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TFS Financial (TFSL) CFO Meredith S. Weil Exercises Options, Sells Shares
What Happened
Meredith S. Weil, Chief Financial Officer of TFS Financial Corporation, exercised 50,000 stock options on June 11, 2026 at an exercise price of $14.74, generating 50,000 common shares (exercise value/cost = $737,000). To cover the exercise price and withholding taxes, Weil delivered 45,684 of those shares back to the issuer (tax-withholding/cashless component) at $16.80 per share (value reported $767,491). Additionally, 4,316 shares were sold in an open-market transaction that same day at $16.80 for proceeds of $72,509.
Key Details
- Transaction date: June 11, 2026; Form 4 filed June 12, 2026 (timely filing).
- Option exercise: 50,000 shares exercised at $14.74 (total exercise cost shown $737,000) — Transaction code M.
- Shares surrendered for exercise price / tax withholding: 45,684 shares at $16.80 (value $767,491) — Transaction code F (shares delivered to issuer to pay exercise price and applicable withholding).
- Open-market sale: 4,316 shares at $16.80 (proceeds $72,509) — Transaction code S.
- Shares owned after the transactions: not specified in the filing.
- Relevant footnotes: F1/F3 confirm these shares resulted from option exercise and that shares were delivered to the issuer to cover exercise price and withholding; additional footnotes list prior option and RSU/PSU grants and vesting schedules (historical awards noted in F5, F12 and RSU/PSU details in F7–F11, F6, F8).
Context
This was effectively a cashless exercise: Weil exercised options to acquire shares, then surrendered most of those shares to cover the exercise cost and tax withholding, with a small number sold in the open market for cash. That pattern (exercise + sell-to-cover) is a routine post-exercise tax settlement and not an outright discretionary sale of previously owned shares. The filing includes multiple footnotes describing outstanding option and restricted stock unit grants and their vesting schedules.