Monteleone William 4
4 · PAR PACIFIC HOLDINGS, INC. · Filed Mar 17, 2026
Research Summary
AI-generated summary of this filing
Par Pacific (PARR) CEO William Monteleone Exercises Options, Sells Shares
What Happened
William Monteleone, President & CEO and a director of Par Pacific Holdings (PARR), exercised stock options to acquire a total of 108,948 shares on March 16, 2026 and then sold those same 108,948 shares in open-market transactions the same day. He paid roughly $1.96M to exercise the options (48,657 shares @ $19.73 = $960,003; 60,291 shares @ $16.52 = $996,007) and received approximately $5.89M in proceeds from sales (40,000 @ $54.85 = $2,194,000; 8,657 @ $53.73 = $465,141; 60,291 @ $53.58 = $3,230,392). The filing also shows corresponding zero-dollar derivative conversion entries related to the exercises (administrative reporting).
Key Details
- Transaction date: March 16, 2026 (Form filed 2026-03-17).
- Exercises (code M): 48,657 shares at $19.73 ($960,003) and 60,291 shares at $16.52 ($996,007).
- Sales (code S): total 108,948 shares for total proceeds ≈ $5,889,533 (weighted-average prices; see footnotes for ranges).
- Sale price ranges per footnotes: $53.07–$53.90, $53.67–$54.20, and $54.80–$54.90 (weighted averages reported). The filer can provide the breakdown by price if requested.
- Vesting notes: options vest in four equal annual installments beginning Feb 21, 2021 and Feb 19, 2022 for the respective grants (footnotes F4, F5).
- Shares owned after the transactions: not reported in the supplied summary of this filing.
- Filing timing: reported on 2026-03-17 for transactions on 2026-03-16 (no late-filing flag shown here).
Context
- This pattern—exercise of options followed by same-day sale—is commonly a cashless exercise where the insider converts options to shares and immediately sells (realizing net cash after paying exercise cost and any tax withholding).
- Sales do not, by themselves, indicate management sentiment; they can be for tax obligations, diversification, or liquidity. Purchases are typically a stronger bullish signal; here the net effect was large proceeds from sales after exercising vested options.
Insider Transaction Report
- Exercise/Conversion
Common stock
2026-03-16$19.73/sh+48,657$960,003→ 505,824 total - Sale
Common stock
[F1]2026-03-16$54.85/sh−40,000$2,194,000→ 465,824 total - Sale
Common stock
[F2]2026-03-16$53.73/sh−8,657$465,141→ 457,167 total - Exercise/Conversion
Common stock
2026-03-16$16.52/sh+60,291$996,007→ 517,458 total - Sale
Common stock
[F3]2026-03-16$53.58/sh−60,291$3,230,392→ 457,167 total - Exercise/Conversion
Stock option (right to buy)
[F4]2026-03-16−48,657→ 0 totalExercise: $19.73Exp: 2028-02-20→ Common stock (48,657 underlying) - Exercise/Conversion
Stock option (right to buy)
[F5]2026-03-16−60,291→ 0 totalExercise: $16.52Exp: 2029-02-19→ Common stock (60,291 underlying)
Footnotes (5)
- [F1]The price reported is a weighted average sales price. The shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $54.80 to $54.90, inclusive. The reporting person undertakes to provide to Par Pacific Holdings, Inc. or the staff of the Securities and Exhchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the range set forth in this footnote.
- [F2]The price reported is a weighted average sales price. The shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $53.67 to $54.20, inclusive. The reporting person undertakes to provide to Par Pacific Holdings, Inc. or the staff of the Securities and Exhchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the range set forth in this footnote.
- [F3]The price reported is a weighted average sales price. The shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $53.07 to $53.90, inclusive. The reporting person undertakes to provide to Par Pacific Holdings, Inc. or the staff of the Securities and Exhchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the range set forth in this footnote.
- [F4]The option vests in four equal annual installments beginning on February 21, 2021.
- [F5]The option vests in four equal annual installments beginning on February 19, 2022.