HYFM CAO Erica Ackerman Withholds 138 Shares for Taxes

What Happened
Erica Ackerman, Chief Accounting Officer & Corporate Controller of HydroFarm Holdings Group, had 334 stock-settled restricted stock units vest on Aug 8, 2026. To satisfy the tax withholding obligation on that vesting, 138 shares were withheld at $1.60 per share (total value ≈ $221). The remaining 196 shares (334 − 138) would be issued to her. This was a tax-withholding disposition (transaction code F), not an open-market sale.

Key Details

• Transaction date: August 8, 2026; reported on Form 4 filed August 11, 2026.
• Withheld: 138 shares at $1.60 per share; total value ≈ $221.
• Vesting covered: 334 stock-settled RSUs (settled 1-for-1 in common stock).
• Net delivered to insider: 196 shares (334 vested − 138 withheld).
• Footnote: fractional amounts rounded to the nearest whole share.
• Filing note: Form 4 filed Aug 11, 2026 (covers the Aug 8 transaction). The transaction is recorded as a tax-withholding disposition rather than a market sale.

Context
Code F transactions are routine tax-withholding events when restricted awards vest; they do not represent a directional buy or sell signal in the open market. For retail investors, purchases or open-market sales tend to be more informative about insider sentiment than withholding transactions.