Lee Kang Jyh 4
4 · PHOTRONICS INC · Filed Apr 15, 2026
Research Summary
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Photronics (PLAB) Director Lee Kang Jyh Exercises Options and Sells Shares
What Happened
- Director Lee Kang Jyh exercised stock options to acquire 5,000 shares at an exercise price of $8.60 per share (cost $43,000) on April 13, 2026. The same day he sold 5,000 shares in an open-market transaction at $45.00 per share, generating $225,000.
- The Form 4 also reports a separate derivative disposition of 5,000 shares recorded at $0.00 on April 13, 2026. The filing does not provide additional detail about that $0.00 disposition.
Key Details
- Transaction date: April 13, 2026; Form 4 filed April 15, 2026 (timely — within the 2-business-day window).
- Exercise: 5,000 shares acquired at $8.60 each (total $43,000).
- Sale: 5,000 shares sold at $45.00 each (total proceeds $225,000).
- Derivative disposition: 5,000 shares recorded at $0.00 (no cash amount reported).
- Shares owned after transaction: not specified in the provided filing excerpt.
- Footnote: F1 notes the reported options vested in four equal annual installments beginning January 2, 2018 (25% each year).
- No 10b5-1 plan or tax-withholding details are indicated in the excerpt.
Context
- The exercise and same-day sale suggest the options were exercised and the shares were immediately sold (commonly a cashless exercise or immediate disposition), but the filing does not state the exact mechanism.
- The separate derivative disposition at $0.00 may reflect withholding, surrender, or other internal settlement related to the exercise; the Form 4 does not specify the reason, so no inference about motivation should be drawn.
Insider Transaction Report
Form 4
PHOTRONICS INCPLAB
Lee Kang Jyh
Director
Transactions
- Exercise/Conversion
COMMON STOCK
2026-04-13$8.60/sh+5,000$43,000→ 390,850 total - Sale
COMMON STOCK
2026-04-13$45.00/sh−5,000$225,000→ 385,850 total - Exercise/Conversion
PHOTRONICS STOCK OPTIONS
[F1]2026-04-13−5,000→ 0 totalExercise: $8.60Exp: 2028-01-02→ PHOTRONICS INC Common Stock (5,000 underlying)
Footnotes (1)
- [F1]The reported options vested in four equal annual installments, with 25% vested on each of the first four anniversaries of the grant date, January 2nd, 2018.
Signature
/s/Brandon DeSocio, attorney-in-fact for Kang Jyh Lee|2026-04-15