PEREZ DE LA MESA MANUEL J 4

What Happened

• Manuel J. Perez de la Mesa, a director of POOL CORP (POOL), made an open-market purchase of 5,000 shares on 2026-03-13 at $205.00 per share, for a total cost of $1,025,000. This was a purchase (often viewed as a more bullish signal than a sale), not a sale or option exercise.

Key Details

• Transaction date and price: 2026-03-13 — 5,000 shares at $205.00 each.
• Total value: $1,025,000.
• Filing date / accession: Form 4 filed 2026-03-17 (Accession No. 0000945841-26-000065).
• Shares owned after transaction: Not reported on the Form 4 (not specified in filing).
• Transaction code: P = Purchase (open-market). No footnotes, 10b5-1 plan, or tax-withholding details disclosed.
• Timeliness: Filed on 2026-03-17 for a 2026-03-13 trade — within the typical 2-business-day reporting window (not indicated as late).

Context

• Open-market purchases by directors are straightforward buys of existing shares and can signal the insider was willing to invest personal capital, but they are not proof of future company performance.
• Perez de la Mesa is identified as a director (not a 10% owner or officer in this filing); retail investors should consider this alongside other insider activity and company fundamentals.