Bal Joanne 4
4 · Vital Farms, Inc. · Filed May 19, 2026
Research Summary
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Vital Farms (VITL) CLO Joanne Bal Buys 500 Shares
What Happened
- Joanne Bal, Chief Legal Officer, Secretary & Head of Impact at Vital Farms, acquired 500 shares of VITL common stock on 2026-05-15 at $7.21 per share, for a total cost of $3,605. This transaction was a purchase through the company's Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), which is generally a routine way for employees to buy company stock.
Key Details
- Transaction date and price: 2026-05-15, 500 shares at $7.21 each.
- Total value: $3,605.
- Plan/footnote: Shares purchased under Vital Farms' 2020 ESPP; bought at 85% of the closing price on the purchase date and marked exempt under Rule 16b-3(c) and 16b-3(d).
- Shares owned after transaction: Not disclosed in this Form 4.
- Filing date and timeliness: Form 4 filed 2026-05-19 (4 days after the reported transaction); this appears later than the SEC's typical 2-business-day filing requirement.
Context
- ESPP purchases are commonly payroll- or contribution-driven and are often routine employee purchases rather than directional bets by insiders. The amount here ($3.6k) is small, so while it is a purchase (which is more informative than a sale), it is not a material insider investment. The filing does not indicate any immediate sale or option exercise; it simply reports the ESPP acquisition.
Insider Transaction Report
Form 4
Bal Joanne
CLO, Secy. & Head of Impact
Transactions
- Award
Common Stock
[F1]2026-05-15$7.21/sh+500$3,605→ 55,843 total
Footnotes (1)
- [F1]These shares were acquired under the Issuer's 2020 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the "ESPP") in a transaction that was exempt under both Rule 16b-3(d) and Rule 16b-3(c). In accordance with the ESPP, these shares were purchased at a price equal to 85% of the closing price of Issuer's common stock on the purchase date.
Signature
/s/ Francis Cullo, Attorney-in-Fact|2026-05-19