X0508 4 2024-10-16 0000887359 Vericel Corp VCEL 0001313403 Colangelo Dominick 64 SIDNEY STREET CAMBRIDGE MA 02139 true true President and CEO true Common Stock 2024-10-16 4 M 0 17500 3.02 A 238437 D Common Stock 2024-10-16 4 S 0 17500 41.38 D 220937 D Common Stock 2024-10-17 4 M 0 17500 3.02 A 238437 D Common Stock 2024-10-17 4 S 0 17500 40.34 D 220937 D Stock Option (Right to Buy) 3.02 2024-10-16 4 M 0 17500 0 A Common Stock 17500 52500 D Stock Option (Right to Buy) 3.02 2024-10-17 4 M 0 17500 0 A Common Stock 17500 35000 D These shares include shares acquired pursuant to the Issuer's 2015 Employee Stock Purchase Plan in transactions that were exempt under both Rule 16b-3(d) and Rule 16b-3(c). The sales reported in this Form 4 were effected by an automatic sale pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted by the reporting person on September 1, 2023. These options, representing the right to purchase 440,000 shares, became exercisable in equal quarterly installments, contingent upon continued service to the Company, with the first vesting date on April 5, 2015, which was one quarter after the date on which the option was granted. These options, which were awarded on January 5, 2015, would otherwise expire and become forfeitable on January 5, 2025. /s/ Sean Flynn, as Attorney-in-Fact for Dominick C. Colangelo 2024-10-18