Cumbo Alexander 4
4 · Solid Biosciences Inc. · Filed Feb 18, 2026
Research Summary
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Solid Biosciences (SLDB) CEO Alexander Cumbo Sells 16,644 Shares
What Happened
- Alexander Cumbo, President & CEO and a director of Solid Biosciences (SLDB), had 30,031 restricted stock units (RSUs) convert into common shares on Feb 13, 2026 (conversion recorded as a derivative exercise/convert). On Feb 18, 2026 he sold 16,644 of those shares in an open-market, sell-to-cover transaction for a weighted-average price of $5.82, generating approximately $96,923 in gross proceeds.
- The conversion/derivative entry shows no cash exercise price (recorded at $0.00), consistent with RSUs converting to shares rather than stock-option exercises requiring cash.
Key Details
- Transaction dates: RSU conversion/exercise on 2026-02-13; open-market sale on 2026-02-18.
- Sale: 16,644 shares at a weighted-average price of $5.82; total proceeds ≈ $96,923. Reported sale prices ranged from $5.23 to $6.14.
- Conversion: 30,031 RSUs converted into shares (no cash paid on conversion).
- Reason for sale: Sell-to-cover to satisfy withholding taxes after RSU vesting; executed under a durable automatic sales instruction (sell-to-cover) adopted Aug 18, 2024 — not a discretionary trade.
- RSU terms: RSUs were granted Feb 13, 2024 and vest 25% each year over four years (anniversary vesting).
- Shares owned after transaction: not specified in the provided filing.
- Filing timeliness: The report was filed Feb 18, 2026 while the primary conversion occurred Feb 13, 2026 — this appears to be later than the SEC’s standard two-business-day Form 4 filing window for that earlier transaction.
Context
- These were RSU conversions followed by a routine sell-to-cover sale to pay withholding taxes. That pattern (RSUs vest → automatic sell-to-cover) is common and does not necessarily signal voluntary insider selling for investment reasons.
- For retail investors, purchases are generally a stronger signal than routine sales tied to tax withholding; this filing documents standard compensation vesting mechanics rather than a discretionary divestiture.
Insider Transaction Report
Form 4
Cumbo Alexander
DirectorPresident and CEO
Transactions
- Exercise/Conversion
Common Stock
[F1]2026-02-13+30,031→ 252,049 total - Sale
Common Stock
[F2][F3]2026-02-18$5.82/sh−16,644$96,923→ 235,405 total - Exercise/Conversion
Restricted Stock Units
[F1][F4]2026-02-13−30,031→ 60,063 total→ Common Stock (30,301 underlying)
Footnotes (4)
- [F1]Each restricted stock unit represents a contingent right to receive one share of the Issuer's common stock (the "RSUs").
- [F2]This sale was made to cover withholding taxes following the vesting of the previously granted RSUs pursuant to a durable automatic sales instruction letter adopted by Mr. Cumbo on August 18, 2024 effecting the sell-to-cover election. The sale does not represent a discretionary trade by Mr. Cumbo.
- [F3]The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $5.23 to $6.14, inclusive. The reporting person undertakes to provide to the issuer, any security holder of the issuer, or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the range set forth in footnote (4) to this Form.
- [F4]The RSUs were granted on February 13, 2024 (the "Grant Date") and vest over four years, with 25% of the original number of shares vesting on each anniversary of the Grant Date until the fourth such anniversary.
Signature
/s/ Kimberly Cornwell as attorney-in-fact for Alexander Cumbo|2026-02-18