Milosevich Gregory M 4
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Danaher (DHR) EVP Gregory Milosevich Sells Shares After Option Exercise
What Happened
- Gregory M. Milosevich, Executive Vice President of Danaher (DHR), exercised 1,320 stock options (reported as an "M" transaction) at $58.59 per share (cost = $77,339) on Feb 19, 2026, and immediately sold 1,320 shares in an open-market transaction at $208.01 per share (proceeds = $274,575).
- The filing also shows a derivative disposition line for 1,320 shares at $0.00, which is a reporting entry related to the exercise/conversion mechanics of the option grant.
Key Details
- Transaction date: 2026-02-19; Exercise price: $58.59 (1,320 shares; $77,339); Sale price: $208.01 (1,320 shares; $274,575).
- Shares owned following the reported transactions: not specified in the provided filing summary.
- Footnote: F1 — the date shown is the grant date; one-fifth of the options became exercisable on each of the first five anniversaries of the grant date (vesting schedule).
- Filing: Report filed 2026-02-20 covering transactions on 2026-02-19; no late filing indicated in the provided data.
Context
- This is an option exercise followed by an immediate open-market sale (cashless exercise pattern): the insider paid to exercise options and then sold the resulting shares, realizing gross proceeds of $274,575 and having paid $77,339 to exercise (net before taxes/fees ≈ $197k).
- Such exercises-with-immediate-sales are common for executives when options vest and are exercised for liquidity or tax purposes; they are factual disclosures and do not, by themselves, indicate management’s view on company prospects.