OSSOWSKI JAMES L 4

What Happened

• James L. Ossowski, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of PulteGroup (PHM), received two stock-settled grants on 2026-02-04 totaling 14,395 shares (8,112 and 6,283) at $0.00 as settlement of performance awards.
• On the same date he surrendered 3,657 shares (disposed) to cover tax withholding at $130.87 per share, generating proceeds/withholding of $478,573.
• These awards were fully vested at grant and were settled under PulteGroup’s 2019 Senior Management Incentive Plan; the share surrender was a routine tax-withholding action rather than an open-market sale.

Key Details

• Transaction date: 2026-02-04; Form 4 filed: 2026-02-06.
• Grants: 8,112 and 6,283 shares acquired at $0.00 (stock-settled performance award settlement).
• Tax withholding: 3,657 shares surrendered at $130.87 (total ≈ $478,573).
• Footnotes: F1 — shares fully vested and exercisable; F2 — shares granted to settle a stock-settled performance award under the 2019 Senior Management Incentive Plan; F3 — shares surrendered to issuer to cover tax obligations.
• Shares owned after the transaction: not specified in the provided filing excerpt.
• Filing timeliness: Report filed two days after the transaction date (not indicated as late).

Context

• This was primarily an award/settlement transaction, not a discretionary open-market sale—surrendered shares were used to satisfy tax withholding on the vested award (common practice).
• For retail investors, awards and tax-withholding surrenders generally reflect compensation delivery and routine tax mechanics rather than active market sentiment by the insider.