$PGEN

Lehr Donald P. sold $127K of PGEN

Lehr Donald P. (Chief Legal Officer) sold 29,131 shares of PRECIGEN, INC. (PGEN) at $4.36 ($0.13M total) on 2026-05-28.

Original reporting
SEC EDGAR · Lehr Donald P.
Published Jun 1, 2026, 8:26 PM UTC
Analysis
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Primary signal
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Relevance
6/10
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Decision brief

The 30-second read

$PGENNeutralLow
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Why it matters

The disclosure provides a concrete datapoint on insider behavior (open-market sale by CLO) but lacks any new operational or clinical development that would re-rate the company’s fundamentals.

02

Market read

Traders may monitor for follow-on insider activity or correlate with upcoming corporate catalysts, but the filing alone is unlikely to drive a major repricing.

03

What to watch

No context is given on total insider holdings changes, prior sales cadence, or whether other officers/board members also sold/bought around the same period.

Relevance 6/10Novelty 6/10Timing: Filed 2026-06-01; reflects sale executed 2026-05-28.

Background

The article is an SEC Form 4 disclosure of an insider’s transaction in Precigen common stock.

Company-level read

Ticker impact

$PGENNeutralMedium confidence
Context

Pre-arranged 10b5-1 plan was not used; Chief Legal Officer Donald Lehr sold 29,131 shares of Precigen at $4.36 on 2026-05-28.

Expected impact

Low likelihood of a sustained price move; any reaction is likely limited to sentiment/flow effects around the filing date.

Evidence & confidence

The filing is an SEC Form 4 insider transaction with disclosed sale size and price, but no accompanying corporate event (earnings, trial result, deal, or guidance change) is provided.

Market effects

Limited read-through to biotech/clinical pipeline peers; this is company-specific insider activity without sector-wide catalyst.

None indicated; US-listed microcap/small-cap flow only.

None indicated.

Counterpoint

The sale may be routine liquidity/compensation-related and does not necessarily signal negative fundamentals, especially without evidence of other concurrent insider selling.

Key entities

  • PRECIGEN, INC.

    Subject of the insider transaction disclosure (Form 4).

  • Donald P. Lehr

    Chief Legal Officer who sold shares; transaction reported as open-market sale without a pre-arranged 10b5-1 plan.

Full insider trading history

This story covers one filing. See everything behind it: every insider buy and sell on record, 10b5-1 plans, late filings, and which officers and directors are trading.

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