Venu (VENU) 10% Owner Jay W. Roth Buys 1,000 Shares

What Happened

• Jay W. Roth, a 10% owner of Venu Holding Corp (VENU), purchased 1,000 shares on August 17, 2026 at $1.84 per share, for a total cost of $1,840. The filing lists the transaction as a purchase (code P), reported on a Form 4 filed August 19, 2026. This was a direct acquisition (open market/private purchase), which is a purchase rather than a sale.

Key Details

• Transaction date and price: 2026-08-17 — 1,000 shares @ $1.84 each (total $1,840).
• Filing date: Form 4 filed 2026-08-19 (within the typical two-business-day reporting window).
• Shares owned after transaction: Not specified in the provided filing excerpt.
• Footnotes: The filing notes shares are also held by the JWR Living Trust and the KMR Living Trust (both dated Nov 19, 2012); as trustee, Mr. Roth is deemed to have indirect beneficial ownership of securities held by those trusts (Footnotes F1, F2).
• Transaction type code: P = Purchase.

Context

• As a 10% owner and trustee, Roth is a significant insider but not necessarily an executive; purchases by 10% owners can be informative but this single small-dollar purchase ($1,840) is limited in scale. The filing contains no indication of option exercises, gifts, or tax-withholding events.