KOUNINIS EFSTATHIOS A 4
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Pegasystems (PEGA) SVP Efstathios Kouninis Exercises RSUs
What Happened
- Efstathios A. Kouninis, SVP and Chief Accounting Officer of Pegasystems, had 332 restricted stock units (RSUs convertable to common shares) vest/convert on March 7, 2026. The RSUs converted into shares at no cash cost. To cover tax withholding, 81 shares were surrendered/withheld at $47.24 per share, producing proceeds of $3,826. Net shares retained from this vesting were 251 (332 vested minus 81 withheld).
- This was a routine equity-compensation vesting and tax-withholding event, not an open-market buy or discretionary sale.
Key Details
- Transaction date: 2026-03-07; Form 4 filed: 2026-03-10.
- Reported entries: 332 shares acquired on conversion of derivative (RSUs) at $0.00; 81 shares disposed for tax withholding at $47.24 each (total $3,826).
- Shares retained from this vesting: 251 (332 vested − 81 withheld). The filing does not report total shares beneficially owned after the transaction.
- Footnotes: F1 = each RSU equals one share on vesting; F2 = this award vests 25% on the Date Exercisable (this event) with the remaining 75% vesting in equal quarterly amounts over the next 3 years.
- Codes: M = exercise/conversion of derivative (RSU conversion); F = payment of tax liability via share withholding.
Context
- This was a standard RSU vesting with share withholding to cover taxes (a common, routine administrative transaction), not an investment purchase or a discretionary open-market sale. Such withholding is a neutral signal regarding insider sentiment.