Vadala Shawn 4

What Happened
Shawn Vadala, Chief Financial Officer of METTLER TOLEDO (MTD), exercised 800 stock options at an exercise price of $595.31 per share on 2026-02-10 (total exercise cost $476,248) and then sold the 800 resulting shares in an open-market transaction at an average price of $1,410.12 per share for total gross proceeds of $1,128,096. The filing also shows the related derivative (the options) as converted/disposed in the exercise.

Key Details

• Transaction date: 2026-02-10; Form 4 filed 2026-02-11 (timely, within required reporting window).
• Exercise detail (code M): 800 shares acquired at $595.31 each (total $476,248).
• Sale detail (code S): 800 shares sold at an average price of $1,410.12 each (total $1,128,096). Footnote F1 notes the sale price is an average of multiple trades between $1,410.10 and $1,410.51.
• Related derivative entry: 800 option units were reported as converted/disposed at $0.00 (reflects conversion on exercise).
• Shares owned after the transactions: Not specified in the provided filing excerpt.
• Footnote F2: The options vested annually in five equal installments beginning on the first anniversary of the grant (i.e., these were vested options).

Context
This was effectively a cashless exercise: the CFO exercised vested options and immediately sold the shares in the open market. Net proceeds before taxes and fees were roughly $1.13M minus the $476k exercise cost (about $652k). Sales by executives are common for liquidity/tax reasons; this filing is factual reporting of those actions rather than an indicator of company outlook.