Wrede Thilo 4/A

What Happened

• Thilo Wrede, Chief Financial Officer of Vital Farms (VITL), reported 4,716 shares were withheld to satisfy tax withholding related to an option exercise/other equity event. The shares were withheld at $31.59 per share, with a reported value of $148,978. The transaction is reported as a disposition (code F — tax withholding).

Key Details

• Transaction date: 2025-03-17; Price per share: $31.59; Shares withheld/disposed: 4,716; Total value: $148,978.
• Filing: Amended Form 4 filed 2026-01-27 correcting the number of shares withheld and the post-transaction beneficial ownership (footnotes F1 and F2).
  • F1: Shares were withheld by the issuer to satisfy withholding tax obligation.
  • F2: The amendment corrects an earlier misreported number of shares withheld and the resulting beneficial ownership.
• Shares owned after transaction: corrected in the amended filing (updated total reported in amendment).
• Timeliness: The amendment was filed on 2026-01-27 for a 2025-03-17 transaction (this is a late amended report).

Context

• This was a tax-withholding disposition following an equity event (e.g., option exercise)—not an open-market sale. Withholding shares to cover taxes is a routine, administrative action and does not by itself indicate a buy/sell signal about the insider's view of the stock.