Wang Hsueh-Chun 4

What Happened

Wang Hsueh-Chun, Senior Vice President and COO (IC & US/EU Mainstream Ops) of Photronics, sold a total of 10,000 shares of Photronics stock in open-market transactions on April 1, 2026. The sales were executed in three trades: 4,186 shares at $42.00 ($175,812), 4,100 shares at $42.14 ($172,774), and 1,714 shares at $42.15 ($72,245), for combined gross proceeds of approximately $420,831. These were outright sales (transaction code S) reported on a Form 4 filed April 3, 2026.

Key Details

• Transaction date: 2026-04-01 (open-market sales)
• Trade breakdown:
  • 4,186 shares @ $42.00 = $175,812
  • 4,100 shares @ $42.14 = $172,774
  • 1,714 shares @ $42.15 = $72,245
• Total shares sold: 10,000; total proceeds ≈ $420,831
• Form 4 filed: 2026-04-03 (timely — within the expected two-business-day reporting window)
• Shares owned after transaction: not specified in the details provided
• Notable footnotes: none indicated in the supplied transaction data (no 10b5-1 plan or tax-withholding notes included)

Context

These were open-market sales by an executive, which are common for liquidity, portfolio management, or tax reasons and do not, by themselves, indicate a change in the company’s outlook. Sales are generally considered less informative than insider purchases for signaling conviction. The filing appears timely based on the reported dates.