LGND Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated

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$284.47

Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (LGND) Insider Activity

What the officers, directors and large holders did with their own shares. Only open-market purchases and sales count toward the totals — grants, option exercises and shares withheld for tax are compensation mechanics, not decisions, and they're listed separately below.

Insider signal Moderately bearish Selling ran elevated versus LGND's own trailing one-year pace, with 70% of sale value under a prearranged plan.
Cluster activity 0 buyers in the last 30 days 0 buyers in the last 90 days 4 sellers in the last 90 days
Insiders buying
0
0 transactions
Insiders selling
7
67 transactions
Purchases
$0
0 shares
Sales
$24.5M
90,944 shares
Net activity
-$24.5M
purchases less sales

How much of that selling was preplanned? 70% planned / 30% discretionary

10b5-1 plan sales $17.2M 54 transactions · 62,575 shares
Discretionary sales $7.4M 13 transactions · 28,369 shares

Largest single sale: $9.2M.

Where they traded

Buy Sell Dot area is proportional to transaction value.

No open-market insider purchase on record.

Recent open-market activity

Date Insider Role Action Shares Price Value Held after
Reardon Andrew 5 fills CLO & Secretary Sell 10b5-1 5,000 $286.09 $1.4M 41,214 −10.8% of holding
Espinoza Octavio Chief Financial Officer Sell 10b5-1 31,641 $292.06 $9.2M 27,696 −53.3% of holding
Haas Jason Director Sell 7,138 $292.81 $2.1M 3,981 −64.2% of holding
Reardon Andrew 10 fills CLO & Secretary Sell 10b5-1 5,000 $288.99 $1.4M 46,409 −9.7% of holding
Reardon Andrew 8 fills CLO & Secretary Sell 10b5-1 5,000 $313.28 $1.6M 46,118 −9.8% of holding
Sabba Stephen L Director Sell 2,145 $254.00 $544.8K 33,629 −6% of holding
Haas Jason 2 fills Director Sell 6,461 $255.58 $1.7M 8,442 −43.4% of holding
Aryeh Jason Director Sell 4,500 $250.00 $1.1M 102,580 −4.2% of holding
LAMATTINA JOHN L 4 fills Director Sell 4,591 $250.88 $1.2M 31,303 −12.8% of holding
Aryeh Jason Director Sell 500 $250.00 $125.0K 107,080 −0.5% of holding
Reardon Andrew 7 fills CLO & Secretary Sell 10b5-1 5,000 $227.06 $1.1M 45,891 −9.8% of holding
KOZARICH JOHN W Director Sell 1,575 $223.50 $352.0K 41,786 −3.6% of holding
KOZARICH JOHN W Director Sell 459 $224.00 $102.8K 41,786 −1.1% of holding
Reardon Andrew 7 fills CLO & Secretary Sell 10b5-1 5,000 $231.31 $1.2M 45,782 −9.8% of holding
KOZARICH JOHN W 5 fills Director Sell 10b5-1 467 $231.80 $108.3K 42,173 −1.1% of holding
Reardon Andrew 6 fills CLO & Secretary Sell 10b5-1 5,000 $201.24 $1.0M 45,922 −9.8% of holding
KOZARICH JOHN W 5 fills Director Sell 10b5-1 467 $202.23 $94.4K 42,574 −1.1% of holding
Sabba Stephen L Director Sell 1,000 $207.87 $207.9K 32,793 −3% of holding

Form 4s are due within two business days of a transaction, so this is close to real time — unlike the quarterly 13F data on the Institutional tab. A single large sale often reflects a prearranged 10b5-1 plan rather than a fresh view, so read a pattern of sales rather than any one of them.