Dekel Benjamin 4
4 · KAMADA LTD · Filed Apr 9, 2026
Research Summary
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Kamada (KMDA) Director Dekel Benjamin Receives Award, Transfers Shares
What Happened
Dekel Benjamin, a director of Kamada Ltd. (KMDA), was the recipient of four derivative awards of 4,000 shares each (total acquired = 16,000) on April 7, 2026 and, on the same date, disposed of the same four lots of 4,000 derivative shares back to the issuer (total disposed = 16,000). All transactions are reported as derivative (options/awards) with no per-share dollar price reported (N/A), so there is no direct cash purchase or open-market sale recorded in this filing. The net effect reported here is zero additional shares retained by the insider from these transactions.
Key Details
- Transaction date: April 7, 2026; Form 4 filed April 9, 2026 (timely).
- Transactions: Four grants of 4,000 derivative shares each (total acquired 16,000) and four corresponding dispositions to the issuer of 4,000 each (total disposed 16,000).
- Price/value: Listed as N/A for these derivative transactions; no dollar amounts provided in the supplied excerpt.
- Shares owned after transaction: Not specified in the provided filing details.
- Notable footnotes from the filing:
- F1: USD exercise prices (where shown) are convenience conversions from NIS using Bank of Israel rate as of April 6, 2026.
- F2: Exercise price of the options was adjusted per the 2011 Share Award Plan due to a cash dividend declared March 11, 2026; otherwise terms unchanged.
- F3: Options vest 25% on each of the four anniversaries of grant.
- F4: Awards are held by a trustee under the Company's 2011 Share Award Plan.
Context
- These are derivative award-related transactions (options/share awards) rather than open-market buys or sales. The pattern of an award followed immediately by a disposition to the issuer is commonly used for net-settlement, tax withholding or share-surrender purposes, but the filing itself does not specify the reason.
- Because the acquired and disposed amounts match, the filing shows no net increase in the director’s reported ownership from these items.
- For retail investors, purchases by insiders are often more indicative than routine awards or withholding-related dispositions; here the activity appears administrative rather than an outright sale into the market.
Insider Transaction Report
- Award
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)
[F1][F2][F3][F4]2026-04-07+4,000→ 4,000 total(indirect: By Trust)Exercise: $5.98From: 2024-09-07Exp: 2030-03-07→ Ordinary Shares (4,000 underlying) - Disposition to Issuer
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)
[F1][F2][F3][F4]2026-04-07−4,000→ 4,000 total(indirect: By Trust)Exercise: $6.23From: 2024-09-07Exp: 2030-03-07→ Ordinary Shares (4,000 underlying) - Award
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)
[F1][F2][F3][F4]2026-04-07+4,000→ 4,000 total(indirect: By Trust)Exercise: $5.98From: 2025-09-07Exp: 2030-03-07→ Ordinary Shares (4,000 underlying) - Disposition to Issuer
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)
[F1][F2][F3][F4]2026-04-07−4,000→ 4,000 total(indirect: By Trust)Exercise: $6.23From: 2025-09-07Exp: 2030-03-07→ Ordinary Shares (4,000 underlying) - Award
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)
[F1][F2][F3][F4]2026-04-07+4,000→ 4,000 total(indirect: By Trust)Exercise: $5.98From: 2026-09-07Exp: 2030-03-07→ Ordinary Shares (4,000 underlying) - Disposition to Issuer
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)
[F1][F2][F3][F4]2026-04-07−4,000→ 4,000 total(indirect: By Trust)Exercise: $6.23From: 2026-09-07Exp: 2030-03-07→ Ordinary Shares (4,000 underlying) - Award
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)
[F1][F2][F3][F4]2026-04-07+4,000→ 4,000 total(indirect: By Trust)Exercise: $5.98From: 2027-09-07Exp: 2030-03-07→ Ordinary Shares (4,000 underlying) - Disposition to Issuer
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)
[F1][F2][F3][F4]2026-04-07−4,000→ 4,000 total(indirect: By Trust)Exercise: $6.23From: 2027-09-07Exp: 2030-03-07→ Ordinary Shares (4,000 underlying)
Footnotes (4)
- [F1]All exercise prices presented in U.S. dollars represent a convenience conversion from NIS based on the exchange rate published by the Bank of Israel as of April 6, 2026.
- [F2]The exercise price of the options was adjusted pursuant to the provisions of the Company's 2011 Share Award Plan in connection with a cash dividend distribution declared by the Company's board of directors on March 11, 2026. There are no other changes to the terms and conditions of the option award.
- [F3]Options vest in four equal installments, with 25% vesting on each of the four anniversaries of the date of grant.
- [F4]Held by trustee under the Company's 2011 Share Award Plan.