YPF VP Actis Walter Ariel Receives 80,492-Share Award

What Happened

• Actis Walter Ariel, Vice President Supply Chain at YPF S.A., received a grant/vesting of 80,492 shares on 2026-08-31 (transaction code A) at a reported price of $7,983.00 per share, valued at $642,567,636. At the same time, 28,172 shares were disposed (transaction code F) as payment for tax withholding related to the vesting, valued at $224,897,076. Net shares retained from the vesting: 52,320 shares (approximately $417.7M at the reported price). These entries reflect a vested award rather than an open-market purchase.

Key Details

• Transaction date: 2026-08-31; Form 4 filed 2026-09-02 (timely under the usual 2-business-day rule).
• Award: 80,492 shares @ $7,983.00 = $642,567,636 (code A).
• Tax withholding: 28,172 shares @ $7,983.00 = $224,897,076 (code F — disposed to cover taxes).
• Net shares retained: 52,320 shares (~$417,670,560).
• Shares owned after transaction: not specified in the provided filing summary.
• Footnotes: F1 — a 10-for-1 stock split effective Aug 4, 2026; reported amounts reflect the split. F2 — the withheld shares relate to tax withholding under YPF’s Long-Term Incentive Share Award plan.
• No indication of a 10b5-1 plan or other trading plan in the filing.

Context

• This was a vesting of long-term incentive shares; the "sale" of 28,172 shares was a cashless tax-withholding mechanism, not an open-market sale driven by sentiment. Such withholding is routine when awards vest and does not necessarily signal insider views on the stock.