MARTIN R BRAD 4
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FedEx (FDX) Executive Chairman Martin R. Brad Exercises Options
What Happened
Martin R. Brad, Executive Chairman and director of FedEx Corp (FDX), exercised stock options on April 14, 2026. He exercised four option tranches totaling 15,100 shares:
- 3,980 shares @ $174.64 = $695,067
- 3,015 shares @ $219.26 = $661,069
- 2,780 shares @ $244.88 = $680,766
- 5,325 shares @ $147.28 = $784,266
Total value of exercised options (based on exercise prices) = $2,821,168. To cover exercise price and required tax withholdings, 10,326 shares were withheld/disposed at $366.90 per share (value reported $3,788,661), resulting in a net increase of 4,774 shares to Mr. Brad’s holdings. The filing shows the derivative-to-stock conversions (reported as $0 dispositions) reflecting the option-to-share conversion.
Key Details
- Transaction date: 2026-04-14; Form 4 filed 2026-04-16 (timely within reporting window).
- Options exercised (code M); shares withheld for taxes/exercise (code F).
- Gross shares exercised: 15,100; shares withheld: 10,326; net shares received: 4,774.
- Reported exercise amounts (by tranche) and total exercise value ≈ $2.82M; withheld-share value reported ≈ $3.79M.
- Footnotes: F1 — ownership adjusted by 4 shares via dividend reinvestment. F2 — shares withheld to pay exercise price and required tax withholdings under FedEx’s 2010 Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan. F3 — these options were first exercisable one year from grant.
- Shares owned after the transaction are not specified in the provided excerpt.
Context
This was an option exercise with shares withheld to cover taxes and exercise costs (a common cashless/net exercise method). Such withholding is routine and does not necessarily indicate a change in insider sentiment. The filing does not indicate a sale of additional shares on the open market — only the net retention of 4,774 shares after withholding.