Utter Christine Marie 4
4 · PTC THERAPEUTICS, INC. · Filed Jun 22, 2026
Research Summary
AI-generated summary of this filing
PTC Therapeutics (PTCT) SVP Christine Utter Exercises Options, Sells Shares
What Happened
Christine Marie Utter, Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer of PTC Therapeutics (PTCT), exercised 19,686 stock options and sold the 19,686 shares on 2026-06-17. The exercise reflected a cash outlay of $505,733 (strike $25.69/share) and the subsequent open-market sale generated gross proceeds of $1,487,474 (sale price $75.56/share). The filing shows the derivative conversion associated with the exercise (reported as disposed at $0), indicating the options were converted into shares and those shares were sold the same day.
Key Details
- Transaction date: 2026-06-17 (filed on 2026-06-22) — filing appears late vs. the typical 2-business-day Form 4 deadline.
- Exercise: 19,686 option shares exercised at $25.69 each; total cost $505,733.
- Sale: 19,686 shares sold in open market at $75.56 each; gross proceeds $1,487,474.
- Shares owned after transaction: Not disclosed in this Form 4 filing.
- Footnotes: Transaction was effected under a written Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted March 17, 2026 (F1). The option was originally granted Feb 15, 2024 and vests over four years with scheduled quarterly vesting (F2).
- Derivative detail: The filing lists a derivative conversion line (disposed at $0) consistent with exercising options into shares and selling them the same day.
Context
This was an option exercise followed by an immediate sale (often called a cashless exercise or same-day disposition). Such transactions are routine for executives exercising vested option awards to realize gains; the use of a 10b5-1 plan indicates the sale was executed under a pre-established trading arrangement. The late filing may matter to compliance observers but does not, by itself, indicate anything about company fundamentals.
Insider Transaction Report
- Exercise/Conversion
Common Stock
[F1]2026-06-17$25.69/sh+19,686$505,733→ 89,885 total - Sale
Common Stock
[F1]2026-06-17$75.56/sh−19,686$1,487,474→ 70,199 total - Exercise/Conversion
Stock Option (Right to Buy)
[F1][F2]2026-06-17−19,686→ 15,314 totalExercise: $25.69Exp: 2034-02-14→ Common Stock (19,686 underlying)
Footnotes (2)
- [F1]This transaction was effected pursuant to a written Rule 10b5-1 plan adopted by the Reporting Person on March 17, 2026.
- [F2]This option was granted on February 15, 2024, and vests over four years, with 25% of the shares underlying the option vesting on February 15, 2025, and an additional 6.25% of the original number of shares underlying the option vesting at the end of each successive three-month period thereafter, beginning on May 15, 2025.