ALPHA & OMEGA SEMICONDUCTOR Ltd·4

Mar 18, 4:02 PM ET

Xue Bing 4

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AOSL EVP Xue Bing Sells 11,590 Shares, Receives 30,000 Awards

What Happened

  • Xue Bing, EVP — Worldwide Sales & Business Development at Alpha & Omega Semiconductor (AOSL), disposed of a total of 11,590 shares on March 16, 2026 and was granted 30,000 award shares the same day. Disposals included an open-market sale of 2,408 shares at $21.92 for $52,783 and two sets of shares withheld to satisfy tax/exercise obligations (5,598 shares and 3,584 shares) at $21.43 for $119,965 and $76,805 respectively. Total proceeds/values from the disposals equal $249,553. The two awards (15,000 shares each, $0 price) appear as grants/awards subject to vesting.

Key Details

  • Transaction dates/prices:
    • 2026-03-16: Open-market sale — 2,408 shares @ $21.92 (Sale; Rule 10b5-1 plan) — $52,783.
    • 2026-03-16: Shares withheld to pay tax/exercise — 5,598 shares @ $21.43 — $119,965.
    • 2026-03-16: Shares withheld to pay tax/exercise — 3,584 shares @ $21.43 — $76,805.
    • 2026-03-16: Two awards (grants) — 15,000 shares @ $0.00 each (total 30,000).
  • Shares owned after transaction: the Form 4 does not state a single total; footnotes disclose significant unvested awards including 22,500 MSUs, 18,750 PSUs, and 38,750 RSUs, plus an additional 15,000 unvested PSU shares granted March 16, 2026 (all subject to service/performance vesting conditions).
  • Notable footnotes:
    • Sale of 2,408 shares was executed under a Rule 10b5‑1 trading plan adopted Aug 14, 2025 (F1).
    • F transactions represent shares withheld to satisfy tax or exercise price obligations (i.e., not open-market sales for investment signaling).
    • RSU vesting: certain RSUs vest in equal annual installments over four years from March 16, 2026, subject to continued service (F6).
    • Various PSUs and MSUs noted are subject to service- and/or performance-based vesting (F3–F5, F9).
  • Timeliness: Filed on 2026-03-18 for transactions dated 2026-03-16 — appears timely (not marked late).

Context

  • The awards (A) are grants (RSUs/PSUs) at $0 and are subject to vesting — these are compensatory awards, not open-market purchases.
  • The F-coded dispositions are share-withholdings to cover tax or exercise obligations (a common administrative step); the open-market sale was executed under a pre-existing 10b5‑1 plan. These types of sales often reflect routine compensation settlement and plan-based selling rather than an active directional bet by the insider.