van der Kolk Robert J. 4

What Happened

• Robert J. van der Kolk, President of EMEA and APAC for nVent Electric plc, surrendered a total of 7,818 shares to satisfy tax withholding obligations tied to equity awards. The filings show two transactions on 2026-03-05: 5,763 shares at $110.55 each ($637,100) and 2,055 shares at $110.55 each ($227,180), for a combined value of about $864,280. These were tax-withholding dispositions (code F), not open-market sales.

Key Details

• Transaction date: 2026-03-05; Filing date: 2026-03-09 (filed within required reporting window).
• Prices: $110.55 per share for both dispositions.
• Shares surrendered: 5,763 (F1) and 2,055 (F2), total 7,818 shares; total value ≈ $864,280.
• Footnotes: F1 — shares surrendered to pay taxes on settlement of performance share units; F2 — shares surrendered to pay taxes on vesting of restricted stock units; F3 — end-of-period holdings reflect vesting of previously reported RSUs.
• Transaction code: F (tax withholding). This is a routine internal tax payment, not a directed market sale.

Context

• These transactions are a common way executives satisfy tax liabilities when equity awards vest: shares are surrendered (cashless settlement) rather than sold on the open market. Such tax-withholding dispositions are generally considered administrative and do not necessarily signal the insider’s view on the stock.