BIEBER MICHAEL A 4
4 · Willdan Group, Inc. · Filed May 14, 2026
Research Summary
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Willdan (WLDN) CEO Michael Bieber Exercises Options, Sells Shares
What Happened
- Michael A. Bieber, President & CEO and Director of Willdan Group, exercised 9,991 stock options on May 13, 2026 at a strike price of $16.27 (cost = $162,554) and immediately sold the 9,991 underlying shares in the open market for a weighted average price of $92.65, generating gross proceeds of approximately $925,666. The Form 4 also records the disposition of the derivative instrument (the exercised options) associated with those shares.
Key Details
- Transaction date: May 13, 2026; Form 4 filed May 14, 2026 (filed the next day).
- Exercise: 9,991 shares acquired at $16.27 each; total exercise cost reported $162,554.
- Sale: 9,991 shares sold at a weighted average price of $92.65; total proceeds reported $925,666. Sales occurred at prices ranging from $92.50 to $92.85 (per footnote).
- Derivative disposition: 9,991 option units reported disposed at $0.00 (reflects the exercised option being converted/cancelled).
- Shares owned after transaction: not specified in this filing.
- Footnotes: Options were granted under the Willdan Amended and Restated 2008 Performance Incentive Plan and vested in past years (vested in installments through 2019). The filer offers to provide a breakdown of the exact number of shares sold at each price within the reported range upon request.
Context
- This was an exercise of vested stock options followed by an immediate open-market sale of the resulting shares (i.e., a cashless or simultaneous exercise-and-sell pattern). Such transactions are commonly used to realize gains from vested options; the filing is informational and does not itself indicate insider sentiment about the company’s prospects.
Insider Transaction Report
Form 4
BIEBER MICHAEL A
DirectorPRESIDENT AND CEO
Transactions
- Exercise/Conversion
Common Stock
[F1]2026-05-13$16.27/sh+9,991$162,554→ 259,516 total - Sale
Common Stock
[F2][F1]2026-05-13$92.65/sh−9,991$925,666→ 249,525 total - Exercise/Conversion
Stock Options (Right to Buy)
[F3]2026-05-13−9,991→ 40,009 totalExercise: $16.27From: 2017-11-03Exp: 2026-11-03→ Common Stock (50,000 underlying)
Footnotes (3)
- [F1]Includes (i) 18,000 shares of restricted stock units that vest in three substantially equal installments on each of March 3, 2027, March 3, 2028 and March 3, 2029, (ii) 12,834 shares of restricted stock units that vest in two substantially equal installments on each of March 17, 2027 and March 17, 2028, and (iii) 5,834 shares of restricted stock units that vest on March 20, 2027, subject to the Reporting Person's continued service to the Issuer through the applicable vesting date.
- [F2]The price reported in Column 4 is the weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $92.50 to $92.85, inclusive. The Reporting Person undertakes to provide to Willdan Group, Inc., any security holder of Willdan Group, Inc., 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 ranges set forth in this footnote.
- [F3]Stock options granted under the Willdan Group, Inc. Amended and Restated 2008 Performance Incentive Plan, which vested in three equal installments on each of November 3, 2017, November 3, 2018, and November 3, 2019.
Signature
/s/ Creighton K. Early, Attorney-in-fact for Michael A. Bieber|2026-05-14