Voya Financial (VOYA) CTO Keshavan Santhosh Exercises Options

What Happened
Keshavan Santhosh, Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of Voya Financial (VOYA), exercised stock options on 2026-08-21 to acquire 35,587 shares at an exercise price of $37.50 per share for a total cash cost of $1,334,513. The filing also shows the associated derivative position for 35,587 shares was converted/disposed at $0.00 (reflecting the option exercise/conversion).

Key Details

• Transaction date: 2026-08-21. Exercise price: $37.50; shares acquired: 35,587; total cost: $1,334,513.
• Derivative conversion/disposition: 35,587 shares at $0.00 (reflects exercise/conversion of options).
• Shares owned after transactions: reported as 36,929 (per footnote describing final balance after the exercise and related sales).
• Footnotes: Transactions were effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted May 22, 2026. Options vest according to their award agreements.
• Filing status: This is an amended Form 4 filed 2026-08-28; the original Form 4 (filed Aug 24) inadvertently omitted the option exercise. The amendment indicates the original reporting was incomplete (timeliness: L).

Context

• For retail investors: this was an option exercise (derivative conversion). The filing indicates the exercise was covered by a pre-established 10b5-1 plan and that related stock sales were reported on the original Form 4.
• Exercises are not direct buys from market demand; they reflect the insider converting granted options into shares (often followed by sales for tax/withholding or portfolio reasons). This amended filing corrects earlier omission and documents the exercise.