Exelixis (EXEL) Form 4 EXELIXIS / Jeffrey Hessekiel ownership change

SEC Form 4

FORM 4

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

Hessekiel Jeffrey

(Last) (First) (Middle)

C/O EXELIXIS, INC.

1851 HARBOR BAY PARKWAY

(Street)

ALAMEDA CA 94502

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
EXELIXIS, INC. [ EXEL ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
EVP, General Counsel & Sec

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
08/26/2024

4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	08/26/2024		M		20,000	A	$24.41	650,325(1)	D
Common Stock	08/26/2024		S(2)		20,000	D	$25.79(3)	630,325(1)	D
Common Stock								999(4)	I	By 401(k)

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Option (right to buy)	$24.41	08/26/2024		M			20,000	10/03/2018(5)	10/02/2024	Common Stock	20,000	$0	0	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Includes 236,022 shares of Exelixis, Inc. common stock that will be issued to the Reporting Person upon vesting of restricted stock units ("RSUs"). Each RSU is the economic equivalent of one share of Exelixis, Inc. common stock.

2. The sales reported on this Form 4 were effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted by the Reporting Person on February 29, 2024.

3. Represents the weighted average sales price. The shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $25.68 to $25.87. Reporting Person undertakes to provide Exelixis, Inc., any security holder of Exelixis, Inc., or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the ranges set forth in footnote 3 to this Form 4.

4. Represents shares of Exelixis, Inc. common stock under the Exelixis, Inc. 401(k) Plan, pursuant to a plan statement dated as of August 25, 2024.

5. The option, representing the right to purchase a total of 100,000 shares of Exelixis, Inc. common stock became fully exercisable on October 3, 2021.

Remarks:

	/s/ Nina Ayer, Attorney in Fact	08/28/2024
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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