Wood John B 4
4 · TELOS CORP · Filed Feb 4, 2026
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Telos (TLS) CEO John B. Wood Receives Award; Shares Withheld
What Happened
- John B. Wood, Chairman and CEO of Telos Corp (TLS), was granted 967,256 shares upon vesting of performance share units on Feb 2, 2026 (award at $0.00 per share). To cover the tax withholding from the vesting, Telos withheld 437,581 shares at a withholding value of $5.53 per share, totaling $2,419,823. The shares withheld were not sold to a third party.
Key Details
- Transaction date: 2026-02-02; Form 4 filed: 2026-02-04 (filed within the typical two-business-day Form 4 window).
- Award: 967,256 shares acquired (Code A) at $0.00 per share.
- Tax withholding: 437,581 shares disposed/withheld (Code F) at $5.53 per share = $2,419,823.
- Footnotes: F1 — shares resulted from vesting of performance share units; F2 — Telos withheld shares to satisfy withholding tax; no third-party sale.
- Shares owned after transaction: not specified in the provided filing excerpt.
Context
- This was a compensation-related award (vesting of performance stock units), not an open-market purchase or sale motivated by trading. The withholding of shares to cover taxes is a common administrative step (cashless withholding) and does not represent a market sale by the insider to an outside party.
Insider Transaction Report
Form 4
TELOS CORPTLS
Wood John B
DirectorChairman and CEO
Transactions
- Award
Common Stock
[F1]2026-02-02+967,256→ 5,536,294 total - Tax Payment
Common Stock
[F2]2026-02-02$5.53/sh−437,581$2,419,823→ 5,098,713 total
Holdings
- 1,402,018(indirect: By LLC)
Common Stock
- 193,970.5(indirect: By 401(k))
Common Stock
Footnotes (2)
- [F1]The reporting person acquired these shares upon the vesting of certain performance share units.
- [F2]Telos withheld 437,581 shares of its common stock to satisfy the reporting person's tax withholding obligation resulting from the vesting of the performance stock units. The reporting person did not sell any shares of Telos stock to a third party as part of this transaction.
Signature
/s/ Helen M. Oh, attorney-in-fact|2026-02-04