Among these measures, there is in particular the possibility of scheduling the sale of shares over time. A system set up with a desire for transparency of these transactions carried out by managers who hold shares. If the recent transactions of Stéphane Bancel are part of a trend that has lasted for several years, they are also planned.
By using, for example, transaction monitoring tools such as Finviz Where Insiderscreenerit is possible to see that Stéphane Bancel sold 10,000 shares worth 158.05 dollars on February 10, as well as 9000 shares worth 154.26 dollars on February 9, 2022. When Bancel sold his 19,000 shares in two days, this is actually only 0.00009% of its shares, in total.
Moreover, the sum of these two transactions is approximately $1.34 million for the February 9 transaction and $1.58 million for the February 10 transaction. In total, these two transactions therefore represent 2.92 million dollars or the equivalent of approximately 2.57 million euros in two days. The amount of these transactions does not correspond to the figures of 1.8 million or 400 million dollars quoted in the various publications consulted.
