Hensley William L. Iggiagruk 4
4 · Trilogy Metals Inc. · Filed May 12, 2026
Research Summary
AI-generated summary of this filing
Trilogy Metals (TMQ) Director Hensley Exercises Options, Sells Shares
What Happened
- William L. Iggiagruk (Director) exercised options and sold stock on May 8, 2026. He exercised 50,000 shares at an effective U.S. cost of $0.57 each (total cost $28,500) and sold 50,000 shares in an open-market transaction at $4.44 each for proceeds of $222,000. The filing also records a 50,000-share derivative conversion/transaction shown at $0.00 (no cash consideration reported).
- This sequence—exercise of derivative securities followed by a market sale—looks like an exercise-plus-sale (cashless exercise) where the insider acquires shares via exercise and then disposes of shares in the open market. The sale is a disposition (routine liquidity) rather than a direct purchase of additional shares.
Key Details
- Transaction date: 2026-05-08; Form 4 filed 2026-05-12 (filed within the required reporting window).
- Exercise: 50,000 shares @ $0.57 (USD) = $28,500 (footnote: converted from C$0.78 at C$1.3686 = US$1.00).
- Sale: 50,000 shares @ $4.44 (USD) = $222,000 (footnote: converted from C$6.08 at C$1.3686 = US$1.00).
- Derivative conversion/recording: 50,000 shares @ $0.00 (no cash reported) — filing lists this as an exercise/conversion (M) with zero price.
- Shares owned after the transaction: not specified in the transaction summary provided.
- Transaction codes: M = exercise/conversion of derivative; S = sale (open market). No 10b5-1 or tax-withholding footnotes were listed in the excerpt.
Context
- When options are exercised and the underlying shares are sold the same day, it's often a cashless exercise to realize value or cover option costs/taxes; it is not by itself an indicator of the director’s long-term view. The filing includes currency conversion footnotes for Canadian-dollar prices; the sale and exercise prices shown are the U.S. dollar equivalents.
Insider Transaction Report
Form 4
Hensley William L. Iggiagruk
Director
Transactions
- Exercise/Conversion
Common Shares
[F1]2026-05-08$0.57/sh+50,000$28,500→ 68,531 total - Sale
Common Shares
[F2]2026-05-08$4.44/sh−50,000$222,000→ 18,531 total - Exercise/Conversion
Director Stock Options ("Right to Buy")
[F1]2026-05-08−50,000→ 0 totalExercise: $0.57From: 2022-12-08Exp: 2027-12-07→ Common Shares (50,000 underlying)
Footnotes (2)
- [F1]Converted from Canadian exercise price of C$0.78 using an exchange rate of C$1.3686 = US$1.00.
- [F2]Converted from Canadian sale price of $6.08 using an exchange rate of C$1.3686 = US$1.00.
Signature
/s/ Elaine Sanders as attorney-in-fact for William I. Iggiagruk Hensley|2026-05-12