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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-K
**☒**ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2025
or
**☐**TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
FOR THE TRANSITION PERIOD FROM TO
Commission file number 000-19319
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Massachusetts
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
50 Northern Avenue**,** Boston**,** Massachusetts
(Address of principal executive offices)
04-3039129
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
02210
(Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (617) 341-6100
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act:
| Title of Each Class | Trading Symbol | Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered | ||
| Common Stock, $0.01 Par Value Per Share | VRTX | The Nasdaq Global Select Market |
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act: None
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes ☒ No ☐
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act. Yes ☐ No ☒
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during
the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for
the past 90 days. Yes ☒ No ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of
Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes ☒
No ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging
growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2
of the Exchange Act (Check one):
Large accelerated filer ☒ Accelerated filer ☐ Non-accelerated filer ☐ Smaller reporting company ☐ Emerging growth company ☐
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or
revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over
financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit
report. ☒
If securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act, indicate by check mark whether the financial statements of the registrant included in the filing
reflect the correction of an error to previously issued financial statements. ☐
Indicate by check mark whether any of those error corrections are restatements that required a recovery analysis of incentive-based compensation received by any
of the registrant’s executive officers during the relevant recovery period pursuant to § 240.10D-1(b). ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ☐ No ☒
The aggregate market value of the registrant’s common stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant based on the closing price on June 30, 2025 (the last business
day of the registrant’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter of 2025) was $113.4 billion.
As of February 6, 2026, the registrant had 254,034,190 shares of common stock outstanding.
DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
Portions of the definitive proxy statement for the 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, which we expect to hold on May 13, 2026, are incorporated by
reference into Part III of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED
ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-K
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“Vertex,” “we,” “us” and “our” as used in this Annual Report on Form 10-K refer to Vertex Pharmaceuticals
Incorporated, a Massachusetts corporation, and its subsidiaries.
“VERTEX®,” “KALYDECO®,” “ORKAMBI®,” “SYMDEKO®,” “SYMKEVI®,” “TRIKAFTA®,” “KAFTRIO®,”
“CASGEVY®,” “ALYFTREK®,” and “JOURNAVX®” are registered trademarks of Vertex. Other brands, names and
trademarks contained in this Annual Report on Form 10-K are the property of their respective owners.
We use the brand name for our products when we refer to the product that has been approved and with respect to the
indications on the approved label. Otherwise, we refer to our product candidates by their scientific (or generic) name or VX
developmental designation.
This Annual Report on Form 10-K contains forward-looking statements. Words such as “anticipates,” “may,”
“forecasts,” “expects,” “intends,” “plans,” “potentially,” “believes,” “seeks,” “estimates,” variations of such words and
similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements
contain these identifying words. Please refer to “Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” set forth in Part I,
Item 1A, for a discussion of our forward-looking statements and the related risks and uncertainties of such statements.
PART I