DeLucia Robert Michael 4

What Happened
Robert Michael DeLucia, Chief Financial Officer of Sharplink, was awarded equity and had performance RSUs vest on July 3, 2026. He received a grant of 169,492 restricted stock units (RSUs) (awarded at $0.00) and 16,187 shares from the vesting of prior performance-based RSUs. To satisfy tax withholding on the vested performance RSUs, 6,370 shares were withheld/disposed at $5.31 per share for a cash value of $33,825.

Key Details

• Transaction date: July 3, 2026; Form 4 filed July 7, 2026 (within the standard two-business-day reporting window).
• Grants/Acquisitions: 169,492 RSUs (new grant, code A) and 16,187 shares from vesting of prior performance RSUs (code A).
• Tax withholding: 6,370 shares disposed to satisfy taxes (code F) at $5.31/share = $33,825.
• Net shares delivered from the vesting event: 16,187 − 6,370 = 9,817 shares retained by the insider.
• Shares owned/Reported after transaction: 433,460 total (this figure includes 169,492 newly awarded RSUs, 161,053 previously reported unvested RSUs, and 102,915 shares of common stock) (see footnote F4).
• Footnotes: F1 = vesting schedule for the new RSU grant (1/3 at first anniversary, then quarterly over years 2–3); F2 = these 16,187 were from Aug 27, 2025 performance RSUs; F3 = withheld shares to satisfy tax obligations.

Context

• This was an equity award and a routine tax-withholding sale, not an open-market sale or purchase. Awards signal compensation/retention, not necessarily a bullish or bearish personal trade.
• The tax-withholding (F) is a common, administrative disposition when RSUs vest (often called a cashless/stock-surrender withholding).
• For retail investors tracking insider activity: purchases are typically more informative about conviction; grants/vests mainly reflect compensation and vesting schedules.