 2
Common Stock	Stock Option (Right to Buy)	Disposition	2023-03-30	115,852	$0.00	115,852	$1.23
Common Stock	Stock Option (Right to Buy)	Disposition	2023-03-30	19,530	$0.00	19,530	$9.49
Common Stock	Stock Option (Right to Buy)	Disposition	2023-03-31	67,970	$0.00	67,970	$9.49

Remaning Holdings	Exercise Date	Expiration Date	Equity Swap Involved	Transaction Form Type	Transaction Code	Nature of Ownership
134,148	2018-01-05	2027-01-05	No	4	M	Direct
67,970	2016-05-04	2025-05-04	No	4	M	Direct
0	2016-05-04	2025-05-04	No	4	M	Direct

Footnotes

The transactions reported in this Form 4 were effected pursuant to a Rule10b5-1 trading plan adopted by the Reporting Person
The reported securities were subject to a performance restricted stock unit award that was granted on January 3, 2022, 66.67% of which vested on April 3, 2023 upon the achievement of two non-financial performance goals.
These shares were withheld by the Issuer in order 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 performance restricted stock units.
25% of the shares subject to the option vested on each one year anniversary of the grant date.
25% of the shares subject to the option vested upon grant and 25% of the shares subject to the option vested on each one year anniversary of the grant date.