Zaranec John M 4

What Happened John M. Zaranec, Chief Financial Officer of Metallus Inc. (MTUS), disposed of 5,198 shares on June 16, 2026 as a payment to satisfy tax liabilities related to equity compensation. The shares were valued at $20.00 each, for a total of $103,960. This transaction is coded "F" (payment of exercise price or tax liability), meaning shares were withheld/surrendered rather than sold on the open market.

Key Details

• Transaction date: 2026-06-16; Form 4 filed: 2026-06-17 (timely)
• Action: Payment of tax liability via surrender/withholding of 5,198 shares
• Price used for value: $20.00 per share; total value reported: $103,960
• Transaction code: F (tax/exercise price payment) — disposed/surrendered shares, not an open-market sale
• Shares owned after transaction: not specified in the provided filing summary
• No 10b5-1 plan or late-filing flag indicated in the filing details provided

Context This was a routine tax-withholding event tied to prior equity awards or option exercises, not a market sale intended to raise cash. Such transactions are administrative: they reduce the insider’s share count to cover withholding obligations and generally do not, by themselves, signal a change in insider sentiment.