[Form 4] Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Insider Trading Activity
Jack A. Khattar, President, CEO and a director of Supernus Pharmaceuticals (SUPN), reported multiple stock option exercises and subsequent sales executed on 08/06/2025 under a 10b5-1 trading plan adopted September 15, 2022. The filing shows exercises converting employee stock options into common shares (three exercises totaling 201,250 shares: two at a $12.98 exercise price and one at $25.30) and concurrent open-market sales of common stock totaling 140,000 shares at weighted-average prices of approximately $40.24, $42.00 and $43.12 (ranges provided in footnotes).
Following the reported transactions the reporting person is shown as directly beneficially owning 1,069,933 shares and indirectly owning 1,005,600 shares through the KBT Trust. The Form 4 also lists remaining employee stock option holdings reflected as 195,000, 135,000 and 243,750 derivative securities following the transactions.
- Transactions executed under a 10b5-1 trading plan, providing a documented pre-arranged process for sales
- Substantial remaining ownership: direct beneficial ownership of 1,069,933 shares plus 1,005,600 indirect shares via the KBT Trust
- Insider sales totaling 140,000 shares on 08/06/2025, which represents liquidity taken by an executive
- Large option exercises (201,250 shares) increased share count outstanding due to conversion of employee stock options
Insights
TL;DR: Insider exercised options and sold shares via a pre-existing 10b5-1 plan; substantial ownership remains both directly and via trust.
The reporting person executed option exercises totaling 201,250 shares and sold 140,000 shares on 08/06/2025 under a 10b5-1 plan adopted 09/15/2022. Sales were at weighted-average prices reported near $40.24, $42.00 and $43.12 with disclosed price ranges. After these transactions the filer retains meaningful direct ownership of 1,069,933 shares and an additional indirect holding of 1,005,600 shares through the KBT Trust. From a market-impact perspective, these are routine option exercises and plan-based sales rather than opportunistic one-off disposals, and the continued large holdings temper potential negative signaling.
TL;DR: Transactions executed under an established 10b5-1 plan signal pre-planned liquidity rather than ad hoc insider trading; governance disclosure appears complete.
The Form 4 discloses that the trades were made pursuant to a 10b5-1 trading plan adopted on 09/15/2022, which provides an affirmative defense for trades made according to a written plan. The filer exercised employee stock options with exercise prices of $12.98 and $25.30 and subsequently sold shares at reported weighted-average prices, with full price ranges supplied in footnotes. The filing also reports remaining option positions and both direct and indirect beneficial ownership by the reporting person, consistent with standard SEC reporting practices for related-party transactions and insider liquidity events.