Farnsworth David E. 4

What Happened
David E. Farnsworth, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Mercury Systems, reported the sale of 3,625 shares on 2026-04-16 at a per-share price of $84.87, for a total value of $307,661. The filing indicates these shares were sold under a sell-to-cover program to satisfy tax withholding obligations upon the vesting of stock awards. This is a sale (not a purchase) and is commonly a routine, administrative transaction tied to compensation vesting.

Key Details

• Transaction date: 2026-04-16; Filing date (Form 4): 2026-04-17 (timely filed).
• Transaction type: Sale (reported as open market or private sale) — 3,625 shares × $84.87 = $307,661.
• Shares owned after transaction: Not disclosed in the provided filing data.
• Footnotes: F1 = sale part of sell-to-cover to satisfy tax withholding on vested awards; F2 = $84.87 is the per-share price attributed to sales for all participants under the sell-to-cover program on that date.
• No indication of a 10b5-1 plan or late filing in the submitted information.

Context: Sell-to-cover transactions are routine tax-withholding sales following vesting of equity awards and do not necessarily reflect an insider’s view on the company’s prospects. Purchases tend to be more indicative of bullish insider sentiment.