Shimp Paul V. 4

What Happened

• Paul V. Shimp, Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer of Vontier Corp (VNT), disposed of 1,088 shares on Feb 19, 2026 to satisfy a tax obligation. The transaction price was $41.01 per share, for a total value of approximately $44,619. The Form 4 was filed on Feb 20, 2026.
• This was a tax-withholding disposal (transaction code F), which is typically used to cover tax liabilities after an option exercise or restricted stock vesting rather than an open-market investment sale.

Key Details

• Transaction date: 2026-02-19; Filing date: 2026-02-20 (filed the next day; appears timely).
• Shares disposed: 1,088 at $41.01 each; total value ≈ $44,619.
• Transaction code: F — payment of exercise price or tax liability (share withholding).
• Shares owned after the transaction: not specified in the provided filing summary.
• No indication in the provided data of a 10b5-1 plan or other selling arrangement.

Context

• Tax-withholding dispositions are common after option exercises or equity vesting and do not necessarily signal a change in the insider’s view of the company. They are administrative transactions to satisfy tax obligations rather than open-market "sell" decisions.