Binder Brian E. 4

What Happened

• Brian E. Binder, President and CEO of Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund (ticker: GOF), made open-market purchases on 2026-06-23 totaling approximately 4,704.023 shares at $10.63 per share — about $50,000 in aggregate. The filing shows three reported transactions: 0.023 shares (reported value $0), 1 share (reported $11), and 4,703 shares (reported $49,989). These were purchases (transaction code P), which are generally interpreted as acquisitions rather than dispositions.

Key Details

• Transaction date: 2026-06-23; price reported: $10.63 per share (open-market purchases).
• Shares reported acquired: 0.023, 1, and 4,703 — total ~4,704.023 shares; aggregate value ≈ $50,000.
• Filing type: Form 4 (insider report); transaction code P = Purchase.
• Shares owned after the transaction: not specified in the supplied summary of the filing.
• Footnotes/timing: the Form 4 was filed on 2026-06-23 (same day), indicating a timely report; no 10b5-1 plan, tax-withholding, or other special footnotes were noted in the provided data.

Context

• These were straight open-market purchases (not option exercises, awards, or gifts). Purchases by executives can be more informative to retail investors than routine sales, but the filing itself does not state the insider’s motivation. The very small 0.023-share line reported at $0 likely reflects a fractional-share entry in the filing and does not materially affect the overall purchase.