Compensation award — excluded from discretionary-purchase analysis.
Written from the filing's own figures. OQRO describes what was reported and never tells you what to buy or sell
View the official recordSEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial OwnershipAll the details
Dates, kept separate
Transaction date
Jan 22, 2026
Reporting period
Not applicable
Filed with the SEC
Jan 26, 2026
OfficerGrant / award
Context
Classification
grant award
Code A — grant or award
Planned / mechanical clue
Footnote references vesting of compensation awards
Only flagged when a footnote says so; never inferred
Source receipt
Record ID
0000875320-26-000012
Filed / recorded
Jan 26, 2026, 9:17 PM UTC
Added to OQRO
Oct 2, 2026, 12:29 PM UTC
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Data quality
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Issuer
VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INC / MA
Issuer CIK
875320
Ticker
VRTX
Reporting person
Edward Morrow Iii Atkinson
Relationship
Officer
Officer title
EVP, Chief Technical Ops. Off.
Security
Common Stock
Table
Non-derivative (Table I)
Transaction date
Jan 22, 2026
Transaction code
A
Shares / units
3,934
Price per share
$0.00
Acquired / disposed
Acquired (A)
Shares owned after
20,786
Ownership form
Direct
Amendment
No
Footnotes from the filing
Represents earned performance shares with respect to a performance stock unit award granted on 02/01/2023 that contained performance-vesting requirements. The issuer's management development and compensation committee certified as to the level of performance-goal attainment on 01/22/2026 and the shares will vest on 02/13/2026.