AEye CEO Matthew Fisch Withholds 40,242 Shares for Taxes

What Happened
Matthew Fisch, CEO and director of AEye, reported a net settlement related to the vesting of restricted stock units: 40,242 shares were withheld to satisfy tax withholding obligations at an implied price of $1.31 per share, for a value of about $52,717. This was a tax-withholding/net settlement of an RSU award, not an open-market sale.

Key Details

• Transaction date: 2026-08-15; Filing date (Form 4): 2026-08-17 (appears timely).
• Reported price used for withholding: $1.31 per share.
• Shares withheld/disposed: 40,242; total value ≈ $52,717.
• Shares owned following the transaction: not specified in the provided filing excerpt.
• Footnote: F1 states this was a net settlement for RSU vesting and withholding to satisfy tax obligations; "No shares of stock were sold."
• Transaction code: F (payment of exercise price or tax liability via share withholding).

Context
Net settlements and share withholding for taxes are routine when restricted stock units vest and generally do not signal an insider decision to sell stock on the market. This transaction reduced the number of shares issued to the insider to cover tax obligations rather than indicating a market-driven sale.