GENDELL JEFFREY L ET AL 4
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IES Holdings (IESC) 10% Owner Jeffrey Gendell Sells Shares
What Happened
Jeffrey L. Gendell, reported as a 10% owner through Tontine Capital Partners (TCP) and related entities, sold a total of 8,159 IES Holdings (IESC) shares in open‑market transactions between Feb 12 and Feb 17, 2026. The sales totaled approximately $4,291,074. Individual reported lots include 980 @ $525.05 ($514,549); 1,083 @ $526.51 ($570,210); 100 @ $527.27 ($52,727); 257 @ $528.65 ($135,863); 180 @ $530.68 ($95,522); 874 @ $531.71 ($464,715); 1,574 @ $533.26 ($839,351); 2,791 @ $520.10 ($1,451,599); and 320 @ $520.43 ($166,538). All sales were disposals (S) — i.e., outright sales, not purchases or option exercises.
Key Details
- Transaction dates/prices: Feb 12–13 and Feb 17, 2026; prices ranged roughly from $520.10 to $533.26 (several lots reported as weighted‑average or multiple transactions at single prices per footnotes).
- Shares sold: 8,159 shares; proceeds ≈ $4.29 million.
- Who sold: All shares reported as sold were sold by Tontine Capital Partners, L.P. (TCP); filing is joint with several Tontine entities and Mr. Gendell.
- Holdings reported: The filing lists substantial holdings across Gendell‑controlled entities (TCP ~5.52M shares and combined beneficial holdings of ~10.52M shares across entities, plus 65,069 phantom units).
- Notable footnotes: sales were executed in multiple transactions with some weighted‑average prices and specified price ranges (see filing footnotes F1, F7–F13); joint filing and ownership/disclaimer details are included (F2–F6).
- Filing date: Form 4 filed Feb 17, 2026 (transaction dates span Feb 12–17). The filing does not specify any 10b5‑1 plan or tax‑withholding event in the reported lines.
Context
These trades were executed by a 10% institutional owner (Tontine) for which Mr. Gendell is the managing member — institutional sales by a major shareholder do not necessarily reflect the trading behavior of company executives. This was a sale (liquidity/portfolio action) rather than a purchase; such disposals are commonly routine but are useful to monitor because they reduce the large insider‑related stake.