Halozyme (HALO) CEO executes 10b5-1 plan: option exercises and multiple share sales
Rhea-AI Filing Summary
Helen Torley, President and CEO and director of Halozyme Therapeutics (HALO), reported option exercises and share sales under a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted March 21, 2025. She exercised multiple option blocks with an $8.11 exercise price on September 2-4, 2025, acquiring 60,000 shares from option exercises and receiving 60,000 option shares underlying those exercises. Concurrently she sold aggregated blocks of common stock on September 2-4, 2025 at weighted average prices reported in ranges between $71.99 and $75.44 per share. After these transactions, Ms. Torley beneficially owned 733,719 common shares and held remaining options exercisable into additional shares as reported.
Positive
- Transactions were executed under a Rule 10b5-1 written trading plan, reducing ambiguity about timing and intent
- Reporting person retained substantial ownership after transactions (733,719 shares beneficially owned as reported)
- Options exercised at a low strike price of $8.11, consistent with long-dated grants (grant date Feb. 3, 2016)
Negative
- Significant share sales occurred on September 2-4, 2025, with reported weighted price ranges between $71.99 and $75.44, reducing immediate holdings
- Beneficial ownership decreased from pre-sale levels as shown by multiple disposals across the reported dates
Insights
TL;DR: Insider exercised long-dated options and sold shares under a documented 10b5-1 plan; transactions are routine and pre-planned.
These disclosures show the CEO and director used a Rule 10b5-1 plan to exercise options with an $8.11 strike and effect multiple sales in early September 2025. The plan and contemporaneous exercises reduce legal/insider-trading risk by documenting intent. The Form 4 shows meaningful retained ownership (over 700k shares) and remaining exercisable options; this pattern is consistent with liquidity actions rather than an unplanned disposition.
TL;DR: Option exercises and sales generated proceeds at prices in the low-mid $70 range; ownership remains substantial post-transactions.
The filing quantifies exercises of options granted February 3, 2016 (four-year vesting originally) at an $8.11 exercise price and recorded multiple sales with weighted average sale prices within $71.99–$75.44 per share. Following the reported transactions, the reporting person beneficially owned 733,719 shares and held remaining options exercisable into additional shares as disclosed. The activity was executed under a previously adopted 10b5-1 plan, limiting timing uncertainty.
Insider Trade Summary
| Type | Security | Shares | Price | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exercise | Option to Purchase Common Stock | 20,000 | $8.11 | $162K |
| Exercise | Common Stock | 20,000 | $8.11 | $162K |
| Sale | Common Stock | 9,900 | $73.536 | $728K |
| Sale | Common Stock | 7,800 | $74.327 | $580K |
| Sale | Common Stock | 2,300 | $75.224 | $173K |
| Exercise | Option to Purchase Common Stock | 20,000 | $8.11 | $162K |
| Exercise | Common Stock | 20,000 | $8.11 | $162K |
| Sale | Common Stock | 9,500 | $74.22 | $705K |
| Sale | Common Stock | 10,500 | $74.632 | $784K |
| Exercise | Option to Purchase Common Stock | 20,000 | $8.11 | $162K |
| Exercise | Common Stock | 20,000 | $8.11 | $162K |
| Sale | Common Stock | 300 | $72.485 | $22K |
| Sale | Common Stock | 16,288 | $73.698 | $1.20M |
| Sale | Common Stock | 3,412 | $74.147 | $253K |
Footnotes (1)
- The options exercised and sales reported on this Form 4 were made pursuant to a written trading plan adopted by the Reporting Person on March 21, 2025 in accordance with Rule 10b5-1. The sales of common shares reported on this Form 4 represent shares that were acquired following exercise of stock options with a ten-year term expiring in less than one year in February 2026. Represents a weighted average sales price per share. The shares were sold at prices ranging from $71.99 to $72.81. The Reporting Person has provided to the issuer, and will provide to any security holder of the issuer or the SEC staff, upon request, information regarding the number of shares sold at each price within the range. Represents a weighted average sales price per share. The shares were sold at prices ranging from $73.03 to $74.02. The Reporting Person has provided to the issuer, and will provide to any security holder of the issuer or the SEC staff, upon request, information regarding the number of shares sold at each price within the range. Represents a weighted average sales price per share. The shares were sold at prices ranging from $74.03 to $74.34. The Reporting Person has provided to the issuer, and will provide to any security holder of the issuer or the SEC staff, upon request, information regarding the number of shares sold at each price within the range. Represents a weighted average sales price per share. The shares were sold at prices ranging from $73.48 to $74.47. The Reporting Person has provided to the issuer, and will provide to any security holder of the issuer or the SEC staff, upon request, information regarding the number of shares sold at each price within the range. Represents a weighted average sales price per share. The shares were sold at prices ranging from $74.48 to $74.93. The Reporting Person has provided to the issuer, and will provide to any security holder of the issuer or the SEC staff, upon request, information regarding the number of shares sold at each price within the range. Represents a weighted average sales price per share. The shares were sold at prices ranging from $73.06 to $74.05. The Reporting Person has provided to the issuer, and will provide to any security holder of the issuer or the SEC staff, upon request, information regarding the number of shares sold at each price within the range. Represents a weighted average sales price per share. The shares were sold at prices ranging from $74.06 to $74.96. The Reporting Person has provided to the issuer, and will provide to any security holder of the issuer or the SEC staff, upon request, information regarding the number of shares sold at each price within the range. Represents a weighted average sales price per share. The shares were sold at prices ranging from $75.11 to $75.44. The Reporting Person has provided to the issuer, and will provide to any security holder of the issuer or the SEC staff, upon request, information regarding the number of shares sold at each price within the range. Grant to Reporting Person of options, exercisable over a 4-year period measured from the date of grant, 25% after 12 months, then 1/48th of the Option Shares per month thereafter. The date of grant was February 3, 2016.