Sickles Ken 4

What Happened Ken Sickles, EVP and Chief Product Officer of Digimarc (DMRC), received a grant/award of 10,847 shares on 2026-02-15 valued at $4.86 per share (total ≈ $52,716). To satisfy tax withholding on the vested award, 591 shares were surrendered back to the company at the same price (591 × $4.86 ≈ $2,872). The primary event is a stock award vesting (acquisition); the withheld shares are a routine tax-related disposition.

Key Details

• Transaction dates and prices: 2026-02-15 — Award: 10,847 shares @ $4.86 (A); Withholding/tax: 591 shares @ $4.86 (F).
• Values: Award ≈ $52,716; shares withheld ≈ $2,872.
• Shares owned after the transactions: not provided in the supplied excerpt of the filing.
• Footnote: F1 — shares were traded back to the company to cover tax liability for vested stock awards (standard withholding).
• Filing timeliness: Report filed 2026-02-17 for transactions dated 2026-02-15; appears to be filed within the standard Form 4 timeframe (no late filing indicated).

Context This was a vesting of restricted stock or similar award (code A) with shares withheld to cover taxes (code F), a common administrative action that does not necessarily indicate a bullish or bearish view by the insider. For retail investors, awards indicate company compensation but are less informative about immediate insider sentiment than open-market purchases or sales.