WATSON DAVID N 4
4 · AMKOR TECHNOLOGY, INC. · Filed Feb 26, 2026
Research Summary
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Amkor (AMKR) Director David Watson Exercises 20,000 Options
What Happened
Director David N. Watson exercised stock options on Feb 25, 2026, resulting in the exercise of 20,000 options at an exercise price of $5.66 per share (total exercise cost/value of $113,200). The exercise was executed as a net (cashless) transaction with the issuer; approximately 2,223 shares were withheld to satisfy tax withholding obligations. This was an option exercise (routine insider liquidity), not an open‑market buy or sale.
Key Details
- Transaction date: February 25, 2026. Filing date: February 26, 2026 (timely).
- Options exercised: 20,000 shares at $5.66 per share → $113,200 (exercise consideration).
- Shares withheld for taxes: 2,223 shares reported as disposed under tax withholding (no cash paid).
- Filing notes: F1 — net exercise (exempt under Section 16b-3); no shares bought/sold in the open market. F2 — option was granted May 4, 2016 and vested May 2, 2017.
- Shares owned after the transaction: not specified in the provided filing.
Context
A net (cashless) exercise means the company facilitated conversion of options into shares and withheld some shares to cover taxes rather than the insider selling shares on the open market. Such exercises are common for vested option holders and are administrative/routine transactions rather than direct market purchases or sales that signal sentiment.
Insider Transaction Report
- Exercise/Conversion
Common Stock
2026-02-25$5.66/sh+20,000$113,200→ 122,980 total - Tax Payment
Common Stock
[F1]2026-02-25−2,223→ 120,757 total - Exercise/Conversion
Director Stock Option (Right-to-Buy)
[F2]2026-02-25−20,000→ 0 totalExercise: $5.66From: 2017-05-04Exp: 2026-05-04→ Common Stock (20,000 underlying)
Footnotes (2)
- [F1]Exempt purchase under Section 16b-3. Transaction executed as net exercise executed with Amkor Technology, Inc. (the "Issuer"), in which no shares were purchased or sold in the open market.
- [F2]This stock option to acquire 20,000 shares of the Issuer's Common Stock was granted on May 4, 2016 and vested in full on May 2, 2017.