DAmaro Joshua W 4
4 · Walt Disney Co · Filed Mar 20, 2026
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Disney (DIS) CEO Joshua D'Amaro Receives Equity Award
What Happened
Joshua W. D'Amaro, CEO of The Walt Disney Company (DIS), received equity awards on March 18, 2026: a grant of 71,585 stock options (derivative) and an award of 24,261 restricted stock units (RSUs). Both awards have a $0 purchase price (standard executive compensation grants) and were reported on an SEC Form 4 filed March 20, 2026.
Key Details
- Transaction date: 2026-03-18; Form 4 filed: 2026-03-20 (timely reporting).
- Transaction type/code: A = Award/Grant; option grant is a derivative instrument.
- Counts and price: 71,585 options @ $0.00; 24,261 RSUs @ $0.00.
- Vesting: Both the option and RSU awards vest in three equal installments on March 18 of 2027, 2028 and 2029 (per footnotes).
- Performance condition: The RSU award is performance-based; the number that vests may range from 0 up to 92,398 RSUs (not including potential accrued dividends).
- RSU conversion: RSUs convert into one share of common stock each (1-for-1) when vested.
- Exemption: Grants were made under Disney’s Amended and Restated 2011 Stock Incentive Plan in a transaction exempt under Rule 16b-3.
- Shares owned after transaction: Not specified in the provided filing excerpt.
Context
This was a compensation grant rather than a market purchase or sale. Such awards are routine for executives and vest over multiple years; the RSUs are performance-contingent, so the final share count that vests could be higher or lower (including zero) depending on results. Grants do not by themselves indicate buying or selling intent—future exercises or sales would create taxable events and require separate disclosure.
Insider Transaction Report
- Award
Stock Option (Right-to-Buy)
[F1]2026-03-18+71,585→ 71,585 totalExercise: $100.01Exp: 2036-03-18→ Disney Common Stock (71,585 underlying) - Award
Restricted Stock Unit
[F2][F3]2026-03-18+24,261→ 24,261 total→ Disney Common Stock (24,261 underlying)
Footnotes (3)
- [F1]Option was granted under the Company's Amended and Restated 2011 Stock Incentive Plan in a transaction exempt under Rule 16(b)-3. The option is scheduled to vest in three equal installments on each March 18 of 2027, 2028 and 2029. In connection with this stock option award, the reporting person also was awarded restricted stock units whose vesting is subject to performance vesting criteria. The number of stock units vesting depends on the extent to which the performance criteria are satisfied, and ranges from zero to 92,398, not including potential accrued dividends.
- [F2]Restricted stock units convert into common stock at 1-for-1.
- [F3]This restricted stock unit award was granted under the Company's Amended and Restated 2011 Stock Incentive Plan in a transaction exempt under Rule 16(b)-3. The award is scheduled to vest in three equal installments on each March 18 of 2027, 2028 and 2029.