執行長卻大賣股票
Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla sold $5.6 million worth of stock on the same day it announced positive early results on its experimental COVID-19 vaccine.
輝瑞宣佈實驗的新冠肺炎疫苗出現正面初步結果的同一天，執行長布爾拉出售價值560萬美元的股票。
Shares of Pfizer rose as much as 15% on November 9 after the company and its partner BioNTech said its vaccine was more than 90% effective in preventing Covid-19 based on interim trial results.
輝瑞與合作夥伴BioNTech公司表示，根據中期試驗結果，該公司的疫苗對新冠肺炎的預防效果為90％以上，11月9日輝瑞股票一度大漲15％。
share(n.)股票;股份based on根據;依據interim(adj.)暫時的;臨時的;中期的interim government 臨時政府
Bourla disposed of more than 130,000 shares at an average price of $41.94 per share, according to a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. The sale was part of a pre-arranged trading plan when the share price hit a certain target.
根據向美國證券交易委員會申報的資料顯示，布爾拉賣掉超過13萬股股票，平均價格為每股41.94美元。此次出售在股價達到一定目標時，預先安排的交易計畫的。
dispose of…處理;處置;安排per share 每一股the US Securities and Exchange Commissionfiling(n.)存檔;歸檔pre-arranged trading plan 預先安排的交易計畫pre- 在…之前post- 在…之後post-pandemic era後疫情時代hit or reach a target達到目標
“The sale of these shares is part of Dr. Bourla’s personal financial planning and a pre-established plan, which allows, under SEC rules, major shareholders and insiders of exchange-listed corporations to trade a predetermined number of shares at a predetermined time,” Pfizer said.
輝瑞說：「出售這些股票是布爾拉博士個人財務規劃和事先制定計畫的一部分，根據證券交易委員會規定，上市公司的主要股東和內部人士可以在預定的時間交易預定數量的股票。」
financial planning 財務規劃financial(adj.)財務的;財政的;金融的pre-established plan事先制定的計畫established(adj.)已建立的;已制定的;確定的major shareholders主要股東insider(n.)內部人士exchange-listed corporations在交易所上市的公司predetermined(adj.)預先決定;事先安排的
Such a trading plan is designed to absolve executives from insider trading accusations. It is customary for public-company executives to receive a considerable share of their compensation in the form of stock, and the vast majority periodically sell part of their shareholdings.
這樣的交易計畫目的是為高層主管開脫內線交易的指控。上市公司高層主管的薪酬通常有一大部分是股票，絕大多數人會定期出售部分持股。
be designed to RV 目的是absolve sb. from sth.免除某人對某事的責任、義務等insider trading內線交易accusation(n.)指責;指控customary(adj.)習慣的;通常的compensation(n.)補償;賠償;薪資報酬stock option股票選擇權a compensation package薪資福利shareholding持有股份;股權
Bourla joined Pfizer as CEO in January 2019 and took on the additional role of chairman in January 2020. His total compensation for 2019 was $15.6 million, including a base salary of $1.6 million. Nine times that base salary would be about $15 million worth of shares.
布爾拉2019年1月加入輝瑞，擔任執行長，2020年1月身兼董事長。2019年他的總薪酬為1560萬美元，其中包括160萬美元的底薪。9倍的底薪相當於價值大約1500萬美元的股票。
take on接受(工作);承擔(責任)base salary底薪
Bourla is not the first pharmaceutical or biotech executive to cash in on his company’s rising stock during the pandemic. The top five executives at the biotech company Moderna have sold more than $80 million in stock this year as the company’s stock soared on hopes of its Covid-19 vaccine.
布爾拉並非第一位在疫情期間出售公司股票賺錢的藥廠或生技公司主管。美國生技公司Moderna的五名主管今年賣出超過8000萬美元的股票，這家公司的股票因為外界對其新冠肺炎疫苗寄以厚望而飆漲。
pharmaceutical(adj.)製藥的the pharmaceutical industry製藥業biotech (adj.)生物科技的cash in on 利用…賺錢soar(v.)大漲;暴漲=surge